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Interesting question! I always joke about my job not adding anything to society/humanity, but that's not what i really think...
I think that storytelling has been an important part of human life for a long time, and that our jobs largely feed into that. As living has become easier (eg. not needing to forage/hunt for food every day), and we've found ...
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My mother still has no idea what I do.
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My career in sound has been questioned by almost everybody that I know personally outside of the film and television industry; with a handful of colleagues in the industry who just didn't want me to excel. It doesn't make much of a difference to me though, because I know this is my purpose.
The trouble comes when rates are lower than normal due to varied ...
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I'm a sound designer on a AAA title. It is very fulfilling and a job that I look forward to almost everyday.
I haven't had anybody ask me if what I'm doing is advancing anything. However, from time to time I find myself asking if what I'm doing is really benefiting humanity. The way I see it, I'm working on a game, a luxury product that IMO does not ...
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You can try the chat room here. We can't handle them on the main site if you don't have a specific problem you are trying to fix, but chat is an ideal environment for critiques and general feedback on work.
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What this question usually comes back to is the answer that what we are doing is an art form. From there you can only talk about the importance of art in the history of human culture. Honestly from a personal, and I think quite correct point of view, is that art could possibly be the reason that we have progressed in many things: science, politics, ect. so ...
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To be completely honest, I sometimes have thought this about myself, but I would NEVER say it to others - no matter what their job. I do a lot of advertising and promos along with TV and film. I find more personal satisfaction in the latter - though there have been spots I have done which have been extremely fun and/or challenging - but it is important to ...
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Indeed, it has happened. On this very community too. There still are plenty of people who question the use of video games, and being a video game sound designer/composer seems utter insanity to them.
There's two answers that I can give these people:
First of all, look at the figures. Video game sales are on the rise, surpassing movies sales recently ( http:...
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I struggled myself for a while after working on a few adverts- but I was so pleased to have "made it" and get full rate pay for a few days that it completely made it worthwhile. The way I see it, a few days of advert work enables me to do more meaningful work for the next while, meet new crew and learn.
The trick for me has been trying to get involved in ...
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