i hear ya, but it's brutally challenging achieving consistency when you're working a 9-5 outside the business, draining your energy and your finite stock of daylight hours - your window of creative productivity narrowing by the day...
I have been encouraged to do my best as a creator. My maternal grandmother 👵 was very supportive so was my mother 👩 and later my father 👨. Part of the problem is that sometimes there are persons who do not wish you to succeed. 😕 You owe it to yourself to do what was and is necessary to achieve success 🙌 and that success is giving the world what has been placed in your Divine purpose and essence. Film Courage you are such a necessary part of my life ❤️
@@roathripper I do agree with you. I work probably 10 hours a day and when I get home I have been drained of energy and my creative mind is at a stand still. But I do have a RUclips channel that I really try to update as frequently as I can and I force myself to do this.
100% agree. Creativity without discipline is a hobby. You should have a regular job that pays you everyday so you have “food air water shelter” and then make time for the creative part - with discipline.
Finally. Words that actually spoke to me. D.amn. This dude, got me motivated and gave me a plan. Yeah, he definitely said all the right stuff to get a writer going. I usually don’t add comments to these vids, but this dude deserves one.
@@filmcourage No problem. I like all of them. This one, just hit different. I’m currently writing a Horror Script, myself. I would’ve appreciated, if I had talked with Jason Park in person. But, the dream is to have a conversation with Jordan Peele. Anyways, I enjoy all Film Courage vids. And, thank you for taking the time to reply.
His message is incredibly profound and there's a layer of depth to it that might go unnoticed. Here in the West our country culture is hyper productive, from young adult all the way through life we are conditioned to work extremely hard to succeed. However the problem is that jobs and careers are the primary target and goals for that cultural mindset. His message is that you can use those same principles of work ethic and apply them to the skillset of creation and that's something a lot of people really need to hear because they're probably not creating nearly as much as they could and that's a tragedy to real culture.
Thank you for this interview! I needed to hear this. I always put myself down for not concentrating 100% of my time towards my creative passion, that I'm too comfortable. and whatever creative projects I do in my spare time are not worth it. But they do! After 12 years of making music I can say that I've been making music for 12 years and became not bad at it. If I threw myself out there at my passion, it wouldn't necessarily make me closer to success. In fact, I would have been even further from it. I also believe in consistency (although disciplining myself is a separate issue). But the grind always brings me result. If I spend a number of hours or days, there will be a result, even if at the start it seems like it's all pointless.
Thank you for this amazing clip. Jason has a brilliant perspective on how to succeed as an independent creative all while achieving work life integration. This is the motivation I needed that showed up right on time. I was just saying I wanted to write screenplays for 3 new ideas I had just in the last week along with books I want to publish. Looking forward to the full interview.
This is a great message and one that I’m following more and more lately after realizing I’ve been slacking too much and using my day job as an excuse. In pursuing my music, I am using the same principles/schedule that I use for marathon training. I make 3 beats per day (or focus on finishing a beat that has potential to be an actual song) after work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and then in the morning on Saturday and Sunday. By incorporating days-off I keep myself from burning out. This is how you train for a marathon, its 3 shorter runs throughout the week and then long runs/cross-training on the weekend. Having a day job has also allowed me to get high-end recording equipment.
It helps build a structure of discipline, routine, and financial stability. I also find that if I’m pushing myself too hard to come up with ideas for writing all I need to do is clean my house, go for a run or do my basic work and just clearing my mind almost always an idea kind of just pops into my head. I work out everyday for an hour and a half and I’ve been neglecting my writing time.... just need to adhere the same principles to some “creative time” everyday! Thanks for the video! Good motivation (especially with new year coming so fast... BE GONE 2022! LOL)
I come to this channel every time I need a boost of inspiration or need to kill my inner perfectionist. It helps every time. And this guest is especially helpful when you need the "shut up and write" advice. Great interview as always!
Absolutely agree with his pacing and dedication level. He is right about developing that commitment that is totally needed just to finish writing a feature film script idea. TV shows would be an even more in-depth process. The 3 page a day concept was one lesson my first writing class encouraged. This interview should be listened to a few times a year. Thanks for posting this video
Being consistently disciplined will create motivation and override any form of talent or lackthereof you may have. The problem I and a lot of others have is starting. Starting is the hardest thing you have to do, continuing is easy.
