It is weird to put it in this way, but there is a person in the other corner of the world that was needed to hear exactly what you said. Thanks for you honesty Simon.
You know what they say. Failure is the gateway to success. If you can fail and keep going, continuing to do what you love & what needs to be done, you can make it in this crazy world.
We just finished a short film called Magic Hour. After the final edit, we had some shots that had a lot of in camera noise. I really hated myself because, as the director, I should have noticed that on set. I spent some time in this funk, until I thought, "I'm happy. I made a mistake. Not a mistake on some life changing thing. And I am still happy with my film. Also, I now know how to fix that problem." Thank you for making this video Simon.
It's refreshing to hear someone discuss facing their failures rather than the delusion of ignoring them. One of the "unfortunate" parts of progression is that every one of your projects will have elements in which you deem "not good enough"; it's just a consequence of growing as a person and as an artist, the real task is to stay commited. Great video, Simon... I really enjoyed it.
This really helped me look back at my "mistakes" without feeling too bad. Thank you so much for making this.
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There's a thing I notice in people who achieve great things; the acceptance of failure. Someone who truly innotaves and builds thing for its own, take his failures as medals, because they are proud of the risk they took, and lessons they learned and the path they have crossed.
The fear of failure and making mistakes can be can stop most people in their tracks. The problem I see is we don't address this at a young enough age. We don't express enough that to be successful in life we have to fail. We have to make mistakes, so we can learn abs become stronger for them. Great work Simon. 👊
I feel it is often difficult to be truthful about shortcomings in our art as filmmakers. However that is what leads us to growth and something I seek to learn from every time I make the next one. Cheers man and great work!
You are so inspirational This video makes me feel better about some of the things that haven't gone so well for me in my life Its too easy to get down when something goes wrong and that's not what people should do
Thank you for this. I am a beginner in making videos, cinematics, and sometimes I am not that convinced of what I've done and thinking that people would just debunk it and your talk about this concept of failure has inspired me to do more. Keep it up. You touch lives.
I'm so glad you made the mistakes in your first films which probably made "two wrongs" as good as it is. I can't wait to see how "two wrongs'" mistakes makes your next film even better
Really appreciating the recent string of videos that have been somewhat less tutorials and more so about the struggles and failures filmmaker face. Its refreshing to hear that this is something others like me deal with. Especially when it comes to wanting to succeed without having the "ball" given to me.
I love how you sit down. Look at the camera. and talk. Real talk. I learn so much. I can not tell you how much I've learned from you. Thank you so much. Simon.
This is more than filmmaking tutorial, its life-coaching deep talk :) LOVE IT! And great that u talk about this topic of getting more independend of the impacts of failure and success. Great!
This is so relatable Simon. I've always had the fear of not being perfect, I'm slowly trying to overcome it. Even uploaded a video about how it destroying me inch by inch.
Thank you, Simon. I've been fortunate to have more projects come to fruition than not, but each time something falls through, it hurts just as much. I needed to hear this. You're an exceptional artist, thank you for your work as an artist and as an educator. Honestly.
Just wanted to say something encouraging here. I have only just found your channel, however, I can tell when someone will succeed at what they are passionate about. Infact, your channel has inspired me to begin the process of creating a short film of my own. I do outdoor videos and was on the fence about creating a short film. Fence crossed. Not sure if you'll see this but, Thank you. keep up the good work.
“There’s no such thing as good work or bad work in the beginning, there’s only work. Until you’ve got enough under your belt and have your legs under you, until you’ve learned to walk.” - Sidney Lumet
There's an old trope about failure attributed to Edison. The tale has it that Edison failed more than 1,000 times when trying to create the light bulb. When asked about it, he's supposed to have said, "I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb." Liking your stuff.
Simon, I love the new direction that these videos are heading. I feel as though you're teaching us lessons rather than guides. People in this world need that type of content. Thank You.
"When failure happens it's a smack in the face." So true. I strongly believe it is how we react during these low points that reveals the most about our character. Great video.
Great video Simon. Film's/big projects like your short are hard to measure. Sure, you may not have made money on it, but I'm sure it has helped your channel and definitely gave you experience you couldn't have obtained otherwise. Not to mention you're now a filmmaker who has made a film!
I can't tell you how many short films and even a couple of features that were in the planning, scripting, even shooting stages, but nothing came of them. Projects that my friends and I were passionate about and were certain they could catch a following, yet none of the projects panned out. Failure is an ABSOLUTELY normal or even essential part of the filmmaking and artistic experience. No amount of learning either could come out of failure or making mistakes. Having a failure in our filmmaking endeavors is just as normal as having a bad day in our normal lives. Just keep going Simon! You are doing incredibly well on your channel and you need to just keep getting up making videos, no matter what. I am personally jealous of people like you who can make videos daily or weekly for a living, so you should let any kind of failure get in your way. Just think about the incredible opportunity you have make stuff. It's one of the greatest occupations of all.
