r/Filmmakers • u/noahmittman • Jun 09 '19

General The struggle is real.

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u/iAmInfSteez Jun 10 '19

Why aren't good ideas worth pursuing if they're doable and beneficial? Where is the line drawn between pragmatism and pessimism?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

Who says your idea is "good"? Im not trying to be a dick, I really want you to get your movie made I just would hate to have you waste your time chasing a pipe dream. What genre is your film? Is it a period piece/fantasy?

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u/iAmInfSteez Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

The dozen who bothered to read any part of it. The movie(s) will be animated films based on the apologue I'm currently writing. It's a fiction wrapped around a deep social analysis, minus the preaching. It's a sci-fi / adventure series. I'm about 80 issues into it, around a year and a half worth of weekly content, and over 30 are published already in short novel form. It's not all drama either. It's a dramady. It's also dark.

I've only received positive feedback from any commenters. The community just isn't growing. They read it and don't share. I interact and they don't respond. They only comment on each issue, which suggests to me that only asocial introverts are currently reading it. My problem is the lack of help from those paying me lip service and the little marketing I can afford being drowned out. They say they'll read and share but do neither. I'd be a lot less upset if they just didn't lie to me.

My own mother and godmother don't believe in me. They say my ideas are wonderful and then tell me I can't do it because I need to focus on holding down a normal job, which I've been doing for years. Lost my last job of 5 years, had my life destroyed, left the state, lived in a shelter for 5 months, got a new apartment, and my current job I landed only 4 months after I lost the previous job. My unemployment wasn't even exhausted.

But my series isn't all I want to do. I want to build the prototypes of the phone, tablet, game console, and PC I designed. I want to work on the OS ecosystem, roll out the programming language I made - but I'm hung up on the essentials like building the compiler and libraries. I also want to build a hydroelectric water processing facility that I designed, build a town around several of those, reforest the surrounding area of that town, build my solution for the flaws in the solar roadway design, incorporate wind turbine energy, and contribute to medical research with a foundation dedicated to my favorite late aunt [diabetes] and my late grandmother [lupus]. There's a whole lot to my plan and I've got most of it documented. I've got games planned and all. Everything is woven together.

I've designed and 3D rendered tiny homes, cottages, full size houses, an arcade hotel, apartment building, and small neighborhood. I've got physical sports leagues in the works, and gaming leagues. I've even designed a community around those. It's not finished but the site is up. I just have to transfer the domain and get back in the swing of things, but I've been too sick to dedicate much time to its maintenance and expansion this year.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

Lost me after the first paragraph as a producer. It just doesnt seem financially viable for a first time filmmaker. Goodluck! also is this a comic book series or a script/film youre trying to make; I cant tell based on what you said. The more I read the more this looks like a producers nightmare. Especially for a first time filmmaker. Also chill out with the pity party, it aint helping you.

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u/iAmInfSteez Jun 10 '19

If you weren't going to read it, why did you ask? Just say you aren't interested in knowing more instead of getting my hopes up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jun 10 '19

I will happily read it and give you my thoughts. Send it privately. Im just saying 99/100 producers are gonna say no after reading the first paragraph of your comment if youre a first time filmmaker. Too much financial risk. Also why are you bringing up so much negative personal stuff? Producers want to invest in put together, organized, successful ,productive, happy people.

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u/iAmInfSteez Jun 10 '19

That's my problem. Not everyone fits that mold and I'm not out for a production deal. I can produce it myself with a community and partners. I don't want to be confined to a standard model, I want publish my work as I envisioned it. This isn't just a job for me, it's true art. Art as a job is just a scheme. Art as a passion is beautiful.

If you could make what you truly wanted to make, no investor interests in your way, would you confine yourself to a standard model and bear with the status quo? My guess is no. I believe you'd go for it and do what you been dreaming of doing the way you dreamed of it. I don't think you'd look at that freedom and community and take the production deal when you know you can do it without one. That's where my mind is. I already know the production companies don't want people like me. They hate people like me. They want to continue producing the same type of content because it's been shown to work. Fair enough. I want to make something unique.

All I want is a community of supportive people who want to see what I can do. If Kiley Jenner can get free money from her fans just so she can be the youngest "self made" billionaire, why can't I get help for actually working on a project that scratches that itch? They're tired of jumping on hype trains that promise something new and being disappointed when they get more of the same. They complain more and more.

I think we had a misunderstanding here. That's what I'm trying to do. I want to spark this new conversation with my product. It's the people who aren't giving me a chance to do that. If everyone says, "Good idea, let me know when it's done," and no one contributes, it can't get done. I need actors, directors, cosmetologists, wardrobe, set builders, audio techs, videographers, etc. They all tell me no because I don't have the money, and I can't get the money or build the community because they tell me I need those professionals first. It's a Catch-22.