Intention.

I pondered this for years, especially as YouTube and blogging were first happening. In this business called show, what is the difference between being a pro and being an amateur?

My answer: Intention.

And by intention, I don't mean goals for a desired outcome. I mean the intention in doing the work.

Amateurs become pros. Pros become amateurs. The world is a fluid place.

Some people feel that getting paid makes you a professional. It does not. Nor does not getting paid make you an amateur.

It is my experience that the best pros are people who have professional intent under every circumstance.

Now turn these notions towards the question of "What Is A Movie?”

We are stuck in a moment where there is a weird battle over this issue. Why? Mostly because we are stuck on defining the work based on how it is delivered.

Martin Scorsese has made shorts, low-budget movies for theatrical, mid-budget movies for theatrical, big-budget movies for theatrical, pay-TV series, documentaries for theatrical, docume…