Top Film Schools

paying3tuitions
Sun, 06 May 2007 17:58:04 +0000

Yes, that expression of uber-competition was ONLY mentioned in case it’s not well-known; absolutely they DO take people. Thoughtfully looking ahead as you are doing is a very good indicator of seriousness. I believe these schools also see many sloppy applications. I have a wild hunch that a European applicant has an advantage, just for a different perspective, plus the facility in languages.
Something my S pointed out to me is that the admit odds for film production are at 8% but for screenwriters 25%. His approach is to enter into film this way. He has acting and photography in his background, too. If he eventually crosses over to become a director, so be it, but meanwhile, he knows he can write, and feels he’s on the intellectual side of the filmmaking world this way.
But if we had listened to everyone who said “impossible” he wouldn’t be going there in September, happy as a clam. (Clams are happy; even landlocked Swiss know this),
GO FOR IT and good luck, bonne chance, I do not know German.

WHO here can speak for the NY School of Visual Arts?

There’s another place in San Francisco on my mind, too…anyone?

Hint: We learned a lot about reputations by looking up the national industry newsletters and unions by google; for example, we studied the Screenwriters Guild of America and then followed links for where they seemed to be mentioning often; and also biographies of directors of big films using IMDB to see where they attended school. If there’s a Directors Guild etc., maybe that’s where to dig in for research. It’s not easy, even here, to find this stuff out. Not enough written on it. CC helps, if you read on the sites of USC and UCLA to see who the students “dis” (disrespect) as competition :)