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

[JLBats]

what the hell is going on with wilhelm these last few monrhs? he used to be a pretty decent poster whom i agreed with almost regularly, but lately he's come off as kind of an idiot *****ebag. did someone hack his account or something?

This is how Wilhelm has always been

Idiot *****ebag is perhaps extremely harsh. Wilhelm believes what he believes, and while many posters will often not agree with his sentiment or the way he expresses them, he is at least consistently well informed and coherent.

 

[sinewave]

This is how Wilhelm has always been

Idiot *****ebag is perhaps extremely harsh. Wilhelm believes what he believes, and while many posters will often not agree with his sentiment or the way he expresses them, he is at least consistently well informed and coherent.

maybe you're right, but i think "well informed" is a stretch, judging by his recent behavior alone.

 

[Holly Goodhead]

Film school is a waste of time and money, I'm living proof.
All the people there are creepy and artsy and talk about **** no one cares about. They drink boxed wine for Christ's sakes, I feel poor just thinking about it. Yes, film school teaches you a few things, yes it's a good place to meet people who are also interested in film, and it's good to network but is it actually worth it? I'm gonna have to say no.

PS Move to LA, use Botox and TrimSpa, go to parties, get coked up and **** every director and executive, then maybe youll make it somewhere worthwhile.

 

[Childlike Wild]

Toven, have you graduated yet?

Anyway, I'm a film major, but not at a film school. I have nothing to do with film production. And... I wouldn't believe a school that tells you its certificate will get you everywhere. Maybe they'll teach you enough to get a job in the industry, but eh. It's all luck, connections, and talent anyway.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

Where did Quentin Tarantino get his film degree from, and where did Bill Gates get his business degree from?
From which art schools did Jack Kirby and Salvador Dali earn degrees?
And which school deigned to validate the sonic-art of Jimmy Page or Ozzy Osbourne?

Who gave Oprah a degree in communications? Who gave John Holmes a degree in porn?

School is a stone-cold waste of time.
It's almost usually a place for people who are scared to go on with the plans of their lives once they escape from high school.

It's not only "great", but "a MUST" for people involved with the sciences. I'd expect a degree from the man who wanted to perform surgery on my brain, heart or dick....

But....Art....come ON!!!!!!!*Italian shrug/incredulous gesture*

i agree. school is good for the sciences/math or education(teaching others). but if you want to become a director you dont need to go to school for that, unless you want to be an animator. then yes you should go to art school.

 

[Kipobe]

Film school is a waste of time and money, I'm living proof.
All the people there are creepy and artsy and talk about **** no one cares about. They drink boxed wine for Christ's sakes, I feel poor just thinking about it. Yes, film school teaches you a few things, yes it's a good place to meet people who are also interested in film, and it's good to network but is it actually worth it? I'm gonna have to say no.

PS Move to LA, use Botox and TrimSpa, go to parties, get coked up and **** every director and executive, then maybe youll make it somewhere worthwhile.

...see

 

[Assassin32]

Where did Quentin Tarantino get his film degree from, and where did Bill Gates get his business degree from?
From which art schools did Jack Kirby and Salvador Dali earn degrees?
And which school deigned to validate the sonic-art of Jimmy Page or Ozzy Osbourne?

Who gave Oprah a degree in communications? Who gave John Holmes a degree in porn?

School is a stone-cold waste of time.
It's almost usually a place for people who are scared to go on with the plans of their lives once they escape from high school.

It's not only "great", but "a MUST" for people involved with the sciences. I'd expect a degree from the man who wanted to perform surgery on my brain, heart or dick....

But....Art....come ON!!!!!!!*Italian shrug/incredulous gesture*

I pretty much agree with you. However, the probability of some kid in Sacramento scoring a job on a film in Hollywood is about as close to impossible as you can get. I don't necessarily want to go to film school, but I do need it. I need to show the employers something, right? No one's going to take a risk on me based on my own word are they? Hell no. I'll show them I've completed film school, then maybe, MAYBE they'll give me the time of day.

 

[Assassin32]

Film school is a waste of time and money, I'm living proof.
All the people there are creepy and artsy and talk about **** no one cares about. They drink boxed wine for Christ's sakes, I feel poor just thinking about it. Yes, film school teaches you a few things, yes it's a good place to meet people who are also interested in film, and it's good to network but is it actually worth it? I'm gonna have to say no.

PS Move to LA, use Botox and TrimSpa, go to parties, get coked up and **** every director and executive, then maybe youll make it somewhere worthwhile.

