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Is there anything else I need to do for my job in the movie scene?
What collages/ universities? #job
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Gloria’s Answer
Hi Diana,
You already got a lot of good detail from Laura. I would add that you should not just focus on a formal education. A medium like movie making (from acting to directing to screenwriting to editing) is also about the doing of the work. Make sure that you are working to enhance your skills, through online classes to working on local stage productions to starting to make your own movies. The phrase "Practice makes perfect" is not quite accurate. You are not going to be perfect, but you are going to gain knowledge of your own skills from your practice. Make sure that you are honest with yourself about your skill. If you are not as good as you like, learn more or find someone who can teach you. Also, consider how you might be able to learn in your life by volunteering. Is there a local organization that could use the skill you want to develop for movie making? Many non-profits need help with expensive elements like the creation of videos. If you volunteer, you can get extra curricular activity credit along with important practice of your skills.
Gloria
You already got a lot of good detail from Laura. I would add that you should not just focus on a formal education. A medium like movie making (from acting to directing to screenwriting to editing) is also about the doing of the work. Make sure that you are working to enhance your skills, through online classes to working on local stage productions to starting to make your own movies. The phrase "Practice makes perfect" is not quite accurate. You are not going to be perfect, but you are going to gain knowledge of your own skills from your practice. Make sure that you are honest with yourself about your skill. If you are not as good as you like, learn more or find someone who can teach you. Also, consider how you might be able to learn in your life by volunteering. Is there a local organization that could use the skill you want to develop for movie making? Many non-profits need help with expensive elements like the creation of videos. If you volunteer, you can get extra curricular activity credit along with important practice of your skills.
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Laura’s Answer
You'll want to explore what your interests are in film and television. Do you want to act? Do you want to write screenplays? Do you want to direct? There are so many different aspects to movie making that there is a need for many professions to be involved, from finance to art to carpentry and everything in between. When you decide on what profession in filmmaking you want to pursue, than you can look at what colleges would be best for that profession. There are many schools that have great film schools: University of Southern California (https://cinema.usc.edu/), New York University (https://tisch.nyu.edu/), University of California - Los Angeles (https://www.tft.ucla.edu/), Columbia University (https://arts.columbia.edu/film), American Film Institute (https://conservatory.afi.com/) and many others. In San Francisco, there is the Academy of Art (https://getstarted.academyart.edu/) that has a film school. All of these schools will mostly focus on directing, writing, and cinematography plus the practical skills necessary to make films. If you are interested in acting, there are a number of schools that focus more on acting such as Julliard (https://www.juilliard.edu/) and NYU (https://tisch.nyu.edu/drama). If you're interested in animation or visual effects, there even more schools that would support that career.