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Feb. 8th, 2007 12:30 pmI think I've come to the kernel of a thing that bothered me when I was at film school, and former students came to speak to us.
I was ripping something out of the free newspaper, and there was an article on film editors, a statement from it from an editor was "a lot of us lucked into this job". Well isn't that great for the person who has the job already! WHat does that mean to an audience of students with aspirations to have that job?
I would say, if someone is somewhat vague about how they got a job, if there was any large amount of luck involved, they seem kind of "I am not worthy" and smug at the same time, or, (my favourite) you need "a passion for the industry", then I would think very hard about whether you want that specific job, or whether you are able to roll with whatever opportunity comes your way.
I was ripping something out of the free newspaper, and there was an article on film editors, a statement from it from an editor was "a lot of us lucked into this job". Well isn't that great for the person who has the job already! WHat does that mean to an audience of students with aspirations to have that job?
I would say, if someone is somewhat vague about how they got a job, if there was any large amount of luck involved, they seem kind of "I am not worthy" and smug at the same time, or, (my favourite) you need "a passion for the industry", then I would think very hard about whether you want that specific job, or whether you are able to roll with whatever opportunity comes your way.
