How do you deal with critique and criticisms?
In this business, you’re putting it all out there for audiences. When you win, it’s the best feeling in the world; you’ve successfully transported people into a world you’ve created and taken them on an emotional journey.
But, unfortunately, that doesn’t happen all the time.
Sometimes, audiences and critics don’t respond. That’s maybe the hardest thing about this existence. You want so badly to entertain and connect but when it doesn’t come through or is not successful, it’s a bummer.
Compounding this is reading critics tear your work apart.
But criticism is a necessary part of filmmaking. It’s how your work is assessed as art and for the masses.
Still, Seth Rogen wants critics to know that words can hurt. He was recently discussing mental health and criticism on the Diary of a CEO podcast, where he talked about what it’s like to read negative reviews of your work.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