Man, I just cried. Everything is getting tough for me. I quit my IT job 2 years ago trying to pursue my filming career. Now I don't feel stable and I have a lot of doubts. My economic situation and my mental health are getting worse. Yes, I do films sometimes but I don't feel is the right way to approach filmmaking I come from a working-class family and I don't have the opportunity to live only doing money, and doing freelance jobs gives me no time to do my "artistic" projects, neither time. Not being stable is really bad for artists. Thinking to do what he said, grinding, keeping my 9-5 job, and pursuing my A dream. Damn, that hit hard. thanks
This is good advice but is easier said than done. A full-time job, plus being a parent and other must do jobs that crop up can make it difficult and often impossible to find time for creative endeavour. It's important to try and delegate a little time when and where you can, as he says, and try to do what you can. But so much creativity has to be put to the side when work and life demands priority.
thanks, this is what I'm going to rewatch every month, at least once. I'm in the same situation - balancing between full-time job and writing in spare time. and I'm still learning of time management and steady, consistent work.
Everything he said is right, but I can't sit down and do something creative and good for an hour, on demand. I can't force it. And the time I do have, most of the time I'm exhausted and depressed and not one creative thing gives me joy anymore. Even if I managed to force myself to do something in that time - it would be shit. This is great in theory, but life doesn't work in a way that every day, every time I have an hour free I'm on top of my game to do something amazing.
These Jason Park interviews are phenomenal. He speaks with such wisdom about the business. Most of the people in the business are falsely led to believe that you cannot have a day job and success in the business.
Exactly, right? It's so depressing sometimes to hear a common encouragement to drop everything and pursue your dream. It makes you think that if you choose a more balanced approach then you somehow bury it. But not all people are able to do that. What we do with a few hours we have is what matters most. If at some point an opportunity presents itself, you will be able to say - here, I've been honing my craft for all these years
Been saying this for years but about working out. I worked two jobs and was a single mom but I still found time to work out. If it’s a priority you’ll find a way to make it work.
I’ve always wondered how I’d do if I was able to write full time. It’s a goal of mine but the routine of a job forces discipline in me that creative time is precious. But teaching middle school drains you and might be making me dumber lol.
Don't drink the koolaid. Take a sabbatical and put yourself through the rigours of writing as if under contract to deliver a script by the time you return to class. Find out how it feels, and if you think you got what it takes to be a full time writer.
This is of course far more likely to bear fruit if you are in good mental and physical health, have few or no family or social obligations, have a job that gives you enough time off to do more than just catch your breath, and are paid a wage that allows you a basic level of survival. If you're missing one of these, pursuing creative dreams becomes much, much harder. If you're missing several, it becomes just about impossible.
This is so inspiring! I really appreciated Jason's practical approach regarding how to stay creative while keeping a day job. I've been working both in IT as a UI designer and as a freelance artist. It's really taxing, keeping this balance. But at the same time I definitely couldn't just do this day job if my life depended on it.
I love this perspective. I’ve been saying for years slow organic growth like an oak tree. Growth for me is creating in the universe I’ve created. 100 animated shorts, 1.5 animated feature length films and over 300 comic strips later
Wish I heard this in my twenties. Spot on. First gear is the hardest, the key to working in this industry is building a solid body of spec work. You need money to do that.
I think you have to be honest with yourself. Would you REALLY use the time to create your magnum opus if you quit your day job? Some people might quit their day job and use the time wisely. But most, myself included, would just spiral into procrastination. Day time TV is a hell of a drug.
This is a great message on an individual level. I would advise my son or my friend in a similar way. On a broader level it's a bit more complicated than this. Not everyone is in a position to make the same choices. Not everyone has the same insulation from the bad ones they make.
Yo I love this!!!! Keep the day job, write the script a few pages each day, shoot on weekends. Genius 💯 Gonna get this script done. Got 22 pages so far. Great info!!!
I have been working at retail for 22 years. I did freelance work on side after college. I gain so much experience and made so much connections on the way. People paths in life are different. Mine was the tough route. You learn so much through pain. I get his point of having a day job. If you are not married or not have kids, go after your dream. I rather do commercial work, shooting weddings, music videos, promo work, and shoot stock footage than being a PA on set or background work.
I am currently working in a retail store. I hate every single second of that job. But I try to use few off days that I get to strengthen my skill set, I work on my personal project, I am learning new skills from tutorials. By practicing on my personal project and watching tutorials, I learned much more useful things than from my utterly useless college.
