At the beginning of this i had no clue who Joss Whedon even was. But reading on i found out he helped make one of my favorite movies "The Avengers". The thing that really shocked me was the fact that Whedon Worked on both "The Avengers" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".   Even Though I Was not a fan of Buffy I know a lot of people who were or still are.

His first message hit home with me. Because i have had several ideas but not one of them became a real thing. Well i had some things that i made but nothing big. So his never give up on an idea shocked my mind. The big reason i did is the fact that I'm helping a friend with a project and I get to draw the art. While i am not that good of an artiest I agreed to help. The entire time we have been working on the prep work i have been trying to draw the characters that I was assigned to draw but I i hit a wall, Because i am trying to change my art style for this. At time i would get depressed about it but that advice from Whedon has made me want to work harder on this project.

His second peace of advice is "Sometimes a Drought Comes Right Before the Downpour" This just means that thought a director or an artiest may go through a period of time where they don't make anything good or anything at all, There is something coming that will change that. Whether it is a new idea or an opportunity of a life time. This is true for most of the big names in the media business, from Tim Burton to Whedon its one of those things in the business you can't avoid. 

Next is "Never Lose Sight of the Emotional Stakes". This is just saying no matter who or what your character is, or what basic rules or guidelines that the genre set for you, that character must maintain there basic values. Yes there emotions may change but there set and range of emotion can't change from scene to scene(unless a dramatic event happens). This is one of the things that can make or break a movie.

"Build the Structure, Then Hit the Playground". This is referring to to the fact that, Yes production is the most fun part about making a movie but it is not the most important. The most important part is the pre production and that takes up 90% of the time for making the movie.

Through reading this i learned three big things, first don't give up on ideas. Second sometimes you have to go through a period of not getting anything done to form a good project. lastly i learned when working a project don't change the characters a lot at one time its bad for the story line.

The only thing i want to know is what else has Whedon worked on in the movie business?