Measuring Grit and Perseverance Tips for Creative Professionals
•Descargar como PPTX, PDF•
1 recomendación•693 vistas
Ask any entrepreneur or artist as to their journey to ‘success’ and it’s one of hard graft, of ups and downs, of one step forward and two steps back. This session examines the reasons for being an entrepreneur in the arts, and asks the panel to share their lessons, good and bad across four types of perseverance – intellectual, creative, financial and personal. Chair: Nick Bolton. Panelists: Matt Drummond, Amanda O’Bryan, Paul Brinkman, Melissa Emerson Date: Wednesday http://bmee.org.au/industry-development/creative-industries/blue-lab/blue-lab-plenaries-and-panels/#perseverance
Recomendados
Recomendados
Más contenido relacionado
La actualidad más candente
La actualidad más candente (20)
Destacado
Destacado (18)
Similar a Measuring Grit and Perseverance Tips for Creative Professionals
Similar a Measuring Grit and Perseverance Tips for Creative Professionals (20)
Más de Ten Alphas
Más de Ten Alphas (6)
Último
Último (20)
Measuring Grit and Perseverance Tips for Creative Professionals
- 1. Nick Bolton, Director TEN ALPHAS Wednesday 20th May 2014 Blue Mountains Economic Enterprise Blue Lab
- 2. The creative
- 5. So can we define Perseverance? Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-term goal or end state coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. Source: Wikipedia
- 6. But can we measure it?
- 7. Types of perseverance in filmmaking and creative business PERSONAL PERSEVERANCE PROFESSIONAL PERSEVERANCE Physical Perseverance Intellectual Perseverance Mental Perseverance Technical Perseverance Relationship Perseverance Collaborative Perseverance Leadership Perseverance FINANCIAL PERSEVERANCE CREATIVE PERSEVERANCE Opportunity Cost Perseverance Clear Vision Perseverance Personal Investment Perseverance Expectations Perseverance The Funding Search Perseverance Payback Perseverance
- 8. The weaving matrix Perseverance DEV FUND PRE PROD POST MKTNG DIST Personal Professional Financial Creative
- 9. Melissa Emerson Managing Director www.missyconfidential.com.au it has a social impact, to change the way people think, act or feel about the world
- 10. Perseverance tips Melissa Emerson Managing Director www.missyconfidential.com.au I’ve never made anything I hadn’t wanted to make. That’s the secret. Always want to make it. Financial perseverance: Xero and a good bookkeeper Having a budget and business plan and sticking to it Outsourcing for an assistant Creative perseverance: Find a friend or coach to meet with regularly to talk out ideas. Make time for daily investigation and discovery to keep ideas flowing Personal perseverance: Claim the magic hour and get work done then eg mine are 6-9am. Make a list fo 3 critical things to do each day the night before Professional perseverance: Staf focused on the things you know are most important to the business. Delegate any work you can, as soon as you can Attend events and read regularly about successful business
- 11. Paul Brinkman Director – Blue Mountains Cultural Centre / Blue Mountains Theatre & Community Hub Blue Mountains City Council www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au I’ve never made anything I hadn’t wanted to make. That’s the secret. Always want to make it.
- 12. Perseverance tips Paul Brinkman Director – Blue Mountains Cultural Centre / Blue Mountains Theatre & Community Hub Blue Mountains City Council www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au I’ve never made anything I hadn’t wanted to make. That’s the secret. Always want to make it. Financial perseverance: Don’t under value your time, but also be realistic about what people can pay. Creative perseverance: Note things down. Go back and rediscover your creative ideas from 5, 10, 15 years ago. They can be easy to forget. Personal perseverance: Constantly test yourself with the question ‘Is this worth me persevering?’ If you’re watching the clock or constantly thinking about your next holiday, then it’s probably not. Professional perseverance: Don’t be scared to forge ahead with an action you think is right, even if others don’t. Take ownership of what you do. Take responsibility for the failures and accept accolades for the successes.
- 13. Matt Drummond Director Hivestudios.com / Dinosaur Island Love. I’m always very selective because I know its going to take 5 years out of my life.
- 14. Perseverance tips Matt Drummond Director Hivestudios.com / Dinosaur Island I’ve never made anything I hadn’t wanted to make. That’s the secret. Always want to make it. Financial perseverance: Your project will take longer and cost more than planned. Ensure that you have multiple revenue streams. Creative perseverance: There will be a key “All is lost” moment. Don’t wallow in the setbacks. Do something every day to move your project forward. Personal perseverance: Your relationships will suffer. Make sure you have the right people in your life. Know each persons range. Professional perseverance: Ask the impossible. It is after the third rejection that the money is made.
- 16. Perseverance tips Amanda O’Bryan Designer www.creativequeenbees.com I’ve never made anything I hadn’t wanted to make. That’s the secret. Always want to make it. Financial perseverance: Face your demons around money. Persistent money worries does not equal perseverance. No one expects you to be an accountant but know your numbers. Seek help, sometimes immediately! Creative perseverance: Small acts of creativity every day builds creative muscle. It’s the intention and act that counts. Living with creativity everyday fills your well, wards off creative blocks, and fear of creative risk. Practice everyday Personal perseverance: Back yourself! Professional perseverance: Building supportive nurturing relationship is your professional lifeline. Build a cheer squad of people who are on your side and believe in you. It takes time but when the cards start falling down, and the doubt and questioning comes, you have a wealth of people cheering you on. You cannot be an island for a lifetime.
