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The TV industry is seemingly more accessible than ever before, with anyone able to pick up a camera and start creating their own content. So, is a formal education in production the right path for you to enter the industry?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Whittard is an aspiring filmmaker currently studying his first year of his Masters Degree in Directing and Producing Science and Natural History at the National Film and Television School<\/a><\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max says, \u201cWhat\u2019s really good about the course is it says it’s directing and producing, but we\u2019re actually doing a bit of everything. We\u2019re not just the cinematographer, we’re not just directing it, we’re not just producing the film. We get that whole experience from pre-production during production and post-production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the ones who actually go out and do it, we edit it, we do the sound and everything in pre-production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We learn a massively broad range, which is really important.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf you want to be hired by experts in the industry, they want to know that you have a wide range of skills. From what we\u2019ve been told by our tutors, you\u2019d start off in a researcher role, and then build your way up, so you want to be able to build that broad range of skills up before you start climbing your way up and focussing on a more specific role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The educational route could be beneficial for those unsure about what exact role they are interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max says, \u201cI came into this course not really knowing specifically what I wanted to do, except I knew natural history was what I\u2019m interested in. So in that sense it\u2019s given me a massive range of things I\u2019m learning that I can then figure out what I am enjoying and what I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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