VIDEO: Monkeys need tools. Humans need…?
Monkeys need tools. Humans need… inspiration, initiative, and ok, maybe some very basic tools.
The other day I was talking to my friend Chris, a video person and aspiring filmmaker who spends his days working a state admin job, about how much he hates his job and finds it deadening to his creativity, etc.
I suggested that maybe he could start doing small, iterative video experiments - on the side - and post them on YouTube or on his own website to give his creative portfolio a more current, ‘bloggy’ component.
It sounds obvious and basic - a creative person using the Internet to showcase their work, get in some practice, and maybe get noticed - but most people never get around to doing any such thing.
“But, I don’t have…
- enough time
- the right equipment
- the right situation
- the right connections!”
Chris started off with these standard protestations. Now, I happen to find this kind of talk extremely annoying and disempowering, even for ME the listener, so I suggested that he make a few little videos of all the ideas he supposedly has all day long, and actually show them to some people.
A couple of days later, he surprised me and actually did it.
Here’s how Chris turned his boring administrative work into a simple creative experiment in 30 minutes:
Made with:
- 9 minutes of filming with an old MacBook Pro built-in iSight camera
- 20 minutes of editing
- a lot of his own inspiration and initiative
working with the aoc from Chris Whitmore on Vimeo.
