In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent you do that.
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When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.
You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.
If you stay true to your ideas, film-making becomes an inside-out, honest kind of process.
Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.
When you're making a movie, it's a very interiorised world.
I don't approach films purely in context of genre.
There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film.
Films work due to scripts, characters, and what you see on screen.
A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.
To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.