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Film-making Part 1

I know I mention and ramble on and on and on about making movies and that I probably should stop but I can't help it. Completing my first film in the 10th grade was a big achievement for me. And since then I've wondered if I should get back to it, but honestly, I don't think I am. In a way, I think it's better to see it as something that I did once upon a time in my life rather than something I'm currently doing all the time. I say that because right now, (and this is a LEGIT excuse) NONE of my friends are just interested in being in films. The ones I'm close to at least. 

It all started in the 10th grade when I started to seriously plan what to do for my personal project. Basically what the personal project is is that you just have to make something out of a hobby or an interest that you have. Now originally I was going to teach a friend basketball and it was kind of perfect already. I was pretty close to him and he didn't suck SO MUCH that it was intolerable. The only problem was that finding a place to play basketball or teach basketball one-on-one was hard to do. We ended up only doing one practice. 

After that one practice, I thought to myself "oh man, I can't keep going like this". At the time, my brother had an interest in film-making and I thought it was a cool hobby to get into. He'd thought of scripts that he could film one day and enter those films in a film festival in the hopes that it would get showcased. I have to admit, it sounded like a pipe dream but hey, we weren't really serious about it anyways. Like I said, it was just a hobby. 

Eventually, I got interested in the Film-making thing too and with a little encouragement from my brother, Making a film became my Personal Project. I spent hours upon hours on the internet (mostly YouTube) looking for filming tips, tricks, advice on anything about film! How to make a script, what video format works best, how to edit videos properly, tips to become a good director. You name the video, I probably watched it. I guess you could say I'd fallen in love with film-making. 
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