Passing Hearts

Although I was unable to stay to watch this film in class last Thursday, I saw a couple of other blogs about it that convinced me to try to find it. Therefore, if you also missed said film, watch it right now:

Many of the short films we watch in class have such a different purpose than any other video that I tend to watch. I don't want to say that they lack purpose, but their purpose is either much more defined, such as in a film like this where the story is not nearly as important as the emotion conveyed. I especially enjoyed observing how this is accomplished through many components of the actual production, such as music and pacing.

This is one of the main reasons why I enjoy making film, but so far it's not something that has really come up because it is kind of a generalization that most of us already knew when entering this program. Filmmaking takes an incredible amount planning and preparation that is hardly ever appreciated by the audience—especially in the mainstream industry. For this reason, I don't believe any of us should be unsatisfied if we don't make it big in Hollywood. It seems that our work will be even more appreciated when targeted to the people who understand it. But maybe I'm wrong—any other ideas?