Workin' hard for the money

Up late, I know. Just a quicky though, I promise!

I was trying to sleep but instead got distracted while reading a few books on film production, including "How Not to Make a Short Film" by Roberta Marie Munroe (I am working on a feature, but it offers great advice) and "The Reel Truth" by Reed Martin. Both of these books have been an invaluable resource to me while I've been not only writing, but taking care of some of the pre-production of Discovery.

They are, however, also very blunt. They do not hold back in saying how unlikely you are to succeed or how likely it is that things could go wrong and ruin the shoot. In spite of this, I'm still confident. Not only in the work I've put in so far, but in my abilities to do everything I need to complete this film and get it seen.

And yes, this film actually being seen is a big deal to me. I did not decide to get into film just because I want to make money. If that were the case I would have stuck with programming. No, I want to make money telling stories. It is about money, yes, but it's also about money doing something I've always loved doing. The fact I'm actually trying to make a living doing something I love is something very few people will ever get to experience and I feel damn lucky I may have the chance.