Filmmaking Deep Dive: Alan's Career Story Time!
Added 2024-03-13 15:00:06 +0000 UTCFilmmaker Alan Seawright shares his entire filmmaking career story. He dives into the ups and downs of working in the filmmaking industry for nearly 20 years... big ups and big downs. Get comfy, it's story time!
Check out the projects Alan mentions here: https://www.youtube.com/@TelekinesisStudios
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Cinema Therapy
2024-04-12 22:00:38 +0000 UTCI just signed up on Patreon & this was the first thing I watched. And… I’m so glad it was! You & Jonathan are both amazing people.
Tracy Snow
2024-04-12 21:31:37 +0000 UTCThis made our day!
Cinema Therapy
2024-04-11 20:44:35 +0000 UTCOkay, I've recently started going through all the things you guys have done on YouTube and here on Patreon. So please forgive me for geeking out a bit over what I come across 😅. I love your view on acceptance and how you have come to realize that all the horrible things, addiction included (been there), have brought you to where you are now. Including clips and pictures of your journey was a great touch, as was the music and subtle camera movement to keep the viewer engaged. Honestly? Seeing as I have seen that you are also a fan of Brandon Sanderson, I would love to see your name listed anywhere on his goal of making Mistborn into a movie. I doubt it'll ever come to a vote for fans, of course, but you have mine. Thank you for posting something that obviously made you vulnerable, even with the jokes you make to lighten the mood. This was a joy to watch.
SaucyJTD
2024-04-11 19:54:29 +0000 UTCThanks so much for sharing your journey. I've been curious about how you've come to be where you are (and can't wait to see what's next). You cover some of the early influences that led you to love of film and into film making, but what would you say your biggest influences are in your current style? Are there films you watch specifically to learn from?
Michael Charboneau
2024-04-02 17:50:30 +0000 UTCBtw, why didn't you mention your Emmys?
Olga Makarova
2024-03-21 08:02:46 +0000 UTCwell, we could do a lot worse then being stuck with you all at cinema therapy 😘 thanks for doing this!!
zeklama
2024-03-18 18:50:14 +0000 UTCI completely understand, needing to follow your passion. Ever since I was in high school, maybe even earlier I wanted to go into music. When I went to college to become a music teacher, I didn’t know if I would like it. I knew I liked to play music, but teaching it is completely different. I fell in love with it, and today, it is my job and I am doing things I never thought I would be able to do. Like arranging and composing, for plays with our schools theater. I feel so blessed to be able to do what I love every day. Until recently, I didn’t know how uncommon that was. You guys are doing such amazing and important work. We love you. ❤️
Hannah Rose 🥀
2024-03-17 22:16:33 +0000 UTCI admire your resilience. So happy you didn't give up and arrived at Cinema Therapy. I've found your channel about a year ago, at that time I was (and still am) a war refugee who moved from Ukraine with my child. I watched every episode, one a day, and they helped me to get through tough time. Sending love and gratitude to you, Jono and all the team.
Olga Makarova
2024-03-16 22:03:08 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this story! You've hinted at certain times in videos, but this video really shines a light on how hard it can be to pursue a career in something that may not always pay the most dividends. Thank you for all that you have done with cinema therapy! And I hope everything continues to go well for you and your family.
Brayden Wilmut
2024-03-15 00:56:49 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing. For what it’s worth, I’m so damn proud of you for so many things after hearing your story—always working hard to provide for your family, being humble enough to accept the help you needed with your addiction and your marriage, being brave enough to do the work you needed to do in your own therapy sessions, and maintaining such a spirit of joy, compassion, and openness after it all. 2020-the first half of 2023 were some of the hardest years of my life for a whole hell of a lot of reasons but CT was a legit godsend. I have looked forward to y’all’s videos ever since I found you in 2020, and sometimes the excitement of just getting to share in a bit of your healing or nerding out or laughter was what reminded me that there was still hope for things to get better. Honestly, I could go on and on for pages about what it’s meant to tune in every week and feel like I’m getting to watch something new/rediscover something with two good friends, but I’ll just leave it at I hope you can feel how impactful the filmmaking work you are doing now is. Steven Spielberg’s films might be seen by millions of people, but I truly believe that it’s y’all’s work that’s changing the lives of millions of people because of how you help show people how they can heal and how they can get help pass on that healing. Love y’all so much!!
