Thursday, October 04, 2007
Breaking into Hollywood
The Tartan Online: "Is there such a thing as breaking into Hollywood? The answer depends on who you talk to. Some actors recall in autobiographies the one lucky audition after so many rejections. Others remember struggles to buy groceries and detours into less attractive professions to pay the bills."
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it seems to me that the more difficult task would not be getting involved in a pilot, but getting involvedin a pilot that actually makes it. because it seems that numerous pilots are made every season that never quite make it and stop after a few episodes. so, it is those shows that you can get involved in at the start and have a long career with that are the really challenging ones to find.
Congrats to class of 2007! It was a really class with great dynamic. I feel like the writer made it seem like breaking into the hollywood is easier than it seems, but I guess it really depends who you are. With brilliant talent, you may be able to write great script and get a big screen role pretty early in your career, but if you are a manager with brilliant organizational skill, no one will hire you for that. It would take time to prove yourself.
I will definately hire a manager with brilliant organization skills, unless the person also turned out to have other qualities that deem him or her not suitable for the job, i.e. insensitive to surroundings etc.
Very so often, we are dealing with art and people. We need to have so many skills in order to manage propoerly.
Even if there was "one set way" to break into Hollywood, everyone would be taught it, and then, all of a sudden, other criteria would spring up to make it equally difficult. The truth is that there are a lot more people, especially actors, that want to be in Hollywood, than the industry can actually support. It was nice of the Tartan to mention successful actors and playwrights, but what about the equally successful designers and managers? *scowl*
I really enjoy reading success stories of graduates from CMU. It is obvious that hard work does pay off. Now that we gave so much credit to the actors, where are the scenic deisngers and constume designers at? Where every they are I hope they enjoy their profession because it must have been tough.
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