Film School? 1919 Responses

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• section_014

  So, my 17 year old brother wants to go to film school. I've tried to talk him into graphic/web design, but he's not trying to hear it.

  He's get his heart set on USC's film school. Can anyone recommend any other schools that have good film/motion programs.

  Many thanks in advance

  Mar 31, 09, 12:11 p.m. – Permalink

• Mimio

  Tisch NYU

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 12:12 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Columbia (NYC)

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 12:13 p.m. – Permalink

• fyoucher1

  Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)

  • the only one i could think of as well. my high school teacher used to talk it up all thetime– 7point341/2

    I have friends who went there, they say "the family" that runs it terrorizes the faculty, but the faculty can be great– vaxorcist2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 12:19 p.m. – Permalink

• colin_s

  i hear RIT has a good film program

  • yep– robco1/2

    +1; alma mater bias– kewHexton2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 12:53 p.m. – Permalink

• dMullins

  Why would you try to talk him out of film and into graphic design? That's like trying to talk an esteemed professor at Yale or Harvard into teaching elementary school. If someone doesn't have passion for graphic design and its typical vessels of communication, they will just be another person wasting pixels on the web who goes back to school at 40 during their mid-life crisis.

  • Meaning, let him do what he wants. It's his passions, not yours.– dMullins

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 12:55 p.m. – Permalink

• MikeColdFusion

  I had a discussion with someone at the job that was similar. just talk him to going to a program that gets a 4yr bachelors degree and not just some certificate or an associates degree. he'll be much more set in life if he decides film isn't for him or can't find a job in the industry.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Interesting. I have a friend who's trying to transfer into the USC film program after going to UArts for two years. I wouldn't talk him out of film school, but if he really wants to do it he should get working on a good demo reel and have some scripts or storyboards when he applies.

  As Mimio said, Tisch NYU was my favorite for film based on the schools I toured. Also Art Center (ACCD) had a very cool film department, but I don't know if that would be my top pick. Columbia was really cool too. RIT and Pratt film programs looked interesting but I didn't really look into them much.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1:15 p.m. – Permalink

• coco_ono

  I second SCAD...I have a few friends there going for film

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1:16 p.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  USC is not bad, but he won't be filming a lot. mainly talk, write and reading.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1:17 p.m. – Permalink

• akrokdesign

  i wouldn't recommend Art Center. never seen any good film coming out of that school. if he wanted design is then yes, they are great at that.

  • Yeah. Michael Bay. eugh, but they have nice equipment and services for students.– ismith

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1:19 p.m. – Permalink

• adev

  just FYI.. the Cal States in the area have tv/film departments..for example: CSU Northridge, CSU Fullerton

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1:24 p.m. – Permalink

• thenuge

  he either needs to be a doctor or an engineer.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 1:53 p.m. – Permalink

• paraselene

  i know some folks at ucla who like it there...

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 2:03 p.m. – Permalink

• harlequino

  What's his main interest in film? Is it from a craft angle (like cinematagraphy), or does he want to be a storyteller (director/writer), or post (editing/VFX)?

  He can also look into other routes like theater or literature programs, depending on his interests. I have some friends who are screenwriters and filmmakers and they come from theater/writing programs.

  

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  Dog-earMar 31, 09, 2:10 p.m. – Permalink

• vaxorcist

  hmmmmmm..... Film school can be good for some people, terrible for others. I knew some people who became drug addicts in film school.... and alot of people who never finished their films who work in unrelated jobs and have TONS of student loans.

  I also know two people who got their films into Sundance.

  Personality.... should be driven, somebody who actually finishes things, who takes criticism with a grain of salt, who can ignore ego wars, who can stay up late doing stuff, who doesn't go on random tangents.... i..e the opposite of many of the ADHD people I knew in school.....

  

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  Dog-earApr 1, 09, 8:58 a.m. – Permalink

• GetRefresh

  Don't do it.

  • So few can make a career in film.– GetRefresh

  

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  Dog-earApr 1, 09, 9 a.m. – Permalink

• Masterramos

  Vancouver Film School (http://www.vfs.com/)

  

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  Dog-earApr 1, 09, 9:35 a.m. – Permalink

• BattleAxe

  worth the read
  http://www.cineman.co.uk/

  

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  Dog-earApr 1, 09, 9:45 a.m. – Permalink

• harlequino

  Relevant quote:

  "In Hollywood, you just sort of fail upwards."

  -Kevin Smith, commenting on producer John Peters who was once Barbara Streisand's hairdresser.

  

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  Dog-earApr 1, 09, 9:47 a.m. – Permalink