We Are All Artists | A Short Film
By Julian Tsai
Summary
## Key takeaways - **Creative Journey from Books to Video**: It all started with books during lockdown, leading to writing short stories that opened up imagination and creativity, then picking up a camera to translate words into photography, and now making videos as a synthesis of writing and photography. [01:06], [02:04] - **Overcoming Equipment Shortcomings**: Despite having a great camera that's not cinematic, only two lenses, limited equipment like lamps and a tripod, and no crew, the creator proceeds to make videos solo. [02:37], [03:54] - **Childhood as Source of Creativity**: Looking back at childhood reveals that creativity isn't new; as kids, we only needed paper and an innocent drive to imagine something that wasn't there before, without money or motivators. [06:21], [06:59] - **Building Innate Creative Reservoir**: Every story read, sound heard, and piece of art made, no matter how bad, contributes to your creative reservoir that has no maturity date and is within all of us. [07:20], [07:36] - **Embrace Flow to Create Art**: Don't think too much about it; keep the tap flowing, be receptive to new ideas in daily life, and go out to create, as everything needed is already within us and actions are vessels of art. [07:54], [08:18]
Topics Covered
- Creative Mediums Layer Like Onions
- Childhood Imagination Fuels Adult Creativity
- Act Swiftly on Fleeting Ideas
Full Transcript
I've been wanting to make a video for a while [Music] now I made two short Instagram Ros to
dip my toes in the ocean but that was just a warm up this time I want to use videos to
make art now that I have my morning tea let me tell you how we got here it all started with
books specifically this book my dad gave it to me during Co
lockdown and I started reading a ton then at one point I wanted to write my own story I wrote several short stories that
open up the world of imagination and creativity until one summer without much
thought I picked up a camera I began translating words into photography making me see things that I've never seen
before and now I want to start making videos a new medium does not mean the dismissal of the
previous writing photography videos they layer on to each other like onions the imaginative feeling of writing gave itself to my photography and filmmaking is a
synthesis of them both but I had no ideas apart from the lack of ideas there were a few shortcomings that I kept telling
myself and the first one was my camera don't get me wrong I have a great camera and I love it but it is
just not a cinema camera that can capture the richest details and deepest colors I mean how am I supposed to make
my videos cinematic without a cinema camera and I only have two lenses which means I only have two focal lens to
choose from a 40 mm and a cheap 11 mm plus the wide 11 is really only for Selective shots meaning I would have to shoe Bas
see everything on my 40 [Music] mm to make it worse I have very little
equipment no robots PR lights or gimbal I only have my lamps candles tripod and a weird
clamp and I have no crew just me which means that I have to do everything by myself I can't possibly do that and on
top of that I'm too H hungry oh just realized that I haven't had breakfast yet well then let's just take
care of that one first shall [Music] we my morning meals are usually very
simple after all I'm a cook not a chef and today I'm going to be making an easy breakfast bagel so let's just jump into
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well my stomach was fed the dishes were cleaned but I still didn't have any ideas
Inspirations within uncertainty strong winds my mind drifted and wandered and as it floated around in my
head it brought me back to my childhood
[Music] at times it might feel daunting to be
creative and to make something out of thin [Music]
air but a look back at your childhood makes you realize that this isn't new to [Music] you as kids we didn't need money or any
motivators all we needed was a piece of paper and that innocent drive to imagine something that wasn't there before we've all been utilizing our imaginations since we were in
kindergarten perhaps we've just become more reluctant to translate those thoughts into reality but the power is there within all of
us every story that you read every sound that you heard every piece of art that you made no matter how bad it is they all contribute
to your creative Reservoir and that bank has no maturity dat we are all artists you just have to remind yourself
sometimes so don't think too much about it keep the tap flow be receptive to new ideas and Inspirations will find you in your daily
life then just go out and create anything everything we would need is already within us our actions are merely vessels of
art like I said all you need is that innocent drive to imagine something that wasn't there before but remember once you have an
idea be quick because one day you might wake up and not care about it anymore
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