u/Exquisitely_Novish

Hey! So I'm about to start my last year of high school and I'm quite concerned about what to study in college. My mother tells me that I should not think about it at all and just get high enough grades to make it into whatever I want- but I genuinely don't feel like I can study hard without a goal I'm looking up to.

Ultimately, last school year I deep dove into directing and found out I love the idea of a job where I can combine most of my creative skills into a big project. I'm atm an artist, photographer (worked with a nikon and volunteered at anime cons), and a writer writing my first fantasy epic. After I realized I really really like directing and I did research about colleges, the industry, and watched videos of people talking about their film school experiences. I've seen some people saying "You can learn it at home" and others "It's great for networking" and I think both are true but I need networking especially in this field.

In the past I used to tell people that I will study something unrelated to what I want to work (like studying chemistry in college then working in art) but now I discovered that might be a bad decision- because why waste 4 years studying something I don't like?

I went around telling everyone who asked what I wanna do that I want to study directing but I found my biggest opposer is my mother saying "AI will replace directors." or "Anything art related is hard to succeed in." or "I've always seen you in science or engineering." or "I hope you change your mind, I really hate directing." And I know- I should do what I'm passionate about, I shouldn't let people's words affect my decision too much because I'll be the one to live with the consequences etc etc

But a part of me genuinely has doubts. I already see tons of internet content nowadays made with AI-even if it's bad- and I just think what if by the time I graduate it would be better and I wouldn't find a job... And I'm very wary of the starving artist trope- I literally view choosing what I like as "I may end up homeless but at least I'll have fun ig"

What's your take on the matter? Is directing a good choice? should I study something safer instead? Will AI actually replace art?

Hey! So I'm about to start my last year of high school and I'm quite concerned about what to study in college. My mother tells me that I should not think about it at all and just get high enough grades to make it into whatever I want- but I genuinely don't feel like I can study hard without a goal I'm looking up to.

Ultimately, last school year I deep dove into directing and found out I love the idea of a job where I can combine most of my creative skills into a big project. I'm atm an artist, photographer (worked with a nikon and volunteered at anime cons), and a writer writing my first fantasy epic. After I realized I really really like directing and I did research about colleges, the industry, and watched videos of people talking about their film school experiences. I've seen some people saying "You can learn it at home" and others "It's great for networking" and I think both are true but I need networking especially in this field.

In the past I used to tell people that I will study something unrelated to what I want to work (like studying chemistry in college then working in art) but now I discovered that might be a bad decision- because why waste 4 years studying something I don't like?

I went around telling everyone who asked what I wanna do that I want to study directing but I found my biggest opposer is my mother saying "AI will replace directors." or "Anything art related is hard to succeed in." or "I've always seen you in science or engineering." or "I hope you change your mind, I really hate directing." And I know- I should do what I'm passionate about, I shouldn't let people's words affect my decision too much because I'll be the one to live with the consequences etc etc

But a part of me genuinely has doubts. I already see tons of internet content nowadays made with AI-even if it's bad- and I just think what if by the time I graduate it would be better and I wouldn't find a job... And I'm very wary of the starving artist trope- I literally view choosing what I like as "I may end up homeless but at least I'll have fun ig"

What's your take on the matter? Is directing a good choice? should I study something safer instead? Will AI actually replace art?