HeyJaredLittle Scraps of Filmmaking
All the little scraps of ideas and thoughts that go into making films and being a human being at the same time.
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Be more YOU (opens the original)
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I wrote this post for ’s wonderful Hope for Film, so it went out to his readers. But I thought I’d share it here too. When thinking about this guest post, I wanted to write something a little more anthemic than normal. I thought it was quite aimed at filmmakers, but actually most of this is true for any artist or any person expressing themself.This is what is burning in my mind at the moment. It’s impacting decisions I take about which features to work on. Which jobs to take and how to navigate
Little Scraps of Paper - Kristoffer Zetterstrand (opens the original)
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I spend a lot of time thinking about who should be featured in this Little Scraps series.Doing my research, drawing up lists, sometimes just daydreaming about who might be amazing (hi Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Peter Doig and Solvej Balle). There’s not really a criteria as such just my taste, my instinct and who I would be fascinated to go and hang out with for a few hours.That means that how the people come to be part of the series varies wildly too. Sometimes I’ll research an artist, get in touch with
How To Stop Hating Lance Oppenheim (opens the original)
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I haven’t felt like writing a Substack the last couple of weeks.For a whole variety of reasons, some of which Jeanette Winterson writes rather perfectly about here:<img class="embedded-post-publication-logo" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xfsf!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.am
Ask a Special Question (opens the original)
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The last Little Scraps of Paper I did was with filmmaker Isabel Coixet.You can see it here:The reason I thought Isabel would be such a great subject was that I saw her in discussion with the writer Estrella de Diego, and at that discussion there was a section of audience questions with some truly terrible questions. You could see Estrella and Isabel almost freezing at some of them but the way that they turned them into interesting experiences for everyone there felt pretty inspiring.There’s a ge
Little Scraps of Paper - Isabel Coixet (opens the original)
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Little Scraps of Paper is a series of short films about how and where artists develop and keep their ideas. Films are only available to subscribers, and on my site. To get each new film sent right to you, sign up here:Subscribe nowI’ve never made a Little Scraps of Paper about a director before. Have I not wanted to? Been scared that if I did, I wo
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