Simon, you're becoming a philosopher. I like the direction that your videos are taking. They're becoming more sincere, while still being about filmmaking.
Most filmmaker out there whether they do it for fun or strive to achieve something in the industry will relate with what you mention here. As being one that criticize your short film (I hope I done so in a constructive way) I am glad to see that you are facing it's shortcomings and aim to overcome them. One project does not reflect to you as a whole but rather a small part that can be washed off by better projects.
You learn from your mistakes. If there are no mistakes there is no success. But accepting those mistakes/failures and getting back up again is the hardest part.
So true Sir, I'm a believer in learn by doing and if I make a mistake I don't look at that as a fail just more knowledge on why it didn't work. A few good quotes I like to think about and helped me I guess overcome the feeling of a "fail": When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel. - Eloise Ristad I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.- Thomas A. Edison I get quotes are not for everyone but sometimes just that little snip of a positive view on something that at the time feels really embarrassing, stressful and just not nice really makes you rethink and approach it in a different way. Again just my lil bit to the video :) as always awesome video and a nice deep / well informand talk. cheers, Kev
Crazy. That last bit sounds like the difference between shame and guilt. Shame says, 'I'm not good enough', while guilt says, 'What I did wasn't good enough'. As creators I find we continually put that weight on ourselves instead of our actions. Kinda wild. All good thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
Great video, Simon. Really engaging. I wish that we were friends and that we could just sit down and talk about stuff like this. Keep up the great work with this channel.
i like the videos where you just talk about your experiences rather then your tutorials. seems more natural. but your tutorials are great too! helped me a lot! big up from switzerland!
Failure is the learning we go through to become better, it's hard to talk about it; but nothing to be afraid of. You just keep doing what makes you happy, everything works out.
i believe it's also important to remind ourselves to not dwell in that state, in our failures. its is good to talk about failures but once we realize our mistakes and come to an understanding how we can prevent the same mistake from happening, or avoid any more damage, we should always think of going forwards and apply those what we learn. of course, it's always easier said than done. but it's also too easy to get ourselves being caught up with failure. this too is something that i will always keep in mind.
I can relate to this. Listening back to my old recordings or mix jobs, I cringe at either the sound or the project file. There are hundreds of files like these, and although I see them as a personal failure, when I look back at them I can see how far I've gone since then. If you've started something, finish it. Doesn't matter if its half-arsed near the end. You never know what can happen. This is a good thing you did, because although you know this, and I know this, and many others know this, those who are afraid of failure needed reassurance that it does not mark the end of a journey, but a milestone that can point you in many expected and unexpected directions.
I'm really glad you made this video, I can relate to this so much. I'm a person who is very sensitive about my failures and stuff and I worry a lot about what others think about me. I also agree that overcoming the fear of failure is a really important thing that I've been striving to do. Love this video! Great job :D
I seriously think that if you are creative person, that you should forget to make money with it.. It has to be really a need to do it. If you really want to make money with, you have to have a seriously good business plan and marketing ideas.. But failure learns what you can and can't do, or can't do yet. I would love to use green screen, but every attempt failed untill now.. And i don't want to buy this expensive video making software either.. It's about falling and getting up...
Why are you trying to make profit from your hobby? Why don't you bake bread for your enjoy, but take money for that? Srsly, your life is succesful, if you can live just from your hobby ;)
I disagree. Any talents that you possess should be able to earn you money in some way, and you should constantly be searching for ways to profit from those talents. Currency makes the world go 'round. You NEED it in order to survive on your own, and if you have a way to profit from something you enjoy doing, you'd be foolish not to do so. It pretty much comes down to, "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Amen. I've had plenty of failed projects and can empathize with the feeling. It doesn't make me feel good to produce a failure, but in the end it seems to work out to be an experience that I would never take back. Great video as always.
This is Brilliant, loving your videos even more lately, learning more about your journey, your honesty and evolution as a person. Ive been watching your channel for years and I've learnt so much technical and otherwise. Failure is a part of the process.
You have raised a very good point! I have been producing theater productions and independent films for over fifteen years and there are LOTS of failures. Some are more painful than others. Also there are different degrees of failure. The important thing is to NEVER give up your dreams to film just because a few projects fail along the way. Things will get better! Often you just need more experience, and these struggles are stepping stones. I studied film making with John Russo and Russ Streiner, the makers of the original "Night of the Living Dead," and at seventy years old they still struggled to getting backers for their films. Deals fell through all the time. I realized that, if these guys who have a world famous reputation still struggle to get films made then it is not going to get any easier for us independents. Film making is something you do because you love it, not because it is easy. Judging from the comments I am reading, your viewers would rather learn about failure by experience. They seem to want a sugar-coated, pie in the sky picture of what life is like for the independent film maker. Thank you for telling us how it really is! :-)
Great video mate. It makes me remember a good piece of advice I was given back in acting school. The two things that will break any actor's career (or ability to go out and do it) is bad psychology & lack of technique. If you can overcome and find a new point of view that is psychologically healthy, it will help you enjoy your career much more, and take further risks.
