As always, thanks man! Your generosity is very much appreciated!!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Dan!

Thanks for sharing Luc. Your channel has become one of my favorites. Really insightful content.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, really appreciate that!

Thanks for sharing Luc. Always with the right topic and the right time. Just waiting for the nex video. 👍🏻☀️🌊🌴🌋📸☕🏝

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

👊🏻 - Wednesday!

Very good suggestions as usual, thanks!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, appreciate that as always

Solid advice! Creatives who subscribe to the starving artist approach are usually successful...at starving. Creative work is still work, and combined with a bit of business skills (shudder) are required to get anywhere. I recently moved across country, so I'm starting over and feeling very much like I'm back to square one. I have the production skills, but without a network of crew and clients I simply don't exist.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

haha, that would have been a good title. Yeah, I made a big move right before Covid, so I feel that pain. All about the long game and small gains over a long period.

Another great video!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ibrahim!

Thanks for the transparency. Inspiring.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

you're welcome!

Thanks for sharing the knowledge. It is really about time, practice, and dedication.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

that's the magic recipe for sure!

So true info ...

as an aspiring documentary filmmaker, your videos always motivate me and keep me focused when I feel like I'm falling behind or thinking differently than my peers. It also makes me happy to see your channel grow so fast!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, it's surprising to me too! But glad you're liking things so far.

Please keep making these 🙌🙏

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

I will do my best!

thank you Luc. This reminds me of some of the old photographers advice - how to succeed - you dont quit, also reminds me of the words of H. C. Bresson - from his Decisive Moment - keep on, on, on, - make it a way of saying Yes, Yes, Yes.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

💯 - those who succeed are the ones who stay in the game!

The advice you shared about putting in 40 hours for a job you love hit home for me. I really needed to hear that. it was a wake up call because I thought I needed a full time job. If working 40 hours a week is inevitable, then why not do it for a job you love? solid advice

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

it's stayed with me ever since

You gave some great advice. I love the putting in 40 hours on something you love vs something you hate. The networking tip at the end is something I need to work on.Excellent video and appreciation you sharing your knowledge.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! We all need to work on networking I think...maybe a topic for a future video!

@MrSTravelQuest

Жыл бұрын

@@LucForsyth you hit on a lot of things. I love learning and growing as I continue this videography journey. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!

great video :)

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hi, I just found your channel this week and was blown away when I saw you had 7.5k subscribers. You definitely deserve more and I believe you'll get there if you keep bringing these straight-up, real and value packed video's! If I may ad one constructive criticism: I don't know if you use a teleprompter or not for recording but sometimes the long stares right in the lens feel a bit intense. Keep up the amazing work!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, and glad you're into the videos so far. Still figuring this whole game out!

While trying to make a dumb joke I accidentally stumbled upon a fun quote "Not working? Try networking". Also, I got inspired and finally finished that wedding edit as well as that personal car video for fun that I just posted on my channel and it feels great to get out that demotivated slump. Thanks for the great videos and thanks for the motivation!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

That's actually a great quote. Thanks for sharing!

@WhySteve

Жыл бұрын

Haha no problem.

So true... especially the part that "most people working on a job that they hate" . It's quite difficult if you have a kid and living in one of the most expensive country in Europe, you need to be ready when the bill comes due. Great advice though!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

yeah, I hear you. I moved from Mexico to Vancouver, which was ranked as the "least affordable city in North America" last year, and the lack of freedom to do what you want has been really tough!

This is literally the best channel ever. On a different video you chose the FS7 which I found unusual being an ex PJ, I would assume most PJ’s that move from stills to video would stick with canon

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I used to shoot Nikon as a PJ, so was a fresh start!

@robmcd

Жыл бұрын

@@LucForsyth Yeah I heard D700, so that answered that question I’ve been binging your videos. I’d love to see a video on exposure and codec because KZread has convinced me I can’t shoot anything without a waveform monitor and H265 kills computers! Like is 10 bit 422 the bees knees or is 8 bit still the norm? This channel will 100% it 100k in time. I’m an Australian Truck/Bus/Coach driver if you ever need a fixer down under.

