(9 Jan 2017) JAMES KING REVEALS HOW TO MAKE IT AS A FILM CRITIC
The life of a film critic isn't an easy one. There's scrict deadlines to hit, a never-ending list of movies to watch and, on the odd occasion, actors and actors questioning your opinions.
"If you give someone a bad review and then you meet them afterwards, well, speaking from personal experience, sometimes they remember and like to pick you up on it," says critic James King. "It's their right really. If I've picked them up on something then they can answer back. I mean it's awkward but you've got to allow that to happen haven't you?"
King, who began his broadcasting career at Radio Warwick while he was studying for a BA in Film and Literature at the town's university, received a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from University College Falmouth and an MA in Film and Television Studies from the University of Westminster, before joining BBC Radio 1 as a film critic in 1998.
"I don't think I ever wanted to be anything else actually," muses King. "Certainly not since I was a teenager and so, in a quite scary way, I just really narrowed my focus. I just really focussed on doing that one thing and if I didn't get that then I would've been scuppered really. Luckily I did. But in terms of what I studied at university and then my post-graduate course, you know, it was all narrowing towards being a film critic. Film studies, journalism degree - all of these kind of things. In a way there's absolutely nothing else I could do. It's the only thing I'm trained to do."
King, who left his post at Radio 1 in 2011 and has since presented "The Movie Show" on ITV2 and appeared on the BBC, Sky News and more, thinks it's harder than ever to enjoy a successful career as a film critic.
"It's easy to be out there and say 'I've got a website. Read my stuff.' The difficult thing is, is anybody actually going to read it when there are thousands to choose from? There's so much competition."
"Also, how are you going to get paid for that? And yeah, eventually maybe you can get adverts on your website or whetever, but it takes time. You've got to build up traffic to get any money out of that. So it's certainly easier to get heard because there are more outlets. In terms of putting food on the table I think it's probably more difficult."

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