The New Haze Movement
1) The creation of a film operates on a different plane of existence. It's relations to money, equipment, and menial organization should not hinder or discourage the act of creating the film.
2) The filmmaker or group of filmmakers creating the film are completely responsible for creating the world of the film. Decisions have to be made about the aesthetics, the writing, the choice of actors, the medium, the message and/or experience of the film.
3) Start with what you have and build from there. Push yourself to use your resources and limitations in the most creative way possible.
4) Do not question your power as the filmmaker. Push yourself and the film into places that you didn't think you were capable of. Believe in the unseen, unimagined, unwritten infinite possibilities that exist only when one believes for no reason other than need for hope.
5) Do not try to expose "the harsh realities of life". There is no "harsh reality of life". There is no "reality". Life is what one makes it, if you want it to be beautiful, it is, if you want it to be harsh it is. Filmmakers who make harsh films make the world harsh. People need hope, give it to them. This does not mean your film should stray from elements of sadness, mystery, loneliness, or suffering though.
6) Fantasy is the future. Movement brings things into reality, stillness allows for absorption.
