The Brave and the Kind: A film by John W. Yost

So I had a little hiccup in response to this conversation…apologies to Donnacha and those reading. I’ve been working on the new film and have just been swamped.

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Donnacha I think brings up a good point about authorship. The questions I want to ask are: Is your identity at the whim of your authorship? Is there a relationship between them? Can we give up our personal stories? Can we make stories that may have our essence stamped into them, but not always about us? Can we make them on the cheap? At what point are we done with personal discovery when making films? Are we ever finished? Read more >>

I think that the absolute main reason why we “fringe filmmakers” should be making the most personal works is that we have the freedom. It’s as simple as that. We are free from financial expectations and also free from critical expectations of what our films should be. It is our right, hell our responsibility, to be as honest as possible, to really follow our hearts and instincts. This may not always lead us to the best results, but they certainly lead us to the most interesting outcomes. Read more >>

So I’m going to try and start something here that will hopefully take off a bit and be a cool experiment in keeping a conversation going. In the last few years I have had the pleasure of not only making films, but talking to others outside of my upstate new york bubble about indie filmmaking and the state of DIY art making. One of these souls is Donnacha Coffey, an Irish filmmaker and lover of all things indie. Donnacha saw my first film and tried to get in touch with me…but I never got the email. (which is the total truth…scouts honor.) He tried again…and thank goodness…we have now been in constant contact about film and life. Read more >>

As post production winds down, and a new year approaches, I felt it would be good to take a moment and reflect on where this project was a year ago. It was just an outline and a fake trailer. One weekend while writing the script, I got the idea to make a fake trailer for the film to give IndiePix an idea of the mood and feel I wanted the film to have. Read more >>

I’m starting to understand the idea of greed…in life…in general. As we near the end of shooting, I have to remember to let editing, soundtrack recording, and sound mixing take it’s course. To rush these things would be greedy. Read more >>