<p>That’s a good plan; good luck!</p>
<p>Can’t tell if sarcastic or serious. </p>
<p>Oh, and you’re poster #100, so you win a free…pencil.</p>
<p>No, it wasn’t sarcastic.
If you like econ, it will probably work. Ideally something more easily adaptable to gig-type work would be better, but I can’t really think of anything that you could do at an undergrad level.
I’d also suggest, if you’re interested, is learn a marketable votech type skill while in college that would be useful both on set for getting your foot in and off-set for earning money - electrical wiring, maybe. </p>
<p>Are there any tech skills other than electrical wiring you would recommend? Preferably something related to the cinematographic or editing processes? </p>
<p>In other news, the last six threads have been very unpleasant. Could I have been more pleasant? Yes. </p>
<p>So, let’s put away all ill will, and actually trying to make this a constructive exchange, now that we’ve all found some areas of convergence.</p>
<p>I’m just gonna put a little smiley face here to show I’m not trying to be rude. --> 
<-- See, he’s winking because he just wants to be friends.</p>
<p>What do you folks think of Theatre? I considered it for about five seconds. Then, I realized that I have absolutely zero interest in acting. </p>
<p>^Seriously, that made me LOL. We’ll make a writer out of you yet :)) </p>
<p>What, being anti-actor or the clever use of emoticons? </p>
<p>Pretentious? Moi? </p>
<p>I recently saw “The Man with the Movie Camera”, by the way. Pretty neat.</p>
<p>Although you may have zero interest in acting, understanding the acting process and having an insight into the actor’s mind is vitally important for a director. So taking an acting class or two may not be a bad idea. A director who can sympathize with his actor’s is probably far more successful than one who berates them and has no idea it is what they do up there.</p>
<p>Although it’s only HS, I believe our theater program has a directing class that you’re only allowed to take AFTER taking all the acting classes.</p>
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<p>I think this is where doing your best to get on any kind of set (film, documentary, commercial, etc) now in HS & while in college is important. Whether as an extra or go-fer whatever. Or even just as an observer. Try to be friendly, humble, and helpful to the crew and find out what stuff they do. See what sparks your interest.</p>
<p>I get that, and I wouldn’t mind taking some acting classes. I just don’t want to study acting for four years.</p>
<p>I think you’re making leaps that you shouldn’t about what majoring in theater is all about. There are people majoring in theater who are doing lighting, set building, sound, etc., not just acting. My wife has several cousins who did the technical theater program at CMU and now work in New York doing both theater and commercial work with their own companies.</p>
<p>Huh, that’s interesting. If Film isn’t an option as a double-major, I’ll probably turn to that.</p>
<p>Alternate paths. Many alums have gone on to work in TV and film.
<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110701942_pf.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110701942_pf.html</a></p>
<p>Comedy isn’t my groove. I’m much better at writing serious stuff. </p>
<p>You don’t have to pursue acting to major in Theater, especially in BA (as opposed to BFA) programs. Some Theater majors are more interested in the literary aspect, others in production, others in criticism or dramaturgy. </p>
<p>That’s good. I regret not trying out for this art school our school division offers. I’m more interested in technical stuff (directing, producing, writing, lighting, filming, editing). </p>
<p>Question: does the person who direct college theatrical productions usually have to be an actor, or can they be a director who has a good understanding of what good acting is?</p>
<p>It depends on the school. Places like UCLA or NYU may be able to afford that kind of division of labor, but at smaller colleges there’s a very fine line between directing and producing. The director is very often the person who can put together a crew.</p>