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> "A degree in film is absolutely worthless for obtaining work in the film industry. What matters are connections, professional experience, and the ability to r
by browningstreet 5y ago
> "A degree in film is absolutely worthless for obtaining work in the film industry. What matters are connections, professional experience, and the ability to raise large sums of money. Those aren’t things film school can teach you."
> Perhaps the film school should add some courses on networking, fund raising and an internship at film shoots?
If you go to film school not knowing the quoted hot take above, you've watched or read zero about the industry, history, etc. of film making.
- em-bee 5y agohow much do you expect a high-school student to research if that information is not provided by career counseling? i did a film project in high school, and i am involved in one now. if i were to go to college now i might think, hey this is fun. i would not even consider the idea that film-school would not help me get a job in the film industry. that's totally counter intuitive. the only way to address that is to put picking a career onto the high school curriculum, and make the necessary research a class assignment. and once the students have made some potential choices bring in veterans from those industries to talk to the students about their choices.