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Stories Are Soul Food

Be The Director | (Ep. 183)

Stories Are Soul Food

Canon Press

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8787 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Brian asks Nate what tips he'd give a teenage SASFer who wants to become a movie director. And, perhaps surprisingly, Nate's advice has nothing to do with movies. Because if you want to direct feature films when you grow up, you're the kid saying "I am gonna be an NFL quarterback." That kind of career wish has everything to do with whether you're the kind of person who could manage someone else's million-dollar investment. That doesn't just happen for wanting. Are you ready to convince the rich guys, direct the talent, soothe the producers, reject the bad network notes, talk to the cinematographers, and maintain total clarity on your artistic vision for the film through it all? And that assumes you know your stuff when it comes to story (watch Canon+ resources like "On Directing" and "Fantastical Wordcraft") and aren't hoping your elementary critical analysis will take the place of artistic talent. The best thing you can be doing is MAKING films with your (or your parents') iPhones. Also in this episode, the guys take some potshots at allegory, Reformed Facebook groups, Edmund Spenser, and more.

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0:00.0

Met a ghost of a king on the road

0:02.1

When I first fell

0:03.5

Fire burning to my knees

0:06.0

To my knees I fell

0:07.2

Made a ghost of a king on a row

0:09.1

Here we go

0:10.2

The weather's turned cold

0:11.4

Nate's back in a hoodie

0:13.0

Windy, gray, spring

0:16.0

Episode 183 though

0:17.9

Sassf doesn't stop for time or weather

0:20.2

Is it does.

0:22.3

We never stop.

0:24.0

We've stopped so much.

0:25.4

Or like the Postal Service.

0:27.8

The Pony Express.

0:29.7

Yeah. Yeah.

0:30.1

Anyways, 183.

0:31.7

And, you know, we're starting off with some advice for young writers slash directors.

0:36.8

I, the question that I had from from one of them is

0:40.6

I really want to become a director of movies. I've he says I've studied tons of worldview stuff

0:49.0

you know Hollywood worldview you know C S Lewis a number of other, the brain food. What else can I do?

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