Machinima for Dummies: A Matter Of Perspective

A Matter Of Perspective

Hugh "Nomad" Hancock — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:49:36 +0100

Gnomic Utterances Week again. Agree? Disagree? No idea what I’m talking about?

Making a film and marketing a film are not two distinct things.

"A Matter Of Perspective" by Hugh "Nomad" Hancock

Sun, 18 May 2008 18:47:48 +0100

Not true.

For example, I know I’d love to see a touching love story between a timelost Zen master and the neglected, visionary wife of a debauched Romantic poet. That sounds cool as hell.

To the best of my knowledge, doesn’t exist yet.

"A Matter Of Perspective" by Kate

Sun, 18 May 2008 15:13:24 +0100

They don’t know what they will like, they only know what they liked.

"A Matter Of Perspective" by Hugh "Nomad" Hancock

Sun, 18 May 2008 11:41:36 +0100

Or, you could, y’know, ask them what they like. That works too.

BTW - how did you get to “just make the film for yourself” from that Gnomic Utterance? It’s not what I expected.

"A Matter Of Perspective" by Algernon

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:41:37 +0100

So really, that brings us back to the ‘Make it for yourself, and don’t really care if nobody else likes it’. That way, you get something you like, and just occasionally others will too, leading to far more innovation than you get out of ‘mainstream’ film, which is produced to make money.

"A Matter Of Perspective" by Kate

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:31:03 +0100

I think the problem with this is, that the act of second guessing what people will like is about living in the past..what DID they like, what worked before? In order to make something new there is no alternative but to trust yourself and hope for the best.