UPenn vs NYU for Aspiring Writer

45_Percenter
Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:34:50 +0000

LayraSparks:

Just look at The Hollywood Reporter film school rankings, NYU is third, Penn is not even on the list.



That’s because Penn does not have a film school, per se (i.e., the film equivalent of a theatre conservatory program). Penn approaches the study of film and theatre as academic fields within the liberal arts, and not as a film school or conservatory that focusses mainly on developing the skills of filmmaking or theatre (acting, set design, etc.), although there are some courses on such practical skills within the curriculum at Penn. But again, the difference is in the focus (no double entendre intended ) of Penn’s liberal-arts-based academic cinema and theatre programs, versus the more practice-focussed programs at a film school or theatre conservatory program.