MaceWindu1993
Active Member
Hello everyone,
It’s been a while since I posted here and at some point, applying to a film school wasn’t anything I wanted to do because of the pandemic but hey, I couldn’t let some virus ruin my plans.
So, I applied for the DF course and I must confess, we are on the same boat. I got denied an offer (that still hurts) but I received an email proposing that I apply for the Directing and Producting Entertainment course.
With what I can see on the schools website, students who take the course end up becoming show runners (that’s cool too and it looks like a course that will be fun while learning) but I want to be a filmmaker (making both films and TV series)
In the email I received, it is stated that both courses are similar but does anyone here know of an alumni of the course who later went into filmmaking?
I would really appreciate your answers people
EDIT: I’m sorry for quoting you this epistle Mace. I just feel like we are on the same page and congrats on the LFS offer. That’s my next option too even though the tuition frightens me too. I wouldn’t mind you sharing some tips on my portfolio submission to LFS.
Thank you
Yeah so we are in the same boat, I have been thinking more about this course at NFTS. LFS is prohibitively expensive, at least for me, and NFTS is far more accessible in terms of fees - half price in fact. The Directing TV course is not what I would want to do however I have been thinking more about it - its a very industry focused Masters and people do go on to be Heads of Development and TV producers in various capacities. I mean you get a fully funded pilot TV show at the end of the course that is shown to several industry professionals - managers, prodcos, development execs etc. I think that’s kind of invaluable.
I am looking at it this way - I can continue writing and making films and go to LFS and do that same however it’s really not geared towards securing a job or any particular foot in the door and for 60k that’s pretty mad. I also had one grad (from 2017) who told me that they weren’t allowed to use LFS equipment for their grad films as the resources didn’t stretch far enough, so for your grad films you cover the costs of production including equipment. You’d hope for better for 60k. So that gets me ruminating over NFTS again - productions fully funded by the school, they have studios and there’s a very clear and specific attention aimed at industry employment.
So I wonder if I should be patient and keep on with my writing and filmmaking as I have been doing it (on the side, on my weekends and evenings) and just secure a foot in the door and make some great contacts doing so. Could I make a TV show? Maybe, I haven’t thought about it but it could be a wonderful opportunity in disguise. I wish there was an easy way to find a Graduate Directory on the NFTS site so that I could have a look at how all the grads are doing
What exactly would you like to know about the LFS submission? Feels like a million years ago now lol
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