I read that one good reason to study great Russian literature is that there's not that much of it. You really want to slog through the mass of literature the French have churned out? Or even the English?
And now, in the last couple of entries, I watched two movies and thus plumbed the depths of director Michael A. DeGaetano's work. I tried to look the guy up but found no information about him.
Isn't that more satisfying than watching the movies of some big shot everybody already knows about?
There must be thousands of these guys. Look at IMDb.com. There are directors who made just a few movies and have no other credits. My guess is that most were independent filmmakers, that they either didn't do well enough with their earlier movies or had trouble raising more money or the whole movie-making thing was just more trouble than it was worth.
This seems to be the norm for movie careers. For most people, careers are slow to get started and quickly grind to a halt. Something you might think about before pouring money into a film school education. Is there anything you can do with a degree in movie production other than make movies or teach? It would probably make your job application stand out.
I had a cousin who had made a number of student films but had never had a job. He was looking for work and wound up working in a pizza place. I told him to put his student films on his resume as work experience. Focus on the organizational aspects rather that the artistic or technical side of the job. Tell how he checked out expensive pieces of equipment and returned them in good condition.
He didn't listen to me, of course. He probably would have had the most interesting resume of any applicant.
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