Film Major Transfer Help!

paying3tuitions
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:44:33 +0000

You are getting some good advice so far. I would also suggest you look in the College Confidential section under Other Majors for a subforum called “Arts Majors.”
To find it, click on “discussion home” (top left of THIS page). Scroll down below all the colleges and so forth until you hit an area called “Other Majors” or maybe it’s “Special Majors.” On that list is one called “Arts Majors.” Click on that. It has a lot for film and visual artists. (Others in that subforum are for Music Majors, Musical Theater Majors, and a few more.)

In Arts Majors, read the recent threads with film in their title. Also use searchwords to read some old threads, for example, search under “film” or “application” or “competitive” to get an idea. To search, once you’re already in the Arts Major subforum, type a word into the box called “Search This Forum” == use the blue button (top right of page).

Much good luck.

If you are not feeling that becoming a director or screenwriter is for you, there are some other majors in film that could be good also. For example, look up Chapman University/Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. They have added a new major just this year (to their other ones) called Digital Arts, which I think relates to computers and special effects. You’d be working on a team with someone else’s film, and that might be more appealing. The technical skills can be obtained and you don’t have to be, y’know, Martin Scorcese to have a career!

Community College is exactly the place to prove you have the work ethic and ability to complete tasks. Work ethic and teamwork are really important as a skills for anyone working on an actual film. Take it a step at a time; enroll in the CC, choose courses you can get your head around, then bust your socks off to make the grades. Tell your friends you moved to South America for the term (no not really, you need friends too!) Good luck.

P.S., I’ll copy this thread over in that forum, too so you can see if there are responders there.