If you are dreaming of a career in the film industry, you share a dream with millions of other young hopefuls whether you want to work before or behind the camera.. The problem is that there are too many people chasing too few posts. This means that the film industry has the luxury of being able to pick and choose who works for it.

With such a lot of competition for even the lowliest of lowly entrance level jobs, you need an edge over your competitors. This edge is education at university degree for most young individuals, but for others it is previous experience or, even better, a degree in the film industry and previous experience.

This is where it gets problematic. How can you acquire previous experience, if you require previous experience to get a job? It is the Catch 22 that discourages most beginners from jumping that final hurdle into the film industry. The answer is to offer your services free of charge as a volunteer – what is frequently called as an intern.

In the bad old Victorian days and before, it was standard for apprentices to pay their master for their education. Well, those days are back again in the film industry, if they ever went away. These days, you pay by working free of charge for a year or two.

This is not so dire in countries where school leavers may rely on social security payments, otherwise you have to have wealthy parents who can support you. A personal recommendation from someone already in the industry is very useful too.

This is why the sons and daughters of well-known media personalities seem to get cropping up everywhere in the industry. Nepotism is alive and well.

However, procuring that first career, paid or not, is a immense pleasure and fills the volunteer with hope of a new career in the glittering world of the film industry, although you may not find it so glittering once you see the industry from the inside. The hours are long and the money is not fantastic at the bottom of the ladder.

The happy news is that the experience of your first piece of work, paid or not, will go on your CV and establish your entry into the film industry.

For the remainder of your life. you will always be able to say: “I first went into films in 2011″ and the second and subsequent jobs will come more readily if you were good at it.

You will not merely have a resume proving experience but you will have names and private phone numbers in your address book. This is worth as much or more than the experience. Networking and making friends is crucial in small, tightly-knit industries like filming. Everybody in the business knows everybody else.

This procedure of gaining a foothold in the film industry is built-into numerous college courses nowadays, because it is recognized as one of the only routes in, if your parents were not in it first.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many topics, but is at present concerned with professional studio photographers. If you have an interest in photography, please go over to our website now at Photography Studio Cameras

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