So, it's not worth it because people are creepy?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

LOL, I have so many friends that have graduated from or attended and then became disillusioned with film school.
One of my friends even won some awards with his short film that I scored.

He now directs training videos for Firemen and Rescue People, 'cause he got fired from his dream job, filming documentaries on a cruise ship that goes to Antarctica.
They fired him because the docs were to be sold on DVD to people on the cruise, and they ordered him to tone down all the artsy composition and stuff, but he refused to compromise artistically. lol.
Suckola.

 

[Holly Goodhead]

I learned more in one day while visiting my friends shoot, than I did in a year's worth of film school.

Also, Gen Eds at film school are ridiculous and expensive. Unless of course you have that kind of money (like me).
I would have rather went to a community college my first year, got all my Gen Eds out of the way, then went to film school so I could focus primarily on film classes.

 

[Assassin32]

Where did you go to school?

 

[jaguarr]

I learned more in one day while visiting my friends shoot, than I did in a year's worth of film school.

Also, Gen Eds at film school are ridiculous and expensive. Unless of course you have that kind of money (like me).
I would have rather went to a community college my first year, got all my Gen Eds out of the way, then went to film school so I could focus primarily on film classes.

I have friends with film degrees who would share your sentiment. The one's that are actually working in film in any capacity got there either through dumb luck or being persistent as hell and never giving up, not because of their degrees. AND, they've all said that nothing that they learned in film school has been applicable in the real world OR the film industry.

jag

 

[Kipobe]

LOL, I have so many friends that have graduated from or attended and then became disillusioned with film school.
One of my friends even won some awards with his short film that I scored

You tracked a movie?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Yeah, he used to have it on some site. I'll have to ask him where it is.
I did a really good Planet of the Apes rip-off, but the best piece I did, he mixed it way too far down the B****!

 

[Kipobe]

How long was it?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

a bracing 15 minutes!
But he had a track built in the forest for his camera to roll on and 2 people that could actually ACT and stuff.

 

[Kipobe]

I must see this film, stat!

 

[Kipobe]

I say stat because in 20 minutes I won't remember we had this conversation.

Clocks ticking, bud.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Too bad the story is so embarrassing. It was just an excuse for him to film a scene from all of his favorite genres. It's about an autistic crippled kid who lives in several different fantasy worlds while his mom's away at work.

Pretty rough watching my friend try to act like an autistic cripple

 

[Kipobe]

You should've hit him with a car, and then told him he'll appreciate it when the acting looks genuine.

 

[Holly Goodhead]

Where did you go to school?

Columbia College Chicago. I'm still there, I should be a senior now but I took a year off and failed a bunch of classes from either being too drunk to go or just not giving a ****.

 

[cryptic name]

So, I graduated from high school and now I'm going to film school, I've applied to two different ones: Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, and The Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood.

Brooks is a three-year school and I get a Bachelor's degree at the end of it. They accepted me already, but the problem I have is that I would need a car down there to drive all around the city to diffent sets that I'll have assignments. Also, I'll have to take general education classes(math, english, science). I've been taking general ed. for the past twelve years. Now I just want to focus on film.

I want to go to the LA Film school, It's a one year immersion program with a certificate of completion at the end and a reel of work to show employers. It's on Sunset Blvd., which is damn cool, and I could walk to school everyday cause the housing is down the street.

What you guys think? Am I making the right decision by dumping Brooks and shooting for LA? Is there something I'm overlooking?

there are a lot of people in the film industry who live in santa barbra, so that would make networking and creating relationships a lot easier. also, a bachelors degree looks better than a certificate of completion, and you can always make your own reel. plus, you'd be close to university of santa barbra, home of the greatest halloween parties in california...believe me.

 

[Assassin32]

there are a lot of people in the film industry who live in santa barbra, so that would make networking and creating relationships a lot easier. also, a bachelors degree looks better than a certificate of completion, and you can always make your own reel. plus, you'd be close to university of santa barbra, home of the greatest halloween parties in california...believe me.

More people in the film industry live in Santa Barbara(Brooks) than in Hollywood(LA Film)?

 

[Hades]

I have friends with film degrees who would share your sentiment. The one's that are actually working in film in any capacity got there either through dumb luck or being persistent as hell and never giving up, not because of their degrees. AND, they've all said that nothing that they learned in film school has been applicable in the real world OR the film industry.

jag

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.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Have you decided what to do?