Alongside the magazine I am going to be making a short film within the next month. I have set a few limitations to help with creativity like the film must be completely finished by November 1st, it must be made on a $0 budget, and a run time between three and five minutes.
The main reason for the limitations is to improve my ability to create with limited resources which will make me a better filmmaker and once I have an actually budget, I will really be able to seize the opportunity. This idea is an adaptation of the "thinking inside the box" mindset which (I believe, although not proven) stimulates creativity. I've also recently decided to focus less on the story and more on the visuals as I am more interested in becoming a cinematographer rather than a writer. I know this is completely backwards from what you are supposed to do but I guess I'll learn the hard way. I'm not trying to prove I can write a good movie, I'm trying to prove I can make a cinematic piece. I feel like I could have spent a few extra weeks on the story but that is time I don't have as I want to get going with the magazine. You might be wondering why I wouldn't just start working on the magazine. Well I also want to further my skills in filmmaking as I plan on creating some original films with my magazine and utilizing my connections to world class athletes.
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This week we visited the Assiniboine Zoo to learn about sustainability, a topic I'm quite familiar with for absolutely no reason.
I was slightly disappointed with the sustainability in what was shown to us since the Journey To Churchill portion of the Zoo is said to be world class. I was hoping to see some mind blowing ideas that if implemented world wide would stop global warming. Instead my mind was blown by the two polar bears playing just a few feet above us (pictured above), and was left wanting when it came to sustainability. Also, some of the enclosures where definitely lacking, I would even go so far as to say it was sad. The visit to the Zoo got me thinking about how I can be sustainable when it comes to the magazine and business in general. With a magazine, it is each issue that keeps bringing people back in and generates revenue but we are in a world where magazines are fading away. so the key is to find an alternative way to pump out contact. In the video production or photography industry, to be sustainable you need to constantly pump out content. Whether that be personal or contract work, it needs to keep flowing. For most, this is the time of year where you have to dive back in to the mundanity of the daily school routine. However for us lucky few, we hop into a routine of change and creativity.
This time around I have a lot in mind in terms of projects and high expectations when it comes to results. One of the ideas I have is to create Issue Three of the magazine, which I hope not only to be an iconic issue for Vision, but one of the best single issue of a kiteboarding magazine ever made. We recently watched a Ted Talk about embracing your limitations and I certainly have a couple, one of those being money. I need to somehow convince the best riders in the world to share their best stories and world class photos with me, for free. A task not to be taken lightly as the stories you share determine the rise or fall of a magazine. Speaking of rise or fall, I have adapted this new mentality when it comes to business. If you're not going up, your going down. The industry is always pushing forward and this year it seems like everyone has upped their speed. In order to stay ahead of the curve I not only need to be innovating, but I always need to stay relevant as well as maintain a strong relationship with world class athletes all around the world in order to get the content that I need. Putting together Issue Three will be quite the journey and is sure to create some interesting stories. Make sure to check back every week for more tales of the trade. |
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