Practice to Become a Better Filmmaker
Penguin June 11th, 2008
Gladwell writes about Kaplan and the SATs. There’s one part where he talks about piano students. When given a test, the instructors were shocked that practice had proved more important than talent.
It requires practice, practice, practice. Repetition breeds familiarity. Familiarity breeds confidence.
This is not to say that filmmaking is a completely structured task. But we often talk about the structure of the screenplay, and even getting into production and post-production, there is the mechanics of filmmaking that needs to be learned. Even writing, there’s a discipline to it as much as there is an art to it.
I’ve thought about going to film school, but the benefits always seem dubious. This is not to say there aren’t any benefits or reasons to go to film school. It just may not be worth the time or money to me. Every where I look and the people I ask all say the same thing: “Just keep making movies.” I think the point is, once you learn the mechanics of it, and become familiar, is when you can start pushing it with confidence.
-Penguin
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