Why settle for anything less?Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.Filmmaking Unpacked © 2026 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a> For more information, including how you can support the project, check out <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://FilmmakingUnpacked.com">FilmmakingUnpacked.com</a>.

Why settle for anything less? Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin. Filmmaking Unpacked © 2026 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 For more information, including how you can support the project, check out FilmmakingUnpacked.com.

Why settle for anything less?Written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin. Music by Sean Morin.Filmmaking Unpacked © 2026 by Ross Morin is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 </a> For more information, including how you can support the project, check out <a href="http://FilmmakingUnpacked.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">FilmmakingUnpacked.com</a>.

Ch 16. Should I Aim to Be a Perfectionist?

A guide to the toughest psychological, philosophical, and practical questions we face as filmmakers and creators of any type.Filmmaking Unpacked is part textbook, part self-help book, part philosophical essay collection, and part memoir. It is written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin, delivered in 26 chapters (roughly the amount of classes in a college semester). It can be used for free, in high school, college, and graduate level courses. It is particularly designed for those who haven't gone to college, won't go to college, or, if they did go to college, they didn't get the film education that they really wanted.Filmmaking Unpacked: A Guide to Navigating Creative Dilemmas © 2026 by Ross Morin, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0</a>Moral support donations welcome through <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked">https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked</a>

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A guide to the toughest psychological, philosophical, and practical questions we face as filmmakers and creators of any type. Filmmaking Unpacked is part textbook, part self-help book, part philosophical essay collection, and part memoir. It is written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin, delivered in 26 chapters (roughly the amount of classes in a college semester). It can be used for free, in high school, college, and graduate level courses. It is particularly designed for those who haven't gone to college, won't go to college, or, if they did go to college, they didn't get the film education that they really wanted. Filmmaking Unpacked: A Guide to Navigating Creative Dilemmas © 2026 by Ross Morin, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 Moral support donations welcome through https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked

A guide to the toughest psychological, philosophical, and practical questions we face as filmmakers and creators of any type.Filmmaking Unpacked is part textbook, part self-help book, part philosophical essay collection, and part memoir. It is written, performed, and produced by Ross Morin, delivered in 26 chapters (roughly the amount of classes in a college semester). It can be used for free, in high school, college, and graduate level courses. It is particularly designed for those who haven't gone to college, won't go to college, or, if they did go to college, they didn't get the film education that they really wanted.Filmmaking Unpacked: A Guide to Navigating Creative Dilemmas © 2026 by Ross Morin, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0</a>Moral support donations welcome through <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://buymeacoffee.com/filmmakingunpacked</a>

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