Do what feels right or DIE
Hey hey I'm talking makin films here not real death... so "death" would be failing to complete it or making complete fail... It can be so confusing and GUT, FACE, and MIND wrenching to make a feature film... while like a good one... or maybe even a great one... there's so much crap out there about screenplay structure, pacing, story elements etc etc... that your always like WAIT am I doing this right? Does my film have what these "great" films have? WAIT AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?!?! ^ ^
There's a BILLION different ways you can go and there isn't ONE or even FIFTY rules for success meh thinks not... BUT if you DO follow all the rules you'll probably just end up making something safe and mediocre.... not bad but not great...ultimately forgettable... to me that is fail...
SO yeh after all teh madness and research and constant reevaluation and editing I have to say that you just need to do what feels right... the real films inside you are NOT going to be like other films IF you are being yourself and channeling your true individual into them... SO the only thing to do is DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT because your the only one that knows... your the only one... so trust yourself...
LIKE with HSM I'm always like THIS IS FUCKING CRAZY?! Its like comedy one moment then evil as FAWK the next then its like elegant, beautiful and graceful then its psycho WHILST always being in control as far as the ultimate narrative goes... there is no other film or formula I can compare it to so I just have to trust myself.... because if I try to force it into being something else it will fail...
Live by the strange... die by the strange says I....Brought to you by professional weirdo M dot Strange.