Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

Yes, attending film school can indeed launch your career in whatever your creative discipline happens to be. To prove it, Marv and Fred visit Vancouver Film School (VFS) and chat with the “man behind the masks”. Stan Edmonds (Unforgiven; Scary Movie; Scary Movie 4; The Butterfly Effect; I, Robot; etc.) runs the Department of Makeup Design for Film and Television at VFS. He takes Fred and Marv on a tour of the facility where it becomes obvious that, with apologies to George Bernard Shaw, “Those that can do, OFTEN teach”. And with great results. While we often discuss how generalists can leverage diverse revenue streams to sustain a career in the creative arts, Stan makes a case for the specialist, one whose intense study in one area almost certainly guarantees early onset employment in your chosen field. That specialty can be anything you're passionate about, but since Stan knows everything there is to know about makeup, he explains to you some of the age-old principles of makeup design, as well as the imp