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What's an aspect of your job that college didn't prepare you for? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Ragdoll_X to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I’m a filmmaker. Allllllllll of it. What I really needed to learn is that the name brand of the film school you went to will ABSOLUTELY have a huge bearing on how high you can climb. If your film school isn’t name brand, drop out and start working in the industry instead. I went to art school and learned all technical aspects of filmmaking. If I hadn’t actually worked on set while I was in school, I’d be absolutely clueless.

In the end, I have come to realize that it’s who you know.

Lesson: if you go to film school, at least make it a name brand like NYU, AFI, USC, etc or you will basically be a carnie because those rich kids look out for the kids they went to school with and NO ONE ELSE.