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Short Wired article talking about too many young bloods and not enough positions.
Premise is okay, but not real depth to the story. Hollywood has always been a saturated workplace with dozens, if not hundreds, of people competing for every lowest of the low end, unpaid position just in hopes of getting their foot in the door.
I do agree though that it's probably harder than ever to break into the industry partly because of the increased quality and decreased costs of DIY productions. The difficulty of making a no-budget movie used to be a natural weeding out process (the people who had the talent and desire would typically find a way to get it done, and those that didn't didn't) but that's no longer the case. Saying "hey, I have a DV movie" is about as impressive as saying "hey, I have a script."
The technology has definitely been a mixed blessing for those trying to break into the industry professionally.
Lethal
Short Wired article talking about too many young bloods and not enough positions.
Premise is okay, but not real depth to the story. Hollywood has always been a saturated workplace with dozens, if not hundreds, of people competing for every lowest of the low end, unpaid position just in hopes of getting their foot in the door.
I do agree though that it's probably harder than ever to break into the industry partly because of the increased quality and decreased costs of DIY productions. The difficulty of making a no-budget movie used to be a natural weeding out process (the people who had the talent and desire would typically find a way to get it done, and those that didn't didn't) but that's no longer the case. Saying "hey, I have a DV movie" is about as impressive as saying "hey, I have a script."
The technology has definitely been a mixed blessing for those trying to break into the industry professionally.
Lethal