@richnationfilms
as a professional in broadcast TV industry, Ive found that about 90% of jobs posted today for "Videographers & Editors" are very misleading. Yes, what they REALLY want is a social media guru that will grow their business online that just happen to be decent at video and editing. But it's a lower priority to them.
@enzosvera
the era of the "one man band"
@ianallardyce4222
It's all about PEOPLE. You work with people. You work for people. People watch your work. People hire you. You gotta be out there the whole time connecting with people. All the tech and creative is super important but not worth anything without people.
@CoreyWarren
This is a valuable conversation to listen to. I find it interesting that Patrick sees himself as a “middle class“ filmmaker, but it just goes to show how relative it all is. I hate to think where I’m at if he considers himself middle class lol. 
@PhotographerlearningAI-z8o
Same sh*t different day. I'm 64 and been shooting professionally for over 38 years. Style is important to get attention, but when you get hired for that style it's like being a rock star. Enjoy the ride, because clients are fickle and you can only ride that crest for so long before you get replaced by the next big thing. The catch is you're so busy shooting that you don't roll with the newer trends, get complacent, lazy, $$$ is rolling in, so you get comfy. Better to have a style, but give the client the same old boring stuff that they want. Be nice on set, make the people who hired you look good in front of their clients, yada yada. Ton's of people making their living selling photography courses and doing howto on YT, while the people in the trenches are never heard from. This ought to tell you something about the current state of the industry....
@WHITEDIRTProductions
"If you are not good.... no one will want to hire you" the only part of this I disagree with... the standards are dropping super fast. I see god awful "producer/director" types who don't actually even touch a camera rise past actual talent all the time. I feel like it's all about faking it till you make it. Hard workers or independent thinkers are viewed as a threat if anything.
@workingonitagain
I really disagree with this idea that a large social media presence is a requirement. The majority of successful filmmakers I see, including those that have become successful in the past 5 years, have very little social media. Too many young filmmakers get caught in this trap of believing that making content will launch their career and I frankly don’t believe there is much evidence to back that up.
@35visual
This is why i changed my entire career path into becoming an industrial maintenance technician something you actually have to be skilled in to make it. I got absolutely tired of being a starving artist even when i produced really good work. Always having to fight to justify my pricing when in reality i was already undercharging to begin with. Never knowing where my next paycheck was gonna come from and I always absolutely hated working with most other people in the industry as its full of insufferable egotistical people and unfortunately those are the people that make the most money since they step all over others and push hard to get gigs. Just wasnt for me at all. Now i get to just make videos and work on personal projects when i want to and its so much better.
@Exploredinary
Patrick hitting us with the truth hammer. It hurts, but it's real. Go out and make what you love, y'all.
@omarderby5273
Thanks!
@AdamPaulStone
I recently had this realization, and it was such a refreshing perspective shift. For the last 15 years, people have been hiring me for my style, my taste, and my vision—and that demand only seems to be growing. Up until 2020, I was still shooting on a Canon 6D, so it was never about the gear; it was always about me. I'm so thankful that I get to continue making a full-time career out of directing and filming!
@BryceDocherty
Yea this is spot on. I've changed the direction I wanted to go multiple times. I have a business shooting weddings which is my money maker, and the other half is me as a documentary director/cinematographer. I was gonna leave weddings a year ago, but I make more money with them than jobs that sound more successful (shooting for Sony and doing cool indie narrative projects). I realized that not everyone has "the thing" and that's a very unpopular thing to say on the internet. It ultimately comes down to what type of person you are, and how creative you are. I'm very happy with were I am and don't stress about career anymore. As long as I have freedom of time, and to be creative, that's all that matters to me.
@relaxwithme3266
It's now all 1 man bands. I saw this start 10 years ago and thus decided not to pursue a big team vision. So glad I went with a narrow focus. It's meant my career!
@SHOEMAKERFILMS
I love how you turned a podcast interview into more of a documentary. Amazing work dude!
@Larinator
I have been a filmmaker for over 30 years making “industrial” videos - training, corporate, education, promotional and event videos. I have made over 500 productions, usually done everything myself - camera/lighting, writing, directing, etc - and saw how videography was dying around 2012 when video gear started to be democratized by becoming cheaper and when phone cameras improved. Suddenly everyone thought they were a filmmaker. I had clients who I had worked with for years stop giving me work because someone in their company had a tiny bit of video knowledge and an iPhone. And their videos were crap - but it cost the company nothing. Work dried up. I went into managing a film school and now I am making my own stuff because I have the equipment and the skills to do that. Ads for “videographers” are looking for someone who cannot only make videos but who is a wiz on After Effects and is also a social media/marketing expert. And they pay next to nothing.
@henriquefaria
Very enlightening. This happens here in Brazil. It's a global phenomenon. Thanks for sharing.
@jordiruizcirera3950
Glad to see it's not only me "confusing watching stuff on the internet with taking action"! Thanks Luc, great watch!
@OTSMontgomeryMedia
This just woke me up. Thanks for sharing. I’m doing well as a small production but a bit worried about the future with Ai and the amount of new filmmakers. However, I just realized that I’ve been approaching my shoots the wrong way. Very much Appreciate this.
@afiofpv1766
Your previous advice was refreshing - to create spec work, network face to face and essentially forget social media for lack of ideal connections. This seems to say the opposite? Which I’ll admit is disappointing - I don’t want to compete for the best sizzle reel on Instagram. I want to work hard to create real life connections, which is why I resonated with your previous message and even considered the course. How do you (more specifically) suggest moving forward in this new age? Perhaps a video elaborating this would be helpful. One that updates your previous advice on networking and breaking into the industry, with a focus on documentary world
@jbrentjoseph