<p>Rereading this thread reinforces in my mind the importance of working on as many other students sets as possible. In two years at LMU I think this is one of very few weekends D hasn’t been on an undergraduate or graduate set. These many BTL opportunities lead to increasing responsibility jobs, and several paid and unpaid jobs with LMU alumni already. That has also been an education to the variety of film opportunities, web, television, advertising, music video, documentary… To quote Paying3tuitions, it takes talent hard work and contacts. There is still luck and money to deal with, but the career path for many goes through the contacts you make on set at school. She already sees the separation between the success of the go getters on set, and the just doing the work required of class group. They are making their own luck, and I see them continuing to collaborate after graduation.</p>