by Camden Watts | Mar 13, 2014 | Directing, Leading, Producing
You’ve already heard me talk about knowing thyself and finding your strengths. But I think this is something worth exploring again. Ready? The notion that you should know your strengths is — for me — deeply rooted in the idea that: Filmmaking is a...
by Camden Watts | Feb 28, 2014 | Film, Inspiration, Leading
Over the years I’ve met a lot of people dreaming about their life or career in film. We’ve had interesting conversations. I’ve noticed a theme rise from about 95% of these conversations. A person will sit across from me and talk about the life in...
by Camden Watts | Feb 6, 2014 | Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Leading
The True/False Film Fest recently announced their new Pay the Artists! program: Pay the Artists! is part of a larger effort to create a sustainable ecosystem for nonfiction filmmakers, whose work rarely gets a wide theatrical run … In 2014, True/False will begin...
by Camden Watts | Jan 17, 2014 | Inspiration, Leading, Learning, Uncategorized
It can be a risky thing to ask for something. There’s always a chance that you’ll get shot down. On the other hand, there’s also a chance that you’ll get what you asked for (and possibly more). There’s this fictional scene in my head of a...
by Camden Watts | Jan 16, 2014 | Communication, Criticism, Directing, Leading, Learning
For some people it’s spiders or snakes. For others its heights or public speaking. For me? It’s being myself on camera. It’s not really a fear, per se. It’s just something that makes me so incredibly nervous that I become a melting, hot mess. I...
by Camden Watts | Jan 15, 2014 | Directing, Film, Inspiration, Leading, Learning
While I worked on Abandoned Allies, my first feature-length documentary, something really cool started happening. People started recognizing me as a filmmaker. Then they started pitching me on ideas for future films. It caught me by surprise at first. Then it got...
