u/OkBad7175

I'm an aspiring filmmaker, a teenager, and I'm at a loss for ensuring stability in such an unstable industry. I want to be earning enough money that filmmaking is sustainable long term for me, but I think that might mean I need to perhaps work along a different avenue to what I've had planned. I guess the point of the post is to see what advice anyone might have for me. Is it possible to secure yourself a sustainable career simply through sheer hard work or is too large a portion simply up to luck and who you know? Any thoughts are appreciated. For reference, I'm interested in directing, producing, and perhaps writing as my end goals, but I'm obviously going to practice broadening and strengthening my skills in other areas too

I'm a Year 11 student, and I've applied to a sixth form for politics, psychology and literature. I honestly have been turned off from literature from the GCSEs though, I'm not going to fail or anything but I just hated the actual exams, and the run-up to them. Spanish, undoubtedly, was consistently my worst subject during Year 11. I got a 6 in it in my most recent mock (speaking might have been lower I think, the other 3 may have saved it, never got back my speaking mark though so I'm not sure), and my next lowest grade was an 8. However, for context, I basically was taught nothing of substance during all of year 9, and I had a lot of cover in year 10. And in Year 11, I'm the only person in higher in my class, so we don't really cover difficult content. I practiced here and there outside of class though, and did a couple writing questions for my teacher to mark. For writing I've moved up to a 9, and I'm at least an 8 in everything else I think? But I'm definitely not fluent, and I'm unsure of how much of a jump it is from GCSEs to A Levels.

I'm thinking about switching to English Literature to Spanish, but I have some questions. How much (extra) time would I need to spend revising in 6th form, considering I have some pretty hefty gaps in my knowledge? How difficult is the A Level for non-native speakers? And if I practiced throughout the summer, based on how much I've improved so far, would you estimate I'd be able to improve enough to interact with the course in September?

Would be great if anyone could provide any insight, thanks!