“True North”—Just Do It! I’m sure some of you have already seen the demo video for my upcoming film “True North”. A part of me was scared to death to post it, but another part of me was so proud. If you know me, you know that over the past few years I have been on and off about making a film. I would start with a ton of passion and energy then something would come along and either scare me or discourage me. I would put my whole heat and soul into writing a script, want to produce it then it would stop there. Sometimes I get angry at God when the whole film thing frustrates me, and I yell at him, “What do you want from me? What do you want me to do? Show me? I thought once again that furniture design was the answer and told this to my old friend, Bob… again. Bob agreed with me…well, sort of. When Bob speaks to me kindly and frankly he always begins with his hands folded “Matt…” He thought I should be doing architecture rendering. Out of the kindness of his heart ob always helps me whatever he can. In this case, he gives me one of his best printers. This is no ordinary printer. It is a wide-format one designed to print bigger documents like blue prints. To say the least, I was very grateful, and off I went with the printer and Bob’s blessing home. Driving home, I thought God was really trying to tell me something. You’re really an artist, and architectural rendering was what you’re supposed to do. This was serious. I felt I owed it to myself and Bob. I had better not screw this up. After all, Bob had just given me the best printer he had out of the kindness of his heart and with his blessing. I did not want him to think I was ungrateful. Who was I trying to fool? Deep down inside, I wondered if I was really done with the whole filmmaking thing. I wondered if I would really be able to walk away from it this time. I was not entirely convinced yet even though I had promised myself and God I would never write again. I cannot explain exactly what had happened about a week ago. I was in my room, working on furniture designs on the computer when suddenly I just stopped. I mean I just stopped. Call it an impulse. Call it divine intervention. The next thing I knew I went up to the attic and brought a pile of scripts down to my room and I began to look at “True North” again. I keep telling myself that I should not completely give up furniture design and that every once in a while to keep my drawing skills sharp I should at least design a piece of furniture on the computer. But I haven’t done it yet. I have come to the conclusion that the only thing that is stopping me from making a film is money and fear. It is always “money and fear”. It has always been the obstacle. So, go get some! Don’t make excuses that you’re no salesman or that you’ll make a fool of yourself. So what. Just be yourself! Don’t make excuses that making a Kickstarter video doesn’t feel right or it is not your style or that you won’t be able to make a good Kickstarter video! Just do the best you can, and let people decide if the video is good or not. If being a filmmaker is what you really want, fight for it no matter what! I am my only obstacle, really. Yes, you’re going to make mistakes as a filmmaker, but you’re going to learn from them, too! Chase your dreams! Don’t be afraid to fail, because you will! Count on it! It’s funny. Here I am giving all this advice, and I am not even taking the lead or setting the example! What kind of person does that make me? Not a very good one. Yes, I am scared to death about making this film, but I am also quite excited about it, too. It comes down to this. Get the courage to make this film. Get through it, somehow, have fun with the people working with you and you’ll be that much more ready to do the next one. There will be more challenges, bigger challenges. More mistakes will be made. The stakes will be bigger, but you’ll get better and better. I know the video I just posted on Facebook is not perfect, but it is the best I can do for now to spread the word around about the film.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:31:35 +0000
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