If life was really like it is portrayed on TV we would all be living in nice homes or apartments in a big city and meeting with friends daily and at restaurants arguing over who is going to pick up the check. The reality is more of us live in small towns than big cities, and even more of us have to live week to week and even the idea of eating in restaurants is a pipe dream.
I remember a time when TV was populated with shows about people struggling to make ends meet. It seems today that TV & movie producers think the only reality that happens is in the backyards of their upper class neighborhoods. Big studios are seriously disconnected from their audiences in my opinion. This is where the indie filmmaker shines is in being a part of the work-a-day world struggling to make dreams come true, let alone get by from week to week. Continue reading “Small Towns and Indie Filmmakers are Very Real”