Can I make a short film and break into the film industry?

After two years of work I have finally completed my EPQ - at the end of it I have successfully made two fully finished scenes of my documentary and a ten minute short film I made with the BFI. I have looked over my initial goals and how well I have achieved them: How to write a compelling screenplay - I have succeeded at this goal as I have written multiple compelling screenplays for this project, all of which have steadily increased in quality as I have progressed How to direct a film within a certain period - This goal did not entirely get accomplished: as while I managed to accomplish all of my pre-production sections inside of the allocated time, I very much fell short on the filming front which carried on far longer than intended How to craft bold and unique shots for my film - This goal was certainly accomplished as all 3 of my finished projects contain bold and striking cinematography which has improved over the course of my project How to hire out music to use in my film - This...

 After much work I have managed to fully finish and edit 2 scenes from my planned documentary. This will do as a demonstration of what I have learnt over the course of my EPQ when combined with my presentation and the film I made with the BFI. The scenes are the first two of the short film and act as a proof of concept for what the finished film would have looked like. Overall I am very happy with the level of quality and polish I have achieved with the video - for example the variety of angles in the second one or the dramatic, chisacuro-heavy lighting of the first or the tight, witty scripting of both. If I could go back and make changes with what I have learnt across this project I would firstly make it with a larger team so as to spread out my responsibilities and to keep myself from having a workload so big I could not finish the project - related to this I would once again dial down the size of the project to around ten minutes so it could be accomplished quickly and easily