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I am currently in the TV industry and hoping to branch out into the film industry. I took a radio and tv production class in high school and started doing highlight videos for our football team, since i was on the team other people shot it for me and I edited it and showed them over our schools tvs. I never thought I could make a carrer of it so I opted to go to my local university instead of going to the Academy of Art in SF, CA....I majored in Political Science, and was looking for a part time job after school when I found a production assistants position at the University. There I learned how to use a Betacam and edit with the Avid system and learned other software like Softimage, AfterAffects, Photoshop and Illustrator.
My grilfriend at the time (who is now my wife) wanted to move out of our small town to San Antonio, TX, so we packed up and within two weeks i got a job at a fairly small Post-production house and now have been working her almost five years. The buisness has dramatically grown and we now do national campaigns along with big name clients.
I often speak to clients and producers I work with about the whole experience VS. schooling and the majority think that a degree does not matter in this career field. I definately helps but exp. is definatley the key.
by the way I love my job and it is so fun that it hardly feels like work.
Good Luck!
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