I keep wondering whether or not I should go. I took a tour of a film school where I live, and they said it's probably not for me in the end, cause I want to learn things in audio and video, that they do not go into, such as Foley, sound mixing, editing and VFX.
They said in that they hand most of the post production off to others and the students get to work with them, but not work on the footage and audio directly. They teach mostly the preproduction and on set stuff, as well as the business end of film school.
I also watched the short films that the classes produced and I got to say, I was less than impressed. The directing was good. I mean they knew how to compose the shots, and get actors to act and all. But the editing, and audio left a lot to be desired and I feel that I will not be learning a lot out of this school. There are schools in different cities, so I am pondering moving. A lot of people on here say it's better to make films than to actually go to school.
I talked to one guy and she said that it's mostly a history class, and that you study movies like The Birth of a Nation, and learn how things came to be. Well even though that sounds like fun, you are not going to learn squat about modern filmmaking by watching The Birth of a Nation unfortunately.
I watched this video, and the host says you can build a lot of connections in film school, and that he wouldn't have been able to make his first feature film without school because of the connections:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Damr9I89t9g
I could use more connections and even though I have a couple here and there in other cities, it's mostly slim pickings and I would like to build more. Especially connections that actually believe a lot more in movies, and are willing to put more into it. Is film school worth going to for that alone, like he said, or should I just keep making films on my own and just leave it at that do you think?
They said in that they hand most of the post production off to others and the students get to work with them, but not work on the footage and audio directly. They teach mostly the preproduction and on set stuff, as well as the business end of film school.
I also watched the short films that the classes produced and I got to say, I was less than impressed. The directing was good. I mean they knew how to compose the shots, and get actors to act and all. But the editing, and audio left a lot to be desired and I feel that I will not be learning a lot out of this school. There are schools in different cities, so I am pondering moving. A lot of people on here say it's better to make films than to actually go to school.
I talked to one guy and she said that it's mostly a history class, and that you study movies like The Birth of a Nation, and learn how things came to be. Well even though that sounds like fun, you are not going to learn squat about modern filmmaking by watching The Birth of a Nation unfortunately.
I watched this video, and the host says you can build a lot of connections in film school, and that he wouldn't have been able to make his first feature film without school because of the connections:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Damr9I89t9g
I could use more connections and even though I have a couple here and there in other cities, it's mostly slim pickings and I would like to build more. Especially connections that actually believe a lot more in movies, and are willing to put more into it. Is film school worth going to for that alone, like he said, or should I just keep making films on my own and just leave it at that do you think?