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is emerson strictly a film or arts school? yea a 3.2 is not great but its not something that will stop you from a meaningful career. i don't think grad school is the answer unless you have the money to play around with
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Originally Posted by tpk510
It says it's a liberal arts school, but the classes are so easy to pass. May I ask about the nature of your college/career trajectory?
Emerson is a college that focuses on communications and visual/performing arts. I believe they only have one non-communications/visual/performing arts major offered. Jay Leno, David Leary, and Henry Winkler are alumni. So is the guy who wrote Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Killer. The school is in Boston, but there is satellite campus in LA.
I knew a good amount of kids who went to Emerson when I lived in Boston. They were all journalism majors.
Emerson Film Grad- Tell Me if I've Blown my Future
I couldn't figure out what was "wrong" with your initial post so I went back and re-read your OP.
NO ONE can tell you if you've blown your future.
It's obvious you've decided you shouldn't work in the film industry. Though several of us tried to get you to think about what else you could do within it, all we heard was what you cannot do. And with that attitude it will be very hard to make it in the industry. You have to want it with every fiber of your being to be a success in it.
No one will know what else you should do. That's your job to decide. Time to think about your abilities, what you already know, and what your medical limitations will allow you to do, what your interests are and go from there. You know those things better than anyone else. Good luck. I truly wish you the best.
Most people in film really love it, and couldn't stop pursuing it if they tried. If you feel that you would be happier doing anything else, you don't love film enough. The people that make it continually build their skills, network all day every day, and never ever give up.
Are you at Emerson's Los Angeles campus focused on film? Not to discourage you, but you have to work extra hard to network and get yourself out there. You have to be meeting the right people if you want a career in film. You are competing with graduates of UCLA and USC Film Schools as well, which are more prestigious schools, better known, and have more alumni in the industry. Then you have the smaller American Film Institute that is very respected. Get out there and meet people and show them your skills.
I did meet some people in LA while I did the program, but I'm not in the shape I need to be to survive in LA, so I won't be moving there any time soon. My boss loved me, but even he said I was too introverted unless I showed some sort of talent that would attract an agent (which I'm really not sure I have, because professors who've told me I had it could've been just coddling me).
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