Well stated. Failure, and fear of, is my greatest obstacle to my creativity. But I have learned that each of my failures has taught me something that usually goes into making my next project a little bit better. Thank you.
I just wanna say: I love your videos so much. I don't care that much about learning how to make a movie (I don't even have a camera) but I like the way you speak, and the way you explain things. You exhale honesty, credibility. And more important, videos like this one makes me think about life in the moments I really need to, you know? So thank you from the bottom of my heart for that.
3:30 that happens to the best of us. multiple features that never got past decelopment or prep. The last project we had to cancel 4 days before production because investors backed out...failure? maybe, but I used the momentum to start another project and have now been booled solid for the past 3 1/2 months with editing jobs and other freelance gig and clients...so failure is sometimes momentum towards success in disguise. I've heard it said that success is failing quickly. fail, learn, move on, succeed. keep up the good work, Simon. i see more successes for you down the road.
wow great words and it's totally true you feel ashamed sometimes around your friends when they say that your last video was an utter failure and keep on criticizing things not knowing that these kind of talks gets you down, makes you think not once or twice but allot before you start a new project...it's usually a tought time and we all go through but only the person who is willing to get back up and learn from his "mistakes" will eventually succeed. once again thanks for the honesty and courage to speak on such a topic we all fear. :)
I found that when I got something to say from the heart it will turn into art... and art is something important to share with others because if you communicate your art with even just one stranger then you have made a success. There is an audience for everybody... you just have to find each other :)
Such a fantastic video. It made me recall an instance in which me and my little crew started a short film, but never finished, as my editor crashed and we lost every shot. I didn't like how the film was turning out when we were shooting it, but in retrospect I would rather had finished it and not be happy with it than having to leave it incomplete like I did. As I thought about it, the same went for all of our films, I can't say I'm really happy with any of them, you could say they were "failures", but I'm glad we finished them instead of simply giving up because they weren't good enough. How does that quote go..."you miss one-hundred percent of the shots you don't take." Maybe?
I had 2 film projects in the past year that bit the dust. One was in post-production where the editor kept backing out and the director up and left altogether, the other was where I was directing (a short doc) but the crew and myself just lacked commitment (too many thinking heads). Now I have a full time job with barely enough time on weekends to gather friends and shoot something. But this video, especially the last sentence, made me smile. :)
I really think everyone in the film industry (or anything creative) should always express their feelings, and share their experiences with others. This is a crucial part in film making. Great words.
"That's what happens when someone has a strong desire to succeed paired with caring too much what other people think." +DSLRguide This hit me like truck. Hands down best advice I've heard all week.
I relate to this a lot, especially the caring what others will think if I fail part. Honestly I can realise how that shouldn't get in the way of what you do because it doesn't matter but at the same time I don't know how to grow out of this mindset..
Honestly, I'm 46 and feel as if I've failed my way into a decent business. Keep on failing. I go with the adage to just fail faster. As far as thinking of others, your failure is there never even tried.
After having failed a class, having failed getting with the girl I wanted and having failed with a few projects I was super excited about this summer, this is something I really needed to watch. Thanks a lot Simon.
Thanks man. I just finished making a short film, and some parts of it were great, other parts harrowing. At the editing stage I was often crushed by how shots weren't in focus, or not composed correctly. Your video helps bring perspective.
It's a risky path, but that's the fun! Even very successful filmmakers feel a sense that world has made a mistake, that that they are an impostor. One thought that keeps me inspired to create comes from Kurt Vonnegut: "Art is not an occupation. It's an exercise to make your soul grow." Keep up going Simon. Your talent and tastefulness is evident in everything you make.
Ive been watching your videos for awhile now. I must say that I have the same problem, being so scared of failing that i manage to talk myself out of doing the project. I had a film ready to shoot, broke down the script, shot list, everything...a week before filming, My mind told me that it wouldn't be good enough. I still have this problem to this day. Ive been wanting to start a RUclips channel for months...but never can talk myself into actually getting in front of the camera and doing it. It's a hard thing to overcome. I think eventually, when you do make something that you can be proud of...then you are more inclined to make more.
That was very very good. It made me think about all these projects I've never completed for some reason and still I'm deeply convinced that I'm not a failure. In the end, it's not about having high or low self esteem, it's about being honest with yourself and growing from there. And btw, best sponsored video I've ever seen. First time I'm checking a sponsored link!
People like telling others they're a failure, because it makes themselves feel better. If you see what others see as failure as a learning experience, then you can do better next time, try another approach etc. You seem to have learned so much at such a young age, as long as you don't give up, you'll get there!
