Sunday, March 13, 2005

lucked out

a reply to my comment in Dodo's blog:

I actually meant that credibility is strained when a Fine Arts major professes to want to direct and not draw storyboards or build sets. It upsets the paradigm, I suppose. That is what the fatcat producers and executives expect us to do. Just as they expect the Comm Arts majors to line up for the Director’s Chair.

Then there’s the principle of what we know vs. who we know, which is still how people get jobs here, specially in the entertainment industry.

Good luck to us, man. All I can say.

Oh, and one of these days, I hope to read one of those stories you're writing. Hopefully published. :-)

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yeah. you're right, man. most of my peers (well, my college blockmates) ended up brewing instant coffee (i know it's an irony, but what we normally observe happens, right?) to directors, hoping one day/time, that person would notice how good their coffees taste...

...but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll get the break they're looking for.

i know it sounds discouraging to the graduates of my course, however, the entertainment industry is merely a grain of sand. there are other jobs out there waiting to be fished out; careers that need someone who has the guts (and probably, the luck) to pursue. sadly, none possess the ability to think like we do. and it serves them right.

maybe they also need a cup of coffee to wake their sleeping brains up.

yup. good luck to all of us. may we find the happiness in our careers that we've been searching for.

...

and Dodo (or X44, if that's what you prefer dude), i'll let you read some of what i've written....in time.

latest musing of Etchie at 14:18

6 Comments:

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dodo dayao said...: Really looking forward to that,man. Always get a kick reading stuff written by people I know. Gives me gas to keep writing.

And Dodo's quite fine, thanks.

Cheers. :-); 3:31 AM
dodo dayao said...: Oops. . . sorry for the multiple comments, man.

:-); 3:37 AM
Etchie said...: hehe.

all i can say is, we're voyeurs-exhibitionists.

one man's writings is another man's fuel.

...and oh, didn't dream of getting anything published.

:-D; 12:26 PM