To go from amateur to filmmaking professional takes years of practice while recognizing and eliminating mistakes. BUT, if you don't know you're making amateur mistakes, it makes it pretty difficult to improve.

As a self-taught filmmaker (and before Youtube was really around to help), I made mistakes over and over again before even realizing they were mistakes.

So today, here are 5 mistakes that amateurs (like me) tend to make and how you can eradicate them from your own work. Let's go.

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0:00 - Don't Be An Amateur
1:05 - Who I Am
1:38 - Amateur Mistake: AF
3:28 - Amateur Mistake: Lavs
5:10 - Amateur Mistake: Audio
6:28 - Amateur Mistake: Music
7:30 - Amateur Mistake: Lighting
8:50 - Final Thoughts