GET YOURSELF HEARD

WHY A MAN IN A SUIT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S BEST:

Struggling writer? Actor? Film-maker? Adult Film Director (I Suppose this applies to you)


We've all been there. You respond to an advertM, you send them a sample of your work and then they send you another email. It's usually like this:

"We'd just like to ask you a few questions... to find out if you'd be great to collaborate with, if our ideas are in line"....

I say, fuck me; it's harder to get an unpaid writing job than it is to work for Tesco, which I know from experience is less than easy.

What is the solution:

Calling it an industry is definately a clue as to the financial aims of those who sit in the big chairs with piles of cash and call you in one by one to tell you that your hard work and tears is not good enough for them (YES DRAGON'S I'M TALKING YOU! WHY DON'T YOU RETURN MY CALLS BITCHES, I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS?). ;)

Sadly, yes it's funny when it happens to an idiot on the television but when it's you, it's somehow different.

I for one think: WHAT RIGHT DOES THAT PERSON HAVE TO JUDGE MY PERSPECTIVE

When we write film, it definately is a matter of perspective on events that define us and the way we scribe on the world. And I believe that the best way to avoid that kind of rejection is to set about proving to yourself that you have what it takes. Belief will get you 2/3 of the way there...

So what if you've only got £45 in your bank account? And you need to eat this month? I hear you thinking!

Solution: If there's a story worth telling in what you've written, then you have the power to make it happen.

I cite an example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_(film)

I was lucky enough to meet Marc Price, who directed this little masterpiece. He inspired me to start this blog and get the message out to new film-makers:

YOU HAVE A VOICE! GET IT HEARD! MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Grab a camcorder, write a script, grab some mates and make it happen! Youtube it and let the world come in to check it out!

Here's to story, for it allows us to dream for a living