40 Of The Funniest Memes That Mocks Filmmakers Have Been Shared By An Instagram Page For You Laugh At The Industry's Silliness
While films have demonstrated their ability to reflect on their own creative process as well as their nature by going meta, filmmaking memes serve a similar purpose on a daily basis.
First and foremost, it breaks down an illusion of the action happening naturally in real time that filmmakers often work so hard to achieve. In other words, it exposes the hard work behind the 'perfect take' and delves deep into the daily hardships of individuals attempting to realize their vision.
It would be incorrect, however, to think that everyone enjoys seeing the illusion of a flawless cinematic world being somewhere out there being smashed right in front of their eyes.
Many individuals were irritated when a character named Paul in Hanneke's "Funny Games" began talking to the camera as if addressing the spectator of a film and making him self-conscious rather than absorbed in the reality of a film.
Again, this could be a matter of taste, as Paul is unlikely to be the conversation partner of most people's choice. Meet the "Filmmaker Memes," an Instagram page that has more than 40K followers.
They provide one good 'therapy' for filmmakers or other daily issues, which has always been humor or not taking things too seriously, as their motto states: "Let's laugh at how ridiculous our industry is."
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1. The Universal Logo
2. Assistant editor
3. Fun to fix
4. Tommy Wiseau all the way
There are numerous examples from meta-films of characters with whom we are more inclined to identify and, as a result, accept our human shortcomings or weaknesses.
Federico Fellini's "8 ½" is a classic example and one of the pioneers of a meta-film, capturing and exploring the creative process by following a film director's character. He struggles to develop ideas for his next film and demonstrates the challenges and rewards of working in the film industry and artistic creation in general.
5. He does much worse
6. The camera operator
7. An unhappy art
8. A wake up call
9. Coughing on set
10. Call Time
11. Calling wrap early
12. The premiere just crashed
13. A formal movie score
14. Close your eyes
15. Which is it?
16. You get it?
17. Different directors, same person
18. Not knowing what we want
19. Compare
20. Why?
21. Just let it play
22. The godfather
23. Filmmaking brings suffering
24. Pick one
25. Handing out student film
26. Working on the script
27. Setting the bar too low
28. Full film analysis
29. The rough cut
30. Your major again?
31. Theater actors versus film actors
32. Every crew has...
33. Yoda got tired
34. Script and story
35. The budget
36. Pixar
37. The illusion of choice
38. I laugh again
39. Weak plot
40. It's the face for me
Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is one of the more recent examples of a film becoming meta, as it depicts a more vulnerable, but maybe more realistic, portrait of an actor rather than glamorous images of traditional Hollywood performers. Leave your thoughts about this list in the comments section below.
