Mofilm is going to start posting Q&As with people who work “in and around the world of film” on their blog and I was very flattered to be the first person they interviewed.  They even broke up my answers and turned my post into a two-parter.

Here is Part one and here is Part two.  Here’s one of my freakier responses:

MOFILM: In the wider sense what do you think its like for a filmmaker trying to break into the industry today?

Dan: When I was a kid I used to go to this amusement park that was on a lake.  At the end of one pier was a popcorn stand and for 60 years people have been throwing popcorn into the lake for the fish.  If you throw some popcorn off the pier, about 100 gigantic carp will surface and an insane feeding frenzy will ensue.  They thrash around and fight to suck popcorn into their monstrous fish mouths, the fish pile on top of each other so violently that some of them are pushed out of the water.  It’s a really freaky thing to witness… anyway, that’s what it’s like to be a filmmaker trying to break into the industry in 2012!

Ok, I know that was kind of a weird answer but I’ve had those giant carp on my mind lately. Last weekend me and some friends took a ride to that amusement park I mentioned (Indiana Beach in Monticello, IN) and sure enough, at the end of the pier were the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren of the carp I fed back in the 80′s.  I even captured some video of the insane feeding frenzy.  When you think of filmmakers trying to “make it” in the industry today, this is the mental picture you should have in your head.