Should You Become a Freelance Creative? | Inside Valverde | Duncan Casey & Richard Jackson

Every person who is going to apply for that new Netflix apprenticeship scheme should watch this first.

You've worked in some shitty offices

Not to mention this just general great advice

Great video, really interesting. Full respect to you guys.

Really insightful and interesting guys. My son is about to start filmmaking, I think he'll find this veru useful. I was a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, now an artist - i'm glad you highlighted the little-to-no teaching of the business side of creative industries at universities Thanks and good jawb.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the insight into your world \m/

Shhhhhtick around. If it bleeds, we can kill. I'll be Bach.

This is top notch content fellas! I kinda wish you'd do a bit more of stuff like this, vlogs maybe or just life stuff in general. Like Duncan did those car videos a couple of times. Btw I remember a while ago you asked for comments on best bits of VVB for some ad videos or something along those lines..? Did you end up trying to promote the channel through that?

Nice lads intersting info, one of my good friends is a wedding (mainly) videographer and a lot of that rings true.

Do you know how one would find A Fistful of Lead in the states?

There is priceless advice here :)

Excellent discussion guys!👍

Great video chaps, thanks. I'm a sculptor in addition to working full time, so I've been thinking about whether I would give the sculpture a go full time. It's interesting to hear the realities of working in a creative field.

Thanks for this guys! Needed a lot of this advice! 😀

I’ve just gone out on my own as a videographer and this was amazingly welcome. Thanks guys.

To put it in the words of Les Mcqueen: "It's a shit business".

This is without a doubt the most valuable and PERFECT advice for all creators. New and experienced. This is diamond, sniper accurate.

The point about social media is very important. It can be a great source of inspiration, potential contacts etc but you do have to be weary of it not dragging you down and questioning your own worth. As well as me 9 to 5 job I'm a free lance illustrator with past commercial work for books and video game concept work. But at times especially if your feeling a little deflated about your own creative situation, you end up gawping online at the top professionals work and making unfair comparisons between your level and theirs, it can be a real negative driver. It can also mean people limit themselves to the types of work out there as they become too narrow focused. Anyway excellent video gents. Keep up the goodness.

Really insightful.

"No downvotes? Mr Wayne, I'm insulted."

But Rich, you said all I had to do was dance for you in that outfit and you’d make me a star 😮

Great episode guys. I'm currently in my final year at drama school and am going to go into stage management work once I graduate full time. Though this episode didn't cover theatre do either if you have any experience about it? 😊

I really enjoy hanging out with you guys (even though this isn't exactly a hangout). Hopefully one day I'll get to chew the fat with you and, when I'm finished doing so, have a chat aswell.

This was a great video! Please keep doing more videos like this! They are informative, beneficial, and fun to watch! Thank you for all the hard work that you do Duncan and Richard.

Had a challenging day and this cheered me up no end. Great, insightful content thank you.

Duncan - I'm curious to know what your thought of 'Extras' since that featured a bit of what you mentioned and how accurate it was.

Keep up the great work lads, much appreciated.

More of this sort of thing.

Best video you have made since parting with Oliver’s channel. Very informative.

Hello fellas. Nice one on this video. As someone who has been grafting away for 11 years (this includes my year at the Met Film School), as an actor, writer, director and musician, I know how hard it can be and really appreciate your honest breakdown of the crazy industry we're part of. I shall make sure to forward this on to my friends as this is will come in very handy to them.

Eh up lads, hope all is well?
Remember Hollow Man? In light of Universal and Blumhouse's Invisible Man, and as Hollow Man was a Paul Verhoeven film, and as I dont recall Val Verde covering the Invisible Man on film topic, I think this would maketh a greateth sthubject!

I think we could all use some of that "gear" that Richard is talking about using.

Great talk guys. Really appreciate it. After over a decade of freelance video work myself I recently hung it up. Disenchantment set in, the frustration of inconsistency, and the constant 24/7 hustle wore me out. I might go back to it someday.

Where was this 5 years ago when I stopped acting?

Hi Richard, there was some mention a few years back when you did ‘fix it in post’ that you were planning on talking about Psycho II. Is this something you will get around to? I only ask as I’ve recently read up on the Arrow Label Blu Ray and rewatched the Psycho Legacy Documentary. Psycho II is a curious one but still a very good film. In my opinion obviously. Thanks.

Very unfortunate timing to release this just as self employed people especially in the entertainment and hospitality industries are looking ahead to a few months of incurring tremendous debt thanks to the world grinding to a halt.

Who's this Lance fella that you want me to go and free? Guest, Armstrong, Corporal, Reddick, Lot?

Despite all the videos I watched and even people I’ve spoken to who work in the industry, this is by far the most insightful video I’ve watched on this subject.

Thank you! I am in a position where I have worked 9-5 for the last 8 years and been very comfortable in terms of pay. I have just been given an opportunity to work in my dream department in film for a couple of months...means I might have to give up the comfort of the 9-5, especially when times are uncertain (luckily that is also a job that I like and would happily come back to it if that opportunity came up again). This is the first video that I watched when searching how to be a creative freelancer, and it just happened to be a film one! This was really interesting and helpful.