Making a film is a herculean task. It is an uphill battle, a thankless pursuit and all those other cliches. Seriously it is. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him edit your film.
There are things that keep us going as filmmakers when the inspiration starts to dwindle. Accolades, awards…the hope of money. But there are smaller things that feed back into our inspiration (and egos) as well and help us stay on track to get the job done.
What I am talking about is tweets.
It is a simple 140 character post for someone but when I see a tweet for my film (especially from a stranger) I get weirdly excited. It inspires me to continue.
These little pieces of feed back and support help spread the word about the film, help grow the following on-line and all that important stuff which I appreciate – but really, what I am talking about is their ability to stoke the fire within and keep me working.
REMIX-to-RIO has been the largest undertaking I have done. I did have some great help along the way but the amount of time I spent slugging away alone on this film has been ridiculous. I know that indie filmmaking can be a slow process. But had I known it would take this long I’m not sure I would have started.
And then a simple tweet comes along and makes me feel like it was all worth it.
I know twitter is stupid. I know tweets are meaningless. And I don’t care.
Despite how much I believe in this film and the people in it (which is massive), maintaining a positive forward drive over the span of two years is fucking hard. I’ll take the inspiration in any form it comes.
Much love for all the tweets. Keep them coming.
-rav-
REMIX-to-RIO follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX
Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio de Janeiro as they test their revolutionary outreach
model on some of today’s most “unreachable” youth.
With likeminded organization, Soldiers Never More, as their partner, REMIX helps create a recording studio in the neighborhood known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encantada).
When an [...]
REMIX-to-RIO follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX
Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio de Janeiro as they test their revolutionary outreach
model on some of today’s most “unreachable” youth.
With likeminded organization, Soldiers Never More, as their partner, REMIX helps create a recording studio in the neighborhood known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encantada).
When an [...]
REMIX-to-RIO follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX
Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio de Janeiro as they test their revolutionary outreach
model on some of today’s most “unreachable” youth.
With likeminded organization, Soldiers Never More, as their partner, REMIX helps create a recording studio in the neighborhood known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encantada).
When an [...]
REMIX-to-RIO follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX
Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio de Janeiro as they test their revolutionary outreach
model on some of today’s most “unreachable” youth.
With likeminded organization, Soldiers Never More, as their partner, REMIX helps create a recording studio in the neighborhood known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encantada).
When an [...]
REMIX-to-RIO follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX
Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio de Janeiro as they test their revolutionary outreach
model on some of today’s most “unreachable” youth.
With likeminded organization, Soldiers Never More, as their partner, REMIX helps create a recording studio in the neighborhood known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encantada).
When an [...]
REMIX-to-RIO follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX
Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio de Janeiro as they test their revolutionary outreach
model on some of today’s most “unreachable” youth.
With likeminded organization, Soldiers Never More, as their partner, REMIX helps create a recording studio in the neighborhood known as “The Enchanted Land” (Tera Encantada).
When an [...]