Just like every career, the moment you
decide to become a film-maker or an act on screen, you have decided to get
involved with spending for few years without returns. It will be funny to think
that you can make huge amounts of money as soon as you get into film. Ofcourse
, it still doesn't mean you can't, if you actually have the money before you
get into it. So it is quite important to fall in love with the job and make it
a priority; preferably a top one, before entering into it. And not lusting over
the money involved in it.
Please don't get me wrong, money is very
important; because, if you assume that you are going to be doing film for the
love of it alone without thinking of how to make money from it then you should
not make it a career at all. One of my lecturer back in film school, Mr Ola
Ipadeola , usually sung to the ears of my colleagues and I that money is very
important but it must never be the reason for getting into film.
So as a start-up film maker or an act on
screen, you might have to do a lot of free projects to be relevant, gain
experience and also improve on your self. So if you are a film maker and you
don't have any equipment yet, get a smart phone and do something. If you claim
to be an actor or actress and you have not featured on screen before, volunteer
and do a free job. I remembered when I first started, I had to use phones from
friends and brothers to practice. Most of the veteran cinematographers I have
come in contact with usually tell me that "it is not about the gadgets you
use while shooting that makes a job great but it is more about the person using
those gadgets". You don't have to wait to buy a professional camera to do
something, because, what you know is known to you but what you do that people
see, shows what you know. So just start small and think big and things will
work out for you.
Do you have a story you have always wanted
to shoot? And you have been waiting for a camera before shooting, please pick
up that smart phone of yours and shoot it. Write your story to suit your
budget, write your story in a way that it avoids things you can't afford. If
you don't have a light yet and you don't have money to rent one, write your
story to suit an out door shoot. If you shoot with the mindset of it being a
big project it will gradually become big. Editing softwares (cracked versions)
are now cheap in the market, get one and do something with it.
Be relevant, stay relevant and do what you
love for the love of it and not the money. Remember, if you do it right for the
love of it, money will always come.
Written by: Adeleke Joseph. A (Founder/ CEO Joself pictures)
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