Hello filmmaking.net! I posted a few times here about a year ago but life changed directions for awhile and I haven't posted since.
I realize this is a bit of an unorthodox question, but I do hope it's one that may be answered by people who've experienced the workings of the film industry.
As I mentioned, about a year ago my life changed directions for awhile. I've always been in love with film, but I discovered a new passion in music. So this past year has had me having a huge focus on music and planning for a career in it. Just recently however, I felt old dreams and passions in film resurfacing. Unfortunately this has resulted in a renewed internal conflict between music and film as careers. At the moment I seem to really... desire to work in film. I want so desperately to commit to working ridiculously hard in the hope of achieving dreams, and hopefully challenging/expanding a medium. However, and this seems very important to me as I'm in my grade 12 year of high school, I feel like my heart isn't letting me.
Part of my emotional inhibition (to the best of my knowledge) is that I'm concerned about, well, being lonely in the film industry. It may seem kind of silly... but I honestly am worried about pursuing dreams in a lifestyle that may not permit friendships or romantic relationships. I simply do not know much about this personal aspect of the industry and lifestyle, and there's virtually nothing easily findable on the internet on this subject. I can think of some vivid examples concerning this, but they all point to the negative (I know a married couple in film who apparently have a strenuous marriage). Also given that all my life I've only known the environment of school I am having difficulty understanding how friendships could flourish in the film industry. I simply hope that someone or some people could shed a positive light on this matter, and that my worrying is mostly due to a nave emotionally unstable teenager's concept of the world.
Thanks very much!
- Corax
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Hello Corax! I have a suggestion...you should give a try at making music videos. You get the best of both worlds there, making film and bringing music to life. I'm sure there's some high school bands at school or in your town somewhere that wouldn't mind taking a weekend to shoot a music vid. Helps them, helps you, and its fun to do anyway.
As far as relationships go...and I mean this honestly, If you want something bad enough you'll find a way to make it work. You won't be lonely so long as you schedule out your time. Besides, you could always find a significant other that has the same interests as you and you could collaborate on films or they could star in them. As with any job, if you let it consume your entire life then you will be lonely.
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Since millions of people in the film business have friendships or romantic
relationships I don't see why you would have a difficult time building
friendships and relationships if you were to pursue a career in the industry.
I've been in the business my entire life and I have friends and all of them
have friends. I have never met anyone in this business who doesn't have
friends. So I can't understand why you have some vivid examples concerning
this that are all negative. What vivid examples do you have?
I have worked three times in Canada on movies. All three times for less
than 5 weeks each. During those short periods of time I made some great,
long term friends. Right there in Canada.
I think you're right, Corax. Your worrying is mostly due to a nave emotionally
unstable teenager's concept of the world. I have friends and relationships
and every single person I know has friends and relationships.
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My concern with the industry is having too many relationships. I know contacts are everything but it's so much work keeping in touch with everyone and making sure they're happy with you so they are willing to help you with things. I'm not good with making time for hanging out with people, I'd rather spend that time writing or watching movies.
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My site to promote my writing/opinions/and soon movies!
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gabs1515:
I think you kind of nailed it for me with this: "As with any job, if you let it consume your entire life then you will be lonely." I've thought of that before but it never really clicked, but now it did. That's a good bit of wisdom I'll be sure to hold on to. 🙂
Yeah I've thought about doing music videos every once in awhile, I was actually going to attempt one for a contest a couple of weeks ago but I didn't become aware of the contest about a day before the deadline. I don't know if I'd ever want to make a career out of music videos in specific (I have many, many more ideas for movies outside of that realm and wouldn't want to be "pigeon-holed") but like you said,it would be fun to do anyway. 🙂 I recently committed myself to completing a film every month, and a music video could be a great thing to do.
certified investigator: Yeah you're right, I really am just borrowing trouble aren't I. I've just got to get in a different head space and maybe warm up a bit to adulthood. 😉
I really appreciate the replies, thank you everyone!
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