Make Your Film
Emmy Winning Producer & Director Denis O'Brien gives you step-by-step tips on all facets of production: TV, film, commercial, or documentary. How do we make a budget, where do we shoot, and who shoots it? Much more to come each week.
Make Your Film
Episode 45 - Do Something, Anything.
Synopsis:
Denis O'Brien lights a fire under every filmmaker who’s stuck in “development hell.” Stop polishing the pitch deck. Stop doom-scrolling for funding that never comes. Grab your phone, your cousin’s DSLR, or that busted iPhone 8—SHOOT SOMETHING TODAY.
In this 5-minute jolt of tough love, Denis reminds you:
- A finished 30-second TikTok is worth more than a perfect 120-page script nobody sees.
- Every frame you capture is a story you can tell investors, collaborators, or your future self.
- Motion creates momentum: one short leads to one favor, one favor leads to one backer.
- Helping one stranger with your camera (a local business promo, a kid’s birthday montage) can open doors you never knocked on.
Denis ends with a standing dare:
“By the time this episode ends, I want you rolling. Post it, tag #DoSomethingAnything, and I’ll repost the best ones on the show next week.”
Action Steps (stolen straight from Denis)
- Open your phone. Hit record.
- Walk outside. Film the first moving thing you see.
- Add one title card: “Day 1 – I’m doing it.”
- Upload before dinner.
Listen Now
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- Or yell “Play Make Your Film 45” at your smart speaker—Denis swears it works.
Your excuse just expired.
Camera up. Volume on.
GO.
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