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I did two years of film studies at college. Unless you get your rear end into NYU or Emerson or SUNY Purchase (the only schools with recognized talent in film, which is important if you plan to network, which is literally all working in a creative field is), your degree is worthless as gently caress and good luck financing literally any portion of your first film in the director's seat with all that debt already piled up. Sorry, OP. I hate to hit you with the severe bad news early, but you absolutely need to hear this from someone who very nearly almost hosed up, and then at the last second figured it out and ran so far away. EDIT: Let me be clear, any idiot can walk onto a set with a film degree and hold a boom mic. But unless you want to bust your rear end being a behind the scenes guy and having pretty much no creative control, you basically need to make a name for yourself before you even get a foot out the door. For every minute you aren't analyzing shots in every movie you ever watch, someone is already out there with a full-length script and getting camera crews together. The industry is a real shitfuck and unless you go the YouTube route, there's no guarantee you get a paying job at all, let alone one you can live off of. barnold fucked around with this message at 05:30 on May 31, 2017 |
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The problem with film is that everybody thinks they can cut it and rise above the rest. The truth is, very few people do. You can start your own wedding videography company from your bedroom without going to film school if you just want to make money shooting things. Are you ready to gamble an assload of money away on a project that has absolutely no guarantee of a return, on top of potentially being toppled by the debt you would incur from film classes? Are you ready to potentially live out of your car, depending on how well off financially you are? You are likely going to end up working another dead-end side job while you pine away, looking for a break. These are the questions you need to ask yourself. If you think you're ready to play Life Roulette, spin the fuckin' wheel and let the ball drop.
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