- 17. Perseverance tips Nick Bolton Director TEN ALPHAS www.tenalphas.com.au I’ve never made anything I hadn’t wanted to make. That’s the secret. Always want to make it. Financial perseverance: Add your ‘development’ time as a loan to the business. Have multiple revenue streams. Pay off credit card monthly. Pay GST and PAYG monthly. Creative perseverance: For your creative projects, you must love it, and then know everything there is to know about it, Become the subject matter. Personal perseverance: Have a mentor, someone you trust to bounce ideas off. Professional perseverance: Always be open to learning, outsource what you don’t know / don’t like doing.
- 18. The creative
- 19. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Nick Bolton 0412 101726 nick@tenalphas.com.au www.theartofperseverance.com.au
Notas del editor
- Thank you Marcus and welcome everyone Whenever I mention the words ‘The Art of Perseverance in filmmaking’, I get the same reaction, a knowing giggle or snigger, and a look upwards for heavely intervention Everyone here has persevered in filmmaking Infact you would be quite familiar with this
- We’ve all had these thoughts during the creative process The little voice The doubting voice Its such a dangerous voice NEXT SLIDE
- Seven years ago in 2007. twitter was launched and this man launched a thing called the iPhone. So why do we subject ourselves to seven years of our lives to make a film. The odds of ‘success’ both critical or commercial are stacked against us, yet we’re all drawn to it. I was introduced to the Australian Producers survey done by Deb Verhoeven at Deakin Uni, David Court at AFTRS and few other clever clogs NEXT SLIDE
- Now we all familiar with the traditional filmmaking process Interestingly marketing has pushed itself to the beginning due to the disruptive nature of the internet The bottom line shows the average time for each part, development and funding typically taking over 50% of the time of the film. This “funding gap” is the bain for many producers. How do you fill it with income. The average feature film take seven years on average to complete. That is a long long period in someone’s life. NEXT SLIDE
- But first I wanted to research perseverance And Wikipedia provided this definition of Grit which is what psychologists call Perseverance. I thought perseverance was an intangible feeling, an unmeasurable thing, so I was surprised to hear you can measure it NEXT SLIDE
- Do check out the work done by Angela Duckworth at Penn University I have put the link up on the Message Board on the Net Work Play Pathable – go and do the test! Check out some of the questions I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones My interests change from year to year – not very helpful if a film takes seven years to make. Setbacks dont discourage me But the Grit Survey is not very specific to film, And The Australian Producers Survey looks at motivations for sure, but still doesn’t tell me, or advise me, as to how people get through the filmmaking process. I wanted to expand on this, explore the colour compared to the black and white data, to find their soul, I wanted to hear their stories. NEXT SLIDE
- And amongst all these perseverances, there is trying to maintain creative control, how do fulfill your creative vision. Maintaining vision amongst the creatives, against pressure from the investors and other stakeholders, And then issues during production, or post production meaning the vision has to be compromised.
- So now I had my four categories of perseverance to map against the filmmaking process.
- Having that ‘creed’ helps determine your project selection criteria,
- It’s a simple premise but often an overlooked one. Taking the job for the cash isnt the same as wanting to tell the story
- It’s a simple premise but often an overlooked one. Taking the job for the cash isnt the same as wanting to tell the story
- It’s a simple premise but often an overlooked one. Taking the job for the cash isnt the same as wanting to tell the story
- Really really ask yourself if this project is for you. If you can justify the seven years, that justification is a great driver
- It’s a simple premise but often an overlooked one. Taking the job for the cash isnt the same as wanting to tell the story
- Only one of my interviewees, Michael Budd, admitted commercial reasons for making his first feature film: Michael said “Threatrical distribution is so hard so I looked at what sold online. Horror has a huge online audience. I don’t particularly like horror but I could access a community who were prepared to buy it online.” So lets get into the four types of perseverance.
- It’s a simple premise but often an overlooked one. Taking the job for the cash isnt the same as wanting to tell the story
- It’s a simple premise but often an overlooked one. Taking the job for the cash isnt the same as wanting to tell the story
- And next time you are at stage 3 or 4, You can take solace that we all go through the same issues, we all have the chimp nattering away I hope The Art of Perseverance can help stop the doubt in our hearts Will give us all the confidence to get back on the horse and pursue our dreams And help reduce the burn out and brain drain My project didn’t end with a thesis. Far from it. Its just the beginning. It’s a website, it’s a social community The documentary is in post production and I hope to release if it a few months time. It’s a speaking presentation and it’s a Panel Session at events where I interview more filmmakers I am also developing an educational outreach program taking the format around the Schools and Unis and indeed the corporate boardrooms of Australia If any of you in the audience can see this benefitting your organisation, or if you can help me get it out to as many people as possible, then I would love to talk further
- I’ll take questions in a minute. Thank you for listening, I hope you didn’t have to persevere too much. As I went through my research and interviews, I asked people to sign my promotional postcards (one of which is in your delegate pack ) I asked people to sign them with a word or phrase that sums up perseverance to them. I’ll scroll through them as I take any questions as they give interesting perspectives! Many thanks for your time and I hope the insights keep you persevering with your art.