Just Make Stuff

I'm pretty charged after attending "Development Day" at the 5th Annual New York Television Festival.  In addition to sitting in on several great panels about developing scripted programs for both television and new media, I was also on a panel about how to make an independent pilot.  (I co-produced/directed Living in Captivity, a comedy pilot that was featured in last year's festival, as well as in this year's LA festival).

Anyway, the advice from our group as well as the other panelists can be boiled down to one simple phrase "Just Make Stuff".  The tools are out there, the next frontier in storytelling is far from being tamed, if you want to tell stories that have the potential to reach a wide audience, there has never been a better time.

So the goal is for me to take my own advice.  No excuses.  Just make a show in time for next year's festivals.

This blog will be the online diary of that effort.  And while I'll be counting on it to help keep me pointed toward my target, I'll keep entries short and sweet, in order to keep my focus on filmmaking (and not blogging about filmmaking).

Now I'm off to make stuff.  I hope you'll join me.