@@ImaginaryShadows1 I feel so stupid that I believed this idea "go get that degree, employers going to be very happy". Nowadays it's all about a presentable portfolio.
this is a GREAT one especially for someone like me really struggling to find what mold i fit into in trying to be a filmmaker and utilize my abilities.... better to do so for my own stuff rather than trying to struggle freelancing. he's right, for some people it works. everyone is different. there needs to be a sense of balance so you don't have regrets
I don’t know if he’d go 5-6 years without it cause he switched gears. He was perhaps not trying so hard to book industry jobs cause he was focused on creating his own material and getting money to do so which fair enough. That’s respectable. I think the reason why people do take focus off day jobs is to put everything they have into making the GREATEST material they can possibly do while “booking jobs” and finding ways to connect to the thing they fully want to indulge. Any way you do it is hard and it’s a journey and Life is gonna be interesting and not interesting depending on how you choose to see it at any given moment. Life imitates art and Art imitates life so they say
I watched all the Chris gore videos and thought you were just just riffing and giving basic tips... I now have to gym mindset to spend an hour a day to follow my dreams. Thank you.
Man I love this channel. It has helped me sooo much and this interview with Jason is hands down one of the best. I've been working on a web series called TRIP. will be coming soon to youtube.
this is a topic of some considerable controversy. in my view, making it in the film industry is a full-time mission. The arts take a lifetime to master and whatever your niche, it's a hyper-competitive rat race. If you're seriously focused on breaking into the industry then you owe it to yourself to invest in your craft and that of course demands quality time out of your day and a full-tank of focused energy to burn. Now if you're working a 9-5 you're throwing away precious daylight hours - your window of creative productivity. film is a zero-sum proposition, you can't have the penny and the bagle. you just can't half-ass this shit and expect above mediocre results. And remember, your time is finite. You will get old and tired and life will get more complicated leaving even less time and energy at your disposal. The odds of success lengthen with every year that passes, as a new generation of fresh youthful film graduates bounce into the market.
I quit my corporate job about a year ago, although Ive had success in terms of booking jobs in the 4 years in the industry as an Actor and model I decided to quit my job. Wasn't my niche, it was draining mentally and I feel to be the best I can be at what Im doing I need to squeeze out as much hours as I can for this craft. Reading the necessary books, the voice works, the research, studying the films I need as an Actor, reading the plays to help me understand the craft of writing because I am busy writing my 1st script. "you can't have the penny and the bagle"...It has been tough with bills to pay, convincing loved ones that this is what's necessary to propel me as an Artist. The feelings of "shitt did I just quit my job to become a full time Artist in Namibia" As we speak I am planning to lease my house to pay mortgage and move to the farm with my mother and continue my process there. Ive been in some Films most will be released this year, 2 International flicks the most prominent one(Der Vermessene Mensch) in terms of the size of the Film, I'm a supporting actor in one scene, Premiering 23rd March at the Berlin Film festival. Ive had some prominent modeling gigs in the country. Ive established myself in the Namibian industry and my home city Windhoek. I finished Film school last year(one of the reasons I quit because I needed to be full time for my final year). My portfolio/works will speak for me while Im at the farm and if there are auditions or Filming opportunities to the city its just a 3 hour drive. My passion is huge, my believe is huge, my dreams are scary and my goals are to go International but 1st I need to hone my craft so diligently for when that opportunity arises so I can TAKE IT withboth hands. It's a crazy old dream for an ordinary 33 year old living in a country that some on this platform have never heard of, Godwilling you will know it and our exploits in the industry will help with that.
This guy gets it. Don’t pander cuz it’s trendy, make your own stuff and create the change you want to see. Especially if you want to see characters that look like you. He takes about how race or gender swapping doesn’t work, it’s insulting to the character and most importantly to the audience. I like this guy. Now why doesn’t Disney or marvel do this?
this is fantastic. I had the vibes as if im listeining to bruce lee - " be like water" it has similar vibes. jason has a similar smile to bruce.. Thats so cool
While a lot of these videos tend to apply to my own work, I'm also an animator, so a lot of the videos do not, since a lot of them are about shooting live-action. I'd _love_ to see one of these videos--or more!--with people who make animated films, Hollywood or indie.
@@dallassegno _This_ message, yes; I was making a more broad, general comment about the channel, really. It'd be nice to see some of this from an animator's perspective. And work on it daily...? Hell, I was working on it when the email of your reply came in! Setting up a shot to render overnight. :)
What a great perspective on work ethic but I don’t believe all art is for this world, and it is okay to keep it to yourself only as a meditative practice. I regularly burn paintings. But I also regularly burn money, haha. My boomer-cap stepdad wonders how my business is so successful and I have no idea, I just do money magick and I’m very nice to everyone I meet. Imo it’s reprehensible to recommend to someone a career where you sacrifice your literal life for a country that is almost certainly operating for profit. Still, I got so much out of this and appreciated it a lot!
