Well, the problem is that while I'm at school, I'm always working. Sometimes as many as 80 hours a week between extracurriculars and classwork, but usually closer to 40-60. Toward the end of the semester I got up to 7-8 cups of coffee a day and started smoking cigarettes so now I feel like **** all the time from withdrawl anyhow. I'm not even kidding--film studies is one of the hardest majors at the school I go to and I have tons of other junk in my schedule, too. The other issue is that while I can afford some stuff (my dvx, from cashiering for four months full time), the loans I'm taking out are so massive that I can't afford a lot without driving myself into serious debt post-graduation. (A fellow film studies major says he's lucky to make six dollars an hour.) I'm lucky to have some financial aid, otherwise my education would cost about $200,000--but it's still pretty tough.
During the summer, my parents flip out if I don't have a job all the time, so I'm always working then, too, though usually averaging just 25-30 hours a week. I do what I can though--I read books on cinematography, gaffing, directing, screenwriting, old issues of American Cinematographer, and I've learned After Effects, Final Cut Pro, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, what have you....doesn't do much good.
During the summer, my parents flip out if I don't have a job all the time, so I'm always working then, too, though usually averaging just 25-30 hours a week. I do what I can though--I read books on cinematography, gaffing, directing, screenwriting, old issues of American Cinematographer, and I've learned After Effects, Final Cut Pro, 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, what have you....doesn't do much good.
