Plunging into the film industry

It important that you are able to get rid of all the obstacles that is keeping you from reaching your goal whenever you decide to become a part of the chaotic yet rewarding world of film making.

The most common form of resistance is debt. The film industry does not pay well at first; in fact, your first few jobs may be for free. Therefore, if you have debt, you will be eaten alive. It took me three years to land a job, three years after I made the final decision of starting a career in the film industry. It was painful to work a non-creative job to be able to pay off my financial obligation, but I had to dig myself out of the hole I had created before I could pursue my dream. If the reason why you are pursuing in a career in the film industry is because you love making films rather than to earn money, then you now have a power over your competitors.

Like or not, those who work in the film industry will at some point become slaves to their respective jobs like everybody else. They find themselves in a position where they are forced to take jobs in order to pay their bills. People who are able to pick and choose their work have negotiating leverage to not only get better work, but to get work that will boost their careers. Spend time developing this freedom before you get trapped into the life of a depriving artist. Pay off your financial obligation and develop some sort of passive income. If you are a creative person this advice will not seem sexy, but it will free you to be able to pursue your passion the way most people dream of their whole lives.

I love the film industry because it acts like a miniature, super-charged economic system. The film industry is ever changing because movie professionals do not work on a certain project for more than three months or one year. Each movie is an entrepreneurial venture with so much motion and turmoil, things tend to take place at light speed. Accomplishment in the film industry can happen almost overnight compared to the total economy. However, it is not enough to possess creativity alone. Entrepreneural skill must come together. This means that you have to acquire some business skills to put your ideas to work. Entrepreneurs have learned to master the creative/logical duality in their own brains. Creative people are amazing idea makers, but tend to lack in logical abilities like decisiveness, persistence, and follow-through.