If you enjoy large groups of people, passages flooded with bodies racing to and fro and hours of theory-- then you know you want to remain in a large university setting. In this sort of environment you will spend 2 to 3 years studying the history and theory of filmmaking and then, if your project is selected, you will get to make your motion picture during you final year.
Roll movie? What is that, you say? Well that is what truly made picture making portable, fun and simple. Mr. Eastman made these little boxes that you put the spindle with the rolled up film in. Then you hook the end of the film to another spindle, close package and roll the film on the empty spool as you took pictures.
You might be sighing (or groaning) as you ask "Do not you need to go to school for that?". The response is a huge fat NO! Sure, going to school to find out the different sell the film and video world will offer you a fantastic understanding of the position and the industry as an entire, however it is rarely if ever a requirement to get on a set. In the film and video market, a lot more focus is put on your film credits than on your college credits.
Non-traditional yet popular movies schools such as the F.I.R.S.T. School and other film schools will assist you even you embark on your filmmaking career despite your chosen area of interest - be it in producing, directing, screenwriting, editing.
To be a filmmaker is to have a broad view mentality on a small picture budget. It is difficult to remain true to the storyline when you have a bottom line that is keeping you from the production. One of the reasons you want to talk your movie up is that, in the start, you will require to discover a team. Generally you will have to use talent that is prepared to work for nothing (or next to nothing). You may have to act in your own film as well.and compose, direct it, and modify it. Do what you need to do to get the film "in the can" and ready to modify.
At college, while you can take film equipment out on loan, you might also have access to modify bays and sound cubicles. In many cases, they are available 24 hours a day. Trainees are up all night anyway, right? Likewise, when forming a production team, students supply great talent for your movie when you are in requirement of actors. You might wish documentary films to take turns crewing for your good friends' movies, and they, in turn, will act in yours. Do what you can to build a team, gather the bare minimum of equipment needed to shoot, and establish a shooting schedule. Once you have the team and the guns to shoot, whatever starts to gel. Press onward.