At the end of the day, we all have a job to do. We can sit around and worry about the fact that we failed OR we can stand up, dust ourselves off, and look at what we can do next time to improve. Perfection cannot be achieved by even the very best, but it's a good place to aim. Thanks for the cool video Simon, I've been enjoying the darker style of your videos lately.
In Sweden we have a proverb "It is fairer to listen to the string that broke than to never strain a bow". Better to try and fail than never try at all you could say. Still trying to get my first video project of ground and having no pretentions that I know what I'm doing(But your channel has given me sooo much help) I do not think that it will be a sucess in any way. However it will be an experience. Then I would use that experience to help me in future projects. My main goal is to get it finished in the first place. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next video.
I just had an experience like that about some days ago, finishing the shooting of a short film, didn't end up as planned... thanks man, your words motivated me to not give up, and keep trying to improve my projects :)
This video really speaks to me. I entered the new haven ct 48 hr film festival, filmed everything and when I got home the files got corrupted during transfer... I noticed after I formatted my cards. There was 24 hrs still left, but I told myself I couldn't do it. I couldn't submit a rushed film to be the first work of mine seen on a big screen.
It´s so crazy to me that you just put into words my current state of mind and feeling, I can relate so much to this, absolutely loved it great video Simon thank you!
never give up on your dreams, man. I wanted to be an engineer since I was a child, it took me 8 years struggling sometimes dropping out for a semester or two but I did it. I wanted to put on a show in the park it cost me loads of money and no one showed up, but I learned how to put on my own show and i actually pulled it off
Simon, you are so far along at your age. Just keep doing what you're doing. People like you are the ones who make it. Seen it enough times to spot one!
Great video brother. Everyone needs to be criticized to be humbled but there is a balance before it starts to hurt. Failure is apart of life, its just something you accept and learn from. No one is a failure if he/she is accomplishing things, the only time you fail is when you don't do it.
Ok so as I stand in the mud and muck of what I am feeling as failures this video is something I needed!!! Thank you Simon for opening it and being honest. And thank you for the closing statement. Why is it that even at the age of 31 I feel like a failure when something I do is a "failure".
Hi Simon, I really like your channel and enjoy your progress which demonstrates a willingness to adapt and learn that many older people struggle to achieve .... or perhaps never achieve. Failure is someone's opinion .... just as success is someone's opinion. I am reminded of Clint Eastwood's interview when a journalist told him that it was someone's opinion that he wasn't doing a very good job and he said "Opinions are like assholes .... Everyone's got one!" I have been a project manager for many years and I can tell you that everyone measures success differently depending on their personal agenda. Nike has a great strategy for filmmakers and story tellers .... "Just Do It!".
I've been a subscriber of yours for sometime now, and have watched you grow tremendously. I liked this right here. Its nice having this type of content on my feed. keep it up simon.
bruh, people don't see that through your mistakes we all find out the best way to not repeat them again! keep ya head up n' keep showing your great talent! Greetings from Colombia, parcero!
It is weird to put it in this way, but there is a person in the other corner of the world that was needed to hear exactly what you said. Thanks for you honesty Simon.
yes
I like how you combine philosophy and filmmaking, and its not just philosophy about filmmaking, but about life in general
I could relate to the ''hand rasing'' one so much
same
It sounds really difficult I know but honestly: Just do it! I struggled myself and just overcoming the fear was the best thing I could do.
yup completely agree
It happened to me today in surgery class
You know what they say. Failure is the gateway to success. If you can fail and keep going, continuing to do what you love & what needs to be done, you can make it in this crazy world.
We just finished a short film called Magic Hour. After the final edit, we had some shots that had a lot of in camera noise. I really hated myself because, as the director, I should have noticed that on set. I spent some time in this funk, until I thought, "I'm happy. I made a mistake. Not a mistake on some life changing thing. And I am still happy with my film. Also, I now know how to fix that problem."
Thank you for making this video Simon.
That's refreshing. Much respect for being so honest and revealing.
It's refreshing to hear someone discuss facing their failures rather than the delusion of ignoring them. One of the "unfortunate" parts of progression is that every one of your projects will have elements in which you deem "not good enough"; it's just a consequence of growing as a person and as an artist, the real task is to stay commited.
Great video, Simon... I really enjoyed it.
Thanks mate. Definitely some encouraging words to an individual who's creative road is filled with failures
sometimes it's nice to know that all of the roads are filled with failures :)
This really helped me look back at my "mistakes" without feeling too bad. Thank you so much for making this.
There's a thing I notice in people who achieve great things; the acceptance of failure.
Someone who truly innotaves and builds thing for its own, take his failures as medals, because they are proud of the risk they took, and lessons they learned and the path they have crossed.
The fear of failure and making mistakes can be can stop most people in their tracks. The problem I see is we don't address this at a young enough age. We don't express enough that to be successful in life we have to fail. We have to make mistakes, so we can learn abs become stronger for them. Great work Simon. 👊
I feel it is often difficult to be truthful about shortcomings in our art as filmmakers. However that is what leads us to growth and something I seek to learn from every time I make the next one. Cheers man and great work!
