-: Nowadays it's so easy to produce your own material.
You know, years ago, just doing a short film
would've required so much more skill,
expertise, money, equipment.
Everything was much more difficult
when we were dealing with film.
And I've shot something in film before
and it it still just as cumbersome,
but truly now
you can pick up your iPhone
and get a couple of lenses and some lavaliers
and you can actually make a really cool movie
if you want to and it's great.
So I would say do it.
Come up with an idea, let it germinate, let it develop.
Have a group of people come together, budget it,
you know, put it out there, try to market it.
Do all of those aspects.
Do every single thing that you would do
when you're making a movie, but do it in your own world.
And do it at what ever level that you can possibly do it.
So I really think being a production assistant
is a great way to start.
And not just being a production assistant,
but being an amazing production assistant.
And being that person who's really on top of it, is present,
is aware of what's happening around them, is helpful.
That's a really wonderful beginning job
I think in production.
I would like for somebody who cares as much
about every project as I care about it.
When you're talking about making art,
you want somebody who has that same passion.
You want that somebody who if you suddenly
are not able to be there,
that you know that they're going to actually care for it
the way you would.