I’ve spent some time on this blog and on other blogs yelling at the old guard for not understanding the new forms of independent filmmaking.
Not today.
This speech by Tom Bernard from SPC is absolutely right on. Smart, helpful, empowering, incisive. This is what you need to read. Right now.
Tom Bernard: Empowering Filmmakers
I could honestly quote the whole thing, but it is worth reading and absorbing on your own time. Understanding the business is your job if you plan on getting your movie to an audience. That doesn’t mean you’re a slave to the business of film. It just means you have to understand and conquer it.
