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Patience & Persistence: Making Your First Feature Film

Patience & Persistence: Making Your First Feature Film

A story about people who enjoy pain and suffering - but really, a story about managing mental health and positive energy during a two-year marathon

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Mar 07, 2023
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I think all filmmakers are masochists deep inside. If you want to “make it” as a filmmaker, you have to enjoy pain, or at least be mildly resistant to it, to a certain degree. You need to have a certain mindset to be able to deal with constant setbacks, negotiations that drag on for months, and the highs that feel like a drug high - when you get some go…

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