Why is that? Well when you start out in the film world, it can seem like Mount Everest is in front of you. It seems like you will never get to the summit and this can lead talented people to give up.

I think the mountain analogy is a wonderful one. I remember when I climbed Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, I was not prepared for how difficult it would be to climb. My mindset was not initially strong.

Mount Kinabalu is exceptionally steep. It just rises out of the ocean and goes up and up to 4300 meters or about 14000 feet.  It is the biggest moutain in South East Asia.  There is no let up, it is just one direction…UP.  When I started to climb the mountain, I kept looking up at what was ahead and it seemed nearly impossible. I felt exhausted and dispirited.

Once you get to the half way point at 2100 meters, you naturally begin to feel altitude sickness. What I discovered is that if I just looked at my feet and took it one step at a time, I discovered that I did not get tired or dispirited. If I just kept focused on my feet, I began to feel fine and just found a rythm. However, if I looked to the top I would once again become exhausted. When I stayed focused on the now and on where I was now, I felt fine and energized. And what happened after two days of climbing, I arrived at the summit and could see all over the island of Borneo. Beautiful.

The same is true for film. Just stay with what you are doing that day.If you are starting out in film, set a goal of making your own short film now and take one step at a time. Keep with what you can achieve that day and when you have completed production, do your very best to get your short film out to the world via film festivals and the internet( You tube, Blip TV)

Then move on to the next film. It is a great idea to get five short films behind you and then move on to feature films or documentary at that point. Till that point, do not even think about them. Just one short film at a time.  Five Short films gives you a chance to learn how to produce and direct films and learn via film courses how to make them better and better.

The second part of a strong mindset is having a supportive team and people you like working with. Everyone has their strong points and therefore teams that work the best is where everyone is working to their strong points. That is a Producer and Director team.

There is nothing worst than feeling lost and isolated and not knowing how to get motivated to make a film. That is why it is so important to attend film courses like ours.

Why because you will

Learn how to make a short film

Network with people who want to make films

Become very motivated and find that strong mindset that you need to make films.

And if you have all ready made short films, you will re-energize and get your next film happening with enthusiasm and gusto.

Please look at our film schools on our website and we look forward to meeting you there.

Till next time, have a great week          Colm

Colm O’Murchu is the owner of Australian and International Film Base.

He has produed and directed films for the past 15 years.

Quentin arrived to a raucous cheer at the Sydney Premiere of “Inglorious Bastards”  and went up to the stage to introduce the film. He made a fun entertaining speech where  he claimed that he came up with the title Ozploitation Films

Then he introduced the actors of the film. The female lead Diane Kruger  claimed that Sydney was her favourite city in the world. But everybody was there for Quentin Tarantino.

This audience loved this film with regular cheers after some of the key scenes. I wont spoil the fun.

Some of the Dialogue scenes go on for an eternity. But one thing I love is that Quentin does not have Germans speaking with English accents. He actually lets them speak in German or when French people speak in French.

How refreshing to see that in a Hollywood Film. Quentin has power.

At the end of the film Quentin walked right past me and I had to say ‘Well done Quentin”

Every film is hard to make but when you pull it off all the better.  Four Stars.

If you would like to be a film Maker, please look at our awesome film courses on www.australianfilmbase.com

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Rodger Keaton – Socially inept, clincially frigid, computer nerd, single white male.

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Over the next six weeks, Brad and Roger take a most unlikely journey into often-uncharted terrain, with hilarious and heart warming results at every turn. But can true change be given a deadline? And can anything with a deadline be thoroughly achieved?

A willing dog can learn a thousand new tricks, but is self identity a trick? Can it be learnt, or must it be found? Join Rodger on a roller coaster of fear, anxiety, disaster, celebration, discovery, reinvention and hope as he hurtles toward the finishing line in this race against time.

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