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“We’re huge.”
– Westie Films co-founders, Oyl Miller and Joe Aimonetti, in unison.
May 2009
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Brand New Glasses - Oyl Miller Band
“What are the biggest conversations you can get into?”
– Westie Films
“Now. Not Later.”
– Dan Wieden
Why Now?
If you are wondering when you should start talking about your big plan, your million-dollar idea, your next big thing, don’t. The answer is simple. Start now. The only thing keeping your idea from getting done is you.
Too many people are afraid of losing their idea. “What if someone else steals it?” Guess what. Unless its made, it doesn’t exist. And no idea is good if it...
“Are you telling the story, or is the story telling you?”
– Westie Films
“We’d love to collaborate with Spike Jonze on a project.”
– Westie Films
Don't Fear the Hater
It just means you’re doing something. Cynics are too calculating to try something new and would rather just stay in the peanut gallery and throw their barbs at you. Embrace them as evidence that you are going somewhere and trying to build something. Silence can be more deadly than gallons of venom.
“How to Dominate the Tokyo Club Scene”
– Toledo Jones
WatchMeet Toledo Jones, 2009
Fancy Junk
There are any number of gadgets, software packages, and electronic devices that can easily aide in your creative journey. You can buy the best digital SLR camera, the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, or shoot your film on the RED camera. But there is one piece of technology that still takes absolute precedence.
Your eye. Your creative vision. Dropping the camera to street level, placing it...
“Rasheed Wallace is more existential than Tim Duncan.”
– Westie Films
WatchBeat Basketball, 2009
“No one wants to do exactly what you want to do.”
– Westie Films
“We eat biscuits & gravy every Tuesday morning”
– Westie Films
“If you want people to listen, have a voice.”
– Westie Films
“Do the most you can with your portion of the collective narrative.”
– Westie Films
“We’re on a mission to find the new slow motion”
– Westie Films
Why does Westie Films shoot so much in black and...
For our budgets and resources, black and white looks better and more distinct than what we could achieve in color. Unless you have the funding for both proper equipment and post-production color correction, color is going to look garish on a lo-fi (or no-fi) project.
Black and white films, embrace the lo-fi ethos, by taking a step towards influences such as the rock xerox flyer, or the proud...
Point of View
Tools of creation and media formats grow more ubiquitous with each passing day. It’s easy for clarity to get lost amidst the sea easy access technology. We believe that having a very personal point of view, is the secret to creating quality work. Don’t get caught up in trying to make something to please the faceless commenters on YouTube. Get caught up making something that makes five...
WestieFilms turns ten
Ten years ago this started.