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[Mike Cohen]

Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament

[Timothy J. allen]

“A tightly structured documentary that adhere’s strictly to ‘set-up’ and ‘pay off’ kinds of rules” can still be “a big ‘ol mess”. 😉

The “art” often comes in where you break the rules. The challenge of the artist is finding the line where the audience still enjoys of at least appreciates the surprise that’s inherent in those broken rules.

You can do it to a point that makes the art difficult for the audience to appreciate. But stretching that line out is what defines an artist.

My advice? Go too far. You’ll never learn where that limit really is unless you push against it once in a while.