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Thanks for answering me, I really like what everyone wrote. So, it's really a problem when you want to reach now what you want, nothing come up suddenly and sometimes it doesn't even come up for the long term, but do you feel you don't enjoy your life as everyone else ? Do you need something else ? No, it's not supposed to be something like more money and prestige at all. An ordinary job makes me earn money, but it's just that, money to pay for a few bills, maybe If I didn't want to make films, I could be happier, it would be easier for me to study better at university in order to get a good job after graduated(I'm in law school), it would be easier to enjoy nice women coming into my room, so everyone is happy enjoying the life like that, but not me, all that doesn't fill me up at all, I feel empty and sometimes I go down. Sometimes I try for some seconds to forget about wishing to make films because I've had bad times at university feeling like dropping out and leaving my job, and if this happens, I'll have a big problem. I love filmmaking but I'm trying to lead my life to usual life, and it's hard, I just feel like making my short-films which I've written already, but wait opportunities is too painful, something like you're hungry for meal and your meal is filmmaking. Is it convenient if I ask another question ? How to put up with your life without thinking about making films all the time ? Or how not to harm your life thinking about filmmaking all the time ? Thanks you all very much.

Briefly, Which is most difficult ? To make a good short-film and to write a profitable feature-film or to meet powerful people to watch and judge your work ?

I'm truly in love for the genres Drama and Thriller, at times both relating with crime, other times a pure drama that has the focus the life of protagonist. In fact, it seems doesn't makes a lot of money than horror films or action films, my worry is not if I earn money or not at all, this is resulted of my work, but for executive producers that doesn't prefer to run the risk of finance it, in addition I don't know, but it seems very hard for a first director to get finance and get the directing of his own script about drama, not considering the age's directors, it also seems hard to get the directing being a new guy for this genres. It seems everybody likes Drama, a day someone rent or buy the dvd, but I don't think so much people likes to go for theaters to watch it. Companies wants excellent box office, then why will they run the risk financing some genres with low-budget that at times would profit better on DVD's and cable tv (I suppose) ? and is it too bad for writer/director career when his film profit better on video than box office ? Feel free completely to say what you wish and think, independent if this is going to discourage me or not. Very thanks Brian.

Thanks for the explanation Kirsty.

This is exactly how I think. I'm not able to understand the idiom "behind 8-ball", could you mean better ? I've already read about that, people making horror films because it always is cheap and lucrative genre, but I don't understand if you've meant that someone would be "on right way" if it thinks about to make horror films or if someone is late because many directors already made a many of these films. Thanks for reply Brian.

I understand completely what you've said, my asks are as regards "how to break into hollywood" not because I want to become rich and famous, at all, It's because I don't understand very well hollywood; but hollywood or any cinema industry also stand for "money to make his films", no money = no film, to make films is not cheap, it's not possible to finance all my films at all, if this was possible, probably I would be already a millionaire making films, but I'm not rich. And as any artist his art is intended to show to the people, to the world, necessitating of distributors, not only to keep the films to themselves, so, it needs the industry, but ok, thanks anyway. I also agree you all about the true artist, all you've said, the need to make films, and in addition a plenty of true artist hates film school. I ask about why student filmmakers doesn't get into hollywood because I've already seen some of their short-films before, they uses many techniques "how-to-do" learnt at film school, remake scenes of some feature-films, sometimes It's visible their talent absence but I don't know if they are the exception or the plurality, it seems that mama and dad wish that the son become a star and they spend a lot money for this, and certainly this is not my posture. Thanks.

Thanks for reply Keneu. So, I've been taking a look on people that get into film school and after spends a lot money to make short-films to impress some agent, but looks the most of them has not luck and almost always they goes to work as freelancer editor. I would like to know about that "luck", they has not luck or talent ? Hollywood knows to take advantage of talented aspirant to directors or really there are a plenty of untalented people who only thinks that it is a good director but it just knows to lose money with his short-films ?

But how to direct with only the script in his hands without never had directed a short-film or feature-film before ? How some directors get a role in the directing of his films only showing the script that it wrote ? Even it having relationships in the industry, how the talent is stated sufficiently to get into in the directing of film ? Thanks for reply.

Everyone that likes to write at least should believe that it has some talent or it would not think about to begin to write. I just unfortunately need to improve my english a lot, so I'll begin to write in my native tongue. Thanks for reply.

Beginning as AD or writer-director ? So, I've an impression and I see there is a current for who is joining in the industry as writer-director, the person wrote a good script and talk to some agents and the producer may guarantee to him the role as film director of his script. (I think, maybe) some thought of a producer or company like "the man has an good idea and a script well wrote for we earn money, we bought the script license and if it wish direct and has been showing to us his creativity, that it also has good knowledge about how all works even it never had directed some feature film before, Ok, no problem, it'll direct and will has support of others professionals." Or the dude can make some like a short-film just like James Wan made in Saw and maybe become easier his guarantee in direction if really the company was determined to make that film. But someone begins as AD looks harder, I don't know, the AD is in charge of planning filming days, coordinating the equipments in the location, taking care of figurantes (seems a little technical, uneventful, not so different in most of his films). So, if one day, one day... a producer looks to him differently, it may be invited to direct a script of another person. And mainly, It's very rare to see on IMDb directors credited ever in his life as AD before. I would like anyone criticize If I've made mistakes through of a point of view mine that is different in the industry and post his opinion about the question Which these way is less difficult to become a director ? Beginning as AD or writer-director ? Thanks so much for the attention reading my question and sorry for my english.

Beginning as AD or writer-director ? So, I've an impression and I see there is a current for who is joining in the industry as writer-director, the person wrote a good script and talk to some agents and the producer may guarantee to him the role as film director of his script. (I think, maybe) some thought of a producer or company like "the man has an good idea and a script well wrote for we earn money, we bought the script license and if it wish direct and has been showing to us his creativity, that it also has good knowledge about how all works even it never had directed some feature film before, Ok, no problem, it'll direct and will has support of others professionals." Or the dude can make some like a short-film just like James Wan made in Saw and maybe become easier his guarantee in direction if really the company was determined to make that film. But someone begins as AD looks harder, I don't know, the AD is in charge of planning filming days, coordinating the equipments in the location, taking care of figurantes (seems a little technical, uneventful, not so different in most of his films). So, if one day, one day... a producer looks to him differently, it may be invited to direct a script of another person. And mainly, It's very rare to see on IMDb directors credited ever in his life as AD before. I would like anyone criticize If I've made mistakes through of a point of view mine that is different in the industry and post his opinion about the question Which these way is less difficult to become a director ? Beginning as AD or writer-director ? Thanks so much for the attention reading my question and sorry for my english.

How do Steven Soderbergh and Robert Rodriguez direct and shot at same time ? Both good directors executing many functions directing and shooting in filming step's of productions with medium budget, 40, 50 millions. Now they showed that can to make both functions well done, but in the beginning, how do agents accord that directors also shot when it wish to do it ? I'm starting, for the time being as screenwriter, but when I've been writing or reading a screenplay I always think as director and director of photography, how would I like the actors acting that scene, frame, storyboard, how the story is being telling and the cinematography(contrast, color temperature, tricks, lighting, doing the harmony with all scenes aspect and facilitating the production). I want to direct and write, It's really certain but I also would like shot it keeping my ideal conception of my screenplay. Someone help me ? Thanks very much, sorry for my english.