I once read that you shouldn't tell someone all your long-term goals and dreams because it shows a lack of focus. What will you do today- isn't that the more important question? Today, and more generally this semester, I want to become more comfortable with the language of film and to study the technology, structure, and creative processes that go into creating films. I still feel very unsure about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of making films, but already the material we’ve been assigned in class is starting to clarify things that until this point have been unclear.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve had my sights set on being a filmmaker since I was relatively young. Not much has changed in terms of my aspirations, but the stepping-stones I imagine will take me there are in constant flux. What will I do after graduation? Or even before? When and where can I work? Where will I be in three years, five years, ten? My mind is constantly swimming with ideas, options, and future plans. For the time being, I’m focusing on my college plans and educating myself as best I can on the basics of film and business.
In the long-term, though, I have many goals for my career. These range from directing music videos to writing and directing my first feature. These events have slowly organized themselves into little clusters on my future timeline, where they share space with events like marriage and children, and goals for my finances and business throughout the years. I don’t expect to just find my future jobs or earn them or have them handed to me; I think I’ve sufficiently wrapped my head around the idea that I will make my own opportunities. I don’t expect things to go according to plan, either, but having the plan is what drives me. It gives me a reason to work and try and hope. Things will work out however they do, and at the end of each day I will remind myself (if I happen to forget) that I am capable, I am blessed, and I am happy.
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