Useless adviceAs a new parent, people seem to think it's OK to pass on any and every old wives tale possible. "Don't hug him too much". What? Quite what possesses people to pass on baseless, idiotic, useless advice I don't know.
That said, I quite often give car drivers directions and then, after they've moved off, realise that I've sent them down a bike-only route, so I can give as good as I get.
What useless advice have you been given (or handed out) recently?
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chthonic, Thu 19 Oct 2006, 10:29)
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if you want to get into the film industrydo film or media studies. This is the cruelest of lies.
for those who don't know, 95% of all film/ media studies Degrees , can be sumed thusly:
First year, sit in lectures learn about film theory, where people try and claim all films conform to one singular theory. usally a six word sentence derived from a pub conversation, entered into MS word, padded with fluffy conjuctions, then fed through a thesaurus. a Prime example is "feminism in film" there is no such thing, as 99.9% of directors are men. not according to film theory.
second year, get given a third rate camera, not shown how to use it. Recieve lectures in how to use an editing package by someone who has only just completed a three day course in the very same programme.
Third year: Told to write a dissertaion. Told to make a short movie. The dissertaion will read like a badly scratched vinyl record. The
movie will flow like rotten milk. desipte claiming to be a film nut you still havent actually looked at a movie with a critical eye. Therefore one thinks that putting a 5 minute uncut camera shot(sans tripod) of a cute(ish ) chick putting on makeup with sigur ros playing in the background is a good idea.
Graduate. Look for a job, become a runner (or what people out side the media industy call "cleaners") get treated like shit for £11k a year.
if you really want to get into TV/films, you must do one of three things:
Pick a craft and learn it (script writing, cameras, effects lighting sound etc. dont think that uni will teach you these, most of your lectureres are failed novelists and don't have the first clue about the technical side, hence why they are lecturering)
Learn you suck cock like a pro (or some other sexual favor) most media types who have the say about hireing you, are like salesmen, weak insecure, have a stupid haircut, slave to silly fashions and crave power.
deal cocain. (see slave to silly fashions)
Jaded? perhaps, but then i've just had to fix the damage that some fucking film studies student has done to my nice working TV studio. (ahh the camera isnt focusing, perhaps there is dust on the sensor, take off the lens and spit on it, *Shudders*)
(, Tue 24 Oct 2006, 20:53, Reply)
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