It Feels Like A Satire. Or Maybe Reality Is Turning Into An End Credit Scene For Barbie.

My pretty ghost princess💕

I got asked a few weeks ago by pictosays if I had any tips for upcoming film students, now I’m nowhere near an expert but this is what I have come up with from personal experience.

Learn from the ground up  You are in school for a reason, don’t walk in thinking you know everything because you made a film for A Level Film Studies, everyone did and people will get annoyed with you rather quickly.

Take risks University is the time to take risks in your work, you have a safety net, use it to your advantage.

Get experience Talk to 2nd/3rd years to get roles on set, they need some extra hands on set and you need to know how a set works in the ‘real world’.  Also use your summer/weekends wisely, get an internship or some runner jobs at a production company. Hands on experience is invaluable and a foot in the door never hurt.

Be nice to your peers In film school more so than others you have to work in teams, it’s part of the industry and it’s a part of everyday life. Don’t make enemies you will regret. 

Theory is important It’s one thing being able to make a film look nice but if the shot has no real relevance/meaning then it’s pretty useless. 

Use Lynda.com I use this website all the time, it has detailed tutorials on all industry standard software. There is a subscription fee but most (mine anyway?) universities offer a subscription as part of the degree. (Also Avid is the industry standard for editing Feature/Hollywood films at least get your head around the workflow) 

Be prepared to self-teach This is true of all subjects but in film somethings you just have to figure out yourself, you have to figure out your own workflow. So instead of complaining about it just get stuck in - you never know it could be fun. 

Don’t get cocky about your specialism  You want to be a director? Awesome, go for it but have a backup. Director isn’t the only job available and it also isn’t ‘the most important’. Film sets are nothing without all the other departments, learning how they work will do you no harm.

Watch films! Expected really but at times you get caught up in production, make time to go to the cinema or to re-watch your favourite film, remind yourself why you do what you do. Also expand your genres, watch the classics and go to experimental film festivals because inspiration can come from the strangest places.

That’s everything I have for now, it’s also good to remember my BA is more fine art film than feature/hollywood but the principles the same - play around, find your niche and work hard.

If you have any questions just drop me a message :)

“Ich werde in letzter Zeit oft gefragt, warum ich den eigentlich so gerne auf Konzerte gehe.

Die Antwort auf diese Frage ist eigentlich ganz einfach: ich liebe alles daran.

Ich liebe es die Tickets zu bestellen & darauf zu warten bis der Postbote sie mir bringt. Ich liebe das wochenlange/monatelange warten, weil jeden Tag die vorfreude auf diesen einen Tag ein kleines bisschen mehr steigt. Ich liebe die Planung davor. Ich liebe die Anreise, egal ob zu Fuß, per bahn oder mit dem Auto. Ich liebe es in der Warteschlange zu stehen, um darauf zu warten bis es endlich los geht.

aber wisst ihr was ich am meisten an all dem liebe? bei einem Konzert kann man so laut schreien wie man will, man kann die Texte so laut mit brüllen wie man will und wie sehr es der Körper grade braucht. Man kann tanzen bis die Erde bebt und egal wie scheiße es aussieht, aber das wichtigste an allem: man vergisst den ganzen Scheiß um sich herum. Man ist einfach frei und glücklich.

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Barbie + text posts

This is absolutely gorgeous. I‘m obsessed 🤩

Nico Robin 🌸

I can’t believe that we got a 69 minute long Jamie-centric ot3 fic with Hurt/Comfort and Jamie Needs A Hug tags as an actual canon episode of this show

🌻• how to stress relieve •🌻

now that it’s back to school season, here are some ways to stress relieve during the school term

fun things to do

spa days

go to the cinema

make playlists (for your friends, for different moods, etc)

go to the park

thrifting

painting

play/learn an instrument

play minecraft :) (if u want to play with me, my xbox name is kaitlin980 ;))

spend time with family

draw

journal

hang out with pets

binge-watch your fave shows

be around friends 

keeping mental health in check

eat healthily (but with cheat days!)

drink lots of water

have a routine

take days off

relax in your breaks

try not to feel guilty

don’t procrastinate!!

take the stress out of studying

get ready beforehand (snacks, water, clean space)

study with friends

study in the library

listen to music

use pretty colours

use fun methods (quizlet, teaching ur family and pets teehee)

again don’t procrastinate!!

be organized

learn about other things, not just your curriculum

hope this helps in the coming term! im rooting for all of you <3

The new Barbie trailer absolutely FUCKS, I love it so much I'm going insane. There's nothing I love more than existentialism and pretty aesthetic.

Honestly good for her. Oliver is that girl.

personally if i was deeply in love with a guy and managed to get with half of his family but not him despite our intense sexual chemistry i’d throw a fit and murder him too