Insights: How Filmmakers REALLY Make Money - Part 2
Rebecca Coley and Samuel Howard on the realities of life as freelance filmmaker.
As regulars will know, I’m on a mission to help my Insights paid subscribers find their own answers to two fundamental questions:
How can I spend more time doing the things I’m passionate about?
What does a ‘successful’ creative career really look like?
That was the thinking behind my three-part series on the reality of earning money as a freelance creative.
If you missed this the first time around, catch up below:
As this and subsequent series were so popular, I’m back with another two-parter discussing the reality of how freelancers - in this case film-makers - actually earn a living.
Last week, we heard from film-maker and internet sensation Johno Verity, and Ellie Green of Summit Fever Media, on the reality of their freelance lives as film-makers. Catch up with this one here:
Now, this week, I’m chatting to Rebecca Coley, director of the brilliant Point of Change documentary, and fast-rising surf photographer and film-maker Samuel Howard.
Read on and, as ever, let me know what you think in the comments below
1. Rebecca Coley
What do you say when people ask you what you do for a living?
Usually, I say I am a filmmaker. If they’re interested and I have time, I explain more, but it is easiest to say that for starters. People usually say, “Anything I’ve seen”, and then I feel like I’m rubbish! Lol. So I sometimes want to avoid getting into it as I am a director and I make films, but I also do lots of other things too...
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