‘Failure Is the Process’: The Best Advice From Directors & DPs at Sundance 2016

[@andrewdomville3663]

This was what I needed to hear. Thank you for the upload!!

[@JOESUBA122]

I am and actor that produces my own project! i am now going into my next film and this is so good for me to hear!!!!!

[@varunspersonal8130]

thank you

[@redumbrella4218]

Thank you so much!

[@GiannhsDaskalakhsLASER]

great video my friend !

[@quentaimproductions6858]

You see, this is all inspirational, but how do I get started? We're do you get the money in the first place to make a film. Where do you go to get people to pick it up? Is it a sponsor thing? Do you have to win a bunch of awards first? How stable is this job? I want to have a family and a wife, so I'm looking for a stable job, is this stable at all?

[@buknar456]

nope, this route namely - independent film - is the least stable route, it is not a job...at all, unless you sell your film which is like winning the lottery odds....make short films, and write consistently and either have a day job or make corporate videos, spec commercials, web branded content...if you're doing client based videography then filmmaking will feel more like 'a job'

[@quentaimproductions6858]

Matt Joyce thanks! I think I'm gonna try client based videos (wedding videos, music videos, ect) and save up for short films

[@buknar456]

There's not alot of money in music videos either but they look better on a reel than narrative stuff, commercials are becoming like short films though because cable/broadcast is dying there's no rubric for time anymore, it doesn't have to be a 30second spot....so alot of clients are making short films to showcase their brand...if you make spec commercials and music videos then that's a creative way to build your reel, and short docs too.....weddings are entirely different, they're usually a seperate reel, it's its own thing but you can get gigs easily if you have a decent camera....another route is just try and get a job as a Office PA or intern at a production company and then get into editing, editing is a solid way to earn a living then write a feature or find a script and then get funding (a huge seperate topic) and make a microbudget feature....everyone in this video above has either made one or is working towards a feature film (or switching to TV ha ha)