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20 Jun 2024 · 0 min

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Short YouTube interview clip (Eric Deeran - Master Filmmaker channel) in which one speaker asks for advice on moving from freelance work (editor, DP) to running a business. The respondent advises assessing whether you merely have a skillset or a business, stresses the need to own all business functions (and plan for client fluctuation), and recommends joining/partnering with "Master Filmmaker" if you need a turnkey, repeatable system.

Because obviously that's a leap as well. Like, what advice would you give to people who are maybe in that they're a freelance editor, they're a freelance dp, and they want to switch to actually running a business? What advice would you give them?
I mean, I think the biggest thing, you know, just using my own experience as an example, is think about whether or not you actually have a business or whether or not you just have a skill set. And if all you have is the skill set, you know, what are you going to do when the clients stop calling? So I would say you need to own all the pieces of actually having a business and think about what that means and how to actually do it. And if you don't think you can do it on your own, definitely, like, jump in with master filmmaker because they have everything thought out to a T, you know, with multiple versions of every single step. So it's.
Just my blood, sweat and tears for the past six years.