>>4189972(continuation of
>>4190013)
So, if you hadn't guessed already, I strongly recommend you to go to film school if you have the opportunity. It doesn't have to be an expensive one, and it will absolutely beat your plan of getting shitfaced to approach people... that's a path to self-destruction if I've ever read one.
Now, once you leave school you should think deeply about what you want to do after, because that will affect where you will live afterwards.
It's true that, on paper, it's better to live somewhere cheap, especially if you go freelance, because there probably won't be a lot of competition if you want to do commercials, weddings, concerts, publicity in general. If you want to do this, you should know that:
-The people you met in film school will probably not live there, and will more likely have moved closer to industry hotbeds with denser populations
-If you're single, good luck meeting women, in my experience. They'll usually also be staying in mid-size to large cities, not in bumfuck nowhere.
-You're gonna have to do everything yourself, basically. But it's cheaper to live.
If you decide to go to, say, L.A. (most extreme example), it's all reversed: lots of opportunities for work, connections, relationships... but high rent and homeless people.
All of this may seem obvious to you, but I've heard too many times on this board and on Youtube that you can <<totally be successful, bro>> by never going to film school and staying in your midwestern hometown. It's not that simple.
If you want to make good fiction, you're not gonna make it if you don't surround yourself with a solid team, and that team is in the bigger cities. If you insist on staying in a smaller town, you're gonna have to build your own empire, pretty much. It's been done, but that might mean not making your passion project until you're 40-50 years old
