The 20-a-Day Challenge: A Practical Strategy for Getting Film Work

Breaking into the film industry often requires persistence and momentum. Many people spend days or weeks waiting for opportunities to appear. Unfortunately, this passive approach rarely produces results.

Instead, YOU need to create momentum in your job search.

One simple strategy that can help is our ‘20 a Day Challenge’.

The idea is straightforward. Each working day, complete twenty positive actions that move your career forward.

These actions might include a combination:

• Sending job applications

• Cold calls or emails

• Contacting industry professionals

• Researching production companies

• Following up on previous conversations

• Reaching out to potential collaborators

• Attending a workshop or course

The goal is not simply to stay busy, but to maintain consistent activity that increases your visibility within the industry. Too many people make the mistake of doing little bits now and again, thats wrong. You need a sustained approach over a long period.

When you complete twenty meaningful actions every day for sixty working days, something powerful begins to happen.

Your name starts appearing in more places. More people see your CV. More conversations begin. By consistently reaching out, following up and staying active, you increase the chances that your CV reaches the right person at the right time.

The challenge also helps build discipline and structure into your job search. Rather than waiting for motivation to strike, you commit to taking action every day. Over time, this consistent effort can make a remarkable difference in the progress of your career.

Breaking into the film industry is not always easy, but momentum and persistence can take you much further than you might expect.

If you’re struggling to get traction in your job search, structured support can help you focus your effort in the right places.

Try the MFJF 20 a Day Challenge…it works!