I'm about to work as an att salesman 6 days a week from 8 am to 7 pm. I'm 23 and writing is already a struggle to do daily, but would love to one day create an animated franchise. This all sounds like great advice, but I feel there are some careers that don't fit as well though. Any help from others that do actually manage it?
Hollywood and the film industry will have big trouble in the near future. Ai artwork is being used to create a lot of things now, including video clips. Eventually you will be able to create whole scenes with digital characters all by a field of text. When this happens people will start creating their own stories and better entertainment. You'll be able to create fan fiction and see continuations of properties, you never thought was possible before. A lot of the lazy writing and invasive messaging that has been going on in recent times won't sell when people no longer need you for entertainment. This is a problem they lack the foresight for. I bet nobody has considered the rising Ai as a threat. The software actually isn't too far off and it maybe closer than a fully reliable autonomous car. When that day comes Hollywood will have to change their mindsets again and jump on top of the technology themselves instead of continuing to spend millions on big budgets because it will be far cheaper and require less effort for the average person to use a text based Ai and get the entertainment they were looking for. Digital characters also won't be good for actors and most behind the scenes production jobs will be lost. We are on the verge of a major shift in society with Ai artwork creation.
theres a solution to these baseline problems of impoverished struggle he talks about that helps everyone lol. but he is right about the consistency of honing your skills
This isn't really motivational it highlights the poverty trap. All labor is forced under threat of homelessness/ starvation that shouldn't be acceptable to a civilized society. How many people really have a flat 40hrs of work? How much time is lost in transit to b.s jobs The military is built on the wxploitation of poverty. This is his outlier perspective though there are good notes , needs work to remove the survival bias. Maybe we can do better when not trapped making profits for billionaires.
wow no surprise that you have 2 completely opposing points of view. I think the have a bs job idea is dumb. unless your jobs are specific to your craft.
Meh, most talented and remembered artists became what they were, by only working their craft. That's the reason the notion of patron exist in the first place. If you can't stay consistent doing only your thing, you just need to find something else, because you aren't that much into it.
“Consistency can move mountains” 💎
i hear ya, but it's brutally challenging achieving consistency when you're working a 9-5 outside the business, draining your energy and your finite stock of daylight hours - your window of creative productivity narrowing by the day...
I have been encouraged to do my best as a creator. My maternal grandmother 👵 was very supportive so was my mother 👩 and later my father 👨. Part of the problem is that sometimes there are persons who do not wish you to succeed. 😕
You owe it to yourself to do what was and is necessary to achieve success 🙌 and that success is giving the world what has been placed in your Divine purpose and essence.
Film Courage you are such a necessary part of my life ❤️
and she only said......... ok.
@@roathripper I do agree with you. I work probably 10 hours a day and when I get home I have been drained of energy and my creative mind is at a stand still. But I do have a RUclips channel that I really try to update as frequently as I can and I force myself to do this.
Literally there was a man that fought a mountain for 22 years and carved a path with hand tools and no help . his name was Dashrath Manjhi
100% agree. Creativity without discipline is a hobby. You should have a regular job that pays you everyday so you have “food air water shelter” and then make time for the creative part - with discipline.
I’m a songwriter. We have a phrase in our corner of the world “two lines a day is a song a week.”
Consistency is the game changer
Hey Zac do you have an instagram?
Finally. Words that actually spoke to me. D.amn. This dude, got me motivated and gave me a plan. Yeah, he definitely said all the right stuff to get a writer going. I usually don’t add comments to these vids, but this dude deserves one.
Great to see you find value in this one! Thanks for commenting!
@@filmcourage No problem. I like all of them. This one, just hit different. I’m currently writing a Horror Script, myself. I would’ve appreciated, if I had talked with Jason Park in person. But, the dream is to have a conversation with Jordan Peele. Anyways, I enjoy all Film Courage vids. And, thank you for taking the time to reply.
His message is incredibly profound and there's a layer of depth to it that might go unnoticed. Here in the West our country culture is hyper productive, from young adult all the way through life we are conditioned to work extremely hard to succeed. However the problem is that jobs and careers are the primary target and goals for that cultural mindset. His message is that you can use those same principles of work ethic and apply them to the skillset of creation and that's something a lot of people really need to hear because they're probably not creating nearly as much as they could and that's a tragedy to real culture.
