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Bad movie turned into the best "making of/behind the scenes" video ever

Cant believe you just spoiled Sprouting Orchids ...

As a fourteen-year old who is hoping to one day get the chance to produce a film, I'm grateful that you've shared this story.

“I’m Austin McConnell and this is my Master Class.”

Wow, that was deep. Watched the entire thing. Stick with it!

Walt Disney said, "Everyone should have a big failure at a young age." He didn't say why, but he said it on film. His failure was loosing his Oswald character to a NYC distributor. He invented Mickey Mouse on the train ride back to LA. Hey Austin, you completed a movie. Completed. Congratulations. .

This wasn't a "making of" or a "behind the scenes video". This was a short film about the life of a filmmaker creating their first feature film. Simply an amazing short.

Lol I found his movie in a Russian library

The part where you said you wanted to make the movie not to tell a story, but to just be called a filmmaker hit me hard. “That’s vanity, not art.” I feel like a lot of people (including myself) are guilty of this, and great respect to you for being able to face your mistakes, learn from them, and share them with the world. This was a great story to tell :)

wow that was brutally honest, well done!

He's made a movie

“Planting Orchids”- a movie about a young director’s challenges as he shoots his first film.

I'm 44 now, but I spent most of my "youth", lets say 16 to 32-ish, trying my hardest to make it in the music scene. That was a decade and a half that cost me so much money. It was very hard work. It never paid off. There were times when it came close, but something always "messed it up". Although not the same, I know how you feel. We bleed for our art. And now, I'm an old man and have given up on the "dream" for over a decade. I am not bitter though. Some of that time was the some of the best times of my life.

don't worry guys. this video's revenue alone may 10 times the movie budget.

That pain in your voice at the end, I have felt it. Nothing can cut deeper than putting everything you have into something that ends up unloved. It's been nearly five years since you released this video and I'm just now seeing what you and your channel are about. But, I am willing to bet that what you have done with this past five years is awesome.

As an "emerging" filmmaker, I watched your video and had tears coming to my eyes, listening to your testimony. Filmmaking is definitely not an easy art, and talking about PTSD is not out of the charts either. I had to quit my job this year, working on a multi-million production movie, (I was at one of the lowest job in the food chain of that production), because I almost wanted to end my days due to bullying by one of my superiors on top of some extreme bad events happening in my personal life. Since, I got diagnosed with PTSD. Long story short, this inspired me to write a script, which turned out to be a feature length script. I feel it's about time to make this movie happen. So I will, because I need to like most filmmakers. I hope you are doing better (you sound like you are, towards the end of your video) and I wish you the best in the future to make new film projects, whether they will be shorts or features. Take care

"Everyone have a plan until they get punched in the face..."

The important thing, is you did it.

Austin, I found you by a recommended video of how to survive if my parachute failed, like I am sure many people have. Although I have never had any intention on jumping from a plane, for some reason I clicked on it because of, well, curiosity. I figured I would subscribe because that video was fun, short, and a break in my day that I desperately needed. I subscribed thinking that your channel was going to be full of content like that and because sometimes a 4 minute break from the stresses of work, life, and well anything stressful is a great release to recalibrate and remember that it's ok to laugh. I think it was the animation coupled with your voice and humor that made me click without thinking.