<p>So what would go on your resume at this point? You don’t have to actually answer unless you want. If you have done a fair amount then CCr’s may be able to steer you someplace and if not then maybe give you some advice on how to try out or get some experience to make sure this is the path you ultimately want to follow.</p>
<p>Eh, all of my questions are answered.</p>
<p>Input: “Eh, all of my questions are answered.”
Translation: “No one will tell me what I want to hear.”</p>
<p>Actually I have told you what you want to hear. Go get the econ degree, work for Investment Bankers, become super rich and fund your own movies and then you can be your own film director. Whats 100 million on 1 billion cash in the bank?</p>
<p>Go tiger.</p>
<p>I just agreed with everything you people said. </p>
<p>I’ll double-major in Film/Film and Media Studies/Joke Major #272 AND Econ. And I’ll take film courses in college. And I’ll network. Happy, now? </p>
<p>Me: I don’t want to go to film school.
Feedback: You should totes go to film school.
Me: I don’t wanna.
Feedback: Do it.
Me: No.
Feedback: Yes.
Me: Fine, I’ll study film in college, too. Happy?
Feedback: No. </p>
<p>Seriously, drop it. I agree with everything you people suggested. Now, kindly let this thread die.</p>
<p>Before we close I’d like to give a shout-out to @gouf78. That was a great “Hey, Mom. Hey, Dad” reply upstream a few posts.</p>
<p>If the OP sees film study as a useless ‘joke major,’ I really see no value (to the OP) in convincing him or her otherwise. Again, I would say he or she should pursue the backup plan (whatever that may be) with full gusto and worry about directing films later, as the OP WANTS to do. </p>
<p>As @gouf78 sort of suggests, many of the kids who have pitched the arts to their parents are apt to be on an innate, irrepressible, artistic trajectory which compels them to make art/film right now - and that’s great for them. But, an economics major who begrudgingly takes a few ‘stupid’ film classes is not going to benefit much or make connections with those kids and professors. The OP is right - it would be a waste of time.</p>
<p>^It depends on the program and how professionalized it has become over the years. A big university with a separate film school is going to be a more difficult place to play the dilettante role; that’s sort of the very thing every creative arts program fears - becoming a gut course for econ majors. But, there are some very good programs out there that do a good job of providing a platform for both majors and non-majors. I think @gouf78 was thinking the same thing I was which is when exactly was this flowering of talent supposed to manifest itself?</p>
<p>Hey, everyone, I am back from my four week expedition to Nepal and…oh. Y’all are still here and still going in circles with this guy??? Move on. OP just wants to be rude to grownups and will ultimately do what he/she wants regardless of what anyone says. All the time you kind people have taken to offer thoughtful suggestions would be better used helping someone else. And, OP, truth be told, whatever - there is no one path to becoming a film director. You make your own way. </p>
<p>^There comes a point in every thread when it’s no longer about the OP. They’ve gotten their answer and they’re free to join in or not (usually not; because if they had the answers they wouldn’t have created the thread in the first place.) How a creative or performing artist pursues their education just happens to be a topic that never grows old.</p>
<p>The problem is usually posed the other way around. In other words it’s: why does an artist need a college education at all? My response is that they probably don’t need one in the sense that an accountant needs a degree in accounting, but, rather, a good liberal arts education is an enrichment which they are as entitled to pursue as much as anyone else. The OP had turned the question on its head by basically asking when does a creative artist become a creative artist? If anyone can answer that one, it would be of great interest to more CCers than just the OP.</p>
<p>This comment is not for the OP, just that what had me bemused was the basic idea of:</p>
<p>Step 1: Major in Econ
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Be a movie director!</p>
<p>It’s just another variant of
Step 1: Go to college
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Get rich!</p>
<p>I just think that kids should maybe have an idea of what step 2 is before they start college (which, granted, is a lot to ask of 17 year olds).</p>
<p>Sort of like this old New Yorker cartoon?</p>
<p><a href=“http://jwneugene.org/images/AndThenAMiracleOccurs.gif”>http://jwneugene.org/images/AndThenAMiracleOccurs.gif</a></p>
<p>I was rude because people insisted on violating the contingency I imposed on this question. I can’t go to film school, because it’s out of reach financially. Believe it or not, not everyone can go to a fancy film school. </p>
<p>Oh, and the notion that grownups are automatically deserving of respect because they’re grownups is idiotic. Same goes for those who believe that one should study the liberal arts in college because they’re enriching. Just tell me how enriching you find it when you’re unemployed and in the red. (Not saying that all art majors end up broke, but there is a great deal of truth to the stereotype of the starving artist.)</p>
<p>Step 1: Major in Film.
Step 2: Become a film director.</p>
<p>^Yeah, because that’s the route most successful people took. </p>
<p>Listen, if you want me to go to film school, feel free to make a donation. But that’s not gonna happen, so let’s close it with this: I plan on studying Econ and taking film classes in college. If I can double-major in Econ and something film-related, I will. If I can minor, I will. If I can’t, then it’s outside of my reach. And yes, there are useless majors in college. That whole “oh, the places you’ll go” philosophy is bunk. </p>
<p>^You do realize Econ is a liberal arts subject, right?</p>
<p>I can see that. </p>
<p>I’d also say that it’s a more useful, practical liberal arts subject. Plus, it depends on if you’re pursuing a B.A. (political) or B.S. (more quantitative). But yes, I realize that.</p>
<p>If you expect me to concede that the liberal arts are useful to study in college, it’s not gonna happen. They’re personally enriching (I prefer the humanities to the natural sciences), but I wouldn’t study them in college unless I was going to an Ivy or a law school.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I really wouldn’t mind double-majoring/minoring in Film and Media Studies. I mean, it’ll be nice to have like-minded people to talk to, people who also want to be directors. Plus, I’ll look like an idiot if I talk to my fellow Econ majors and say I want to make movies after college. At least with Film/Media people, I can do that.</p>
<p>And yes, I realize I was originally against studying any form of Film. That was because of cost. Leave me alone. </p>
<p>You know, the idea of being with fellow film students/film lovers/cinephiles/wannabe directors/wannabe writers/wannabe editors/wannabe DP’s is actually really exciting. </p>
<p>You have to understand that I’m against film school as the end-all, be-all. I definitely would love to study Film (if I can afford it). </p>
<p>Now, I’m gonna lay out my plan here, and I’m actually interested in hearing what you think, since one of you mentioned creating a plan.</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to college.</li>
<li>Double-major in Econ and Film/Film and Media Studies/whatever film major or minor school offers.</li>
<li>Enter film competitions while in college.</li>
<li>Write screenplays while in college.</li>
<li>Network while in college.</li>
<li>Graduate.</li>
<li>Move to LA. </li>
<li>Get foot in door. </li>
</ol>