blueconsuegra

Doesn't surprise me. It wasn't until I went to Full sail until I realized that I actually don't like filmmaking - that I really don't love it enough to have inconsistent work hours, to be away from home to go shoot a movie. Furthermore, a lot of full sail students were so full of themselves. I always did the jobs that no one wanted to do (boom op, 2nd assistant cam op, digital media manager) because I thought they were the most realistic options, but some of these boneheads made some really (really) bad films and thought they were the next James Cameron so being on set with these people - sometimes 12 hours a day, was like nails on a chalkboard. Sometimes I wonder if that would be different on a professional set? There's one guy I graduated with who works for netflix with some good horror films. Nice guy. another I think works for Buzzfeed or something making $12 an hour in LA... Other than that, the people I graduated with moved back home to pay off their loans.

Its such a money grab. I honestly don't think someone who is 18 and fresh out of high school should be able to say "yea, I'll take out 100k in debt to maybe be a successful filmmaker".

What were the biggest challenges you have faced in your film career?

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Also, I'm a a full sail university graduate - is it true that full sail grads get a bad rep in the industry?