You are so inspirational
This video makes me feel better about some of the things that haven't gone so well for me in my life
Its too easy to get down when something goes wrong and that's not what people should do
preached
Thank you for this. I am a beginner in making videos, cinematics, and sometimes I am not that convinced of what I've done and thinking that people would just debunk it and your talk about this concept of failure has inspired me to do more. Keep it up. You touch lives.
I'm so glad you made the mistakes in your first films which probably made "two wrongs" as good as it is. I can't wait to see how "two wrongs'" mistakes makes your next film even better
that's a lovely optimistic approach :)
I wanted to thank you... I really appreciated what u said there. "Accepting rather than pretending that it never happened"
Really appreciating the recent string of videos that have been somewhat less tutorials and more so about the struggles and failures filmmaker face. Its refreshing to hear that this is something others like me deal with. Especially when it comes to wanting to succeed without having the "ball" given to me.
you nailed it! not just about filmmaking, but about life.
maybe you could make a short movie about that.
I love how you sit down. Look at the camera. and talk. Real talk. I learn so much. I can not tell you how much I've learned from you. Thank you so much. Simon.
This is more than filmmaking tutorial, its life-coaching deep talk :) LOVE IT! And great that u talk about this topic of getting more independend of the impacts of failure and success. Great!
This is so relatable Simon. I've always had the fear of not being perfect, I'm slowly trying to overcome it. Even uploaded a video about how it destroying me inch by inch.
Thank you, Simon. I've been fortunate to have more projects come to fruition than not, but each time something falls through, it hurts just as much. I needed to hear this. You're an exceptional artist, thank you for your work as an artist and as an educator. Honestly.
Just wanted to say something encouraging here. I have only just found your channel, however, I can tell when someone will succeed at what they are passionate about. Infact, your channel has inspired me to begin the process of creating a short film of my own.
I do outdoor videos and was on the fence about creating a short film. Fence crossed.
Not sure if you'll see this but, Thank you.
keep up the good work.
this really means a lot, thanks for the positivity :)
“There’s no such thing as good work or bad work in the beginning, there’s only work. Until you’ve got enough under your belt and have your legs under you, until you’ve learned to walk.” - Sidney Lumet
very nice!
The way you talk, your style of editing, the comfy ambience you manage.. all of that ends up in ASMR sensations to me.
There's an old trope about failure attributed to Edison.
The tale has it that Edison failed more than 1,000 times when
trying to create the light bulb. When asked about it,
he's supposed to have said, "I have not failed 1,000 times. I have
successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
Liking your stuff.
Simon, I love the new direction that these videos are heading. I feel as though you're teaching us lessons rather than guides. People in this world need that type of content. Thank You.
That video is so calming because of how deep this is.
i am so happy with your new videos. it's nice to hear about not perfect stuff sometimes. thank you.
"When failure happens it's a smack in the face." So true. I strongly believe it is how we react during these low points that reveals the most about our character. Great video.
Perfect timing. You have no idea how much this helped me today. Thank you!
Great video Simon. Film's/big projects like your short are hard to measure. Sure, you may not have made money on it, but I'm sure it has helped your channel and definitely gave you experience you couldn't have obtained otherwise. Not to mention you're now a filmmaker who has made a film!
I can't tell you how many short films and even a couple of features that were in the planning, scripting, even shooting stages, but nothing came of them. Projects that my friends and I were passionate about and were certain they could catch a following, yet none of the projects panned out. Failure is an ABSOLUTELY normal or even essential part of the filmmaking and artistic experience. No amount of learning either could come out of failure or making mistakes. Having a failure in our filmmaking endeavors is just as normal as having a bad day in our normal lives.
Just keep going Simon! You are doing incredibly well on your channel and you need to just keep getting up making videos, no matter what. I am personally jealous of people like you who can make videos daily or weekly for a living, so you should let any kind of failure get in your way. Just think about the incredible opportunity you have make stuff. It's one of the greatest occupations of all.
I loved your talk. I have years of similar experiences. They say "experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."
I honestly wanted to coment something but I dont know what to say
same. he said everything that had to be said.
That's why I just comment nipples on things.
Exactly!
Simon, you're becoming a philosopher. I like the direction that your videos are taking. They're becoming more sincere, while still being about filmmaking.
Extremely inspiring. Once you accept failure as an opportunity to fix our faults and improve our weak's, failure is actually something we would want.
Most filmmaker out there whether they do it for fun or strive to achieve something in the industry will relate with what you mention here. As being one that criticize your short film (I hope I done so in a constructive way) I am glad to see that you are facing it's shortcomings and aim to overcome them. One project does not reflect to you as a whole but rather a small part that can be washed off by better projects.
You learn from your mistakes. If there are no mistakes there is no success.
But accepting those mistakes/failures and getting back up again is the hardest part.
