On the first day of school, I remember what someone told my classmates and me; “You’ll get out with as much as you put in.” That person was David Hauka, at the time Head of Department of the film program at VFS. Little did I know that this simple, but so brilliant, line would change my life the way it did.

Many people don’t know what to do once they are done with film school. Even through you get all those success stories about recent graduates finding work in big companies, the truth is that they probably have an uncle working in that company. But the rest of us have to find another way to get in the industry. So how do you do it?

The chances of you getting paid work just after leaving film school are very low, so now you need to get work on set.

I’ve talked about it before and will talk about it again. The reason being that it’s something that so many people will have to do to start in the industry and something that people really need to fully understand. While browsing only to find resources to help you out..

Working in the film industry, also means that you’ll have to work for free, but here’s and article that tells you a bit more about what you need to know about it.

Even through this blog is named “Finding Work After Film School,” I’ve actually found my first job, on a professional set, while I was in Film School. It happened during the two last months, while nothing was going on. I spent most of the last two months mainly working on school graduates sets as a Production Sound Mixer. Sometime in December 08, I got a call from Will Meadows, sound instructor at VFS, about a production needing a boom operator.

I’ve been trying to find more and more stories from real experiences in the film industry so that you can see how it is like for other people out there. The following one tells you a bit of the good and bad sides of being a PA on a small film set. I can’t say that I agree with the conclusion of the author concerning what he should do next, but it still is worth reading.
I recently landed an internship working for a small, independent production company. I signed up …

Yesterday I wrote an article about what to do once you’re done with film school, titled “I’m done, now what?“. Here’s a link that might help you to get in the industry as a PA. Even through its the lowest position there is, it’s where you start. Article from NewEnglandFilm.com