IFH 210: How to Work Creatively with People and Not Kill Each Other

How to Work Creatively with People and Not Kill Each Other

One of the biggest issues filmmakers, screenwriters and creative types in general have is working with other people. Creativity is very personal to an artist, in any part of the process. I’ve seen first-hand decade-long friendships get destroyed by “creative differences”.

I could see the deterioration of relationships in my edit suite over the years; producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, etc. I personally lost friends along my filmmaking journey because of creative differences.

The biggest problem I see is that people need to set up a clear distribution of responsibilities for each person in the party. Create sandboxes and rules of play in those sandboxes. Miscommunication is death in any relationship.

In this episode, I go over a few techniques that have helped me work creatively with people. I can’t tell how sad it is when you lose a friendship over a project, I hope this episode can help you avoid this unneeded pain. We make movies. We tell stories. We provide entertainment to others. We should be able to build long-lasting creative relationships in this business.

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1. IFH MASTERS CIRCLE – Filmmaking Community`
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BONUS: Filmmaking Resources

• Martin Scorsese’s Film Directing MasterClass
• Ron Howard’s Film Directing MasterClass
• Filmmaking Hacks: Filmmaking Master Course
• Directing Actors Film Workshop
• USC Film School’s ONLY Online Course: Directing the Actor
• Film Lighting MasterClass 
• Recording Sound for Indie Film
• The Art of Micro-Budget Filmmaking
• Cinematography MasterClass 
• Film Festival Hacks: Submit Like a Pro 
• Self-Distributing Your Film Online

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