The Journey of Getting a Movie Made (By Yourself)

Hi, I never made a movie before, and it's scary thing to do.

Imagine having a brain like mine — all over the place and constantly thinking about millions of things simultaneously. Now imagine having that brain and wanting to write an entire animated film. Seems like an impossible feat. 

In 2019, I made a bold statement that I’d make an Aggressive Amy film, not knowing what I would get myself into. Three years later, I'm still trying to grasp how much work I have to put in to make this happen. This is nothing like I've ever done before. In the past, I created short films and mini-comics (mainly for school), and I had no regard for scriptwriting or any type of pre-planning — everything was mainly done in a stream-of-consciousness style; I “trusted the process”. This, in turn, yielded varying results. I had a different method of getting creative projects done, it was a hit-or-miss kind of experience. In this case, however, I have no choice but to throw away my previous methods in favor of making the film I so desperately want to create. Three years of trying, and I finally realized that my way is not the right way. I was hesitant because a big project like this needed absolute care, and the way I approached it didn't have any care. I forced myself to make a film in the same way I made my artwork, by winging it, and trusting the process. But for the content I want to make, this came at a huge cost. I wasn’t organizing myself, and I skipped through huge steps in order to make something I thought would be coherent. Instead, I ended up at dead ends, wanting to start over again, and again. This is the 9th major attempt since 2019 I tried making this movie. NINE! Never in those nine attempts did I ever want to give up. And I'm not doing so anytime soon. I thought that now would be a perfect time to start thinking about approaching production in a more professional, organized way.

TLDR; I’m not happy with the way I’m making my film, I want to change that.

But why should you care? 

Well, fellow Patrons, I thought that since you paid for extra Creator Ant content, I found it appropriate to detail my journey to make this Aggressive Amy film, and document it here on Patreon for you to all follow along (and maybe provide feedback if you want). I will be starting from scratch, and following the traditional animated filmmaking methods to hopefully break through the dead ends and make a feature film worth going to a festival for. I need you, as Patrons, to bear witness to the work that I’m going to put in (and I promise to make it fun). 

I honestly don’t know how long this is going to take, but I will push heaven and Earth to finish this movie regardless. We’re in this together.

Everyone who is subbed to the Patreon up until the film’s release will be credited as contributers to the movie. Just saying. You might want to stick around, because there might be some goodies for ya coming up.

THANK YOU FOR READING!

- The Creator