Revisions

I love film. I know that's a very poor and cheesy way of starting out, but there are no words I can use to describe what film does to me. When you begin a movie the idea that you are being sent to a completely different world. The idea is that emotions can be brought out of you depending on the story. The closest I can compare it to is a magic trick. Because filmmaking is creating something out of fake materials. And most importantly you have to pull off tricking people into believing what they are watching is real.
When I was 11, I was a terrible student and I didn’t want to go to school one day. I was so sad that my mom lied to the school and said I was sick. She told me I had to go with her to see the Oscar nominations. Now this would be the first time that I saw a more adult movie than I was used to. My mother took me to see The Artist. I couldn't believe my eyes. How was a film actually able to make me feel emotions? Ever since I discovered the emotional connection a film can bring. I went all out: I watched dramas, action, romances, horrors, foreign, fantasy, and science fiction.
After I fell in love with movies my journey evolved into me making movies. I would either do them with my friends or my toys. I would recreate movies that I love. I remember recreating a scene from Spiderman where I was dressed as Spiderman and my friend the Green Goblin. Then I made a horror movie with my cousins. I could go on but what I realized is that they weren’t really good. They all felt like home videos. They didn’t feel like real movies. That was because I didn’t know any theory. I didn’t know what the 180-degree rule was. I couldn't tell you the difference between a wide shot, a medium shot, and a close-up. I realized that I needed more help.
That's when I decided to join some sort of class. I couldn't find any in Mexico so I had to look to the US. That's when I saw that there were film camps. I decided to look into them and that's when I saw that there was a 4 week program in NYFA. I really enjoyed the program. I made good friends. But most importantly I got a good start to my education in film. I understand how films are created better. I understood the theory better.
What is the job of the artist? To me, a successful piece of art should always convey a theme/ message. I’m going to use a metaphor to explain my point. Imagine if a director instead of a film makes a maze. The maze is a substitute for the story. At the end of the maze, the goal you need to get to is the message/theme. When you place a message at the forefront of your story well it just looks like a straight line to the message. No challenges for the viewer. But when your message is at the background of your story it looks like a real maze. This in turn makes the viewer work to get to the message. Making the viewer not just hear your message but learn it. That’s the kind of experience I wish my films to have on those who watch them. That is the kind of filmmaker I desire to be.