UNT Film Students Worry About Future Careers
December 2, 2008
The uncertainty of the future has got University of North Texas Radio, Television, and Film student Matt Stanford down. “I just don’t know exactly what I’m going to do after [college],” Stanford said.
The former Texas A&M architecture student came to UNT three years ago to pursue what he calls a “less boring” field of study. “Now that I’m here, I kinda long for the security of what I was doing before.”
His worries are not uncommon amongst people in his major or even amongst college seniors in general. A recent poll states that more than half of all college students experience some sort of trepidation about their future after graduation. And with the popularity of the Radio, Television and Film major (it is the most common at UNT) and a limited workforce, RTVF students are often left with insecurities as to their life after graduation.
Some students find work at local production and film equipment houses, but Matt says his real passion has always been for editing. “Me and my friends used to make these little short film of us dunking a basketball and I would always edit them,” Stanford said. “After that I was hooked.”
Matt says he couldn’t settle at this time for just working with equipment. If he is going to work in film, it will be something to do with editing. “I’ve got a friend who is starting a production house in Austin and he wants me to join, but I’m not sure,” said Stanford. “But it’s better than nothing.”
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