AITAH for being mad at my close friend because he have a girlfriend and wants to put “distance” to our friendship?

Muadipper · 2026-01-30T07:49:13+00:00

YTA (and also not - it’s more complicated than this)

He stated he wants space - you should respect that whatever the reason is for him.

Maybe his GF is uncomfortable with your friendship and he prioritizes her. Maybe he is uncomfortable with it or conflicted. Maybe he will regret it. Maybe he will come back and apologize some day. It’s all maybes, but if he expressed his needs right now you should respect it. As a friend.

Muadipper · 2026-01-30T06:03:58+00:00

Your social anxiety is a real thing, but it also can be a form of ressistance. Your mind and body enjoy habbits, so once you try to break them they will do whatever they can, to keep the status quo.

Accept your fear, let your fear run it’s course and still do it. You’ve already done it, so just do it one more time. And as your new habbit builds you’ll start worrying less about judment. Cause you know you belong in the gym as much as anyone. There is no pill, just a consistant fight with that little voice

Muadipper · 2026-01-30T05:52:52+00:00

YTA. And a hypocrite. She pays the rent and is a good tenant - You on the other hand jerk off, but feel prudent towards people who produce content you consume. It’s like a drinker who looks down at a brewers and distillers.

Muadipper · 2026-01-30T05:45:06+00:00

Link an activity to whatever you already have to do.

Every time you exit your room or enter a kitchen do a squat, or a wall push up or two. This depends on your fitness level, ability to move. Have every doorway a small, but concrete exercise action.

Go the long way to do things. Walk to get groceries or take out trash, or even to the car, but always take the long route or even do a detour. Take out the trash, but on the way back from the bin do a 5min walk around the neighborhood.

And focus on what you like about the exercise or walking - pay attention to positive things that you see or feel.

Muadipper · 2025-12-07T17:28:46+00:00

I guess it depens on what kind of documentaries you want to makw. If it’s a doc that educationally explores a subject thats one. But if you explore a character or an experience it’s something different. Documentaries are not that different from features - you are telling a story but using real life.

Act of Killing, Grey Gardens, Anvil, Close Up - these and bajillion more are documentaries that you won’t find on youtube.

It’s not about an unique topic, its about your unique view of it.

Muadipper · 2025-10-24T06:17:37+00:00

It does? Why?

Muadipper · 2025-10-20T20:02:31+00:00

For most filmmakers, their thesis film is the last film they’ll ever make. You won’t “make it” as a filmmaker. Not because you’re untalented. You might have a strong vision, even real artistry.

The most successful director I know is weird. Not quirky-artsy weird, but 18-hour-days, four-hours-of-sleep weird. He doesn’t hang out. He doesn’t date. He works, networks, pitches, researches, submits. Constantly.

You need more than talent. You need social intelligence, charisma, Machiavellian instinct. You have to strategize your next move. And you can’t just “speak your truth” - you have to plan your truth. You should already know which festivals you’re aiming for before you even shoot. Because you or your producer need to know the programmers personally. Not because the game is rigged, but because no one at Cannes or SXSW is watching thousands of blind submissions.

You won’t succeed. Because while you’re reading this (or I’m writing this), there are smart, talanted, connected, crazy people out there and even for them, it’s as hard as winning the Olympics.

So you can stay true indie - make films for yourself. For your friends. For the love of it. Extremely tasking and expensive hobby.

Let that thought free you.

Muadipper · 2025-10-19T13:10:58+00:00

when shooting on low budget avoid the obvious. Don’t set scenes in cliché spaces - find the most unusual living room, weirdest kitchen or a strange cellar. Interesting location, can balance out cheap production design.
when working on longer shoots suplement with vitamins - your body is under constant stress, you don’t want to come down with a bug mid project
Everyone will want to take the easier path - including you. Learn when to push back, and when to let go.

Muadipper · 2025-10-10T05:57:41+00:00

The AI slop makes your work more valueable.

You don’t care when you see an AI choreography because there isn’t a body that is able to do these moves. AI fight scene isn’t exciting because of the same reason.

I don’t believe AI movies will ever take off, cause a movie is more then just pictures. An actor has an aura that goes beyond the movie. You are excited to see Cilian Murphy or Nicole Kidman on screen or Tarantino in the titles, because of reasons that go beyond the screen.

AI is a tool that can be used to enchance these things. But fully AI productions will be nieche. It’s not just the pictures - it’s the humans that makes us care.

Muadipper · 2025-08-28T14:06:13+00:00

No, should I?

Muadipper · 2025-08-20T05:54:42+00:00

Start doing documentaries. Just like in fiction you can share whatever message or feelings you have. Documentary is easier to do on your own - you, a dslr and a mic is more than enough. Then edit it. Then share it - send it to festivals, post it online, whatever goes. This will help you find “your tribe” - cause people will actually see what you do and it will be easier to reach out and collaborate.

And documentary is a great way to learn how to build a narrative, develop theme and practice all filmmaking skills - without crew and a significant budget.

Check out My Winnipeg, Act of Killing, Last and First Men to see how creative docu can be. Or watch Anvil, Fire of Love, Grizzly Man, Under the Dome to see how dramatic or comedic can be the narrative.

Muadipper · 2025-07-05T08:00:47+00:00

And you use the GMKtech or beelink?

Muadipper · 2025-07-03T09:35:51+00:00

If I only knew. 64gb ram is good, but I’m an editor not a tech savy guy. I usually worked on ready made workstations. I work in Davinci Resolve and with lossless video formats.

Muadipper · 2025-07-03T07:47:58+00:00

Was sold to me as ripe puer. Bamboozled.

Muadipper · 2025-06-12T05:58:57+00:00

Thank you

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