Thank you for this interview! I needed to hear this. I always put myself down for not concentrating 100% of my time towards my creative passion, that I'm too comfortable. and whatever creative projects I do in my spare time are not worth it. But they do! After 12 years of making music I can say that I've been making music for 12 years and became not bad at it. If I threw myself out there at my passion, it wouldn't necessarily make me closer to success. In fact, I would have been even further from it.
I also believe in consistency (although disciplining myself is a separate issue). But the grind always brings me result. If I spend a number of hours or days, there will be a result, even if at the start it seems like it's all pointless.
I’m literally living what he’s talking about 🙏🏾. Time management and discipline is EVERYTHING 🎬
Thank you for this amazing clip. Jason has a brilliant perspective on how to succeed as an independent creative all while achieving work life integration. This is the motivation I needed that showed up right on time. I was just saying I wanted to write screenplays for 3 new ideas I had just in the last week along with books I want to publish. Looking forward to the full interview.
Cheers Joe!
Im in a very similar boat as this guy and what he said is exactly what I needed to hear!
Pretty much what I do. I work a daytime job and use my income to finance my own films. Smart
Can I watch it? 👏🏾🎥🎥
Yeah I've been doing that with the web series I'm working on. coming soon.
This is a great message and one that I’m following more and more lately after realizing I’ve been slacking too much and using my day job as an excuse. In pursuing my music, I am using the same principles/schedule that I use for marathon training. I make 3 beats per day (or focus on finishing a beat that has potential to be an actual song) after work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and then in the morning on Saturday and Sunday. By incorporating days-off I keep myself from burning out. This is how you train for a marathon, its 3 shorter runs throughout the week and then long runs/cross-training on the weekend. Having a day job has also allowed me to get high-end recording equipment.
Jason spoke to my soul… thank u
Love to hear you connect with this one.
Does having a day job keep you consistent with creative work? Or does it make you too tired at the end of the week to start new projects?
it tires your ass. makes you a hypnotic rat like the rest of the crowd - misery mon-fri, binge to oblivion fri-sun, rinse and repeat until dead.😔
It helps build a structure of discipline, routine, and financial stability. I also find that if I’m pushing myself too hard to come up with ideas for writing all I need to do is clean my house, go for a run or do my basic work and just clearing my mind almost always an idea kind of just pops into my head.
I work out everyday for an hour and a half and I’ve been neglecting my writing time.... just need to adhere the same principles to some “creative time” everyday! Thanks for the video! Good motivation (especially with new year coming so fast... BE GONE 2022! LOL)
@Wizard Deedly Amazing quote and really inspiring. Thank you.
I come to this channel every time I need a boost of inspiration or need to kill my inner perfectionist. It helps every time. And this guest is especially helpful when you need the "shut up and write" advice. Great interview as always!
Absolutely agree with his pacing and dedication level. He is right about developing that commitment that is totally needed just to finish writing a feature film script idea. TV shows would be an even more in-depth process.
The 3 page a day concept was one lesson my first writing class encouraged. This interview should be listened to a few times a year. Thanks for posting this video
Being consistently disciplined will create motivation and override any form of talent or lackthereof you may have. The problem I and a lot of others have is starting. Starting is the hardest thing you have to do, continuing is easy.
Man, I just cried. Everything is getting tough for me. I quit my IT job 2 years ago trying to pursue my filming career. Now I don't feel stable and I have a lot of doubts. My economic situation and my mental health are getting worse. Yes, I do films sometimes but I don't feel is the right way to approach filmmaking I come from a working-class family and I don't have the opportunity to live only doing money, and doing freelance jobs gives me no time to do my "artistic" projects, neither time. Not being stable is really bad for artists.
Thinking to do what he said, grinding, keeping my 9-5 job, and pursuing my A dream. Damn, that hit hard.
thanks
Thanks!
Thank you so much RichRay Films! Looks like you are taking this segment to heart. Our best to you as you complete your current script!
This is good advice but is easier said than done. A full-time job, plus being a parent and other must do jobs that crop up can make it difficult and often impossible to find time for creative endeavour.
It's important to try and delegate a little time when and where you can, as he says, and try to do what you can. But so much creativity has to be put to the side when work and life demands priority.
thanks, this is what I'm going to rewatch every month, at least once. I'm in the same situation - balancing between full-time job and writing in spare time. and I'm still learning of time management and steady, consistent work.
Thank you Jason. I feel encouraged.
