Full Sail
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- zoiks
Anyone here know about Full Sail? What's the word on the street about them?
- horton0
they blow
- morilla0
It's not a necessity, unless you have absolutely no clue what you are doing. Plus they are $$$.
- enfest0
gag
- brains0
I honestly think the time and money should be spent on your own gear. I went to school for it, and I rarely get the chance to excercise it.. Learn on your own.
- duhsign0
its not bad, one of their beers was a favorite of mine for a bit, but they stopped making it. they make decent beer. they make a cool lager in a small bottle like red stripe that is cheap and good, great beach beer, sessions...
- Corvo20
blo awa.
- version30
i still plan on attending full sail someday, anyone who thinks they can't use their education system has some serious ego problems. the place manufactures award winners, oscars grammys etc
- i seriously doubt that place manufactures award winners...award winners manufacture themselvesstudderine
- futhermore, just going there will not give you enough education to be an award winnerstudderine
- i'm not afraid to keep learning, i wouldn't have wanted to go there without my own industry experienceversion3
- i only say "manufacture" because they have the tools to let the students learn.version3
- education with proper tools can take an artisan of any field much further than withoutversion3
- agreedidentity
- bliznutty0
i had a friend that went.. he's a loser today.. so don't get your hopes up.
- morilla0
I toyed with the idea a couple years ago when I was contemplating a career change. My friends told me I already had enough core knowledge and should spend the $$$ on gear and get in somewhere as an engineering assistant.
- boobs0
Why don't you learn to handle videotape? You'll have a better future in that, ffs.
- locustsloth0
i am (sigh) a graduate of said technical education facility. What morilla's friends told him is probably true, you could get the same education by interning at a studio, but then again, it'd have to be a successful studio that is run by people who have the time and the willingness to help you learn.
Essentially, what i observed during my experience, is that about half of the people are treating it like 13th grade (with behavior to match) and the other half are really hoping to get something out of it. And you have to work to get as much as you can. Extremely easy to coast thru and pass without actually learning anything.
That said, of the people in just my (monthly) graduating class (for audio) there is:
• An ADR/Foley editor director who has worked on numerous famous movies
• A sound recordist who has done a lot of work for Alton Brown's (Food Network) shows
• A guy who was an assistant engineer on Shakira's breakout album
• A guy who did work for Boyd Tinsley of Dave MAtthews Band and works some soundtrack music guy who's name i've spaced.So, yeah, it's an expensive stepping stone that you can definately make someething out of if you work at it.
As for me, life's circumstances steered me into learning video on the job. And i am apparently allergic to making money