Adding one more to the ever growing list.

One things for sure, there are a lot of people who want to make it big as a filmmaker, myself included. With sites out there like YouTube, Google Videos, Myspace, everybody seems to want their 15 minutes of fame as soon as possible. The newest short film site I've found is a new reality show on Fox called The Lot. I've spent some time watching some of these short films. Some are good, and some are very very bad. And it makes me really think, what does it take to make it? How to do you find your way to the top of the list to be seen? Should I wait patiently for my turn? Or should I fight like there is no tomorrow? I feel that the first question is the correct answer. What makes a good film? Story? Cinematography? Acting? Editing? Lighting? An education in filmmaking? Sure, of course. But you have to have the desire, and motivation to learn each of these things. And I don't think some of these people get that when they make there "films." It may just be for fun, but if you really want people to take you as someone who seriously wants to become a filmmaker, you have to act like one first. I do criticize others, but I criticize myself the hardest. Because I want to learn more. I want to blur that line from armature to professional. And you know what, I don't see these bad short films as competition, I see them as motivation.