A Master's Input: Inspiring Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers

A short desktop documentary with inspiring advice for young filmmakers, from some of the most celebrated film directors of all time.

[kalashnikov]

"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." Genius.

[siddharthghosh]

Legend has it that Mr Herzog is still saying "Read. Read. Read. Read. Read..."

[sdprz]

"It's like a TV in your mind" I could never think of the right words to describe it but thats it

[vllnrm]

The most important advice: use constant piano music on background.

[atrijitdas]

Orson Welles just has a different charm in the way he presents himself. Badass

[SoccerAddictttt]

Kurosawa said the same thing about reading books

[blackumbrellawhiterose]

This video induced wonder. It makes me so hopeful, like I can do this, I can be like them one day. It gives me the hope to keep writing, keep filming, keep dreaming. Thank you so much for this video. These filmmakers inspire me. To me they are legends, geniuses.

[LucasDekker_CreativeWorks]

Becommimg a real filmmaker is realising that the music is manipulative

[daniellikepie]

I want to be a film maker and I really want to get into the cinematography, like I want to make sure my visuals say more than the words

[tigernomad]

Once you see JJ Abrams nose, you can't unsee it.

[kizrep]

Years im fighting to come over my fears and shame to tell my first story in a film, this vid helps a lot, thanks

[TyroVogel]

Reet, reet, reet, reet, reet, reet, reet, tweet.

[odejobiolalekan]

"A movie is an art, like every other art it serves as purpose of entertainment, its mirrors and encompasses humans philosophy of life but also serve as a telescope through which we can peer through all forms of human existence in all that they are and could be just beyond their
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[artdenattic]

Thank you. For bring me this inspiration and devotion and experiences from real people.

[BenWeeks-ca]

This is good. I like Akira Kurosawa's great advice to aspiring filmmakers in another video. (probably on the sidebar) It's nice to have a more sustained conversational thought.

[abeeeshen]

okay wow.. paraphrasing the last speech by Steven Spielberg: listen to that whisper and that's what you will do for the rest of your life and from there everyone around you will benefit from what you make.. it just made me go wow like wow...

[Александър_Ангелов]

That was absolutely beautiful and helpful! I want one day to be a director, and I WILL be one! The best!

[dynjarren]

The best advice is get a digital camera and start making films. Find a story and actors who will be in the film for free and do it! Start making films and if they are any good or interesting, they will find an audience. If they don’t, then your not meant to be a Filmmaker.
James Cameron has the best advice!

Shoot a film with Actors who volunteer and put your name on it. Directed by Fill in the Blank!
Do not waste your time with Film courses or trying to sell a screenplay or getting a meeting with potential Weinstein’s. Those are very bad ideas.

Begging anybody in an office with a lounge chair to become a director is also a bad idea setting you up for exploitation.
Good luck!
Also, try to find an original and interesting story to tell if you can. If you can’t, then it wasn’t meant to be.

[danwroy]

Great image of Lynch, he looks like he's in real pain at seeing he's in your inspirational video

[mychalsimonz]

INCREDIBLE !!!! This explains how I feel about film making