"I know how to edit, I know how to film.. but I don't know how to monetize that" realest thing I've heard all day
@stephanieherman2861
12 күн бұрын
there is one thing hardly anyone understands. when you are creative and produce nice things with good quality, you are not an artist. instead you are just providing culture. the art is to sell all that stuff and make people pay money for it. an artist is someone who monetizes.in order to become a good artist, you need people who do real work and earn money that support you. stop being creative and become an artist
@hvnt_clu1952
27 күн бұрын
I'm going into my second year of my film course and have been in the amateur online creative space for script writing since I was 16 (21 now). In my experience, it seems like its all based on networking and working for free in amateur projects until you meet someone who's willing to pay for work. The thing is that the amateur scene is in shambles and always has been, like I've only recently joined a project that has professionalism behind it and has something to show after years of dealing with nonsense from other projects. I feel like film courses/school only caters to the people who want to be directors and make their own films over the people who want something more stable such as editing or producing. Personally, I enjoy my course so far but I understand the frustration. Good luck for when you get your diploma.
@ReaperTheRager
15 күн бұрын
Went to school for game design, switched to animation, i try to create 3D assets for real time systems, and on the side i just finished a novel. Creative industries are screwed at the moment. Our generation was born too late for real success. We quite literally graduated at the wrong time. It is already hard to get a creative job without massive layoffs happening, not to mention the near 0 amount of job openings which are entry level. Artists have always been shafted but at this point if you can't get onto a project with real financial backing then it's not really possible to get paid for doing art. Also, don't expect your teachers with cushy academic positions to know anything about current jobs. They are years behind in that department. I only knew one who actually produced work outside of school, teaching was a side gig to him cause he liked to do it lol.
@gabrieltiossi
25 күн бұрын
If we are living in a capitalistic society, nothing more fair than your education at least direct you towards possible paths on how to monetize it. I think many graduations really lack on a "soft directing". Passion is something that helps you through the journey, but it should not be the ONLY factor. Come on, we need money to eat, party and save it as well.
@gabrieltiossi
25 күн бұрын
forgot to tell you, good content robert :🤙
@afroplsdontdie
25 күн бұрын
Thank you! The passion is there, but the lack of this information can easily burn out anyone somewhere in the future even with the hard passion, that's true. I hope that it gets better with the time and hard work
@luna_koly
19 күн бұрын
To be honest, you sound a bit juvenile, and your concerns are more like something you should have addressed to your actual teachers between the lectures instead of dumping into the network for someone out there, if you actually want the problem to be solved. It's the first time I see your channel and land at your video, and I haven't been to a film school (my primary passion is software), but it's just the way it is, really. In a competitive field you always need to make yourself move a bit faster than people around you - be they arbitrary people with no education or your fellow classmates, including doing extra activities off the school. Yes, finding processing unstructured information from the net is hard, and we'd all want to have a magic university that would have done it for us for a price, but there's nothing surprising if they don't manage to: you've mentioned you've spent 3 years, and I can easily imagine this time to not be enough to cover all things related to filming, let alone include some marketing/management or whatnot. Those even sound like things people study separately (and maybe finding someone who has could be one way for you to team up with someone and kickstart the process), so I'm not really sure if it's appropriate to "hate" the school for not teaching them. And I'm sure this is not the last time you face this feeling: at some point you'll find you need to do similar hard work to advance your creativity further, simply because the world is changing. Please don't take my comment as an attempt to offend you. It's common for negative feelings sharing content to be flooded with unneeded negativity in the comments, drawing the attention away from something useful.
@afroplsdontdie
19 күн бұрын
Thank you for your comment! Your reply was not offensive, not at all. Obviously some things are worth asking teachers directly, which I plan to do early next year. Of course, I love my college, I've learnt a lot of new things and so on, and to call my problem hateful is overkill. I don't mean in any way that I hate my education and everyone around me is disgusting - no, but I've gone a little overboard with the words for effect, that's for sure.