Brother thanks so much for every video, I am learning so much from your experience, I am based in Panama and planning to do a couple of documentaries projects and your channel is being such a good source of knowledge. When people want to try things like photography want to succeed instantly, but when they go to college don’t complain about the years and money it will take to become “professional”, so, bad news for many people out there: some things take time…Same as you I am a documentary photographer first and made my own way into video in a commercial way in my case. Bests regards from a Venezuelan follower!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Gracias, tienes razón! Es más fácil quejarse que hacer, pero los que tienen carreras largas tienen años y años de práctica normalmente. Suerte, y saludos desde Canada!

@kakegarcia8056

Жыл бұрын

@@LucForsyth así mismo mi hermano. Por cierto, si algún momento vienes por trabajo o quieres venir a Panama por favor avísame, aunque vivo en Boquete, trabajas viajando por todo el país y tal vez haste pueda ayudarte. Bendiciones

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Que bueno saber! Si tengo un trabajo por allá te aviso!

1. Consider relocating to stand out. 2. Network and share your work. 3. Expect things to take time. Great advice!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

good summary!

A couple months ago some of my co-workers sent one of our interns up to my office to chat with me. He was about twenty and just finishing undergrad, and looking at going to film school, and as the resident person who went to film school they thought I could offer some advice. We talked for a bit, mostly my telling him that it wasn't worth the money till he had some experience under his belt, unless he wanted to teach, and naturally being young and faced with the prospect of having to go get a real job he didn't listen to me at all. But during this conversation I wound up parroting some advice that was given to me years ago when i was twenty something and graduating under grad and that's that as a film maker there are vastly different levels success that don't become apparent until you're working in the field, and that what success looks like is going to look very different when you're living it than when you're imagining it starting out. I think we all have a clear picture of what it would be like to be that rockstar filmmaker running a crew, calling the shots, and making bank only doing the projects we want to work on, but it's hard to see all the steps along the way to getting there, or to understand that there are whole other paths and points of success that might be even better than that rockstar level for who we are and what our interest are along the way. When I graduated film school I "KNEW" I was going to do narrative work, mostly sci fi movies, big budget stuff, writer/director/cinematographer, the next Tarrintino. The handful of narrative pieces I've written, while I think STILL my drafts were good, got rewritten by financial realities and director/producers who didn't share my same vision and where weren't about to back me as a tripple threat, the pay in narrative work for me was never steady and even as a cinematographer I could never get consistent work in my region, and hadn't built up the rep for people to fly me out to places. But the flip side of that is that out of necessity I took a gig as a commercial producer/editor at a news station, that lead to my working on documentary work and promotions, and now I get paid to produce/dp four to six documentary shorts a month as well as a ad campaigns. It's not a path I would have planned for myself and it's not a version of success 20 year old me would have pictured, it also took me nearly seventeen years to get here from film school. That version of me starting out figured I'd either be a millionaire or dead by now, reality has a way of finding something in the middle. Anyway long way round of saying great advice Luc, love the channel, and yes when I was able to get to the point where I was able to put in 40+ hours a week on my craft that's when I really started to get good, (good? Let's go with competent :P) at what I was doing.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel, love that story - thanks for sharing!

Commenting for engagement

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

commenting on your comment for engagement!

Get in line - stay in line!

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

yes! the only way to guarantee failure is to quit!

You know I'm starting to sound like a fanboy .. I don't think there's a recent video of yours I haven't loved and commented on. So yeah, where do I get my Luc Forsyth Fan Club shirt? Great advice as always, great insight, and a post that crosses the bridge to many creative pursuits not just documentary film making.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

hahahah! Thanks, really appreciate that and glad the videos are resonating. Swag at 50k subs!

@homemade_vancity

Жыл бұрын

@@LucForsyth As long as I don't have to text you on Telegram to collect I'm good with that ;)

I like the porn background music. For some reason I find the keyboard distracting. Your presentation gets better every video, watched all of yours.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Christian, appreciate the feedback...slowly improving!

informative 14mins.

hey Luc, i'm just starting off. are there any opportunities for me to shadow some documentary filmmaking? i don't mind doing some volunteer work. thanks in advance.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Hey mark, at the moment I'm booked up with jobs for large production companies that don't take volunteers, but if I start shooting something on my own in the future I'll keep you in mind...just a helpful tip though, when you reach out to someone with an offer like that, you should say where you live!

Going go for broke is not the way to go for creative jobs, did the same as you did and man thanks for an understanding wife and now make decent money doing videography after a decade.

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's nothing worse than the broke creative person - never have the space to properly develop ideas!

Like your channel and videos. great that you share your experience, I recognize and hold what you say to be true

@LucForsyth

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!