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Using Your Perceived Weaknesses as Strengths & Remember It's All About Story: Bennett Pellington Part 2


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Bennett Pellington is an award winning filmmaker who is hard at work at Part 2 of his award winning short film. He and I talk about storytelling, the struggles with filmmaking, and how to over come them!

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Miner's Mountain
Miner's Mountain Part II Trailer
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3 Big Takeaways

  1. Feel comfortable making things up — but in the right way
  2. Leave your ego at the door.
  3. Use whatever you have to make good art

Favorite Quote
"I think just resilience, just, just don't give up, I know it's so cliche, but you just keep powering through. If you believe in the story you're trying to tell, or, you know if you’re a cinematographer in totally immersing yourself and learning that craft, and then even pushing it further to like, now everyone knows you can shoot something that looks beautiful. 
But now immerse into the psyche of like story, right, trying to understand why are we pushing in here? Why not use this lens instead of this lens? When to hold in closer? 
It becomes such a wonderful collaboration that I think if you just really stick it out, and if you can find yourself working alongside others that inspire you are better than you. It can really become a beautiful relationship in many ways because you're going to learn a lot from them."

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