I was wondering how many people on this website went to film school. I have been thinking about whether to go or not. The only reasons I can think of to go is to network and to learn to use film equipment.
Go to film school and you'll have to get a non-film job to pay the loan off.
If you attend further education, you may have to work a job that's not in the industry you've studied for if you can't immediately secure a job in that industry and need to pay off your loans.
I'm currently in film school. Almost done
i didnt go. My school was just watching movies and researching non-stop. I also am interning at a production company and trying to learn everything I can. Saved a butt-load of money that way lol
How did you get an internship?
It very much depends on the school, as well as how much you get into it as to what you get out of it. You tend to get very hands on learning, as well as a lot of great experience and the ability to work with talented people and expensive equipment you could never otherwise gain access to.
How is it? How are the classes? Are they hands on learning? What do you like and dislike about it?
It's good. Classes are good. Lots of hands on. The problem with my school is the lack of areas [in and around the school] to shoot class projects. The soundstages/classrooms are a pretty decent size but we can't do everything in there! Not a huge campus but we make the best of what we got which is now boring and lame.
Equipment is okay, operable. But the cameras I hear are 1995ish models. For crying out loud update!!
The cool thing about it is the toys that are provided: laptop, software...etc
Two words. Film Connection.
Going to college was a great experience, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone - even if it's not specifically film school. But I'd be really, really hesitant to recommend it to anyone if you need to borrow a lot of money to do it, which seems to be the standard these days. I came out with about $10k in student loans, which wasn't too big a deal - I think I paid $60/month for 15 years or so to pay it off, so it never put too much of a strain on my finances. I keep running into people now who owe $50k or more, which is a huge amount to face as you're trying to start a career - if that's what it's going to take I'd say you're much better off finding entry level work somewhere in the industry and skipping school.
Yeah....that is an important reason of why I think it would be good to go to film school, the access to film equipment. Now my question for you is, about how much will you owe when you graduate?