For me, there are two key factors for those seeking to start and build media careers:
- Your drive, dedication, and desire.
- Understanding the complex social and professional code of the entertainment industry and learning how to navigate it.
Obviously, ability remains critical. But that to me matters less than the other two factors. Learning how the industry works takes drive, dedication, and desire!
I’ve recently began posting on this, and I’ve been amazed at the response. But then I realized that the media industry really is complicated, and people may need a little help understanding it. There is a certain language and cadence to industry culture, and I’d suggest you learn it as soon as possible. You also need to find what works for you.
Can you learn this? Absolutely! We’re a small filmmaking BFA program, just 10 years old, and some of the places our students have interned/ worked are:
- Academy of Motion Picture & Sciences Academy Gold Rising Internships
- Balboa Productions (Sylvester Stallone)
- Color Force (Hunger Games series)
- Di Bonaventura Pictures at Paramount (Transformers, G.I. Joe, Salt, and Red franchises)
- Disney
- Endeavor Creative
- Heyday Films (Harry Potter films)
- Legendary Entertainment (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Hangover, 42)
- Marvel
- Max (formerly HBO)
- NBCUniversal
- Netflix
- Roddenberry Entertainment (Star Trek properties)
- Secret Hideout (Star Trek shows and movies)
- Skydance (Top Gun and Mission Impossible franchises)
- Sony Pictures
- StudioCanal (Terminator 2, Kill Bill, Bridget Jones’s Diary)
- United Talent Agency
- Valhalla (Walking Dead)
- Viacom CBS
- Village Roadshow (Matrix, Sherlock Holmes, Happy Feet series)
- Warner-Discovery
- Weed Road (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend, Lone Survivor, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
LinkedIn is a great place to learn how the media industry works!
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