How to land a design job in the film industry?
It’s not possible to quit Go Media and get a day job in Hollywood. The goal is to bring film jobs into Go Media. Here are some things that I’m doing – and you should too, if you want to get film poster design work. • For starters, get your work seen by film people. Right now, it’s mostly other designers checking my portfolio. Network and be friendly on the net with people who are already doing this kind of work. Show anyone and everyone your portfolio. • Do fake movie posters for your portfolio. Clients want to see that you understand their business. Even if you do, it should be apparent on your site. Also, I put a call to action button requesting film poster design work specifically. That will help even more if I can get traffic from film people. • I am establishing solid relationships with indie filmmakers that I know like Jason LaRay Keener from Alabama who makes hauntingly beautiful films. You can see an influence from Harmony Korine or Werner Herzog in those experimental shorts. I
