Charlie Taylor - Phoenix, Arizona

Charlie Taylor
Film Connection Student - Phoenix, Arizona

I guess it's a cliche, but there is nothing short of magic when it comes to making films. Any films. All of it starts from a brilliant mind. But ideas get nowhere unless you put in the effort to reflect those ideas into the screen.

And that takes a lot of effort.

Being a director is not quite an easy job, as I am learning from my mentoring program. It's not just about calling the shots and ordering people around. Even that takes skill because when you're telling people what to do, you've got to do it in a way that's clear so they know you mean business but you must not antagonize them either. You want these people at their best so they do their best and not mess up the project that you are all trying to finish. It's like being the mayor of your very own town. You've got be as diplomatic as you could, but you've got to know when to take the hard line and make sure everyone is doing what they should be doing.

And on top of that, you must now compromise your creativity, vision, and integrity, even with frustrating issues such as location shooting, budget concerns, marketing issues.

But in the end, you get to power through all of that and more, and you have the chance to end up with a wonderful film. Our very own film connection to magic.