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No Excuses, Just Shoot – Advice for First-Time Filmmakers

Posted by Carlos Aguilar

Tue, Jan 8th, 2013

"So you want to make film but for whatever reason something is stopping you. Or maybe you’re about to embark on your first film and looking for some moral support. Or maybe you’ve made films but gotten ‘the fear’, lost your way and now you need someone to speak to you and get you back into it.

Well, since August 2011 I’ve been interviewing independent filmmakers about the films they’ve made, how they made them and why they do it. The final question of all these interviews has always been; what advice would you give to first time filmmakers? 

Looking back over all the interviews I noticed that there was a real wealth of knowledge and support given by each filmmaker and I thought it would be helpful and worthwhile collating a bunch of them into one post for the ultimate first time filmmaker advice source.

So, the time has come. 2013 is about to begin and everyone is reflecting while also looking forward, going over past regrets and laying out how they want their life to change. Maybe this is the year you shoot that film you’ve been talking or thinking about for a long time and maybe, just maybe, what the filmmakers have to say below will be the catalyst you need to get out there and do it.

No Excuses, Just Shoot."

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