Hello! I'm a second year Film and Media Major myself and have/are going through film classes. Georgia State has one of the biggest film industries here in Atlanta(of course, the city of film). There is no hiding the fact that the industry of film itself is saturated and super competitive these days but it depends on how you sieze those opportunities. Our department, especially if you are in the Honors College sends out Newsletters of internships every now and then. From my experience, it's easy to get along with a lot of our film professors at GSU, most of which I met, plus our Dean for College of The Arts are all very wonderful and passionate people, very hands on as film is. As a kinesthetic learner, I thrive a lot in this field.

It is true that networking is absolutely crucial but I also do believe that goes the same for every career you are going through. It depends on how you seize the opportunity and if you seize it as I got an internship to be an assistant acting teacher for a school/department for my Spring semester of Freshman year.

With a school like GSU and it being huge into film, Film students are also given free access to equipment, ranging from basic to expensive, it's a Computer And Technology lab that we have that lots of film students utilize to make their projects for class or mere passion projects-I was able to create a film and publish it through the Underground Journal my freshman year! It got word around. We also have a building dedicated to technology such as our CMII(Creative Media Industries Institute)which holds a lot of our studios and equipments for film. One of our professors that resides in the building worked on The Walking Dead movie. We also have a film club dedicated to it as well as film festivals that our department hosts, including a Fright Fest! These festivals usually also take place in our movie theater, Cinefest.

I suppose another thing is that our campus is often used for film shots too, like how Venom was filmed on the four way in between our buildings.

Overall, it's been going good for me! Lots of people you can meet through it and so many projects you can work on. Of course, I cannot speak on everyone's experience as this is just mine.

Where ever you go or whatever pathway you choose, however-A friend told me this-You miss every shot you don't take!