New Mexico has a lot of film projects coming in from the tax incentives. New Orleans is also slamming for freelance film and television work. Vancouver in Canada still draws a significant number of film and television productions. New York should never be ignored either.
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New Mexico has a lot of film projects coming in from the tax incentives. New Orleans is also slamming for freelance film and television work. Vancouver in Canada still draws a significant number of film and television productions. New York should never be ignored either.
But California is the "main" state. Anyways I was reading on the E media and it says you could get a internship out in calfornia. Now let say that happens to me. What would that mean? Like I would work on sets?
It's not like I understand much,but from what I read it seems that you want to go to California ,just because you will be close to Hollywood.You think that everyone there will be like ' hey man,wanna make a film ' ? And you are like ' yea bro sure ' and you make films all day for free.
It's not like you will go there and Spielberg will wait you saying ' Me and my buddy Nolan are going in Scorsese's house to have some party ,wanna come around ? '
No ,it's not like that.If you are talented filmmaker and you are ambitious and you just keep on going even if you go on the shittiest film school in the world or not go in it at all you will go far in my opinion .
But..well.As what I know there are not much cheap universities in CA,especially for filmmaking.
It's not like you will go there and Spielberg will wait you saying ' Me and my buddy Nolan are going in Scorsese's house to have some party ,wanna come around ? '
No ,it's not like that.If you are talented filmmaker and you are ambitious and you just keep on going even if you go on the shittiest film school in the world or not go in it at all you will go far in my opinion .
But..well.As what I know there are not much cheap universities in CA,especially for filmmaking.
It comes down to math. Yes, there are probably more productions in LA than anywhere else. There are also more people vying for this jobs than anywhere else. The equates, in some cases, to less opportunities. It all depends on WHO YOU KNOW...
Internships mean unpaid jobs. You will work for 12 hours a day and not get paid. FYI - students at Ohio State University have been regularly getting internships at Marvel Studios from Thor to Avengers and Iron Man 3, and they don't even have a media program.
Internships mean unpaid jobs. You will work for 12 hours a day and not get paid. FYI - students at Ohio State University have been regularly getting internships at Marvel Studios from Thor to Avengers and Iron Man 3, and they don't even have a media program.
Okay so I think I am going to Raymond Walters for a year or two then transfer to UC to finish it out. Then hopefully get an internship.
Not true at all. Sure, LA is where most of the big-budget studio productions are, but like Sonnyboo said, LA also means significantly more competition, and an increasing number of productions, including major studio productions, are leaving LA. This is due to tax incentives and costs/hassles involved in shooting in LA. I know there are a lot of great places to be making movies and working on other people's movies right now besides LA. Just food for thought. I've considered the same thing, but I just don't think I want to move to LA at any point in my life; no reason to, unless you want to move up the PA chain on Hollywood blockbusters, which still probably won't lead to you working in the creative aspects of Hollywood filmmaking.
I know I have to start out small. Start with a small company make a couple movies and even enter some in festivals. Then move into bigger companies. Thats my goal.
That is probably NOT what awaits in in LA.... Being a coffee getting production assistant, lowest on the totem pole, for a while is what you'll get on set. Then move up to a grip.
What you want is ABOVE THE LINE, and the only real jobs in LA are BELOW THE LINE.
Hmmm but its worth being down below the line cause it pays off in the end
Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what you want to do. It sounds like you want to write/direct, and you're not going to "move up" from PA to director. If your eventual goal is to be an assistant director or unit production manager, starting as a PA will give you the experience to try and work your way up, but like Sonnyboo said, above the line jobs (creative/talent) aren't going to come simply from working the below the line "grunt" jobs that everyone moves to LA for.
Yes I want to be a director. I will just see what happens I guess.
Thank you