On an ongoing journey as an independent film producer, how do I deal with the negative criticism that independent film is dead?
Well, this guy speaks a lot of truth to me.
Month: April 2018
As a producer, my job is to problem solve. But what happens when there’s no solution? Especially when it comes to others, how can I help fix the pain others are experiencing?
Well, I’m learning that I can’t. And, I’m learning that that actually doesn’t help.
But, if I really want to help, I should take a step back and just listen. And if I have to say anything at all, all I need to say is, “I don’t know what to say right now but I’m so glad you told me.”
This is what I’m trying to work on.
Great episode on preserving classic “Girl” Video Games.
“Women have just complicated feelings about how they reconcile their past, whether they had a childhood full of girly things or they didn’t. And how they reconcile that with being an adult.” (17:40)
47: Rachel Weil on Femicom and the Value of Preserving Classic ‘Girl’ Video Games
Spoiler: They’re not being archived the same way that stereotypical boy games are being preserved.
Interesting interview with Franklin Leonard, founder of the Blacklist.
For those wondering if it’s okay to write something that isn’t their experience:
“We’re at a time in our culture when the project of writing characters who are not like you is held up to really high scrutiny.
“The cliché is to write what you know, right? I think that should be amended to “write what you’ve rigorously researched.” I’m never going to begrudge a writer the opportunity to write and create a story however they so choose. At the same time, I think it’s important to recognize that television and film are a high-resource art form and that they are also a business. I don’t believe that a white man can’t write about a black woman, or a black woman can’t write about an Asian man, but I think that the people who are doing that have an extraordinary responsibility to make sure that those stories are being presented in as authentic a light as possible. You have to do research, and that should really be the burden that artists carry: to do it right, not to not do it.”
What do you think?
Ashley Pacini 