Matt, I appreciate your thoughts on art, and the process. And I think you’re right; inspiration is a joy, and I will try to appreciate it more in itself. My painting teacher once told me “Everybody lays in bed at night and has ideas.. it’s about waking the next morning and meeting the challenge of them.” But when things don’t work out, as they didn’t with this film, I can find pleasure in the ideas themselves. It’s a nice practice, thank you for that. I’ll think on your philosophy and approach to art. I’m always trying to find ways, non-scientific or scientific, to ‘boost’ my abilities.. but in the back of my mind I know creativity is this strange beast that comes and goes as it pleases. I guess all you can do is leave food out for it.

John, yeah, it didn’t wind up as a purely three way effort. It started as an idea that we’d enter this film contest together, but it quickly became clear that I was the dominant one, creatively. I think I’m okay with this, because everybody has a position and falls into place; that’s how film crews operate. What we failed to do is establish who was in what position, and with what authority. My friend ‘D’ quickly resigned himself from the ideas process “I’m not good with this stuff”, but my other friend and I share a similar taste and did bounce well off each other. Ignoring the ego of it, I think I might need to assert myself as creative director next time. I love collaboration though, and in particular I’m looking for a partner who looks through the same lenses as me, though in a different way. The fruits of collaboration can be great! Maybe just not this time..

UtahPhotog, I’ll make an effort to network and find filmmakers for particular roles. It’s a bit difficult at this stage, because we’re all new filmmakers; some are naturals and some are yet to gain these skills. And here I’m trying to claw further ahead, trying different things with an increasing complexity.. I don’t want to wait for others to catch up! That is my ego speaking. I guess things will come easier in time as I move into a professional capacity. For now, I will try to exercise better judgement in who will handle the filmmaking. And keep practising.

Thanks all for the feedback!