For undergrad, it depends which program suits you. Trad on-set film/tv prod is still the gold standard. I'd start with CSUN or CSULB, because they're both production curriculums, and you'll get lots of on-set experience and probably new media experience. One of my classmates in grad school got...
I went to film school for undergrad in Bozeman, Montana. Great school, great people. I went to grad school for my MFA in Writing and Producing for Television in Los Angeles, at Loyola Marymount University b/c I wanted to learn how to write for TV and feature film. I also got an undergrad minor...
my latest update on school apps:
LMU WPTV MFA-offered and accepted (this is the program I wanted)
CSUN MFA Screenwriting-Waitlisted (this was my backup)
UCLA MFA Screenwriting-Rejected (harbored no illusions that I'd get accepted)
if you want to study film as an ndergrad like I did, DO IT. you won't regret it. also, pursuing a master's degree in film allows you to concentrate on writing, or editing, or directing. after working in the industry for a few yrs, you'll know which of those you like best. you might even like...
Updates on Screenwriting MFA admissions:
UCLA says middle of March
CS Northridge says end of March, beginning of April (this is their new MFA pgm, formerly an MA pgm. Summer semester added, and class revisions)
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