You don’t have to figure it out alone—follow the professional pathway to the life of your dreams.
Hang in there. The ideas will come, the swings will happen, and the opportunities will show up. That knot in your stomach? It won’t last forever. It takes time, but soon enough, things will click. Before you know it, it’ll feel like second nature.
We’ve all been there. Every person you admire or wonder about started in the exact same place—unsure, overwhelmed, and figuring it out as they went. It took trial and error, countless reps, and, let’s be real, a healthy dose of luck. Hard work? Of course—it’s the baseline. But there are so many unseen factors that contribute to success. If anyone says otherwise, they’re not being honest.
Here’s the thing: everyone loves celebrating the outcome, but very few are willing to talk about the messy, uncertain grind it takes to get there. Even fewer will admit what it really felt like along the way. What you’re feeling right now? It’s completely normal. I promise.
We’ve all been there. Every person you admire or wonder about started in the exact same place—unsure, overwhelmed, and figuring it out as they went. It took trial and error, countless reps, and, let’s be real, a healthy dose of luck. Hard work? Of course—it’s the baseline. But there are so many unseen factors that contribute to success. If anyone says otherwise, they’re not being honest.
Here’s the thing: everyone loves celebrating the outcome, but very few are willing to talk about the messy, uncertain grind it takes to get there. Even fewer will admit what it really felt like along the way. What you’re feeling right now? It’s completely normal. I promise.
You’re actually amongst kindred spirits.
Friends In Film’s Founder Janet Urban
Come along with me on a journey of stretching your wings into the film industry. You will learn the art of connecting to get film work, but really it’s having people’s backs, stepping into your own creativity, and believing in yourself and others.
• You will have a roadmap to follow that leads to paid film shoots. Instead of paying for classes, you’ll learn your craft professionally from observing and being taught on professional sets. I will show you how. This is how I learned my craft and how much professionals learned their crafts.
• You will have mentoring from me (Janet) that goes with what you want to do in the industry. Could be directing, DPing, writing, producing, or acting. Each craft has a slightly different actions on set, different people, different opportunities to pursue as you start with the beginning jobs and get into the emerging markets of Vertical TV series, music videos, and commercials, and progress into TV and feature films.
• You will have a community of professionals to learn from, to help you with emails and questions. You’ll have examples of success from people who are inside Friends In Film, working on TV shows currently, and have major credits. Those examples of success are gold and make your own journey into film normal and super achievable. Come work with us!