BC Film Academy

The 7 Elements of a Movie Pitch: 1) Title 2) Genre 3) Character 4) Dilemma 5) Action 6) Objective 7) Consequences Bonus - a Twist!

What gets you #inspired to #create or #express yourself? ...and what kind of #artist or #creative are you? #filmmaker, #actor, #musician, #painter, #entrepreneur, #producer, #singer, #cartoonist, #poet, #writer, #screenwriter, #novelist, all above, undecided or other...?

You don't get what you want, you get what you are, you get what you expect. Instead of just wanting something, aim to become who you need to be so that you will live in the expectation of getting what you want.

A visionary recognizes that it's not "what" they see, but the "way" they see it that that matters most.

"Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends & your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget & your fee." – James Cameron

The 7 Elements of a Movie Pitch: 1) Title 2) Genre 3) Character 4) Dilemma 5) Action 6) Objective 7) Consequences Bonus - a Twist!

What you see in your mind that nobody else does, that is interesting cinema.

Maximize the technical capabilities of what gear you currently have until there is absolutely no way it can be pushed further. It will make you an exceptional filmmaker & build your abilities beyond what the average person can do. Getting more out of less develops one's talent.

Keep this in mind when writing your stories... m.imgur.com/a/fPLnM

No matter what stage you are at as a filmmaker... Every film has limitations – financially, creatively or otherwise. The difference between those that fail and those that succeed lie in the filmmaker’s abilities to embrace those limitations and not fight them.

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." - Joseph Chilton Pearce

“Don’t lose faith in what you are trying to do, even though you will get pummeled emotionally left and right. There are a lot of NOs to any YES. And that’s OK.” - Jennifer Lee

All artists must work within some form of confines, some boundaries or limits... The painter within the limits of the canvas, the musician within the time of a single song, the filmmaker within the frame, the actor within the stage... Limits are merely the edges of our canvas.

It's where your true limitations actually are vs. where you’re self-imposed limitations exist... That's a major territory for your potential because it is yet to even be utilized. How much of you resides there? Imagine what might happen if you were to use that space to create!

"It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." - Jim Jarmusch

Each stage of the writing process will pose it’s own set of challenges, but in the end it’s up to you to use those challenges as a means to strengthen your film.