My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!
Interpretation
Young filmmakers should aim to create new trends rather than simply copying existing ones.
Frank Capra's quote encourages aspiring filmmakers to be innovative and original in their work. Instead of following the current trends in the film industry, they should strive to set their own trends, thereby contributing unique perspectives and styles that can influence the future of cinema.
In practice
A motivational speech at a film festival to encourage young filmmakers.
Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born with an inner capacity to take him as far as his imagination can dream or envision-providing he is free to dream and envision.
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My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!
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I choose joy... I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical... the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.
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