Anxiety and Filmmaking

This Article/Video was about the anxiety and struggles that go on during film making. Eli Roth talks about how he grew up in Boston away from Hollywood, and even though people told him that you need to be from there and know people, he pursued his dream. Joe Carnahan talks about how you should put relatable moments with your characters, so people can connect to them and remember them. James Cameron talks about how you can make the exact vision that you had in your head, but your movie can still fail due to a disconnect with yourself and the audience. David Fincher explains that if a movie works it's probably due to luck, or rather a series of good breaks during the film making process. Quentin Tarantino explains that he has many emotions that he wants the audience to feel. When there's funny stuff, he wants the audience to laugh. When there is exciting stuff, he wants the audience to be on the edge of their seat. And when there's shocking stuff, he wants the audience to be shocked. Peter Mullan talks about directors try to stay away from cliche's and mistakes. Directors are constantly searching for ways other directors messed up, so they can improve their selves. Peter Jackson explains that there's always stress when making a movie, but it's important to make sure whoever's paying for the movie get's their money back, so you can have a career. But also to provide an experience that the audience is happy they payed for.
This article was very informative, and interesting to hear all the different things that each director talks about. It was also cool to listen to a bunch of directors I'm a fan of like Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher and Martin Scorsese.