Creator Struggles | Day 40
Hello, everybody. Let's begin!
Creator Struggles
As a creator myself, whether that's making music videos, writing songs or any kind of creation you can see on my channel, I have a lot of struggles. I face the struggles of a beginner and it's not cool. Well, I keep saying to myself that facing those struggles now, is going to make me strong and it's going to teach me some things that are going to avoid having struggles in the future. But really, it's hard.
I need no handy stuff.
I mean, I need Lighting set up, a good camera, nice ideas for direction, a great editing software, a big studio, people to help, actors etc. All I've got (and I'm thankful of) is a good camera, my creativity and my father (thank god I have this person). But having only these things, I can't make cool stuff as I could do with the other things that I've said before and most of creators are using.
I've been watching so many videos about cinematography, filming etc and I really got no clue where to begin, what to do. And to be able to provide all of that to yourself, you need to have money. So, that's another problem too. And guess what, I'm just a normal teenager from an island of Greece.
So, I strive to be better on what I'm doing as hard as I can and also try to make my videos look as great as I can. I need no professional equipment for now or big studios and stuff, but I need to be pleasant with what I'm making and that's the proudest moment of a creator.
To sum up, if you see someone online, beginning to create his own stigma in this world, without much of an equipment and not a really good camera, please support them and respect their work ethic and passion. It's vital to do that!
Have you ever felt positivity running through your veins even though things don't go as planned?
That's me, all of the time. I'm really proud and glad about that. About the fact that I'm staying positive, no matter what is going on. I have an example for you...
Yesterday was Sunday. I woke up early in the morning to shoot a new music video for YouTube. I had done the direction of the clip in a notebook of mine and everything was ready for the video shooting. My dad and I drove to the Canyon of Karteros to shoot the video, (20 minutes minimum away from my house). I had everything planned.
But when we got there everything was different and disappointing. There was no water in the river, there was a total drought. The trees made you feel like it's autumn. Leaves were falling dead on the ground and it's summer. Everything had changed.
I had visited that place a few times some years ago and I remember it as it was "Nature Heaven". The environment was beautiful, the river was cold and full of happy fish in it and I had so much fun there with my friends; created one of my greatest memories. But 2 years later, everything was gone. Global Warming did its thing. I got a little sad, but I had to the video. I had thought of a certain place there to do some shots but my plans changed when I had to deal with that environmental crisis. So, we wasted much time searching for a good place to film.
Anyway, we did the video shooting but we had to leave at 11.15 am. There were a lot of things that we needed to do and didn't have the time to. So, we said we are going to do them another day.
I was kind of disappointed but also I was happy. I don;t know how I did that.
Every time something similar happens, after the little disappointment that I have, I smile. I think it's important to smile and remember that things will get better.
I went there, spent so much time shooting, I got home and I didn't like the result. It wasn't what I was thinking and it wasn't the best I could make. But even if I don't use any of the footage that I shot there, I'm still pleased to say that that taught me a lesson. And if I still want to go there to shoot, I'm going to be ready and know what I'm going to see.
So, the moral of the story is to never give up, never lose faith and never look down. Look up and smile. Feel proud of your work and your passion. Take disappointment or failure as a lesson to improve and be better on what you do. Hustle Harder every time!
Environment!
Please, protect it! You are only one person but we can do miracles if we are in this together.
That's all, hommies. Thank you so much for reading this!
Until next time, don't forget to work hard and never look down! Smile!
Peace, Lionder
Creator Struggles
As a creator myself, whether that's making music videos, writing songs or any kind of creation you can see on my channel, I have a lot of struggles. I face the struggles of a beginner and it's not cool. Well, I keep saying to myself that facing those struggles now, is going to make me strong and it's going to teach me some things that are going to avoid having struggles in the future. But really, it's hard.
I need no handy stuff.
I mean, I need Lighting set up, a good camera, nice ideas for direction, a great editing software, a big studio, people to help, actors etc. All I've got (and I'm thankful of) is a good camera, my creativity and my father (thank god I have this person). But having only these things, I can't make cool stuff as I could do with the other things that I've said before and most of creators are using.
I've been watching so many videos about cinematography, filming etc and I really got no clue where to begin, what to do. And to be able to provide all of that to yourself, you need to have money. So, that's another problem too. And guess what, I'm just a normal teenager from an island of Greece.
So, I strive to be better on what I'm doing as hard as I can and also try to make my videos look as great as I can. I need no professional equipment for now or big studios and stuff, but I need to be pleasant with what I'm making and that's the proudest moment of a creator.
To sum up, if you see someone online, beginning to create his own stigma in this world, without much of an equipment and not a really good camera, please support them and respect their work ethic and passion. It's vital to do that!
Have you ever felt positivity running through your veins even though things don't go as planned?
That's me, all of the time. I'm really proud and glad about that. About the fact that I'm staying positive, no matter what is going on. I have an example for you...
Yesterday was Sunday. I woke up early in the morning to shoot a new music video for YouTube. I had done the direction of the clip in a notebook of mine and everything was ready for the video shooting. My dad and I drove to the Canyon of Karteros to shoot the video, (20 minutes minimum away from my house). I had everything planned.
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But when we got there everything was different and disappointing. There was no water in the river, there was a total drought. The trees made you feel like it's autumn. Leaves were falling dead on the ground and it's summer. Everything had changed.
I had visited that place a few times some years ago and I remember it as it was "Nature Heaven". The environment was beautiful, the river was cold and full of happy fish in it and I had so much fun there with my friends; created one of my greatest memories. But 2 years later, everything was gone. Global Warming did its thing. I got a little sad, but I had to the video. I had thought of a certain place there to do some shots but my plans changed when I had to deal with that environmental crisis. So, we wasted much time searching for a good place to film.
Anyway, we did the video shooting but we had to leave at 11.15 am. There were a lot of things that we needed to do and didn't have the time to. So, we said we are going to do them another day.
I was kind of disappointed but also I was happy. I don;t know how I did that.
Every time something similar happens, after the little disappointment that I have, I smile. I think it's important to smile and remember that things will get better.
I went there, spent so much time shooting, I got home and I didn't like the result. It wasn't what I was thinking and it wasn't the best I could make. But even if I don't use any of the footage that I shot there, I'm still pleased to say that that taught me a lesson. And if I still want to go there to shoot, I'm going to be ready and know what I'm going to see.
So, the moral of the story is to never give up, never lose faith and never look down. Look up and smile. Feel proud of your work and your passion. Take disappointment or failure as a lesson to improve and be better on what you do. Hustle Harder every time!
Environment!
Please, protect it! You are only one person but we can do miracles if we are in this together.
That's all, hommies. Thank you so much for reading this!
Until next time, don't forget to work hard and never look down! Smile!
Peace, Lionder
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