This research profile on future pathways may be a bit convoluted as the truth is I am not sure what I want to do. The BFI academy made me decide I would quite like to work in film. It also made me realize that there is a very wide breath of different roles within film making not making my choice any easier.
In the very short term I have applied for the BFI academy craft residential putting producer or production designer as my two choices. Hopefully this will give me more experience so help clarify what I want to be.
Firstly I am going to York University to study History. There is a student TV station there called York TV, which gives you the opportunity to 'get your face on a screen, try out your skills behind a camera, or have a brilliant idea for a show'. The station won the Best Technical Award for a student TV in 2013, which seems quite good to me, and they say that people of any experience can get involved.
There is also the Asthetica film festival in York, which another University in York is involved in, but I see no reason why I couldn't email to see if there was any opportunity to help out or things like that.
There is also a more minor film making society that aims to produce short films. That would also be something to get involved with. As well as this there is the opportunity to get involved in Drama Societies, backstage hopefully.
After University I will have to focus on what I want to do next, which is scary. As I have taken an Art Foundation, I could potentially get into film through going on to take some sort of art course and specialize in Film making. Most schools of art, such as Glasgow, seem to offer going down the art film root. This is a possibility, but may be too expensive, as it would be nearly completely starting university again.
If I do want to continue with university education, I could apply to the National Film and Theater School to do a diploma or a masters. They often take people who already have some experience, and often who already have a degree, but wish to learn more. I would have to build up more of a portfolio of work while studying history to apply. There I could study anything from Directing animation to Screenwriting, though I may focus more on the producing and production design courses.
I could choose to study further abroad, such as in America, which has may different film courses such as in New York, however this would work out so expensive it is quite an unrealistic expectation.
If I leave university after doing history and decide I want to go straight out there, I can apply too apprenticeships, perhaps at a TV station such as ITV or the BBC. With that though I would have to stay on the ball and keep checking what come up.
Furthermore I could attempt to throw myself straight into a job at somewhere, probably attempting to get a fairly low down job and working my way up. This is how Alison Owen seemed to manage to get into producing. Otherwise I could try and succeed by becoming particularly skilled in one department of film making while at University, then use the many times mentioned 'transferable skills' I should get from studying history to try and get more work in the department I specialize in.
I feel quite unsure about this as I am wary of committing myself and saying that THIS THING is what I want to to. Overall I think in the immediate future I should just try and get involved as much as possible in film making opportunities around me to get a better idea of where I want to go in the future. I can do this by checking the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network to see if opportunities jump up, and by continuing to explore film making in my own time with friends or animation in a group or on my own.
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Indian film and Bollywood are among the biggest film producers in the world. However after hearing about the rise in Chinese cinema, I thought I may research that. It was after the second world war when cinema was under Japanese control that Chinese cinema began to flourish. Now it is also one of the biggest film industries in the world, in 2013 their gross box being worth $3.6 billion. Run Run Shaw seems to be a prominent name in the industry. After opening a chain of cinemas in China and Malaysia, he started producing films as well as T.V with his brother in a company they called the Shaw Brothers. He became a mogul, on IMDb having his name as producer to 323 credits. He is credited with bringing Kung Fu to the mainstream audiences. The project that he was involved in that most western people will recognize is 'Blade Runner' (1982).
American cinema is the most well known to the average British cinema goer. Its film industry has been dubbed Hollywood, and is the 3rd most prolific creator of films after Bollywood and India. I have chosen to mention Steven Spielberg again as he is the highest grossing producer in recent USA cinema. at $6,468.3 million. He started out as a director, creating classics such as 'Jaws'. He founded Dreamworks studio with Stacey Snider. He continues to be a director and be involved in a high number of cinema releases.
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Australia/ Oceania
The Lumiere brothers disputably created film in Europe. As I am British I am going to focus on British cinema in this section. The Golden age was the 1940's with British films very popular around the world. Britain continues to have a fairly respectable output, managing to produce Blockbusters such as 'James Bond' and 'Harry Potter'. I am going to look at David Heyman, who struck gold in managing to be producer for the 'Harry Potter' franchise. He started out as a production assistant, then became a producer, founding Heyday Films. He has other big films on his hands such as 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' (2008) and 'Gravity' (2013).