Erin Bourneuf
2024-03-14 21:30:19 +0000 UTCI would have settled for "a good one", but I'll take "the best". I'd also like to refer you to MANY other people who are better than me. 😅
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 15:23:46 +0000 UTCThat makes one of us! j/k. I actually love a ton of the stuff I've gotten the chance to work on!
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 15:22:43 +0000 UTCHonestly, the most difficult thing I've had to do (through therapy, and meditation, and just... sitting with myself) is update my firmware to reset the externally loaded definitions of a lot of things. Particularly "success". The things that other people see as success, or the media and especially social media portray as success, or the expectations that society has, or the unrealistic expectation I put on myself as a young man. It's been incredibly difficult to undo that programming, look inside, see what I really want out of life, and rewire my thought processes to favor those outcomes. Still a work in progress, btw. But yeah, success is TRULY what you decide it is. I mean, above a certain subsistence level necessitated by the economic system you live in, which I never consistently achieved for the first 12 years of my career!
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 15:22:09 +0000 UTCSeriously, you are the best!
Emily Powers
2024-03-14 14:59:35 +0000 UTCI think your credits are exciting !!!
Kannibal Kory
2024-03-14 13:14:00 +0000 UTCThat was an incredible journey. Thank you for your openness and sharing.
Tressa Breen
2024-03-14 12:46:32 +0000 UTCHonestly I’m extremely envious of you and people who are able to make their passion their career. It honestly took me years to come to terms that. I would love to have a small hand-made crafts business, but as soon as I do it in any kind of professional capacity and dealing with other business-related issues I know I would so quickly become burnt out simply because it no longer exists as something I can escape my daily life in. I am so happy that your dream has finally come full circle, and you’re going in a path that you love. Also, SUUUUUUPER envious that you got to work with Samwise Gamgee. And that he geeked out about YOU just as hard as you did about him. I could not stop smiling through that story because it was so heartwarming.
Hikari Yamato
2024-03-14 07:31:16 +0000 UTC100% a GREAT way to live. I honestly wish I could do that, but it’s not in the cards for me. Dunno that there is like 1 True Path for anyone, but it’s VERY hard for me to do work that I’m not passionate about. Kinda a kick in the groin.
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:34:41 +0000 UTCI don’t know if everything has a purpose instrinsically, but everything can be put to a purpose, if you are desperate enough. Like I am! 🤫
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:32:38 +0000 UTCYou’ve gotta be kidding! My former business partner (still good friend) produced a little indie that shot there last year. He LOVED Capetown!
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:31:27 +0000 UTCNo need to ask! We LOVE hugs!
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:29:06 +0000 UTCAwww. Thank you! 😊
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:28:21 +0000 UTCThe part that resonates with me the most is the sideloaded definition of success as being able keep doing what you feel compelled to do.
Dave Shultz
2024-03-14 05:28:18 +0000 UTC1) Truth. 2) Done. 3) Thanks! I really hope I don’t screw it up! 😵
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:27:42 +0000 UTCYou’re very welcome.
Alan Seawright
2024-03-14 05:26:57 +0000 UTCIt is either a simple but heartfelt thank you for sharing or a mile long paragraph and the only person who should see the paragraph is my therapist so please accept my sincere thank you.
Drug Princess
2024-03-14 00:54:56 +0000 UTCA few thoughts: 1. More proof that Sean Astin is the G.O.A.T. 2. My marriage did not survive my husband's addiction and I lost my best friend. Please give Megan a huge hug. 3. So excited and proud to be doing my own little bit to help your company do what you love and are so good at. Spielberg's got nothing on you in this space! 😅 Thanks for sharing and looking forward to this next chapter.
