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Knucklehead
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:46 pm Post subject: film School |
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I'm thinking of doing something different with my life....
film school.
does anyone have any recommendations or experiences or thoughts? |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:43 am Post subject: |
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new york film school.. the advertisements pop up a lot in film magazines!
where you from? do they have a good film program there? |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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Why not try to get some real experience in the field, instead of taking on debt? A degree doesn't equal job these days (if it ever did). Go make a short film, or try to get a low level job on a film set, or get the coffee in a studio. It will be more educational than a degree. How many people involved in film even have a degree from film school?
Of course, if you are doing film school for your own edification, you have my permission and blessing to go nuts. |
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buildbyflying
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: To your right. No, your other right.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Go make a short film, or try to get a low level job on a film set, or get the coffee in a studio. |
I'd agree with no 1, but 2 and 3... not so much.
Film school is great (insanely expensive but great), though the industry is mostly technical positions, if that's what you want. You'd have better luck getting a job as a grip with experience as an electrician. |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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Friend of mine did film school at University of Iowa. They didn't have the specific program he wanted, but you can make your own, so he did. He spent a few summers in California, once as an assistant to an assistant of Steven Spielburg. He helped out on a couple of movies filmed in Iowa, he played a part in a Bollywood film, and right now he is the creative director for the World Triathalon, where this guy is swimming, biking, and running from the UK to Mt Everest which he will then climb.
Anyway, he's done alright with the degree, but so much of it has to do with personality, and he is the single most outgoing and personable person I have ever known. |
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