Premiere CC crashed before i got finished and everything is lost :( thats frustrating
Always save every 2 or 3 minutes
there was a save error :( i didn't used a cracked Version
You still should have your auto-saved project files. Check your Documents > Adobe After Effects Auto-Save folder.
the Problem is, always while the auto saving, there was an error and it couldn't save :(
Had similar, mine was due to a file permission setting? Any way, went through and changed them, and it worked for me.
Can totally relate to having similar insecurities and struggling through the same "failures"... thanks so much for your honesty!
So true Sir, I'm a believer in learn by doing and if I make a mistake I don't look at that as a fail just more knowledge on why it didn't work. A few good quotes I like to think about and helped me I guess overcome the feeling of a "fail":
When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel. - Eloise Ristad
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.- Thomas A. Edison
I get quotes are not for everyone but sometimes just that little snip of a positive view on something that at the time feels really embarrassing, stressful and just not nice really makes you rethink and approach it in a different way.
Again just my lil bit to the video :) as always awesome video and a nice deep / well informand talk.
cheers,
Kev
10,000 ways.. mr Edison was totally speaking from experience too...
thanks for your contribution :)
Crazy. That last bit sounds like the difference between shame and guilt. Shame says, 'I'm not good enough', while guilt says, 'What I did wasn't good enough'. As creators I find we continually put that weight on ourselves instead of our actions. Kinda wild. All good thoughts. Thanks for sharing.
that is a beautiful way to express it! I guess that's what happens when our work is very personal, we take it personally.
Great video, Simon. Really engaging. I wish that we were friends and that we could just sit down and talk about stuff like this. Keep up the great work with this channel.
i like the videos where you just talk about your experiences rather then your tutorials. seems more natural. but your tutorials are great too! helped me a lot! big up from switzerland!
Failure is the learning we go through to become better, it's hard to talk about it; but nothing to be afraid of. You just keep doing what makes you happy, everything works out.
I can't really relate to the school stuff but the filming stuff I absolutely relate with. All it does is makes me wanna make something much better.
i believe it's also important to remind ourselves to not dwell in that state, in our failures. its is good to talk about failures but once we realize our mistakes and come to an understanding how we can prevent the same mistake from happening, or avoid any more damage, we should always think of going forwards and apply those what we learn. of course, it's always easier said than done. but it's also too easy to get ourselves being caught up with failure. this too is something that i will always keep in mind.
I can relate to this. Listening back to my old recordings or mix jobs, I cringe at either the sound or the project file. There are hundreds of files like these, and although I see them as a personal failure, when I look back at them I can see how far I've gone since then. If you've started something, finish it. Doesn't matter if its half-arsed near the end. You never know what can happen. This is a good thing you did, because although you know this, and I know this, and many others know this, those who are afraid of failure needed reassurance that it does not mark the end of a journey, but a milestone that can point you in many expected and unexpected directions.
Simon Cade ur the man man... give all that u have bro. don't give up... bro ur my inspiration.
I'm really glad you made this video, I can relate to this so much. I'm a person who is very sensitive about my failures and stuff and I worry a lot about what others think about me. I also agree that overcoming the fear of failure is a really important thing that I've been striving to do. Love this video! Great job :D
I seriously think that if you are creative person, that you should forget to make money with it.. It has to be really a need to do it. If you really want to make money with, you have to have a seriously good business plan and marketing ideas.. But failure learns what you can and can't do, or can't do yet. I would love to use green screen, but every attempt failed untill now.. And i don't want to buy this expensive video making software either.. It's about falling and getting up...
Why are you trying to make profit from your hobby?
Why don't you bake bread for your enjoy, but take money for that?
Srsly, your life is succesful, if you can live just from your hobby ;)
+Bumper210 define "hobby".
I disagree. Any talents that you possess should be able to earn you money in some way, and you should constantly be searching for ways to profit from those talents. Currency makes the world go 'round. You NEED it in order to survive on your own, and if you have a way to profit from something you enjoy doing, you'd be foolish not to do so. It pretty much comes down to, "Where there's a will, there's a way."
I almost agree with you
Love these videos where you talk about real things and really express how you feel! Truly inspiring Simon!
Amen. I've had plenty of failed projects and can empathize with the feeling. It doesn't make me feel good to produce a failure, but in the end it seems to work out to be an experience that I would never take back. Great video as always.
This is Brilliant, loving your videos even more lately, learning more about your journey, your honesty and evolution as a person. Ive been watching your channel for years and I've learnt so much technical and otherwise. Failure is a part of the process.
You have raised a very good point! I have been producing theater productions and independent films for over fifteen years and there are LOTS of failures. Some are more painful than others. Also there are different degrees of failure. The important thing is to NEVER give up your dreams to film just because a few projects fail along the way. Things will get better! Often you just need more experience, and these struggles are stepping stones.
