Film Masterclass Part 2 - 12 Actions

Here are 12 Actions that I came away with after attending Guerrilla Film Makers Masterclass. This is the 2nd blog resulting from the class, the first blog is here.

350 filmmakers in London at the Guerrilla Film Makers Masterclass with Chris Jones

One of the reasons for attending the class was to surround myself with like-minded passionate people and use some of their energy to kick me up the arse and make that big film I've been talking about for over 3 years now. I came away feeling that anything was possible and committed to start working on that film.

Here are my 12 Actions:

1. Commit to making that movie… the one I've been talking about for 3 years.
2. Start using twitter - I've been signed up for a year or so, but I've never really got it. So from now on I'm going to stop making excuses and start tweeting.
3. Get some script formatting software to write the drama scenes.
4. Plan a kick starter campaign.
5. Recruit collaborators for my big movie
6. Speak to my friend about story-boarding my film
7. Read: Think Outside the Box Office
8. Read: Power, Money, Sex and Fame
9. Read: The Hero's Journey
10. Recruit a mentor to assist me on my own 'hero's Journey'.
11. Sort all my comm's channels out  - get virtual fax number, check answer phone messages, add all channels to email signature.
12. Work for free on some drama shoots.

Finally, I think one of the biggest messages from the weekend was 'Just do it'. Chris said and I quote, "There are no excuses, [for not making that movie]... all those excuses are bollocks!"

"...all those excuses are bollocks!" Chris Jones

One person who is not making any excuses is Justin Tagg, his new Sci-Fi film 'Mouse' is going into production in April, check out their crowd funding campaign here.

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