After hearing James Tooley speak at Lucasfilm, what insight or piece of advice from his experience in filmmaking and visual storytelling stood out to you the most?
A piece of advice from his experience in filmmaking and visual storytelling that stood out to me the most was is advice to beginners. He recommended that you find something that interests you then learn everything you can from anywhere you can about it to give you the best shot. Education and knowledge is an extremely powerful tool that can exponentially increase you chances of succeeding. To corroborate, he explained how when he first got interested in animation, he went out and found books about animation, studying them and using them to practice and develop his abilities. Another piece of advice that he gave was to never stop learning and to keep practicing as much as you can. Practice. Practice. Practice. It sounds incredibly simple but it's true, practicing helps you learn every time you do it and can massively increase your skills from doing so. You should practice as much as you can to push yourself further and to become more assured in your skills. What this might look like for some more traditional roles in filmmaking is to just go out there and make films and make videos as much as you can; practicing videography, editing, audio, storytelling, etc. Doing so can greatly improve your skills in whatever you're practicing.
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