NY Film Schools Not Worth It?

If you have your heart set on attending NYU's film school or some other N.Y. film school you might want to first read this article on 4Filmmaking.com about NY film schools.

Top Film Schools For Free?

Yes! This new listing of top ten film schools includes free and very low cost options as well as the usual expensive, big universities that everyone else lists. So check it out: Top film schools.

The Top Ten Film Schools List

If you're intereted in film schools check out this new list of the top film schools. Not what you might guess.

 

List of Colleges For Film

Looking for movie production schools, film summer schools or a regular film making school you won't go wrong checking out this list of colleges for film.

Also some good discussion about the value of film schools.

List Of Colleges For Film

Check out this great list of colleges for film.

 

Andy Landen's Not Waiting For A Degree In Film

Andy Landen is a product of his times, creating video hits for the web, while he works on his degree in film from USC. His story is a perfect illustration of the fact that passion and drive, not a degree in film from a film making school, are what create success in the entertainment industry. Read his story in this blog post Degree In Film + Hustle = Success.

Top Film Schools - So What?

I often spot discussions of what are the top film schools. I find such discussions of what are the best film schools pretty silly. Who care what someone things are the top ten film schools?

The important question is what would be the best film school for you. If you are wanting to get a four year diploma then you might want to pick one of the famous universities such as UCLA, USC or NYU with film programs that have produced some very successful filmmakers.

But the actual percentage of graduate who find success in the film industry is shockingly low.

Before you sign up for a four year commitment and possibly a huge educational loan you might want to consider all the alternatives. This article on 4Filmmaking.com offers some interesting insight into what are the top film schools and other options to consider.

N.Y. Film Schools - Learn Media Skills In The Big Apple

Considering a N.Y. Film School to start you on an exciting career in movie making? After L.A. when one thinks of film schools N.Y.C. often comes to mind. Many of the biggest media outlets, especially in television, are located in New York.

Some of the most admired personalities in the movie business, such a M. Night Shyamalan and Spike Lee, got there start at the NYU Film School. But when you consider what percentage of this prestigious university's film graduates are able to find satisfactory careers in the field you should start to wonder if this is a smart move.

I just posted an article exploring the pros and cons of NY Film Schools.

Film Schools In Los Angeles - Right For You?

Thinking about an exciting career as a filmmaker? Then you've probably wondered if you should be considering film schools in Los Angeles. When considering film schools Los Angeles will always come to mind as the place to go since L.A. is still the heart and soul of the film industry.

Some of the most successful people in the film industry are graduates of L.A. film schools but the percentage of graduates that find careers in filmmaking is shockingly low. I've just posted an article about picking a Los Angeles film school vs. other options available.Click on this link:

Film Schools In Los Angeles

Film School Secrets -- Why Do Most Film School Grads Fail?

Public educational institutions just weren't designed to foster the kinds of creative and independent thinking required to succeed in filmmaking. The result is that the vast majority of film school students never get to have anything like the careers they dreamed of.

Here's a dirty secret that makes me upset; students aren't getting their money's worth when they go to film school, and they are wasting many valuable years of their lives.  The hard, cold facts are that only 1 percent of students actually ever make a single feature film, let alone have a viable career in their choice of university study. I have my ideas about why this is the case, despite the fact that students spend many years studying their craft.

I believe it's the school's fault, and it's not the students fault. It's all in the way the universities train the students, or should I say it's in the way the universities lack in training the students. If a person thinks about it, they understand that film making is a creative industry.  It's also a business, and students aren't learning how to be successful in the creative and business aspects of the film industry.  The universities aren't setting the students up for success. It's really sad, because this could be fixed if only the schools stopped repeating history.

The history behind the university system as an institution dates back to a time when only the wealthy received any education. It would be hard to believe now, but there was a time in which lower class people didn't have the least bit of basic education. On the other hand, the upper classes had all that they could want.

When education was opened to all classes in the form of free or low cost public education it was really to produce docile, obedient workers for the industrial age factories. Students were taught the basics of reading, math and obedience to authority but it was felt that teaching independent thinking would be dangerous. Bells were rung when it was time for student to change classes to get them used to the idea of responding to factory bells. Obedience to teachers prepared them for wanting to please their factory bosses.

But obedient, skilled workers don't make it in the film industry. Successful filmmakers are the creative rebels that know how to network and persuade and think outside the box. These are not skills that are generally taught. Although students should be inspired to be creative in both their film production, and knowledgeable in the film business, they are not being taught how to be successful.

Adding insult to injury, the students will spend years in film school to learn skills that can be taught in weeks or at most months and run up huge loan debts they will never be able to pay off working at the few jobs they will be qualified for in Hollywood. I think it's sad, and it seems as if things aren't going to change anytime soon.

There are many options to starting a career in filmmaking that cost less and take far less time than attending a traditional school of filmmaking. You can learn about this and many other film school secrets by visiting my site at 4Filmmaking.com.