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Broadening your skill set: Embracing your inner generalist

Broadening your skill set: Embracing your inner generalist

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Broadening your skill set: Embracing your inner generalist

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- I think anybody who's new to this and has a desire to go into filmmaking should experience the entire process in one way or another, so they understand all the facets. I think it's important, if you're a screenwriter, to be on set. To see the difficulties that everybody faces, and understand, then, in the edit room. Because I think a greater understanding of all the different roles enables you to do a better job, so that would be my advice, is definitely look at all the stages in the process, and I think then you'll be better at the one you focus on. - The most important thing is to try something that you are totally uncomfortable doing. To push yourself beyond what you just know is the kind of film you want to make. And to choose at least two or three things that really make you uncomfortable doing. So if you never thought about integrating some immersive or gaming, and so figure out how to do that! If the idea of working with actors terrifies you, then force yourself to do it. So…

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