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It is insulting, CJ Walley. I made that mistake when I was an aspiring writer. I emailed a lady to ask her to put me in contact with a big actress. The lady was insulted. Her response was something like "You emailed me after months of not speaking only to ask me to put you in contact with one of my contacts?" I was wrong for that. Lesson learned.

Massive respect for admitting to that and sharing it, Maurice Vaughan.

Thanks, CJ Walley. Hopefully writers read my comment and avoid that embarrassing mistake.

Reputation (for me) is not connected to talent. If we push the dials to their extremes and look at the effects, we prove they’re are attributes, that are not connected.

Super Famous with No Talent. These people are avoided. There was an actress married to a billionaire. He put a play on for her “The diary of Anne Frank”. When the Germans entered the building someone in the audience screamed “she’s in the attic”, desperate to get it over. Famous with no talent, equal embarrassing failure.

Unknown with massive talent. You only need a small glimmer and this person will rise. Mostly to be exploited till they get their own power.

Reputation is what people say about your talent. It is a brand.

It is virtually impossible to leap from a standing start. So you have to do something. For me it is Youtube and books. You need to put up a flag so people will look. From there with will see your talent (vast or lacking) and either cheer or run.

"Unknown with massive talent" and "You need to put up a flag so people will look." There are SO many unknown talented people out there, Craig D Griffiths. Talent alone can lead to success, but that's not always that case, so creatives need to put themselves and their work out there, like you said about making YouTube videos and books. Creatives can pitch, be active on Stage 32, make their own videos/films/etc., join 48-hour film challenges, post their work on their Stage 32 profiles, and so much more.

It's not just you. Between remakes and the zillion comic book movies I rarely go to theaters any more.

I must admit, sometimes a remake is better. FREAKY FRIDAY, for example. And, though I'll probably get my head handed to me for this, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is better than SEVEN SAMURAI. I mean the original western, which was about the warrior code of honor. Not the remake of that, where they had to go and make it personal.

BTW Toua Her , if you want to keep up with new indie releases, Film International, Indie Cinema, and The Director's Chair (online magazines) are all free.

thank you Robin Gregory

You're welcome Toua Her .

I really wanna see "Kill Bill: Vol 3," Nick Phillips. I would've liked to see "The Movie Critic" too. Maybe we'll get to see both.

The one frontier we haven't really seen Tarantino play around with is Sci-Fi. Could he possibly end on a really out there Sci-Fi flick?

Pat Alexander dont be too impressed , some of them were shorts and pilots... about half of those are features, but thanks... been at this since 09' I am a producer but Im a writer first.

Edward Hall Im looking forward to all the great work this community can do!

Omid Pourazar Hello my brother!

L. Tom Deaver Thank u man! im looking fwd to all your work!

Thanks Charles and likewise!

Hi @Caitlin nice to meet you! Recently watched that NatGeo doc The Rescue. Loved it and can't wait to check out your stuff!

Hi Caitlin, glad to have you in the community. I'd recommend putting up your work on your Stage 32 profile. Having a completed profile is the #1 thing we tell people when networking here as it is the first place fellow collaborators go to look at what you do.

Caitlin Bailey Hi there Caitlin, how are you doing? It's great to see you on the Introduce Yourself Weekend. I'm looking forward to checking out your showreel. Please take a looksee at the Cinematography Lounge, to meet with other DPs. Have a great weekend and safe sailing!

Caitlin Bailey ooh, I loved the Wild Minute Videos and in particular, the Ghost Shark was my favourite creature.

Hi Caitlin Bailey - it's great to meet you here on IYW! Your reel is fantastic. The underwater work is really cool (and must have been so cold :) and the last shot of the whale's tail is epic. Have you spent any time in the Cinematography Lounge? I also recommend checking out Stage 32's filmmaking webinars and classes - here's a link so you have it handy: https://www.stage32.com/education#filmmaking

There were two years when my husband and I lived in LA and we couldn't afford to travel home for Christmas. So instead, my sister joined us for the holidays and we would see a 4DX film at LA Live to celebrate. It was a ton of fun! It's definitely not the way to see every movie, but for big and exciting blockbusters, it turns it into a full experience. We saw the first Aquaman and there were even water misting effects at times. I would absolutely do it again.

4DX sounds exciting, Dustin Richardson. Busch Gardens used some of the same features for one of its shows years ago. I'm not sure if Busch Gardens used 4DX or something else.

Matthew D Rhodes I remember Final Fantasy The Spirits Within and it does remain a benchmark for me. When I saw it I knew animation would not be the same again. It was amazing to see how real it looked back then.

Matthew D Rhodes Have you generated any visuals yet, I really thrive on such things.

Terence Daniels I've got some concepts art and I've been in contact with a professor that is allowing his students to use a scene from my project as a class project and I'll be given the final to use in Crowdfunding.

Any style can now be marketed to any age group. Blue Eye Samurai is 2D and very R-rated, and Sausage Party, on the surface, looked like a Kids' movie but was also R-rated. As many have pointed out, it comes down to vision, and in the case of independent production, it comes down to practicality - what can you produce with the resources you have.

Bob Harper It's a good thing Unreal Engine doesn't charge to use until you make money off your projects.

If there is a trend we are already too late.

We just new to be know for something and wait for that something to be desirable.

Yes! More reasonable budgets, content with a global audience in mind / more international content, more need for truly original stories based on diverse writers' experiences and knowledge of as yet unseen worlds.

The most exciting trend, #GoMakeArt

Majority of unemployed union pro's on X/twitter & Substack don't know themselves, and they got years & connections.

From what Im seeing from other show biz occupations, it's stay alive to 2025. Somehow figure a way to be still in the game in 2025-26.

Hey, Andy Yang. I keep hearing that companies are looking for procedural shows. Also, a lot of producers and directors are looking for micro-budget scripts and low-budget scripts. Mainly Contained scripts with low character counts.

Looks like an amazing film!

I am playing to see it based purely on the poster.

50M good budget. So (I believe), we are seeing the swing back to the smaller budget films. The blockbuster will exist, but it will not conquer like it did. Risk spreading has always been a great strategy.

We don’t have video, which would have been perfect channel and second market for this film, shame that has gone.

I think “spectacle” is fading. We still want big things and striking visuals that tell a great story. Not everything should hold the outcome of the universe.

I think is an obvious hit. It will get a good run. It will make its money back. It will drive more money into smaller films.

What we will see is less opportunities for new faces. They will want to leverage free media. A cast or story the news will talk about.

The screenplay is horrible and project will sweep the Razzie Awards, for sure!

Sharing some recent A24 news: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-22/a24-movies-become-pri...

Jed Power i didn't think it was bad. it was a much smaller and more focused story than the scope of the marketing would have you believe. but it wasn't horrible by any means. it's a good watch with some #nice moments. a few derivative moments too, but at this point, what filmmaker isn't a little derivative in their movie?

Sam Sokolow greetings, Sam! How are you doing? It's great to see you again on an IYW.

My aspirations? Currently, to see my first feature into production (it's in the development phase at the moment and I need more patience. To complete writing the first series of my animated urban fantasy series. Oh and to embark on more research for my mythological film.

Happy IYW, Sam Sokolow. Hope you're doing great. I have Hulu again. "Genius: MLK/X" is on my watchlist for the weekend. I'm also about done with "Shōgun."

What a visionary, I love that he creates space for a director's story to unfold.

There is not a single sound coming from Hans Zimmer creative space that doesn't work magnificently to the picture, and this is one of the reasons why, I think. Thank you so much for sharing, Florin Şumălan !