March 2010
5 posts
198. Don't be your own quality gauge.
The more you vehemently argue that your art is good, the bigger the hack you look to those who disagree. Let your work (or others) speak on its behalf.
197. Be careful how you label your short in an...
Saying the short was shot on the latest camera that people want to see footage from is a quick way to get people to just scrub through your footage without paying attention much to your story.
196. If you're the only one that understands it, ...
It doesn’t matter if an element of the plot makes sense to you, if nobody else gets it, you need to explain yourself.
195. Do your homework on who you're going to meet.
Networking is what gets you anywhere, and knowing the background of whoever you’re going to meet with is more than flattering to them, it shows you do legwork.
