noisette 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2007 I'm going to get my bachelor degree of management in two years but I have been pursuing the dream of filmmaking since I was in senior high school. So basically I have 2 options now: 1. Apply for bachelor of film&tv immediately after my graduation (which will take another 3 years of mine) 2. Seek a job related to filmmaking and tv, etc, after working for about 1 to 2 years apply for master arts which usually could be finished in 1 - 2 years (holding a MA or MFA diploma helps a lot of course, at least you can be a college teacher) Any suggestions? And talking about film schools, actually I have done some research already. For me, my focus is on those in Australia, although I know the best would be UCL or others in USA. Anyway I've been in love with Australia after my trip there. Below is the list of schools I've found on the internet (will add more...). Hope someone from Australia would see this and give me some tips 1. Film School of Griffith University The bachelor program is said to be the best in Australia, but the MA of Film & TV is of too much theory. 2. Victorian College of Arts (University of Melbourne) The VCA is Australia�s leading visual and performing arts training institution. On January 1 2007 the VCA became a faculty of The University of Melbourne. 3. The Master of Film and Digital Image Sydney College of Arts (uni of Sydney) 4. Swinburne Only undergradute program (3 yrs), but is said to be very practical. More to add... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liberty 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2008 Oh right... and what field would you like specialise in? Production, Photographing, Directing, Editing?Well... to be honest, in order to be a film-maker, paradoxically you do not need to be a film school graduate. Moreover... its very unlikely that film directors finish any kind of filmshchool... same with directors of photography. My friend - DoP told me that in UK film-bussines there are ppl that they call "filmschool graduates" and those people are the most useless individuals at the set...If you have a talent in scrip writing, you dont need finish a degree and listen to someone to tell you how to write...If you have a photographic talent, you dont need to go to filmschool and listed to old guys that they made their last film in 60's...The good thing about film schools is that you meet people interested in the same field as you and share contacts... so you can get involved further on in you friends project or involve those people in your own one. Money school gives you for the project. Graduation project is always a film, so you will get a bit of cash for it from the school itself, but probably the rest you will need to cover from your own pocket or look for sponsors.If that's what you are looking for, go for it. If you feel that you can develop yourself - get some useful books about strict rules and watch films and... watch films.There is how eg. Quentin Tarantino grew up to be a good director - from watching films while working in a shop... Many photographs that shot stills moved to the films industry and became very good DoPs.Filmschool will not make you a talent boy, it can just help you get some contacts and facilities, but its only a 50%. The rest is you...good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted January 22, 2009 TOP FILM SCHOOLS Film School source : http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Top Film Schools and Programs in the US University of Southern California (USC) - Los Angeles, CA New York University (NYU) - New York City, NY Columbia University - New York City, NY American Film Institute (AFI) - Los Angeles, CA University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) - Los Angeles, CA Florida State University (FSU) - Tallahassee, FL California Institute of the Arts (CALARTS) - Chapman University - Orange County, CA Boston University The Art Institute of Chicago Top Film Schools and Programs in Europe National Film & Television School - United Kingdom Film & TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts - Czech Republic National Film School - Denmark National Film School in Lodz - Poland Academy of Film & Theatre - Hungary VGIK - Russia La' Femis - France Academy of Baden -Wurttemberg - Germany Netherlands Film & Television Academy - Netherlands University of Art & Design Helsinki - Finland Top Film Schools and Programs in Canada University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC York University - Toronto, ON Concordia University - Montreal, QC Top Film Schools and Programs in Australia Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS)- Strawberry Hills,NSW Griffith University - South Brisbane, QLD Bond University - Gold Coast, QLD Top Film Schools and Programs in Asia Korean National University of Arts - Seoul, South Korea Beijing Film Academy - Beijing, China Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts - Wanchai, Hong Kong Film Televison Institute of India - Maharashtra, India Whistling Woods International - Maharashtra, India Top Film Schools and Programs in Africa AFDA - Cape Town, South Africa Tshwane University of Technology - Pretoria, South Africa University of Capetown - Cape Town, South Africa Top Film Schools and Programs in Middle East Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts - Jordan Universsity of Tel-Aviv - Israel -reply by Ahmet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ASHISHRANJAN 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 hi............. i think ilm school is one of the very well school in the worldwth provieding you very well acting skills which very very use ful for the future. by geting this skills you can make your life in the film industriesal so Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted September 18, 2009 hey you have really given a good collection of the top colleges and acting schools! thanks a lot for that but I would really like to suggest one of the best acting school that I have come across so far and I.E. Theatre of Arts located in L.A. I know this as my sister studied in the same school and now she is doing quiet fine in the local theatres. -reply by Janet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
