Starting out in Film: Now What?
Jonathan Poritsky writes a great 5 point guide to getting started in the business of Filmmaking:
…1. Decide Where You Want to Live
The first question I ask every college graduate is “Where do you want to live?”. Some say “Wherever I can get a job” and I immediately let them know that this is the wrong answer. Economic meltdown notwithstanding, the only people who get jobs that will facilitate moving a new hire to a different city are executives, maybe lawyers or people with M.B.A.s. So you have to pick where you’ll be first and then it will get much easier to start looking for work.
For the film industry, the two main centers are New York and Los Angeles, though this is by no means your only option. Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Shreveport, and Vancouver are just a few of the other cities in North America with established or burgeoning film communities. It is an industry that is doing extremely well given the economic climate, so we are actually seeing more work pop up in a variety of places, especially in cities and states that don’t have a strong fim business yet.
— CandlerBlog.com| Read The Full Article
Hi, this is Jonathan Poritsky from the candler blog. Thanks so much for the link to my article. I hope that it helps people looking to get started in this wonderful business.
Anyway, I realized that my site is formatted a bit confusingly. My name is Jonathan Poritsky, not Candler. An explanation of the site’s name can be found in the top right corner of the site, and also here, at our first post:
http://www.candlerblog.com/2009/03/23/welcome-to-the-candler-blog/
Thanks so much for reading, writing, and filmmaking. See you on the web.
Sorry about that Jonathan – it will be fixed immediately!
BTW… great article!