#a filmmakers life

[friendlessghoul]

"I’m just a farmer now,” Keaton told Mel Heimer. “I’ve got this little farm in San Fernando Valley with nine walnut trees...” And as he trailed off, he leaned back comfortably and he smiled.

A Filmmaker’s Life by James Curtis [page 588]

[daddiesdrarryy]

Me when I finish writing something:

[nvcl347]

do you accept the particle?

[ki0an]

He's right behind me isnt he

[gearbroth]

Until it is DONE.

[sepko1]

Alone...

at the edge of a Universe, humming a tune.

With sparkling crystals, souls aglow.

[willowzbox]

Hλppy pride yall 🏳️‍🌈

[kutekitty-43]

here's my second sfm thing i finished

the text was added in post and was my best attempt at mimicking the hl2 subtitles

[writingwithfolklore]

The (not so) Secret Magic of Asking for Things

                I’ve taken three classes I didn’t have the prerequisites for, gotten two jobs in editing, and was offered an internship with a big magazine. My secret? I asked.

                It sounds almost too simple to be true, but that really is all you need to do to get what you want. Ask the right way, to the right person, at the right time, and you can get just about anything you want. The worst thing that has ever happened to me from asking for what I want was an apologetic no. The best things? Jobs I love, classes I’m enjoying, and an internship that’s going to look amazing on my resume.

                When emailing, there’s a structure to making requests. Here’s an email I sent out to take a creative writing class I shouldn’t have been able to take as example:

Subject: Program Override for (Course) (keep it short and clear)

Hello Person,

I hope you’re having a good morning/week/weekend. (always open with a nice pleasantry. Sets a good tone).

I am a third year student in (program) looking to take (course), however I noticed there was a program restriction that bars me from registering for it. (Start with a very quick context, only keep the details that are absolutely necessary.)

Creative writing is my greatest passion and I constantly strive to be better at it. (Course) would allow me to grow my skills in this area and gain valuable connections with other writers at (school). If there is any way to override the restriction, I would be endlessly grateful.

(Make personal connection and state clearly what you want.)

Thank you,

(Sign off)

                Easy peasy, right?

                Other opportunities I got came from knowing the right people. I asked one of my profs if she knew of any internships, and she happened to know an editor of a magazine that she reached out to on my behalf. Within a month I had an interview with them. I made friends with a guy who was hiring for an editing position—I told him I would be interested in it, and in a few weeks I got the job.

                Make clear to the people around you the goals and things that you want. I tend to mention these goals during the “say one interesting thing about you” class introductions thing they make us do.

                So many times have I said, “Hi, I’m Annai and I’m a novel writer looking to get published in YA and hopefully children’s writing” and have had people come up to me with offers to collab on a children’s book, or who know someone getting published, or have a family member who is an editor.

                If you want it, just ask.

[gizzberg]

Just a doktor helping his patient... nothing to see here folks *sweats*

[sodapop1033]

Based off of a comic @wingeddonkey made. I made two different versions because why not?

funny dialog under read more

[rig-biped-complicated]

Gordon Freeman getting his government-mandated RnR after 6 days without sleeping, eating, drinking, or using the bathroom.

Based on that B4Brandoss vid

[sanshiroiv]

Freeman

Happy 20th Anniversary

[nvcl347]

he's so extra and for what

[ki0an]

Got back into SFM recently lmao

[thenewgothicromance]

This line drives me crazy. You know we love to joke about Benson being low key obsessed with Randy pre-movie, but often I think of that as just for fun, and that realistically, Randy probably wasn't that big a player in his mind until that morning. That the shooting was probably more about Benson just not being able to take his shitty job and shitty life anymore, and that maybe he thought he was going to kill Randy too until the last second. But then I watched this scene again and it's so wild, like.

Benson reveals that he's been watching Randy, noticing him, thinking about him, having some intense emotional reactions to him. But they've been working together for like a year, and they work a presumably pretty boring job, and you've gotta think about something to get through the day, so whatever.

But then he says this!! That standing in front of Randy with the gun, the idea that Randy is fixable was the only thing he believed. The only thing!!! In his darkest and most nihilistic moment, the only thing Benson could hold onto was the something better that he could see in Randy. And that's insane, like buddy normal answers only why is Randy at the center of your fucking worldview?????? I don't feel like I can even articulate how crazy this is to me like they are like barely-acquaintance coworkers why is Randy the only thing he believes in?????