Director’s Commentary:
Hey guys, thanks for letting me know what you guys thought about the director’s commentary in the last video, since you guys liked it so much I’m going to keep at it with each video. Also, feedback is welcomed, it helps me get a feel for what part of the creation process you guys like to hear about and what I should focus on.

The Writing Process:
I was honestly never a great writer (I still am not), in school English was my worst subject, I didn’t start using commas in my writing until 11th grade, and I still have 0 idea what clauses are. But I think that in the last couple of months, I’ve been figuring out what makes good writing, good writing. It’s not about if your grammar is correct or if you’re using “big words”, none of that actually matters. Rappers and musicians twist words all the time, they sing and speak with wrong grammar, but for some reason it’s still beautiful. I think that this is because they are sharing things that other people aren’t willing to share, they are able to describe deeply personal feelings in a simple manner. Through words they can make people feel something. So, if I’m writing and I stop to think because I’m scared of putting a deeply personal thought down, that’s when I know I have a good sentence, I have to share that thought.

The Video Process:
Similar to the last film, I had a lot of trouble thinking of what I wanted the film to look like. In this case, I was writing about something that happened a couple of months ago, so it seems like a distant memory, a little fuzzy in my mind, but something that I still think about a lot. I kept asking myself how I could show this through old footage that I shot, and I thought of Martin Scorsese’s montage scene from Raging Bull (here’s a link to what I’m talking about: https://bit.ly/3zA8QuS). This film is heavily inspired by that scene, with its grainy footage and scrappy home video feel. I wanted to do the same. I thought, this is what a memory looks like.
So for about 2 days, I just played around with the quality of my video, intentionally making the footage look worse to make it feel more like a fuzzy memory. I highly encourage you to watch as many films, shows, YouTube videos, and art as you can (not passively but as a creator looking for inspiration), that way you have a library of content you can pull from whenever you are creating something.
Also, I’m back making stop motion animations. I’m not sure why I just watched this video, I just liked it a lot. I use my iPhone and a free app called Stop Motion Studio to shoot all my animations.

Improvements:
I actually liked this film quite a lot. But the one thing that I would really love to improve upon is my speed. I want to pump out more artwork at a faster pace because I feel that it can improve my artwork 10 fold. Not only that, but speed and deadlines will force me to remove all overthinking.
I’ve been obsessed with artists like Virgil Abloh and Van Gogh because of how much work they were able to put out in their short timespan. The only way they could have done that is by creating everyday and by doing, not overthinking and over analyzing a piece of work they did. So starting this week, I’m going to do my best to post weekly content, weekly pieces of art. 2-5 minute vlogs with the occasional 15-20 minute film to help develop myself as an artist.

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