When i started getting into film, i was 15, i started playing with the camera, made a few nonsense films and basically taught myself a lot of stuff, got into the idea of directing, camera, lighting, editing, and almost everything to do with film making, so by the time i was 18 and going to film school, i was interested in learning more about directing and camera and editing. However, i soon learnt that i couldnt do anything and as i chose post production as my specialisation, i lost interest in everything else. Now as i leave film school i almost have no interest in directing or shooting any material myself and i only really want to do editing.

So im curious to know what you all think about this. Do you have an area of film making that you are exclusivly interested in, or are you a rodgrigez and like to do anything and everything on your films.

Personally i think that trying to master every area of making a film is not the best idea, i think that you can get so worked up in wanting to be everything that you can become a jack of all trades, master of none. I think you should focus on one chosen area and become a realy good editor, or camera man, or whatever. learn what the other roles are and appreciate the work that goes into them, but dont get to involved in everything. But thats just my optinion, what do you guys think?

Tim Ellis
Post Production Editor
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