@archvaldor
17 күн бұрын
"To be honest, you sound a bit juvenile, and your concerns are more like something you should have addressed to your actual teachers" To be honest you sound like an apologist for courses which teach you nothing of any practical value. I would be furious if I had wasted so much money and basic issues like the ones he addresses were not dealt with.
@luna_koly
17 күн бұрын
@@archvaldor I think you are jumping to one end of the spectrum. I don't agree these skills are basic or must necessarily be the first priority for a filming school, and neither I agree that the technical skills they do teach (which the author admits are valuable) are "nothing of practical value". One could even argue they don't want to be taught how to make money specifically: maybe they have a degree in finance already and now only want the actual technical skills. In fact, I am familiar with the feeling you are describing from my own experience with my university, but my dissatisfaction there was due to actual technical knowledge not being given at the appropriate time (either shifted a couple years forward or even or given during MSc instead of BSc): I simply would have already learnt it myself by that time. But this was my unique thing, I simply had more experience a priori and I don't blame the university for not being modern enough to account for my trajectory. I still had individual teachers telling me about more advanced things and giving me opportunities
@heidi_homsestol2728
16 күн бұрын
Great, now even if you find someone offering you a job, they will look you up on youtube and see this amazing mindset of yours, where you are complaining about something simple you can ask your teachers…… Smart
@Trettimeter
Ай бұрын
You need to live out of it? Why you need to, yeah yeah you spent time learning it but why does it matter, respect the road to it instead. And if this is your pure passion I dont think you would sit here and nag about it and just be happy doing it... Take a café job and film on ur free time
@afroplsdontdie
Ай бұрын
@@Trettimeter as the end result I will get a diploma, and that means that I will eventually get a job, the question is - how? I’m not saying that I do not enjoy my road to the film industry, it’s actually vice versa. This is just my thoughts, no hate to anyone :)
@heidi_homsestol2728
16 күн бұрын
@@afroplsdontdieyou talk to people in the industry, just like all the other people do in different industries. Work harder brat
@sahaibparvez
24 күн бұрын
ok
@kunst_p
16 күн бұрын
I don't have experience with looking for clients within the field of filmmaking (and related fields like editing), but I can give you some tips that may be of value to you (in no particular order). I'll try to keep it brief so it doesn't become a lengthy essay, but if you have any questions feel free to reply! 1. Ask your teachers and other people you meet with experience in getting clients how they did it. They will most likely be happy to tell you of some of the ways you can find clients, and perhaps they will also know some people that are currently looking for someone with your skills. 2. Try to network with people in the industry. This could be teachers you like, classmates or other people you meet. Networking may sound odd at first, but it can really help in the long run. For example, classmates who don't need your skills for a paying project currently, may do so some time after graduating. I can personally recommend creating a LinkedIn account as a kind of contact book for people you know. In some artistic fields like filmmaking I think networking through Instagram may be more common but I'm not 100% sure. Either way, networking in this sense kinda boils down to just asking people what they do/want to do/are interested in/have done previously, and at the end of the conversation asking them whether they would like to stay in touch by connecting on LinkedIn or following each other on Instagram (or another platform). You can decide for yourself who you find worth connecting with/following. If you see them posting about projects you would be interested in helping with, simply reach out to them. Finally, I've found it really worth while to stay in touch with people from group projects, classes or other events from specifically during my time at university because you meet so many people so fast there compared to after graduation, so I can definitely recommend getting a head start now. 3. Go to nearby meetups and events related to filmmaking/editing/related fields you find interesting. This will put you in touch with people in the industry (students also count as in the industry btw), who can tell you about ways to find clients, may give you direct leads to potential clients, or at least be worthwhile adding to your network for later (see point 2). 4. If you're really stuck and need something desperately, you can try reaching out to potential clients who you don't know. You could put up a pamflet with "do you need an editor?" on a school or local community board. You could search for jobs on small gig platforms (maybe something like Taskrabbit in the US, though I'm not really familiar with these). You could contact filmmakers/producers/ad agencies on platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram or their own website to see whether they have any work for you. Again, I'm not an expert by any means on this so some things may not apply or be useful to you, but if any of these points help you I'm happy to have been of service. Good luck!
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