“So you want to be a director then?”
If they don’t ask the “What’s your favourite film” question after finding out I study film, the only other alternative I’ve found, is for them to ask:
“So you want to be a director then?”
Now, for those who don’t know much about the film industry, there are so many other jobs. Hundreds. Even then, film sets needs people from other industries to collaborate with them for the projects.
Here is a pretty standard flow chart of all the positions needed for a large-scale film project:
For smaller projects you would just narrow it down to the more important jobs and they would do all the work a whole department would. Except for smaller projects there’s not nearly as much work needed to be done so just having one person handling it works out fine.
No, I don’t necessarily want to just be a director. Sure, directing seems fun and I like taking control of my vision and making it happen my way. But I think I’m more into producing, editing, and script writing.
I’m super organised, love planning/handling everything, and overseeing projects. So producing would be something I’d really like to go into.
I’ve written a few scripts and get pretty good feedback from them so that’s also something I wouldn’t mind pursuing. And I like editing videos but for larger scale projects I’m not sure if I’d enjoy it as much as it does get stressful, tiring, boring, and just downright painful. So although I enjoy it now, I’m not sure if I’d want to just pursue editing.
So no, I don’t want to be a director then. I don’t know what I want to do because there’s so many areas that I haven’t tried or given a chance yet but I do have a few ideas to start me off.
If anyone in Wellington, NZ, needs a runner for their film sets, or would be able to help me get into producing, editing, or script writing -- message me :)
