I'm Going To Film School And I Need Your Opinions

[jaguarr]

I wonder if that's the same for acting, I'm starting to think it is.

Sometimes I think maybe I should just drop out of school and head for LA.

Well, a full blown college degree, even if it's a theater degree, still makes you more marketable than someone without one. Acting is a little different. I do know some somewhat successful actors and they value their college experience, but they took what they learned there and immediately applied it in acting troups like Shakespeare companies, improv comedy groups (like Second City) and acting collectives and workshops. A lot of them have really done well doing Broadway and Off-Broadway productions as well. Depends on where your passion is and what you want to really pursue. The biggest thing those venues gave them was a chance to broaden their horizons, try new things, and meet people and network which can lead to acting jobs. There are a kabillion people in L.A. who just showed up there hoping to make it big. Every waiter is also a model/screenwriter/actor/aspiring director, so there's a lot of competition. Just being in that city doesn't give you any more of a chance of being discovered than say doing live shows in the Bay Area or Seattle does, these days. In fact, even a city like Vancouver is a better place to be than Hollywood in my opinion, because there's a TON of theater stuff going on there and there's also a lot of movies and television being done there. Yeah, there's a lot of people in that town hoping to be discovered, but it's still not as bad as L.A. If it were me, I'd finish the degree, just to have it under my belt and have something of substance on my resume' and then research the best towns to really explore the kind of acting I'd really like to get into and what those towns offer in the way of places to explore and grow that and go from there.

jag

 

[Assassin32]

Have you decided what to do?

I'm waiting to see if the LA Film School accepts me first. I just sent out the application.