Everything he said is right, but I can't sit down and do something creative and good for an hour, on demand. I can't force it. And the time I do have, most of the time I'm exhausted and depressed and not one creative thing gives me joy anymore. Even if I managed to force myself to do something in that time - it would be shit. This is great in theory, but life doesn't work in a way that every day, every time I have an hour free I'm on top of my game to do something amazing.
Thank you💪
These Jason Park interviews are phenomenal. He speaks with such wisdom about the business. Most of the people in the business are falsely led to believe that you cannot have a day job and success in the business.
Exactly, right? It's so depressing sometimes to hear a common encouragement to drop everything and pursue your dream. It makes you think that if you choose a more balanced approach then you somehow bury it. But not all people are able to do that. What we do with a few hours we have is what matters most. If at some point an opportunity presents itself, you will be able to say - here, I've been honing my craft for all these years
Been saying this for years but about working out. I worked two jobs and was a single mom but I still found time to work out. If it’s a priority you’ll find a way to make it work.
I’ve always wondered how I’d do if I was able to write full time. It’s a goal of mine but the routine of a job forces discipline in me that creative time is precious. But teaching middle school drains you and might be making me dumber lol.
You can do it!🙌🏾
Don't drink the koolaid. Take a sabbatical and put yourself through the rigours of writing as if under contract to deliver a script by the time you return to class. Find out how it feels, and if you think you got what it takes to be a full time writer.
This is of course far more likely to bear fruit if you are in good mental and physical health, have few or no family or social obligations, have a job that gives you enough time off to do more than just catch your breath, and are paid a wage that allows you a basic level of survival.
If you're missing one of these, pursuing creative dreams becomes much, much harder. If you're missing several, it becomes just about impossible.
Great interview. This is the type of video why I subscribed. Thanks Jason and thanks Film Courage 🙏
Love to hear that, thanks Enrique!
This is so inspiring! I really appreciated Jason's practical approach regarding how to stay creative while keeping a day job. I've been working both in IT as a UI designer and as a freelance artist. It's really taxing, keeping this balance. But at the same time I definitely couldn't just do this day job if my life depended on it.
I love this perspective. I’ve been saying for years slow organic growth like an oak tree. Growth for me is creating in the universe I’ve created. 100 animated shorts, 1.5 animated feature length films and over 300 comic strips later
Wow... was this impactful. Thank you.
100% Agreed. I quit my job back in December,2021 and I'm unemployed since then. It feels really guilty that why did i do that? What was i thinking.
Same man, but now you have this perspective. Learn from your expirience.
@@iMarkStyle I've learned alot from it and regret it daily.
@@darthvader875 Why did you quit?
Thanks a lot! Very inspiring. ♥️
Wish I heard this in my twenties. Spot on. First gear is the hardest, the key to working in this industry is building a solid body of spec work. You need money to do that.
I think you have to be honest with yourself. Would you REALLY use the time to create your magnum opus if you quit your day job? Some people might quit their day job and use the time wisely. But most, myself included, would just spiral into procrastination. Day time TV is a hell of a drug.
Great interview thanks Jason
Thank you for your wisdom!
This is exactly what I needed to hear
This is a great message on an individual level. I would advise my son or my friend in a similar way. On a broader level it's a bit more complicated than this. Not everyone is in a position to make the same choices. Not everyone has the same insulation from the bad ones they make.
Yo I love this!!!! Keep the day job, write the script a few pages each day, shoot on weekends. Genius 💯
Gonna get this script done. Got 22 pages so far. Great info!!!
Love it!! That's how I move
Superb. Motivational interview!
I have been working at retail for 22 years. I did freelance work on side after college. I gain so much experience and made so much connections on the way. People paths in life are different. Mine was the tough route. You learn so much through pain. I get his point of having a day job. If you are not married or not have kids, go after your dream. I rather do commercial work, shooting weddings, music videos, promo work, and shoot stock footage than being a PA on set or background work.
I am currently working in a retail store. I hate every single second of that job. But I try to use few off days that I get to strengthen my skill set, I work on my personal project, I am learning new skills from tutorials. By practicing on my personal project and watching tutorials, I learned much more useful things than from my utterly useless college.
@@---xv3zf I learned a lot off of RUclips videos and books than when I was in college. You don’t have go to film school anymore.
@@ImaginaryShadows1 I feel so stupid that I believed this idea "go get that degree, employers going to be very happy". Nowadays it's all about a presentable portfolio.
I love this. It is so relatable to my situation right now. Thank you so much for sharing this.
This is good advice. My journey to film-maker was structured around various day gigs that were related indirectly or directly to creative pursuits...
