tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871675895112715943.post6567981063343351804..comments2023-07-19T02:35:00.376-07:00Comments on Weatherlight: Film and Culture: The Cinematic Civil War – Part 2: Getting To The BattlefieldRaz Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12517718754597973013noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871675895112715943.post-68700084443108676252009-02-17T19:44:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:44:00.000-08:00Excellent discussion here! This is quite enlighten...Excellent discussion here! This is quite enlightening.<BR/><BR/>I will point out that I would have liked to have seen a fourth reason for making short films. I agree completely with the three reasons you mentioned above. However, I do have a fourth reason of my own for making short films (one which I think many new filmmakers out there share): I make short films to learn the craft of filmmaking and improve my skills without the great expense and time a feature film production consumes.<BR/><BR/>I can, however, definitely understand why in this particular discussion presented here you might not include this point, since we are assuming that one's grasp of cinematic grammar and technique is in fact proficient enough to make something that will stand out above the crap you mentioned in your note. <BR/><BR/>And as for that note: Yes, we would do best to recognize that probably 80% of anything mass produced is going to be crap. But I do agree with you that we should encourage and nurture each other as independent and/or new filmmakers so that we can see more films that are truly worthwhile. For starters, I would like to encourage everyone to make films that they genuinely feel compelled to make, not just as a stepping stone, or to copy the success of some formula, but to authentically tell a story one can't help but tell.Mikel J. Wislerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056038813556389976noreply@blogger.com