Career Building Through Digital Moviemaking

Digital film cameras have thrown the artistic doors open to anyone with a modest amount of money, a good eye, and a creative mind, enabling them to make their own polished and sophisticated films. This book analyzes the opportunities in digital moviemaking for both casual hobbyists and those hoping to make a living by working in the field. It offers strategies for getting involved in the business, and detailed, practical advice for learning the necessary skills, marketing oneself and one’s product, making contacts, and building a viable career.

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The digital technology skills that teenagers are developing as hobbies can turn into professional opportunities. Today’s culture is being enlarged and redefined by digital technologies. Among them are digital sampling and remixing, in which musical artists sample and remix existing materials as core components of their own work. Career Building Through Digital Sampling and Remixing explores the phenomenon and success of digital media in and of itself, as well as how the teen reader may expand upon his or her particular digital skills and use them as a foundation for a career.

An internship or volunteer opportunity in film or television can be an important stepping-stone to a career in the entertainment industry. In addition to gaining practical experience, interns and volunteers can make valuable professional contacts, experience different areas of the industry, and refine their career goals. Teens are introduced to a variety of exciting work experiences available for young TV and movie enthusiasts. Readers learn how to find and land the right position and how to make the most of their experience.

A person who understands how to communicate a story or idea through digital media has a very valuable skill in many employers' eyes. Ad companies, film production studios, game designers, and publishers constantly wrestle with ways to appeal to a Web-savvy audience. Understanding the nature of modern storytelling can make young people well equipped for a future career. Readers learn how they can start developing digital storytelling skills now, as a satisfying creative hobby and interest, and how they can use this knowledge to later break into a variety of fields, including journalism, marketing and publicity, playwriting or screenwriting, computer programming, Web development, and more.

The Ultimate Film Career Guide Discover your skills and interests to help you determine and achieve your film career goals. The United States box office revenue grew from $10 billion dollars in 2012 to $11.3 billion in 2021. China was the largest box office market in the world in 2020. The U.S. and Canada ranked second with Sony Pictures leading the way behind a domestic box office gross of $500 million dollars. With that type of economic growth, the business side of film has had to change drastically to keep pace. There are more people involved in making a film, with jobs delegated between pre-production, production, and post-production. What are those film careers and how do you get started? To help you determine and achieve your career goals, we have created this comprehensive career guide. Yellowbrick’s Ultimate Film Career Guide is your source to discover jobs in film and learn entry points into the film industry. In this guide, you can begin to explore the jobs that drive the market, then search for your perfect career by area of interest, skills, companies, or industry experts. Learn about your skills and interests, and articulate them confidently to identify film career options within the industry that you might pursue. Then, implement a successful strategy to attain your desired outcomes. In this guide you’ll find the following information: • Overview of the film industry • Future of the film market • Film Career Library • Career Planning Strategy to get into the film industry You’ll also find simple exercises that help you: • form a career planning strategy to get into the film industry • find your passion in film and identify an area of interest to pursue • learn the film industry through top studios and its key players • identify your skills and match them to a film area of interest Whether you’re a novice, a student, or a professional, you can further your career path through this guide that will help you begin understanding opportunities available in the film industry, as well as the skills and qualifications you need to succeed. Yellowbrick.co is on a mission to inspire the next generation to pursue a career that aligns their talents and passions with the universities and brands they know and trust. Working in partnership with the world’s leading universities, brands and industry experts, Yellowbrick creates learning experiences that help tomorrow’s leaders discover and pursue career paths in growing global industries that align with their passions, including fashion, sports, beauty, music and media. About Yellowbrick.co Yellowbrick.co is on a mission to inspire the next generation to pursue a career that aligns their talents and passions with the universities and brands they know and trust. Working in partnership with the world’s leading universities, brands and industry experts, Yellowbrick creates learning experiences that help tomorrow’s leaders discover and pursue career paths in growing global industries that align with their passions, including fashion, sports, beauty, music and media.