"Are you trying to psych me out?”
you say, staring at your Celtx homepage
So you're already making your own films
But you're overwhelmed with all the work you have to do (not even including your full-time job)
You're fielding questions from family members about how much this next project is going to cost you
And to top it all off?
You just got a rejection from another film fund
Looking through your notebook margins full of half-finished ideas, you wonder...
"Is this what it's going to be like for every single project...?!"
Talk about I'm a filmmaker, get me out of here!
You, your scripts & your ambition are ready to take it to the next level
But you're still...
- • Maxxing out your credit card to pay your crew
- • Asking your friends to work as a favour (again)
- • Spending the money from your full-time job on festival submission fees
And even when you manage to make more than one of your own films a year,
you’re still wondering how long it’ll take to pay off the credit card debt
…or better yet, how to get producers picking up your projects and paying you to make them
You’d love to be sipping champagne at Cannes and collecting business cards from major producers, but right now you’re up at midnight writing a new draft and sending out pitch emails at 8am, only to have them rejected the next day
*le sigh*
