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.

One year ago, I was a young man living in Eastern Canada, wanting to make film, but without any experience, deep knowledge or even any opportunities. I still wanted to make movies, but without any of this I didn’t know how I would ever be able to do so. After looking around and looking at what many other filmmakers did, I decided to look for a film school to teach me what I needed.

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.

Here’s a clip of a TV show that aired on Fox a while back, called “Life After Film School”. The show was about some Film school students interview filmmakers to learn about the reality of Hollywood. If you are living in the United States, you can watch the show online on Hulu.com. If not, you’ll have to do like the rest of us and wait for Hulu to become international.

picture by Hulu.com

A few days ago I posted an article from by Cara de Pescado on her first film job in this industry. Later on, she also wrote an article on her first job for MTV. Article from blogcritics.org
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f you are someone who wants to become a filmmaker, Film School should be a place of joy for you. Because it not only equips you with the basic film making skills, but it also serves to shape your passion.

There is nothing wrong, on set, in film school, or anywhere else, if you go ahead and ask the question you desperately want to know the answer to. Now, I’m talking about work, not wanting to know what kind of shampoo the AD uses.