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Top advice for new filmmakers and editors

Top advice for new filmmakers and editors

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Top advice for new filmmakers and editors

- Hi everyone. This is our very first episode of the filmmaking forum conversations course and I thought it would be great to kick things off by asking a bunch of filmmakers and editors what is the biggest piece of advice they can offer to people entering the industry. So, here they discuss career focus, finding your voice, surrounding yourself in positivity, learning to sell and invest in yourself, and so much more. I hope you enjoy. - Really figure out what you want to do and then go pursue that. - So if you have an idea or you have a script or there's a topic out there and if you're passionate about it, then go. Do that. But don't try to do things that you aren't passionate about just 'cause you want to have something on your resume that looks different than something else. It's not going to work. - Know where you want to end up. The film industry is based on climbing ladders and you have to start climbing the right ladder. - You have to be specific. You have to choose a path. You…

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