Ok, I'm 22, in NYC. I've been writing since I was little. I have a batch of different scripts, different genres, which i wrote at 16 and I've been revising them since then. I use an online writing workshop www.zoetrope.com where other writers reciprocate each others' work.
It's been real helpful and now one of my scripts, a low budget/high concept horror pic is in a final draft. I've been showcasing it since January. Every two weeks, I've been writing out query letters to 10 production companies and 10 agencies. I call them two months after I write to them to see if they looked or not. Either way, whether over the phone or through mail, its always "We can't accept unsolicited scripts." I've been playing this so called "traditional route" as smart as I could but my list of agents/companies to contact is getting smaller and I feel like I'm running out of options.
I know many of the big shots out there didn't go to film school and they made it. Stephen King even said most of the stuff you learn in film school he learned the first two weeks or so when trying to make his first film (I know it wasnt that great, yeah, but still though). I've been hearing the only beneficial thing about film school is that its like a pool for potential contacts and networking, that's about it. There's no guarantee of work when you leave, no so-called "job-placement" so to speak.
I'm thinking, since I'm running out of options and I know for a fact that film schools will LET you use their equipment and team up with crew/cast students, should I just go to film school and make the damn movie myself? I mean its not like Die Hard or something huge, its a low budget horror pic that can be filmed completely in the subway system. I would basically be doing most of this for free if that's the case.
So I'm wondering should I go to film school and do this or should I just take up a conventional degree in school (for financial security) and keep trying other ways to get in the film biz?
2007-04-14
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