Here's my explanation of my pains and averages of being a filmmaker in a little tiny town. In other words, here's how it is harder to find people who get filmmaking in somewhere like a small midwest or southeast town than it is somewhere say Telluride or Las Vegas. Pains: You see, I grew up and still live in Kentucky, where most people are busy with parenting and marriage and interested in sports and country stuff. Nobody I went to school with would get my love for filmmaking and animation because they have no past experiences with that. Averages: I do have limited resources for filmmaking (My 8-year-old chromebook, a leftover DSLR, a tripod and an Onn. microphone) and film distribution (Submitting to film festivals and YouTube), but I also have a big imagination. My cast members are usually me, my mom and her co-workers, though I do dream of hiring a pro actor or two one day. I'm subscribed to The Appalachian Creative Podcast and they would agree with this post, I mean go ...

 Here's a list of filmmaking techniques that I wouldn't agree with. It's not that these would cause any harm, I just have a reason I wouldn't do them. Let's get on with the four things. #1. Makeup I am a good cartoon artist, my drawing skills have always been good, but I'm no makeup artist. I worn eyeliner one Halloween for a tempted zombie costume and it itched, it took forever it to get off my face too. Movie and television makeup seems like it would be gross to handle, so I'm not doing it. Actresses can just put their own makeup on. Also, a lot of creature makeup and masks are made of latex and I'm allergic to latex, I'd rather make creature heads out of cardboard boxes. Frankenstein (1931) #2. Spandex I've actually never worn spandex before, so I don't know how to comment on it other than it looks tight and it might be kind of uncomfortable. But I have taped and ironed things to shirts and it didn't stay on very well. So I'm not d...