This is For the People Who Are Nervous to Make a Movie

The useful part

Filmmaker Wade Patterson sat down with Film Courage recently and offered some tips for filmmakers to make this process feel a whole lot less scary. Don't Rush an Idea There's a high level of pressure put on artists to make sure that they have a killer idea that they're burning to tell before they even think about putting pen to paper. While having an idea like that would certainly help, waiting on the perfect one can sometimes be a fool's errand.

How it works

• Also, just to get experience, try building a story off of something that you think may not work.
• There is a lot of empty space and time that you may be wasting while you're ruminating on themes in your head, and coming up with dozens of potential ideas that may or may not "speak to you" in that way.
• Never just throw something away after you think of it because you've convinced yourself it's not your masterpiece.
• A lot of filmmaking comes down to timing, and this is also true when it comes to finding a story or a theme that feels personal to you.
• Something that you think is underdeveloped or unnecessary may speak to you in so many new ways in just a few years.

What to take from it

Any experience is good experience, and it's better to waste a potentially lackluster film on an idea that wasn't that special to begin with, as opposed to feeling like you butchered your million-dollar idea.

Details worth keeping

It's certainly important to keep a backlog of all of your ideas. Be Patient With Your Limitations <img alt="Michael John...