In that silence, I wasn't thinking about his motivation. I was thinking about the window.
Growing up, if you asked me what I wanted to be, the answer was automatic: "A director." It’s the default answer for anyone who loves film. The director is the captain of the ship, the visionary, the name people remember. met realized i wanted to be a cinematographer
I spent years writing scripts and bossing my friends around with camcorders. I was obsessed with the "what" of the story—what happens next, what does the character say, what is the plot point. But I was ignoring the "how." In that silence, I wasn't thinking about his motivation