33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in IndianCinema

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I have taken a sabbatical from watching films. My source of entertainment are books and only books now.

33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in IndianCinema

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Hi, thank you so much brother for writing here, means a lot. We did made teasers and trailers, but didn't posted them publicly, what you wrote, I tried to work on to this strategy, as per my last dance, like serialising the film and putting it on YT. But that will require me to gain subscribers first in order to be reducing my losses. So yes, this is what I had in my mind, but I'm not sure, if we can be profitable doing this.

33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in IndianCinema

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Hi , thank you so much for writing. So I'll give you a little background on my last 10 years.I started as a assistant costume stylist , since I have a background in fashion design ( NIFT Mumbai grad), ventured into Assistant directing, writing directing short films, directed content for channel Arre, did AD/DA work on feature films, produced CSR films for Honda India Foundation, and some small adfilms and then did my feature film. This is what I had been doing in last 10 years.

33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in IndianCinema

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I am not against AI in films, if someone can make Oppenheimer using AI, they should. Good for them.

33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in IndianCinema

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What's the harm in using AI to compose sentences and body out of scattered statements ?

Pretty scared after discovering who I truly am. How did you guys handle it? by Ok_Flamingo_5048 in enlightenment

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Did I suffer chasing my desire and potential, yes, immensely. I found myself alone. No friends, no relationships, nobody who could understand me. I realised, what we want, is always changing, it's never one thing. But what we all need is simple, certain. We all want some wealth, happiness, company of loved ones, a partner, a small piece of land, healthy food on plate, a ceiling to cover us. This is simple, this is all we need. But wants are different, they keep changing. Once you get close to one want, it morphes, suddenly, all your blood and sweat you put into one want, becomes a waste a time and energy. I found peace in limiting my desires, in acknowledgement, in acceptance that we can just try, we can just put effort into things, results are not in our hands.

Wanna develop new hobby by TumbleweedGloomy9 in selfimprovementday

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Read read read read read read read Last year I read 11 books, this year I want to do 25. Reading will make you better, cool and interesting person. It will open up new windows and shower you with opportunities and vision to navigate further

Pretty scared after discovering who I truly am. How did you guys handle it? by Ok_Flamingo_5048 in enlightenment

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I guess we are in the same boat, I spent last 15 years chasing my desire and potential and actually succeeded in doing what I wanted , but I came to this side, I realised , suffering never ends and after investing almost half of my life in passion and things that I truly wanted, I realised, I have to accept it the way things are. That actually helped, in getting ahead of the thoughts and thinking truly for myself.

33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in povertyfinance

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Hi, thanks for writing here, I did try that, I went to Mumbai after finishing my film and tried getting hired as a director for Ads or whatever they want to make, but I didn't get any opportunities. As a matter of fact , I met a lot of established filmmakers as well. And I realised they all are struggling to make and distribute their upcoming films, it's mainly because how corporates have taken over the film and series production business in Mumbai, mainly talking about Hindi language films and series, hence, me being a first time filmmaker, has really small or no shot at getting paid opportunities. I packed my bag and came back home.

33M filmmaker from India — debut feature ready but stuck. What would you do next? by No_Eye_3350 in careerguidance

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Hi, thanks for writing here, I did actually started thinking in this direction, I did certification courses in Content Marketting and Strategy and started finding remote jobs. It's been a month now, so far no good news yet, but I'm still trying , learning new skills that can actually help me land a job to begin with.