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08-26-2008, 08:31 AM
Let me firstly reply to the first post since my last.
The degree I'll be doing is Film Directing itself. Secondly, I know the difference between a dream and reality, and I know everything will not be going how I want it to, and I know how hard it is. But like I said in my first post, It's my dream to live in Japan. I don't necessarily HAVE to do one of the jobs that I wrote ofcourse, but I'd rather stay away from teaching because I can't tolerate it. But if I have to teach to gain a visa and advance more into the Japanese culture, then so be it. Also, I am not deterred nor am I bothered about financial gains. If I was, would I REALLY want to go into Film Directing, a low paying job, which is in itself a very hard job to get into? I'm not trying to completely make your post void, since I do appreciate you posting. But I'm just trying to clear up this misconception you have of me being some sort of clueless, naive little kid. I'm not. If I was, I wouldn't have come on here asking for help. Now, the concept of living in the USA HAS occurred to me. However, I'm not interested in living in the US. There are somethings I cannot control in life, like who I fall in love with, or what line of work I go into. But one thing I can control, is where I live. Which will not be in the US. If I need to somehow be in the US or anything like that for Film Directing, then I'll stay in the UK and do my work from there. The US is not an option for me. Apart from that, thank you for your input. 
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08-26-2008, 08:40 AM
If you want to be a film director stop worrying about other jobs (Photography for example) and also.. I dont think there would be any problem if you gained all your experience and then went over to Japan. If you have qualifications to your name and can speak some sort of Japanese your going to land a job (Not the best job) but id say if you had your qualifications youd atleast land some sort of job within the industry you want. The problem with your first post just makes it look as tho you want to go to Japan with no qualifications and no direction (which i said before and noticed that you acknowledged that) but i knew what you were trying to say. The way it was worded was probably the way id word something too as i have trouble getting my thoughts into writing. You just mixed your message up with too much rambling.
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If I were to work for 5 more years in America, I would be working in America for 5 more years. I chose the time I planned to leave, and I was determined to stick to that time, regardless of the circumstances. My life has had it's share of unrealized dreams, plans, or ambitions. It's easy enough to say that you are going to do this or that, but not so easy to actually go out and do it. Do you know exactly where you will be, and what you'll be doing in 5 year's time? You never know what tomorrow will bring, let alone next year, or the years following it. I'm sincerely happy here, and I have no regrets.
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08-26-2008, 09:03 PM
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http://www.northwestvision.co.uk/pag...-virgin-shorts They have selected the projects to fund, but I am sure they will be doing such funding once again in the near future (you would be wise to jump on it, free cash, and more recognition than you would get from solo work). Another avenu to look into is; UK Film Council - Welcome to the UK Film Council They offer funding for up and comeing directors, there budget is larger than the Virgin shorts, but they expect more in return (obviously). Well hope you have a lot of sucess in your career and Keep up the enthusiasm and determination, as they say "Nothing is impossible, it just costs more!" (cost of course not only being cash, but time, effort etc).
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08-27-2008, 01:50 PM
You could try applying at one of the big TV networks like NHK. Of course, you'd have to know Japanese:
NHK I've got 2 roomates in the industry (one's a director, the other's a producer). But they're both Japanese, went to film school here, and have 20 years of experience. Not sure how a new grad would get into the industry, especially one from outside of the country. I did hear stories that one of my roomates (the producer) started out as part of a film crew (camera man). I'm guessing there's some kind of apprenticeship type of path you'd have to go through to do the same. It does seem a bit improbable that you'd get visa sponsorship as an apprentice though. My other roomate (the director) freelances. It would take quite a bit of networking to do something similar. Plus, with freelancing you don't have a company than can sponsor your visa. Of course if you've somehow gotten a company to sponsor your visa before you go the freelancing route and can prove that you can and have been supporting yourself financially, you could later get a self sponsored visa after a couple of years (*possibly*...check the TokyoCooney video where he talks about visas). YouTube - F.Y.I. Tokyo: Visas I dunno. Seems like a tough field to get into from abroad. Good luck with your quest. Actually, your best bet would be to learn as much as you can from TokyoCooney. He seems to be the one person closest to your line of work that I can think of. See how he got into Japan and pursued work in the entertainment industry. http://www.tokyocooney.com
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08-30-2008, 06:47 AM
This might be alittle of topic.
But when I read your posts it looks like you want like a "plan B" if not job in "plan A" work out, just to live in japan. But I just red another port you wrote in another thread, and it was somthing like: "First you need to find out what you want to do for living, not where you wanna live." And I agree, don not let go of your dream job, I think that if you will need to wait some years before going to japan just to get your dream job it is worth it. And even in japan a boring job is a boring job :P
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