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You.

Yes you. I am fucking talking to you.

**takes you by the shoulders**

Listen to me right now. 

The film industry is dominated by white men. Usually, older white men. 

As a woman, as a young person, as a person of color, it will never be easy to get into that industry.

But I want you to promise me something right now.

If film is something you love. If you even have an interest in it. If you want to be in that industry someday. If you even just want to study it to learn about it.

Don’t you dare give up.

Because there might not be any POC directors or actors winning those Oscars or other awards. But one day you could.

The industry is growing, learning to listen to other voices.

So shout yours as loud as you can.

Write your scripts, direct tiny films on your phones. Save up for a solid, cheap DSLR. Get some friends together. Shoot a two minute film in your backyard about you learning to fly. Save your money to buy screenwriting books, or download them off line. Learn how to read and write a script in proper formatting. Learn the different crew poistions and how they interact. Take free online courses. Find stupid videos online that show you how to do simple things with lighting and cameras. Take the camera off auto and learn how to manipulate the image on manual mode. Learn the difference between ISO and shutter speed and aperture.  Learn basic storytelling. Look up some basic cinematography shots. Teach yourself. Go to film school if you want. Get access to equipment and learn some things from industry professionals. Make mistakes and then learn not to make them again. Ask film students or people in the industry what their first job was and how they got it. Join teen film clubs and do work with others. Ask friends or just people you know online (like tumblr for Twitter friends) that you know are filmmakers about things you just want to know. Ask questions. Ask them to maybe even read your scripts you’ve written. They don’t have to be perfect. They just have to exist so your friends can see where you are and what you need to work on most.They will be happy to help. 

But don’t you fucking dare give up. 

Don’t ever tell anyone else to give up.

If you want it, if you really want it, it is possible. Through blood, sweat, and tears, it is fucking possible. Never think anything differently. 

Go out there. Tell your story. Because no one else has lived a life exactly like yours and you are the only ones that can make those decisions.

I’m here. You have tons of friends on this site and others who do the film thing. Ask and we will help. Just don’t let yourself give up because you think it’s hopeless. It’s not. Together, we will make your voice heard.

Together, we will change the world.

I love you. Keep fighting. Pass it on. Add more words of encouragement/helpful links/notes that could help a friend considering the film industry. We love you and, if you are dedicated, we both want and need you. If you’re willing to work, so are we. Let’s go.

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I absolutely need to read that comparison

There's a point where you need to just sit down and stop thinking fullstop and I think I reached that point when I read a comparison between Go Set A Watchman and Fifty Shades Of Grey.

I mean they're actually really right but I just. My brain wasn't ready to receive that.

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Scout: I am by far the most sophisticated person here.

Dill: Did you get your arm stuck in the vending machine again?

Scout: I paid for my Cheez-It’s, I’m gonna get my Cheez-It’s.

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Atticus: You have to pick your battles, Scout.

Scout: Well, I’m full of rage and I’m picking all of them!

#to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic literature #classic lit #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #atticus finch #scout finch

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Jem, slightly raising his voice to be heard across the aisle: Do you want any chips?

Scout, yelling at full volume: I’M ALWAYS A SLUT FOR DORITOS

#I love her #I love her so much #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #jem finch #scout finch

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Scout: I’m proud to identify as morosexual. I’m attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively. Dill just asked me what the Spanish word for tortilla is and now I dream of kissing him under the moonlight.

#That being said Scout and Dill are both gay #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #scout finch #dill harris

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Scout: I’m small, but knowing.

Jem: You don’t even know what the top shelf looks like.

Scout, with feeling: Bitch.

#Scout can have little a swear word as a treat #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #scout finch #jem finch

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Bob Ewell: When people get too chummy with me. I call them the wrong name so they know I don't really care about them.

Mayella: That's smart.

Bob Ewell: Thanks, Marvin.

#Bob Ewell is a horrible father as well as a horrible person in general #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #bob ewell #mayella ewell

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Moms be like

oldest daughters can have a little trauma, as a treat

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Dill: Maybe if I seem more dangerous, people will stop flushing my glasses down the toilet.

#to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #dill harris

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Jem: Don't worry, no other guy is ever going to ask Scout on a date.

Dill: Why not?

Jem, solemnly: Because Scout is terrifying.

#Scout and Dill are both gay #But neither of them know it yet #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #scout finch #jem finch #dill harris

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Scout: I don’t like to throw around the word ”butthead” too often. If you call everyone a ”butthead” then it kind of loses its impact. But I can say without hesitation that Mayella is being a real dick.

#to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #classic lit memes #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam #scout finch #mayella ewell

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Atticus: You are completely literal. Metaphors go over your head.

Bob Ewell: Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it.

#to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam

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Boo: I can't go outside. Stress is bad for the baby.

Scout: What baby?

Boo, softly: Me.

#He's baby and we need to protect him #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam

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Scout: It’s times like this I wish I’d listen to what Atticus told me.

Jem: What did he tell you?

Scout: I don’t know, I wasn’t listening.

#she TRIES #to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam

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Dill: I proudly own my IQ of 5 and a half!

Scout: Not for long.

Dill: Please, it's all I have.

#to kill a mockingbird #tkamb #tkam #tkam memes #classic lit #classic literature #light academia #gsaw #go set a watchman #incorrect quotes #incorrect tkam

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THEY’RE GOOD BOOKS

Welcome back to

WHY DO SO MANY BOOKS I HAD TO READ FOR HIGH SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS HAVE TUMBLR FANDOMS

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