Hey! So I just made a little video (linked at the end) about a short film that I shot last year. It's far from my first project, but I made it about a year after graduating from studying film. I graduated feeling super disenfranchised and put off. This film was the film that got the passion going for me again... even though it kinda sucks. We made it for a competition. It didn't get accepted, let alone win anything.

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I guess it taught me an important lesson. Films don't have to be good to be worth making. It was really important to me, and that's what mattered the most.

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That being said, it also taught me practical lessons about lighting, editing and sound that I wouldn't have learnt just by watching advice videos online. So even more value.

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Long story short, you're not a filmmaker if you're not making films.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXNlNr0CD8c

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(also, I'm not sure exactly what flair to apply to this. If I've gotten it wrong, do let me know and I'll change it!)