# @karenxcheng on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYcBBVRp4PX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16472620-karenxcheng-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/225e93122f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-01-07T17:46:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Karen X (@karenxcheng) — https://gondola.cc/karenxcheng

## Caption

My low budget filmmaking series 🎬 So there’s something that gnaws at me in the back of my mind… when am I gonna run out of ideas?

I started feeling this way a few months ago about my low budget filmmaking series. To be honest, I haven't been feeling inspired by it lately because I feel like the series is gonna get stale & repetitive. I’ve already made all my favorite ideas and I'm starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for new ones. 

I feel like a cow grazing pastures, and I’ve already eaten all the grass on my patch. I need to go find some new pastures 🌿🌱🐄

Ideas don't come out of thin air... they come when you're exposed to new tools, new mediums, new people. And I think I need to do that in order to keep coming up with new ideas.

I’m particularly interested in AR & VR, which I haven’t explored much yet but want to this year. There’s also been some really interesting breakthroughs with AI-assisted editing that I’m interested in trying out. 

I’ll be sharing my experiments on my page starting next week! And some of the experiments this year may look a bit different than the content I’ve been posting…

It’s always scary to pivot your content. The algorithm penalizes content creators when they change it up, which is why so many creators get pigeonholed. 

Most people here followed me for my low budget camera tricks. That’s the kind of content that always performs best on my page - people are here to see that and (understandably) not everyone is going to be interested in my content as it evolves in style. 

And that’s okay! The dip in engagement & followers is worth it to me if I get to continue to do the kind of content that I’m excited about. If you do stick around, thank you for supporting my work 🙏

Wishing everyone a fun and creative 2022!

#lowbudgetfilmmaking #cameratricks #filmmaking

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filmmaking, cameratricks, lowbudgetfilmmaking

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