Emerging as a filmmaker in today’s oversaturated world
Films bring many different people and cultures together. They give us a chance to step out of our skin and experience something that we wouldn’t normally experience. We get to dream about what would have been or could have been or what will be. Imagine. Very rarely do we see something that would actually happen to us. I mean, it had to have been thought of for a reason, but most likely it won’t happen to the ones watching. That’s why we love them.
There are so many ways you can watch a film. There is the old-fashioned way of the corporate or independent theatre. The AMC’s, the Pacific’s, the Landmark’s, and the Laemmle’s are just a few of many.
We also have major film festivals like Sundance and SXSW- and those festivals have been followed by a billion little community festivals around the globe. There are so many it is unreal. How do you choose? How do you know which show quality films? Most importantly, how do filmmakers know which festivals to submit their films to and actually get them into the festivals? It is seriously unknown. There are so many politics and unknown variables that it isn’t even a fair chance. I mean there are books and articles and guides where everyone has their own opinion, but who really knows?
I am a filmmaker. I have made a few feature films but most recently a short film. It had a small festival run which I am very proud of. It missed out on a lot of “major” festivals in which I was a little disappointed but I think it caused a bit of a wake-up call.
The independents are on the rise. They have been for a while. There are so many great filmmakers that get the chance to come out of nowhere now with the ability to make a great film on the cheap. Thanks technology and Canon!
How does the filmmaker get found? The Internet is an easy answer. Show some people online and you can be found. Viral baby! But then how do you make you money back you spent on your films? If you don’t care than it’s no big deal but in the end this is a business like any other and if you can’t make a profit than you can’t keep making films. Unless you are in the top 2% of the population who has all the money.
The point is that we need an emerging spot for filmmakers. New filmmakers. Great filmmakers. Short films are a great way to show your talent. They are easier to make on a tight budget and it’s more likely for an audience to sit through short film from a filmmaker they have never seen before.
So, make a short, and then show it to an audience. How? Submit to festivals? Not anymore. They are over in my opinion. Too saturated with garbage and most are just trying to make a profit. I say we need a new way. Sure, there are a bunch of online sites that are truly painful to sift through that I won’t mention because that’s not why I wrote this. ITunes is doing short films. There is a cable channel for short films. There is YouTube or Vimeo or all the other online hubs where you can get a huge following but never make any money back for the film you put your blood, sweat, and tears into making.
We need an elite site. A place for people to go to watch new and upcoming filmmakers and their films. A place that gives back to the filmmakers and also entertains an audience. A place where the audience can trust the content to be good, seriously good, and worth their valuable time.
That’s what Nut Bucket Films is doing. They are releasing a video channel with the best of the best, very soon. A place where different people and cultures collide, through elite, moving, entertaining short films.
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