I studied film making with John Russo and Russ Streiner, the makers of the original "Night of the Living Dead," and at seventy years old they still struggled to getting backers for their films. Deals fell through all the time. I realized that, if these guys who have a world famous reputation still struggle to get films made then it is not going to get any easier for us independents. Film making is something you do because you love it, not because it is easy.
Judging from the comments I am reading, your viewers would rather learn about failure by experience. They seem to want a sugar-coated, pie in the sky picture of what life is like for the independent film maker. Thank you for telling us how it really is! :-)
Great video mate. It makes me remember a good piece of advice I was given back in acting school.
The two things that will break any actor's career (or ability to go out and do it) is bad psychology & lack of technique. If you can overcome and find a new point of view that is psychologically healthy, it will help you enjoy your career much more, and take further risks.
Well stated. Failure, and fear of, is my greatest obstacle to my creativity. But I have learned that each of my failures has taught me something that usually goes into making my next project a little bit better. Thank you.
Really good include of the sponsoring. It wasn't distracting and a good information because I've not known it before.
I just wanna say: I love your videos so much. I don't care that much about learning how to make a movie (I don't even have a camera) but I like the way you speak, and the way you explain things. You exhale honesty, credibility. And more important, videos like this one makes me think about life in the moments I really need to, you know? So thank you from the bottom of my heart for that.
3:30 that happens to the best of us. multiple features that never got past decelopment or prep.
The last project we had to cancel 4 days before production because investors backed out...failure? maybe, but I used the momentum to start another project and have now been booled solid for the past 3 1/2 months with editing jobs and other freelance gig and clients...so failure is sometimes momentum towards success in disguise.
I've heard it said that success is failing quickly. fail, learn, move on, succeed.
keep up the good work, Simon. i see more successes for you down the road.
Thank you Simon. It's too easy to get wrapped up in trying to make everything perfect - nice to be reminded that filmmaking is a learning process :)
wow great words and it's totally true you feel ashamed sometimes around your friends when they say that your last video was an utter failure and keep on criticizing things not knowing that these kind of talks gets you down, makes you think not once or twice but allot before you start a new project...it's usually a tought time and we all go through but only the person who is willing to get back up and learn from his "mistakes" will eventually succeed.
once again thanks for the honesty and courage to speak on such a topic we all fear.
:)
I found that when I got something to say from the heart it will turn into art... and art is something important to share with others because if you communicate your art with even just one stranger then you have made a success. There is an audience for everybody... you just have to find each other :)
Such a fantastic video. It made me recall an instance in which me and my little crew started a short film, but never finished, as my editor crashed and we lost every shot. I didn't like how the film was turning out when we were shooting it, but in retrospect I would rather had finished it and not be happy with it than having to leave it incomplete like I did. As I thought about it, the same went for all of our films, I can't say I'm really happy with any of them, you could say they were "failures", but I'm glad we finished them instead of simply giving up because they weren't good enough. How does that quote go..."you miss one-hundred percent of the shots you don't take." Maybe?
I had 2 film projects in the past year that bit the dust. One was in post-production where the editor kept backing out and the director up and left altogether, the other was where I was directing (a short doc) but the crew and myself just lacked commitment (too many thinking heads). Now I have a full time job with barely enough time on weekends to gather friends and shoot something. But this video, especially the last sentence, made me smile. :)
I really think everyone in the film industry (or anything creative) should always express their feelings, and share their experiences with others.
This is a crucial part in film making. Great words.
It's hard to not take things personally when you are so invested in them. Spot on, as usual.
Do you still film with canon 600d? :D
Yes, he does ;)
It's amazing what he can do with his 600d!
yup
No, he films with the Canon T3i.
(Sarcasm)
"That's what happens when someone has a strong desire to succeed paired with caring too much what other people think."
+DSLRguide This hit me like truck. Hands down best advice I've heard all week.
I relate to this a lot, especially the caring what others will think if I fail part. Honestly I can realise how that shouldn't get in the way of what you do because it doesn't matter but at the same time I don't know how to grow out of this mindset..
Honestly, I'm 46 and feel as if I've failed my way into a decent business. Keep on failing. I go with the adage to just fail faster.
As far as thinking of others, your failure is there never even tried.
haha that's a pretty cool phrase "I've failed my way into.." love it!
After having failed a class, having failed getting with the girl I wanted and having failed with a few projects I was super excited about this summer, this is something I really needed to watch. Thanks a lot Simon.
Thanks man. I just finished making a short film, and some parts of it were great, other parts harrowing. At the editing stage I was often crushed by how shots weren't in focus, or not composed correctly. Your video helps bring perspective.
no one is ever perfect! :D
I saw that...
Strange Productions yep ;)
It's a risky path, but that's the fun! Even very successful filmmakers feel a sense that world has made a mistake, that that they are an impostor. One thought that keeps me inspired to create comes from Kurt Vonnegut: "Art is not an occupation. It's an exercise to make your soul grow." Keep up going Simon. Your talent and tastefulness is evident in everything you make.