EXCELLENT ADVICE! I'LL TAKE IT!!
Wow your advise was very down to earth, helpful and right on time. Thank you Jason.
this is a GREAT one especially for someone like me really struggling to find what mold i fit into in trying to be a filmmaker and utilize my abilities.... better to do so for my own stuff rather than trying to struggle freelancing. he's right, for some people it works. everyone is different. there needs to be a sense of balance so you don't have regrets
I don’t know if he’d go 5-6 years without it cause he switched gears. He was perhaps not trying so hard to book industry jobs cause he was focused on creating his own material and getting money to do so which fair enough. That’s respectable. I think the reason why people do take focus off day jobs is to put everything they have into making the GREATEST material they can possibly do while “booking jobs” and finding ways to connect to the thing they fully want to indulge. Any way you do it is hard and it’s a journey and Life is gonna be interesting and not interesting depending on how you choose to see it at any given moment. Life imitates art and Art imitates life so they say
Really good advice here. Damn.
...watching this after a week of filming for a Halloween sketch after work...PRICELESS!💡🎰🎯❤
I watched all the Chris gore videos and thought you were just just riffing and giving basic tips... I now have to gym mindset to spend an hour a day to follow my dreams. Thank you.
This guy is great. Needed to hear this
More to come!
Glad I watched this one…..a treasure trove for us creatives. Thanks Film Courage!❤
Thank you Cheri!
Man I love this channel. It has helped me sooo much and this interview with Jason is hands down one of the best. I've been working on a web series called TRIP. will be coming soon to youtube.
This was the best most useful clip I’ve seen on here, for me
Glad to hear it!
Very Bruce Lee! Love it!
❤❤❤one of the best interview out there ❤
"I'm a grinder and I get laser focussed." 😎 I love ❤️ this piece.
Such awesome insight and truth
those last seconds were golden!
More to come on Jason’s writing process!
Life doesn't have to be a struggle...you just have to make more calculated choices.
Very inspiring, something badly I wanted at this time.
this is a topic of some considerable controversy. in my view, making it in the film industry is a full-time mission. The arts take a lifetime to master and whatever your niche, it's a hyper-competitive rat race. If you're seriously focused on breaking into the industry then you owe it to yourself to invest in your craft and that of course demands quality time out of your day and a full-tank of focused energy to burn. Now if you're working a 9-5 you're throwing away precious daylight hours - your window of creative productivity. film is a zero-sum proposition, you can't have the penny and the bagle. you just can't half-ass this shit and expect above mediocre results. And remember, your time is finite. You will get old and tired and life will get more complicated leaving even less time and energy at your disposal. The odds of success lengthen with every year that passes, as a new generation of fresh youthful film graduates bounce into the market.
I quit my corporate job about a year ago, although Ive had success in terms of booking jobs in the 4 years in the industry as an Actor and model I decided to quit my job. Wasn't my niche, it was draining mentally and I feel to be the best I can be at what Im doing I need to squeeze out as much hours as I can for this craft. Reading the necessary books, the voice works, the research, studying the films I need as an Actor, reading the plays to help me understand the craft of writing because I am busy writing my 1st script. "you can't have the penny and the bagle"...It has been tough with bills to pay, convincing loved ones that this is what's necessary to propel me as an Artist. The feelings of "shitt did I just quit my job to become a full time Artist in Namibia" As we speak I am planning to lease my house to pay mortgage and move to the farm with my mother and continue my process there. Ive been in some Films most will be released this year, 2 International flicks the most prominent one(Der Vermessene Mensch) in terms of the size of the Film, I'm a supporting actor in one scene, Premiering 23rd March at the Berlin Film festival. Ive had some prominent modeling gigs in the country. Ive established myself in the Namibian industry and my home city Windhoek. I finished Film school last year(one of the reasons I quit because I needed to be full time for my final year). My portfolio/works will speak for me while Im at the farm and if there are auditions or Filming opportunities to the city its just a 3 hour drive. My passion is huge, my believe is huge, my dreams are scary and my goals are to go International but 1st I need to hone my craft so diligently for when that opportunity arises so I can TAKE IT withboth hands. It's a crazy old dream for an ordinary 33 year old living in a country that some on this platform have never heard of, Godwilling you will know it and our exploits in the industry will help with that.
Probably one of the best interviews🤩🤩 it was reassuring!! Thanks, guys!❤
Been there, doing that!
He gave us nuggets of wisdom.
Cheers Edward!
