Constraints

 

      I will readily admit that I find the business side of the industry to be personally fascinating. My natural talents are more geared in that direction. However, I do believe that producers should be more willing to give artistic freedom to the directors. Totally constraining them is not a good idea, in my book. However, in this post I would like to concern myself with the constraints that we talked about in class; namely remembering your limits.

     Firstly, I think that the reminder to know your limits is extremely important, in nearly any and everything, movie-making or otherwise. I am not saying that you should forever be constrained by them. I do think you should be willing to just sit in the same spot your whole life. This will suck the artistic freedom and love for whatever you are doing right out of you. But I think not willing to admit that you have limits to what you can do, or not being willing to admit that you don't know how to do something, is just as bad as not stretching or pushing your limits to better yourself. We have too many people in the world who are unwilling to learn, simply because they are unwilling to admit that they have a lot to learn. This is partially to blame on our culture, I think. But I think that the article on "the Pixar myth" was a stark reminder that we are not in college to make a Pixar quality short film. We are here to learn, and hopefully make at least a good short film by the end of our time here. While I have mostly concerned myself with showing that we should be aware of our limits, below I have included a stunning example of what can be done by one person, with enough time and dedication. (If you don't believe me, look it up. The name of the film is Rosa.)