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10 Filmmaking Lessons...I Learned the Hard Way

10 Filmmaking Lessons...I Learned the Hard Way

From the course: Pro Video Tips

10 Filmmaking Lessons...I Learned the Hard Way

- I know a lot of these videos deal with the technical and aesthetic, but I like to make sure we also talk about the practical. Because some of the hardest things I've ever dealt with in filmmaking aren't found in any book, anywhere. So today, I wanna share with you ten filmmaking lessons that I only learned the hard way. And when I say, lessons I learned the hard way, I mean that I either made a huge mistake, spent money that I didn't have on things I didn't need to do, or devoted my time and efforts in directions that were never feasible approaches to begin with. Some might argue that the lost money is the worst part, but on every film set, one of the mantras is, time is money. and I truly believe that the time I spent going down one-way streets in the wrong direction was much more debilitating than ill-spent money. Most of us Indie filmmakers are creative hustlers so we can get the money back one way or another, but we'll never be able to get the time back, not to mention the…

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