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I am filmmaker not an author, the motion picture is my medium of expression not the written word.
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The speaker identifies filmmaking as the form they use to express ideas, rather than writing books or text. The contrast between “motion picture” and “written word” emphasizes that their creative communication belongs on screen, not on the page.
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