If you have been a frequent reader in this blog then you probably know how passionate I am about filmmaking. It is a craft I don’t joke with. If I am moody and you want to get me talking, just bring up “Film” as a topic for discussion and watch my face lit up. That’s how much I love the craft.

This is my first year as a filmmaker and with the little experience I have had, I think the process of making films teaches us many essential components of living a good life. Like, there are so many life lessons filmmaking teaches us. I know you are not a filmmaker and you are wondering why the heck you are still reading this.

Chill, you don’t have to be a filmmaker to understand this post. Even though you are not a filmmaker, don’t you love watching movies? Don’t you want to know what the process is like? And how these processes are similar with our everyday life? And the lessons it teaches us? I know you want to know, so, here we go!

First, filmmaking teaches us how to break our huge goals into smaller parts and complete each part in an orderly way.

Recently, I told some friends about my plans on making a documentary. That’s like one of my 2020 projects. Now, this is a very huge goal as far as I am concerned but it is not something I will just jump into without making the necessary preparations. For every filmmaker out there, making a film often starts as an idea; it is now left for the filmmaker to break down that idea into series of actionable steps so that the idea can become a reality. From writing the script, to doing a storyboard or shot list, then hire crew, scout for locations, etc. The process is a very long one and that is how it is in real life.

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