I'm 19, from the UK, doing a film degree that I hate because most of it feels pointless. (I cannot be fucked with analysis or the history of US cinema) - but I do love making films, acting, editing. All that jazz. I'm not really sure what I want to be yet. Something creative is all I can tell.
Is it really as hard as people say to have a good income as a creative person? Is my degree entirely pointless? Should I drop out? Right now I feel like I'm sauntering through life and I want to avoid the real world by doing school shit for as long as I can. What a fucking stupid existence.
the hard part about advising you on the degree is that you dont really know what you get out of if until you have it, since every class, every lesson, has a potential to stay with you.
my suggestion is to pick something to be good at now, something you can do really fast and leave you time to think how you can do it differently next time. Then apply it, repeat. Might be set building, camera operations, etc. Be decisive when you do it. Worry about all the mistakes when it’s over.
Want something, dont just like something. Make connections, they are more important than the degree in the long run. Share what you have so far while youre surrounded by like minded people, it’ll literally never happen again in your life.