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APE, Man, you're really gonna become unglued if or when I land a Hollywood gig, aren't you? ----- Donned, look at this way, if someone is going to make a career decision based on comments in an online forum, they're making a bad decision -- whatever they decide to do. Wise career decision...

I believe APE is. Either way, we're splitting hairs to define 'success in the industry'.

APE, in another venue I reviewed filmmaking books -- maybe over 100+. Yes, most are crap and many have become obsolete, yet there are a number of excellent ones and I've posted a top 10 list in this very forum a number of times for people asking about filmmaking books.

Well, I see I've riled everyone up again. I've posted these links to my feature film before and have sent DVDs to certain members of this forum . . . yet here we are again. Again, made for about $10K, got in festivals, won awards, praised by critics, great music and absolutely NOT BORING...

Wrongola. Filmmaking is one of the things that CAN be done by books if you get your head out of the box. Don't make excuses for people that don't want to read. ---------- Good books, your own camera, lots of experimentation and smarts = completed feature film Few books or no books, repeated...

I'll say it is. The more rough and tumble the guerrilling is, you'll wish you had a videocamera. IE: Put it in a backpack with a cut out hole, set it on a beanbag and press "record"? DSLR, not so easy.

Which you can get by reading a book(s). There's plenty of excellent ones. Basic filmmaking techniques are all the same. This is all you really need to make a great film if you've got the corresponding script. Never worked on someone else's set. I did however, have my own camera and...

It's hard work. The ability to make something that people (strangers -- NOT your family and friends) will actually sit through to the end is processed by very few. The smart director while shooting is already thinking of herself sitting in the editing suite cutting the images together. This...

Agreed. Know the camera like the back of your hand. :cool:

The word you're looking for is Marketing. If no distributor comes knocking, YOU will have to do the marketing and you will have to spend as much time on marketing as you spent making the film before you see your first $500 of income, and then only maybe. With a brilliant marketing plan and full...

That applies to academic accreditation as well -- they're always being updated to match "changing industry" -- IT, MBAs et al. This is a line they're feeding you to excuse its "trade school level" accreditation. Which might have came about as a result of a lawsuit. You better check again...

Sure, if you're interested in a specific field, that's good, but by and large, most people (here anyway) want to be filmmakers and that means having the kind of control over a project as a director would. If you're into sound only, I'd say you have a far better shot at becoming one than a...

I'm of the opinion filmmakers need to own their cameras -- even after all the production work is done, you still need it for post-production work and fixes. The lenses is the thing to rent, and even then, only maybe. IMO, if you need an expensive lens to tell your story, there's something...

Obsolete is a state of mind. If it does the job and all the technology glitches are worked out, tried and true may be the best route.

Here's more bad news Skycopeland. Full Sail only has trade school accredation only -- in other words your credits won't transfer to a 4-year school. What this means you can't even teach high school if the film career bombs out. You'll need an actual BA or MA for that, so your fall back options...

Really? Shall I do exactly what Full Sail wants me to do and empty my pocket book? No. Instead, I can do math. It doesn't add up. Sure it is. Only certain people have what it takes to direct big films, and they get it there with or without film school degrees. What??!!! You mean I'm going...

The manufacture of the mask holds ownership. Although Clinton is a public figure, he, too, could complicate things. If much of your film involves someone wearing the mask portraying a Clinton character, expect a lot of legal activity ($$$).

IMO, the camera is the one item you ought not buy used unless you knew the previous owner or it is cheap.

Well, duh! Walk out of a door with a MBA, or an IT degree, opportunities flowth over. Thousands of employers are looking for you. If you can't eventually land a MBA or IT job, the problem might be you. Walk out of the door with a Full Sail degree, NOBODY is looking for you to direct their...

This person I know wanted to direct films. After graduation he could get no job in the industry. He didn't even have a big debt problem.