Somewhat related, but when I worked for an independent film company, one of the people working there would always give similar advice to become filmmakers.
She would tell people that if schooling is what they were looking for, then don't go to a "film school". Anything you learn there you can learn through workshops, volunteering your time on set, apprenticing / shadowing people on set, or just pissing around and figuring it out. She would tell them, go to school to gain a perspective and philosophy that then shapes your world and in turn your storytelling.
Its really such a shame. Education should NOT be a privileged--whether this education is career focused or simply satiating academic curiosities and growth--and nor should it be commodified. Yet here we are.
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She would tell people that if schooling is what they were looking for, then don't go to a "film school". Anything you learn there you can learn through workshops, volunteering your time on set, apprenticing / shadowing people on set, or just pissing around and figuring it out. She would tell them, go to school to gain a perspective and philosophy that then shapes your world and in turn your storytelling.
Its really such a shame. Education should NOT be a privileged--whether this education is career focused or simply satiating academic curiosities and growth--and nor should it be commodified. Yet here we are.