How do i start as a film director?

Only with connections so just give up already or be pissing in the wind your whole life.

How do i get connections sir?

>can't make shorts
You're fucked then.

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In central Europe I think it's next to impossible to become a director and earn some money , most people move to Germany and France where they have schools for this but even then I think making it as a director in West is extremely hard outside USA

Maybe ten years ago. Music videos are a dying format.

No youtube etc is huge. And what in the world was different ten years ago? Literally nothing. Dying or not, that is the best way from this angle. Literally all you have to do is go to shows and ask the band if they're interested in making a music video. Then it just builds from there and thats how you make connections.

Then if you're lucky you can make a local plumbing commercial.

>What the fuck am i supposed to do? I really want this thing to happen and break into the industry, but don't know were to start. How should i practice?
It would be cool if he made a film about his brother.

The view counts for music videos have been plummeting for more than a few years now. Record companies don't see them as profitable anymore and fewer and fewer are made each year. Of course massively popular artists like Taylor Swift and the like get tons of views and multiple music videos made, but they are the exception, not the norm. No one is watching music videos for random bands anymore. The budgets are only getting smaller and talent is leaving the field. Besides, transitioning from directing music videos to directing films doesn't really happen that much. It's much safer to start with short films if you wan't to eventually get into features. That's how most directors get their start these days.

>Record companies
Wut no. Go to a show and ask if they want a music video. Period end of story. Hey maybe no one will want one.
>transitioning from directing music videos to directing films doesn't really happen that much
The fuck it doesnt. I see directors lists filled with music videos all the time.

The point is that this provides direct beginners access and its a crossover appeal even more importantly. The music video is piggybacking off a bands already established fan base.

Do other stuff too. Whatever you think works but this is a 100% proven method for beginners access and applies to literally every single city on the planet.

Do you be speaking the spanish?

>The fuck it doesnt. I see directors lists filled with music videos all the time.
I should've said that it doesn't happen that much anymore. More in the 90s and 00s. Short films are still 100% the safer way. People in the industry actually watch them at festivals. It's a million times easier to make connections through them.

>Wut no. Go to a show and ask if they want a music video. Period end of story. Hey maybe no one will want one.
No one will watch your shitty zero-budget music videos.

Well you need to be doing both. For starters. The point is to literally make something happen. There's also the documentary aspect. Think about your city and how or what could benefit from some documentary or even a commercial. Like especially a commercial or whatever that wouldnt be shown on tv. Like a tour of a retirement community or something. Like sort of training videos or even actual training videos. The point is to direct and make films. Period. The first question to ask is who in your city could even possibly have even a remote need for some type of film to be made for them. Literal actual propaganda pieces for politicians. Anything.

Just off the absolute very top of my head

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And it only takes literally one single person and most often its actually the person you've already been connected. They're gonna want to see actual things you've done for other people. And thats just for starters. The main point of music videos is piggybacking. How do you go from a literal nobody to instantly someone? Piggybacking.

Thanks for the advice bros, i can always trust Zig Forums

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You're very welcome. I hope it serves you well. I always ask myself just one single question. What would James Cameron do in my exact situation?

The one thing that you absolutely need is to be public. You can't be like an introvert, you have to put yourself out there, make your content public, make a public instagram account and post your stuff, make it easy for professionals to see what you are doing. One photographer friend of mine apparently got into music video production because he posted his photos on his ig and a guy from a company saw his stuff and invited him to take backstage pictures.

step 1
start studying tv advertisement in uni
step 2
work at small studios
step 3
meet people who are in the industry

>Make shorts, with your friends and your phone if need be (No friends? Guess you're starring now too)
>Go to film festivals to make connections. >Share your shorts with retards online until they're not shit anymore.
>Submit your shorts to film festivals. Try to win something.
>Write a feature, either by expanding on a good short you made or based on a whole new premise in the same genre as the stuff you've been doing before
>Get some of the retards you've connected with together and sort them into departments. >Use your festival success to drum up some money from your local film authority, friends and family, patreon, and other investors. Be realistic.
>Manage your team of retards until your film is delivered on time and on budget.
>Secure distribution and make back your budget.

You can skip any and all of these steps except for the last two.

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