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Being a Film Major is Like

The film life, man. I tell you.

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Being a film major has its perks. Also its disadvantages. Sometimes hard and sometimes frustrating. But, hey, it's a part of life. What can we do about it? We wanted to go down this career path, so, this is what we deal with.

1. You just can't watch movies anymore, you always analyze them

For real. Having more knowledge and knowing how things are done, you can’t help but to analyze every detail and annoy everyone else because they’re like “shut up!”

2. Getting asked "What's your favorite movie/TV show?!"

Stop. Please. It's hard to choose. There's so many good ones.

3. Behind the scenes footage

I just love watching behind the scenes stuff. It interests me and I love learning all the secrets, too.

4. The camera obsession is real

There has been plenty of times I went to Target and just ran to the camera section to look at them when with friends and then all the cameras in the equipment room. We just love camera’s, okay! Bring me to any place that has cameras and I will just stare at them.

5. Editing

When you expect to edit one little five minute video and to be done, it takes longer then expected. You need that perfect sequence. It gets frustrating after a while!

6. Being sore from carrying equipment

There’s some heavy things we have to carry around. It’s a workout and you always get sore from lugging it to locations.

7. Long shoot days

There has been plenty of times where I was on a film shoot and we did 12 hour days, eight hour days. Just long days. We have a lot of scenes to get done, and there’s always multiple takes we have to do.

8. Bouncing ideas off of each other

It’s good to bounce ideas off of one another. It gets your creativeness going. It’s always good to get a second opinion on an idea for a script and how to improve it.

9. When your professors also work in the field

They tell us what happens. They share their wisdom. The stories they experienced. How they got to where they are now. Maybe we can actually work on a set with them one day.

10. Writers block

Nothing is worse than writers block for scripts. Especially for class.

11. Wanting internships

We want the experience. We need it. We need to get into the industry. We need money!

12. Worrying about jobs

With film, as well as other majors, we have to worry about finding a job in the industry. We can’t just go out and be like: “Hey! Hire me! I need a job!” It’s more like: “Jump through hoops. That are on fire. THEN you can get a job.” Or as long as you know someone.


The film life is an experience. It really is. I wouldn't change it for the world.

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