Identifying my vision. Identifying my themes. Questioning my artistic identity.

I have decided that I want to focus on creating a scene that I care about, something that is personal to me. The book,  Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics (Rabiger 2003) conveys that it is much more likely the work will be ‘intense’ if it is something that is personal to the director. Ragiber explains that it is important to make sure that ‘your early filmmaking’ is not ‘just an exercise in skills but about something’ (2003, p. 24). I think that if I am using a script that my friend has written and that I have had an input in I will be more likely to create something distinct and successful.