<p>What do you see when you look at West Coast schools? If you choose a school with a strong film department, such as USC or Chapman U, and look into their acting program, it might work well for that cross-over, as long as you respect the way they teach acting which is obviously your primary concern. I know that Chapman just reorganized their performing arts department, and has a nice performing facility. I don’t know anything about their acting program, but film production is excellent there. </p>
<p>USC is great for film.</p>
<p>UCLA is tricky, though, I can tell you that much. You can’t apply to become a major there until you’re a sophomore, so you can spend two years there taking fine liberal arts classes but then be denied the major. Not nice if you’re from out-of-state. INstate rates are $6k, OOS north of $40k.</p>