Last school year when I was a freshman, I enrolled myself into mostly entry level, or level one hundred classes, no surprise there. One of the classes that I had taken was our schools Communication 100 class. This class served as the first stepping stone into many of the individual colleges within our school, predominantly the Communication Arts & Sciences College.
COM 100, from my experience, was a class that's clear purpose was to introduce the science and the information known by humans about communication and interaction to the students; providing a good sense of what a Communication degree and what the Communication Arts & Sciences College as a whole is all about. I learned many things taking this class, many useful and interesting things that I probably wouldn't of cared to seek out and learn had it not have been for this class. Every day things such as relationships, resolving conflicts, socialization, power, were all broken down, discussed, and made sense of in COM 100.
My class was broken up into two sections. The first of the two classes each week was the lecture class. Our main Professor would present the new material to the whole class at this time and the material would be discussed between the professor and the students. The second class of the week was our recitation class where as a class we were broken up into five or so smaller classes in a different location. These smaller classes were run by a TA and things like individual assignments and the review of smaller topics in the course would be handled during this class.
My biggest take-away from this class would have to be the level of comfort of publicly speaking amongst my classmates that I obtained with taking this course. We had four speeches to give throughout the course and the way at which these speeches were assigned made each speech increasingly more challenging every time. The first speech was a special occasion speech, and then it was an informative speech, a pro/con speech, and the last was a persuasive speech. Giving these speeches taught me a communication skill that I wouldn't of been able to learn by just reading or writing out the material for the class.
For those of us wanting to venture into a career we often ask ourselves several questions about our path. These may be based on several factors such as passion and prestige as one enters a career in entertainment. However, even as professional entertainers we all want to pay our bills and maybe one day enter the list of the 20 richest media moguls. This article thus, attempts to show you the most lucrative careers in the film industry that will make you the most money. If you are too lazy to read scroll down and watch the video. :)
1. Multimedia Artists and Animators: The guys at Pixar.
These are the artists in charge of the visual effects behind blockbusters such as Shrek and Finding Memo. They create the images and and the entire set design for most movies and TV shows that use visual effects such as dragons or cartoons.
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GENERAL:
Top 10% Average Annual Salary: $ $113,600
Average Hourly Wage: $17.75
Average Hourly Wage: $54.62
Low 10% Average Annual Salary: $ 36, 930
2. Talent Agents: The guys that book the gigs.
Talent Agents are categorized as they people who are in charge of managing the artists. This includes representing and promoting the artist, dealing with contracts and negotiating deals and benefits.
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GENERAL:
Top 10% Average Annual Salary: $ $113,120
Average Hourly Wage: $54.39
Low 10% Average Annual Salary: $28, 060
Average Hourly Wage: $13,49
COOL FACT:
Kevin Huvane is the wealthiest talent agent and is worth $50 million and represents stars like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.
3. Cinematographer and Director of Photography: The guys holding the camera.
Cinematographers are the people capturing the film as its acted out. They need to have an artistic eye and understand the technical work of the camera and the angles.
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GENERAL:
Top 10% Average Annual Salary: $ 105,120
Average Hourly Wage: $50,54
Low 10% Average Annual Salary: $25,070
Average Hourly Wage: $12,05
4. Construction Manager: The guys creating all the buildings and sets a movie will be filmed in.
The construction manager is the person in charge of the team that take the art directors vision and bring it to life. They are the ones who make sure certain paintings in a house a placed in a particular way. The construction manager ensure that the set builders, carpenters, painters and plumbers are building what is expected.
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GENERAL:
Top 10% Average Annual Salary: $ 155,200
Average Hourly Wage: $ 74,61
Low 10% Average Annual Salary: $52,350
Average Hourly Wage: $25,17
5. Art Director: The guys doing the creative work and deciding how your favorite movie looks.
The art director is in charge of conceptualizing what the movie will look and how the screenwriters vision can be turned into life. Once they have come up with the idea's it is the construction managers job to create it.
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GENERAL:
Top 10% Average Annual Salary: $ 172, 900
Average Hourly Wage: $ 83, 32
Low 10% Average Annual Salary: $47,320
Average Hourly Wage: $22, 72
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