I think you were very badly advised by the director. Film makers study
film, first and foremost; its history, criticism, theory (sometimes but
often not) and the work of others. If you want to be a philosopher, be
one, but studying philosophy won't teach you how to make films!
What kind of films do you want to make? In the UK, where I live,
filmmakers support themselves in the following ways: painting and
decorating, plumbing and other jobs that leave them the time and
intellectual energy to think and make films and videos. Others teach,
or work as cinematographers, sound recordists, or work for arts
organisations. All spend time applying for grants, awards etc so that
they can get funding if they need it for a bigger production.
Otherwise, people go into the TV industry and work their way up from
the bottom. This is what many of my students do, by working as
"runners", until they get the opportunity to start working as editors
etc, usually after a few months.
Hope this helps, not knowing you situation exactly,
Nicky Hamlyn.
On 23 Feb 2007, at 13:52, Julius Bonapart wrote:
> I asked about this on a past thread but noone responded
> so...I'll try my chances on a separate thread. I've been reading film-
> philosophy for about six months now; even though I don't often particip
> ate, I do enjoy seeing everyone's opinions on all sorts of topics. I
> know that given the diversity of this saloon I will get more than one
> kind of answer, that's why I would like to post my concerns here. I've
> been making animated videos since I was fourteen, got a MiniDV Cam at
> sixteen, and have made various short films since then. I remember when
> I first started (making short films) I asked an argentinian director
> what she thought I should do if I wanted to make a living off film.
> She told me "study philosophy, aquire world knowledge and simply make
> whatever you can".
> I've followed her advice to the best of my ability, but now, being eigh
> teen, I have to begin that process (which you're all probably familiar
> with) of
> stepping into the "real world" and making my own life decisions. Sure,
> I'm scared of stepping in the wrong direction, and it's with this in mi
> nd
> that I find taking in advise from wherever I can
> to be a reasonable enough idea. Of course, you don't have to waste
> your time responding either, but I hold the hope that somene might
> like to share their experience or thoughts.
>
> So, what I mean to ask is simply this: how do you study film so that
> you can live off it (like some of you do) and still maintain your
> identity creating film-universes that you can be proud of?
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