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Such a terrible day.

Lyndsay

My day was so awful, I couldn't help but break down. We've started 2 GCSE assessments in school, and then I had to attend an open evening for college. Bearing in mind I have no idea about what I would like to be (career wise), I had to discuss a variety of courses and make rational decisions, which made me extremely anxious. Also, the open evening was absolutely heaving with people, music was blaring out of speakers and members of staff yelling through microphones...it was a nightmare! We decided to go to the event at 6.00, as I had a music lesson at 7.30...but before we knew it, it was 7.20 and I hadn't even gone to look at the courses I was interested in (which was the whole point of the evening). So then I became so anxious as I knew we were going to be late, and knew I needed to get out, which led me running to the car and sobbing to my parents. And also I missed my music lesson, which added more stress. I didn't think a day could be so awful. I apologize for clogging everyone up with my troubles, I just needed to vent! 

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  • Hi Lyndsay

    I thought I'd give you the benefit of the little bit I know about film studies. In many ways, as far as I can see, Film Studies at uni went down a postmodern cul-de-sac like English Lit in the 80s..so if you want to do FS at uni you might end up doing lots of theory..I think Jacques Lacan, a French psychoanalyst, is quite important in FS, which might be a turn-off for you if you're more interested in making films or being part of the overall production. Then you would go to Film School rather than study Film studies at uni. I think Jarvis Cocker studied film at Art College. Don't take my word for it though but make sure about the content of any film studies course. Ask to speak to a current student if you're unsure about anything.

    There seems to be quite a lot of critics/journalists working in film, whether on TV/Radio, magazines, newspapers...I guess even being a TV critic might be all right. You could try and get an internship at the BBC or maybe at the ITV companies or maybe Channel 4 have something similar? 

    Why not send in an idea for the Channel 4 3-minute slot and you might find yourself on TV! Then there's script-writing, script-editing, cinematography, lighting...my partner knows so much more about this than I do. 

    There are lots of positions I think but maybe you need to think how you can make your Aspergers work for you...are you really good on fine details, seeing patterns that would look good on screen, might your perspective on things make for a good script for a film? Are you a bit of a specialist on a particular genre or director?

    Don't be put off by careers advisors...they were pretty poor when I was at school and I wonder if they're any better now. Most people have bad experiences of at least one advisor.

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  • Hi Lyndsay

    I thought I'd give you the benefit of the little bit I know about film studies. In many ways, as far as I can see, Film Studies at uni went down a postmodern cul-de-sac like English Lit in the 80s..so if you want to do FS at uni you might end up doing lots of theory..I think Jacques Lacan, a French psychoanalyst, is quite important in FS, which might be a turn-off for you if you're more interested in making films or being part of the overall production. Then you would go to Film School rather than study Film studies at uni. I think Jarvis Cocker studied film at Art College. Don't take my word for it though but make sure about the content of any film studies course. Ask to speak to a current student if you're unsure about anything.

    There seems to be quite a lot of critics/journalists working in film, whether on TV/Radio, magazines, newspapers...I guess even being a TV critic might be all right. You could try and get an internship at the BBC or maybe at the ITV companies or maybe Channel 4 have something similar? 

    Why not send in an idea for the Channel 4 3-minute slot and you might find yourself on TV! Then there's script-writing, script-editing, cinematography, lighting...my partner knows so much more about this than I do. 

    There are lots of positions I think but maybe you need to think how you can make your Aspergers work for you...are you really good on fine details, seeing patterns that would look good on screen, might your perspective on things make for a good script for a film? Are you a bit of a specialist on a particular genre or director?

    Don't be put off by careers advisors...they were pretty poor when I was at school and I wonder if they're any better now. Most people have bad experiences of at least one advisor.

    Was that helpful in any way?

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