Wendy Darling
2024-03-14 00:48:38 +0000 UTCOk, but I kinda relate a bit to Sean Astin's excitement for your film and having you sign his copy. I can't express how excited I was when I realized I was not only going to be able to get a blu-ray copy of Moonstruck from the ECCC Q&A, but I was ALSO going to be able to get it signed by you after the panel. My partner was like "I'm surprised you didn't get a signed poster" and I was just excitedly vibrating in my seat like, "OK, but consider this: I get a copy of Moonstruck, which I love, AND I can get it signed by the director (and Jono ofc, but I was REALLY excited for Alan to sign it haha) at the meet and greet." I have proudly shown off my signed copy to a couple of people now 😂 Really loved this video and hearing your story. I have so much admiration for your dedication to your work and all of the things you have gone through. 💖
Kambria
2024-03-13 22:19:25 +0000 UTCThank you for being vulnerable and sharing your story, not just the highlight reel.
Holly✌️
2024-03-13 21:40:46 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing! What a beautiful story of friendship between you and Jono as well
Milena Fox
2024-03-13 19:50:43 +0000 UTCI'm actually really glad you guys made this video. ❤️ I like getting to know you guys better. ☺️
Smeeson
2024-03-13 17:53:37 +0000 UTCListening to the Sean Astin excerpt during my morning routine... Do you know how hard it is to do a happy dance and try to cheer for you with a mouthful of Scope?! 🤭 He's coming to a local event this summer and I'm totally wearing my CT shirt to get his autograph now. Just gotta find the right potato.
Smidge
2024-03-13 17:30:14 +0000 UTCIf I am ever at a convention and get to see you guys, I will ask if I can give you a hug. For now, here’s an emoji. 🫂
Lauren Frey
2024-03-13 17:13:52 +0000 UTCThanks for being real. 💜 I've never worked in film but I drive past this film studio all the time and I know cost of living is lower here. It's not a direct recommendation but maybe there are places that allow you to be more free and creative with less pressure. 💪 Congrats on the success of cinema therapy! https://capetownfilmstudios.co.za/
Kimberly
2024-03-13 17:12:50 +0000 UTCThis was touching to watch probably because it reminds me that everything has a purpose and that even if life feels hopeless now there is light somewhere for me too.
Seldanz_
2024-03-13 16:54:43 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing your story. I have spent years beating myself up because I haven't been able to make a living in it, but I can't leave it. It's really the only thing I want to do. It was touching to hear your experiences and it brought up all the feels.
BJ
2024-03-13 16:34:35 +0000 UTCThank you for being candid about your struggles. I was always told when I was younger “you are really passionate about -insert science subject here- you should go to school for it!” I tried, but while I did enjoy science I did NOT like the university hustle life. I am now comfortably situated as an accounts payable clerk, and coming home to my hubby and child to work on my various hobbies that I am passionate about. I have been told numerous times that I should make a career out of my hobbies, and I have thought about it. But as soon as I even got close to actually taking that first step I felt the exact same way as I did back in uni and knew that if I did make it into a business I would lose all of my passion. For my mental health I NEED to keep my financial and personal life separate.
Hikari Yamato
2024-03-13 16:31:40 +0000 UTCAw. It’s okay. Broken hearts mend. 🤗
Alan Seawright
2024-03-13 16:22:31 +0000 UTCAbsolutely will with CT Studios later this year!
Alan Seawright
2024-03-13 16:21:52 +0000 UTCThis was a heartbreaking watch in places.
Pam Jackson
2024-03-13 15:47:31 +0000 UTC❤️
Pam Jackson
2024-03-13 15:31:44 +0000 UTCI love ghostbusters and I can't wait to see the new film/movie that's coming out soon. I love your filmmaking journey. Thank you for sharing it with us. I would love you to do a session on editing and another on colouring as well. That would be really useful and I think a lot of people would be interested in that as well.
Emily
2024-03-13 15:30:29 +0000 UTC
