🔍 The Filmmaker’s Blind Spot
Why do I ask this?
Why?
And that’s really the question, isn’t it?
A colleague of mine recently asked me something so obvious that, for a moment, I wondered why she was asking it.
Then it hit me:
📌 I had never asked myself that question before.
📌 And I wasn’t sure of the answer.
That moment changed how I think about filmmaking—and the importance of asking the right questions.
🎥 The Power of the Right Question
The best filmmakers don’t just have answers—they know how to ask the right questions.
📌 Why does this scene exist?
📌 What emotion does this shot create?
📌 Is my story working, or am I forcing it?
Each time you push deeper—“But why?”… “And then what?”—you unlock a new layer.
We can think of this like a set of Russian nesting dolls—where each question reveals another hidden inside.
Ever seen a young child ask their parent an endless string of “Why?” questions?
At some point, the exhausted parent says:
📢 “Because I said so!”
🎬 That’s exactly when we should dig deeper in our creative process—not stop.
🤝 Why Community Helps You See What You Can’t
One of the hardest things about filmmaking?
📌 You don’t know what you don’t know.
It’s easy to get lost in your own vision, convinced you’ve thought of everything—until someone asks a question you never considered.
That’s why films have:
✅ Script consultants – To catch story issues the writer can’t see.
✅ Cinematographers – To push directors to think visually.
✅ Editors – To refine pacing and tone from the outside in.
But where do YOU go to get the right questions asked about your work?
🔗 Inside Hollywood Film Coach, we analyze each other’s work, challenge assumptions, and ask the questions that make films better.
🎞 What Questions Should You Be Asking?
✅ Story: Does every scene earn its place in my film?
✅ Performance: Am I directing actors or just capturing them?
✅ Visuals: Am I using the camera to tell the story, or just to record it?
✅ Editing: Am I holding onto shots that serve me, or serve the story?
🎬 Filmmakers who ask better questions make better films.
The real question is—who’s helping you ask the right ones?
🔗 Join Hollywood Film Coach and get the insight, feedback, and creative challenge you need to level up your filmmaking.
🎯 Final Takeaways: Why Asking the Right Questions Matters
✅ Filmmakers don’t just need answers—they need better questions.
✅ You can’t see what you’re missing on your own.
✅ A creative community pushes you to refine and strengthen your work.
💡 What’s the best question someone has ever asked you about your work?
Drop a comment below, or better yet—join the conversation inside Hollywood Film Coach, where we ask the tough questions that make great films.
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