Ive been watching your videos for awhile now. I must say that I have the same problem, being so scared of failing that i manage to talk myself out of doing the project. I had a film ready to shoot, broke down the script, shot list, everything...a week before filming, My mind told me that it wouldn't be good enough. I still have this problem to this day. Ive been wanting to start a RUclips channel for months...but never can talk myself into actually getting in front of the camera and doing it. It's a hard thing to overcome. I think eventually, when you do make something that you can be proud of...then you are more inclined to make more.
We all make mistakes in filmmaking. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
I was just like that in school.. never wanting to raise my hand because of how insecure I felt about my answer.
That was very very good. It made me think about all these projects I've never completed for some reason and still I'm deeply convinced that I'm not a failure. In the end, it's not about having high or low self esteem, it's about being honest with yourself and growing from there.
And btw, best sponsored video I've ever seen. First time I'm checking a sponsored link!
Your videos helped me to learn filmmaking. Now i'm going to buy my first DSLR. Thank you Simon. Failure makes us better in every aspect of life
People like telling others they're a failure, because it makes themselves feel better. If you see what others see as failure as a learning experience, then you can do better next time, try another approach etc. You seem to have learned so much at such a young age, as long as you don't give up, you'll get there!
At the end of the day, we all have a job to do. We can sit around and worry about the fact that we failed OR we can stand up, dust ourselves off, and look at what we can do next time to improve. Perfection cannot be achieved by even the very best, but it's a good place to aim. Thanks for the cool video Simon, I've been enjoying the darker style of your videos lately.
The best advice I've ever gotten about failure was that I have the choice in whether I see every event as either a performance or practice.
In Sweden we have a proverb "It is fairer to listen to the string that broke than to never strain a bow". Better to try and fail than never try at all you could say.
Still trying to get my first video project of ground and having no pretentions that I know what I'm doing(But your channel has given me sooo much help) I do not think that it will be a sucess in any way. However it will be an experience. Then I would use that experience to help me in future projects. My main goal is to get it finished in the first place.
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your next video.
I just had an experience like that about some days ago, finishing the shooting of a short film, didn't end up as planned... thanks man, your words motivated me to not give up, and keep trying to improve my projects :)
This video really speaks to me. I entered the new haven ct 48 hr film festival, filmed everything and when I got home the files got corrupted during transfer... I noticed after I formatted my cards. There was 24 hrs still left, but I told myself I couldn't do it. I couldn't submit a rushed film to be the first work of mine seen on a big screen.
These past few weeks you've been really down on yourself, I wish you would be so harsh, I love you man.
It´s so crazy to me that you just put into words my current state of mind and feeling, I can relate so much to this, absolutely loved it great video Simon thank you!
never give up on your dreams, man. I wanted to be an engineer since I was a child, it took me 8 years struggling sometimes dropping out for a semester or two but I did it.
I wanted to put on a show in the park it cost me loads of money and no one showed up, but I learned how to put on my own show and i actually pulled it off
Simon, you are so far along at your age. Just keep doing what you're doing. People like you are the ones who make it. Seen it enough times to spot one!
Great video brother. Everyone needs to be criticized to be humbled but there is a balance before it starts to hurt. Failure is apart of life, its just something you accept and learn from. No one is a failure if he/she is accomplishing things, the only time you fail is when you don't do it.
Ok so as I stand in the mud and muck of what I am feeling as failures this video is something I needed!!! Thank you Simon for opening it and being honest. And thank you for the closing statement. Why is it that even at the age of 31 I feel like a failure when something I do is a "failure".
This kid is a very wise man. I love how he shares life stories that inspires people. Thanks Simon!
Hi Simon, I really like your channel and enjoy your progress which demonstrates a willingness to adapt and learn that many older people struggle to achieve .... or perhaps never achieve.
Failure is someone's opinion .... just as success is someone's opinion.
I am reminded of Clint Eastwood's interview when a journalist told him that it was someone's opinion that he wasn't doing a very good job and he said "Opinions are like assholes .... Everyone's got one!"
I have been a project manager for many years and I can tell you that everyone measures success differently depending on their personal agenda.
Nike has a great strategy for filmmakers and story tellers .... "Just Do It!".
I've been a subscriber of yours for sometime now, and have watched you grow tremendously. I liked this right here. Its nice having this type of content on my feed. keep it up simon.
Your last sentence hit me.
Thank you for making this video and opening up!
bruh, people don't see that through your mistakes we all find out the best way to not repeat them again! keep ya head up n' keep showing your great talent! Greetings from Colombia, parcero!
Inspirational. Good stuff Simon. And yes sometimes we need to remember that failure is part of the success.
incredibly thoughtful. you should be a philosopher.
or a filmmaker...wow
He's good, but please don't idolize him too much.
I was joking about the philosopher. :)