This guy gets it. Don’t pander cuz it’s trendy, make your own stuff and create the change you want to see. Especially if you want to see characters that look like you. He takes about how race or gender swapping doesn’t work, it’s insulting to the character and most importantly to the audience. I like this guy. Now why doesn’t Disney or marvel do this?
Really good advice! Film Courage usually has good insight but, this could help no matter where you are in life.
this is fantastic. I had the vibes as if im listeining to bruce lee - " be like water" it has similar vibes. jason has a similar smile to bruce.. Thats so cool
Vergil: "Where's your motivation?"
This video: for helping you get in touch with your inner Vergil =P
While a lot of these videos tend to apply to my own work, I'm also an animator, so a lot of the videos do not, since a lot of them are about shooting live-action.
I'd _love_ to see one of these videos--or more!--with people who make animated films, Hollywood or indie.
the message is always the same. work on it daily.
@@dallassegno _This_ message, yes; I was making a more broad, general comment about the channel, really. It'd be nice to see some of this from an animator's perspective.
And work on it daily...? Hell, I was working on it when the email of your reply came in! Setting up a shot to render overnight. :)
Success is out of your hands. The only thing you can control is how you show up 😯
What a great perspective on work ethic but I don’t believe all art is for this world, and it is okay to keep it to yourself only as a meditative practice. I regularly burn paintings. But I also regularly burn money, haha. My boomer-cap stepdad wonders how my business is so successful and I have no idea, I just do money magick and I’m very nice to everyone I meet.
Imo it’s reprehensible to recommend to someone a career where you sacrifice your literal life for a country that is almost certainly operating for profit.
Still, I got so much out of this and appreciated it a lot!
I'm about to work as an att salesman 6 days a week from 8 am to 7 pm. I'm 23 and writing is already a struggle to do daily, but would love to one day create an animated franchise. This all sounds like great advice, but I feel there are some careers that don't fit as well though. Any help from others that do actually manage it?
find a job where you can work less hours
This encapsulates my worst fear.
i liked htis!
Akon even said that you need to keep your day job in order to join the entertainment industry.
Hollywood and the film industry will have big trouble in the near future. Ai artwork is being used to create a lot of things now, including video clips. Eventually you will be able to create whole scenes with digital characters all by a field of text. When this happens people will start creating their own stories and better entertainment. You'll be able to create fan fiction and see continuations of properties, you never thought was possible before. A lot of the lazy writing and invasive messaging that has been going on in recent times won't sell when people no longer need you for entertainment. This is a problem they lack the foresight for. I bet nobody has considered the rising Ai as a threat. The software actually isn't too far off and it maybe closer than a fully reliable autonomous car. When that day comes Hollywood will have to change their mindsets again and jump on top of the technology themselves instead of continuing to spend millions on big budgets because it will be far cheaper and require less effort for the average person to use a text based Ai and get the entertainment they were looking for. Digital characters also won't be good for actors and most behind the scenes production jobs will be lost. We are on the verge of a major shift in society with Ai artwork creation.
Intresting that
I am the modern day Virgin Mary, i am infinitely very simple, i am multifaceted, multitalented ***, a genius ***
theres a solution to these baseline problems of impoverished struggle he talks about that helps everyone lol. but he is right about the consistency of honing your skills
This isn't really motivational it highlights the poverty trap. All labor is forced under threat of homelessness/ starvation that shouldn't be acceptable to a civilized society.
How many people really have a flat 40hrs of work?
How much time is lost in transit to b.s jobs
The military is built on the wxploitation of poverty.
This is his outlier perspective though there are good notes , needs work to remove the survival bias.
Maybe we can do better when not trapped making profits for billionaires.
i feel your pain bro
wow no surprise that you have 2 completely opposing points of view. I think the have a bs job idea is dumb. unless your jobs are specific to your craft.
Here are a few more points of view - bit.ly/3W9sqsO
Starving artist is without traditional nine to five rat race job. 😮
Works in IT yet wants to quit day job to be a creative-I feel attacked, lol.
Too right. Maybe it took you 6 months…but it’s done.
Why was this a topic of discussion after 30sum.
Hello, based department?
Meh, most talented and remembered artists became what they were, by only working their craft.
That's the reason the notion of patron exist in the first place.
If you can't stay consistent doing only your thing, you just need to find something else, because you aren't that much into it.
I don’t agree with his perspective . A lot of the things he says don’t work
Care to elaborate kindly?
The Japanese tri k IA one minute per day every day. Who can't spend one minute working on their script?