Freelance Filmmaker
ENTERTAINMENT
1/9/20241 min read
We discuss:
His current role:
0:56 - An overview of his role
1:51 - The difference between cinematography and other filmmaking roles
5:44 - How he gets his projects
6:07 - The challenges of freelancing
7:15 - Aspects he likes about his role
8:06 - What a typical day and week is like as a cinematographer
9:24 - How much travel the role entails
12:02 - An overview of the filmmaking process
14:23 - How many projects he works on simultaneously
17:07 - Things he loves about the role
His career path:
18:44 - How he got into his current role
22:14 - How to get into the filmmaking world
Career advice:
23:42 - Advice on how to be proactive in getting into the film industry
25:15 - Advice on how to get film experience
27:14 - The culture of film sets
28:31 - Advice on how to network
31:39 - General career advice
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In this episode, Evan Carter describes how he went from being a Political Science major in college to working on all types of films as a Freelance Filmmaker in his career.