Our future?

[Rince]

What is the implications for us as film makers when it comes to new media technologies as pay TV/high defenition wide screen TV, DVD and the internet?

[eidde]

Forget format (DV vs Film) arguments. No one cares- what matters is what you have to say and how you say it.

The implications are that there are more avenues than ever to get your work shown.

However this is not only true for you, but also for every other sucker with a videocamera.

This means that for you to fullfill your ambitions as a 'filmmaker' have never been easier, however to seriously 'make your mark', and 'get noticed' is probably harder than ever since you are up against everyone and his grandmother. And some Grannies are very talented people, they've had more practice than you.

[Alex]

Eventually, some technology whhore will offer the ability to replace the faces of your favorite movie star or sports game with that of your friends and family.

You'll probably be able to type in your name and have it be incorporated into the speech of the other actors if it's a movie,/a sports announcer if it's a sporting event.

[belovedmonster]

on the whole issue of lots of competition... i read books about the film industry and indeed the tv biz aswell and it always speaks about how hard it is to get training and jobs becos theres just so much competition.

I wonder tho, ok im not the biggest film buff in the world, but i am somewhat of an accademic buff in that i get grades just about as good as you can get at college. Is that going to automaticly put me ahead of alot of the competition?

I guess it can be argued that it doesnt really matter about grades when it comes down to it becos its your artist ability rather than anything. Like getting into film school seems to be based on what you show them, ie. your portfolio of shorts, treatments whatever...

But in terms of getting a low level job and working your way up that way good grades have got to help surely? I mean, if your applying for a runner at the BBC say, they aint gunna judge you on some kick *** short you filmed or some amazing treatment youve got... they are gunna give you a job cos you send them a letter saying how its your dream to work there and they see your grades and think he is worth the gamble.

Any thoughts?

[Alex]

I went to film school and put a lot of effort into the college. I started a film club and put together budget proposals, even got a grant to purchase a Super-8 Elmo Xenon projector. When I finished, I was completly flumoxed as to how to proceed next.

I won an internship through the Academy of Television Arts in Sciences Internship program a while back (don't ask how far back). If you live in the States, it's considered one of the top ten internship programs in the U.S.

If I hadn't won in my category, I really don't know what I would have done. [img]eek.gif[/img]

I was a driver/production assistant for the commercal production company, and I loved learning about all the different vendors our company used to complete a commercial.

I even drove the co-owner of the company to pick up his car one day, and he told me he was getting dozens of resumes a week, including kids going to USC, for a job that paid $5.00 - $6.00 an hour!

I suppose the best way to land opportunities in the industry is to find temporary production work, (even if it's for free) on projects with a decent crew size.

You should make contacts that way, and suddenly other opportunites open up, especially if you are a reliable worker.

Oh, make sure you have a decent running car as you may end up needing it to run occasional errands.
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