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How To Establish A Career In The Movie Business

If you live in a small town, the idea of having a career in movie business can feel impossible. And if you don’t have a role model or mentor, then pushing yourself outside your current comfort zone can be overwhelming. How do you start? Will you make it? And what if you fail?

If you’re full of self-doubt, you are not alone. Working towards your dreams can be terrifying. A career making movies is a long-term endeavor that requires tons of dedication. This is easy to talk about, but is not always easy to live by. Success will not happen overnight. And even if one of your films hits big, you are only as good as your last project. So with this in mind, you will want to think long term.

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How To Establish A Career In The Movie Business

Everyone with successful career in the movie business sets goals for themselves.  Your goals should be specific and as detailed as possible. What does your ideal future look like? Having a clear vision of what you want to achieve will help you find meaningful success in your filmmaking career.

Write your goals down so that you can evaluate your progress. To help get you started, take a few minutes to answer the following questions. Doing this exercise to help gain some clarity and push yourself towards a career in the movie business.

Step 1: Write down three ideas for movies you want to make in your lifetime.

Step 2: Figure out your financial goals. How much money would you like to have?

Step 3: Evaluate your present situation. How much money do you have now?

Step 4: Create some goals: What will you do to get the money you need?

Step 5: We become the people that surround us. What vision do your top five friends share?

This should go without saying, but setting goals is one important activity. But in order to achieve your goals, you will need to take action. To this end, I recommend breaking your big goals into baby steps.

If you want additional guidance for goal setting, check out Filmmaking Stuff HQ. The training talks about general networking and goal setting and will help you further refine your goals. And if you want specifics of how I was able to get out of my hometown, you can read about my filmmaking story here.

You Control Your Future

One of the mental attributes that all successful people share is a never-ending ability to keep their eye on the prize. If you’re looking for the secret formula for a career in the movie business, consider this – Patience plus unyielding persistence in the face of adversity will get you through any challenge. NEVER GIVE UP!

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ARTICLE BY Jason Brubaker

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