If you care deeply about the craft of filmmaking, chances are that you have incredibly high standards for what makes a “good film.” Trying to live up to those standards can be nearly impossible.
In a new video from DSLRguide, Simon Cade talks about that very subject — about why the creative process is inherently fraught with failure and self-doubt — and he offers one simple tip to combat this psychological barrier that all of us face at some point or another. This one is Simon’s most personal videos yet, and in my opinion, one of his best. Check it out:
I’ve been big on the psychology of filmmaking lately, largely because those self-imposed mental barriers seem to be one of the biggest factors in why more people don’t actively create. And few psychological barriers are as difficult to overcome as “the gap,” the one between your expectations and your reality. No one else has summed up this dilemma quite as well as Ira Glass, host of This American Life.
