Welcome Andrew. You have an awesome last name!
I'm going to Tisch at NYU this fall to begin film school. Tisch has two majors for film. Film and Television is the good one, there is also a Cinema Studies which is for theory. Tisch seems great to me! Hoeks (on this board) is finishing up there, and hopefully he'll pop in here and say how cool it is.
From what I've seen so far (I visited twice):
The faculty are incredibly smart, friendly, and energetic. They have a great sense of humor and seem to REALLY know what they're talking about.
The resources and facilities are really great. The equipment seems fairly new and apparently it is easy to get past the rules about borrowing it if you know the right people.
The student work I've seen is simply breathtaking.
The tuition is absurd (around US $47,000) and they're not very good with financial aid - you can't expect a very large scholarship ($9,000 seems to be the max)
You won't film anything until your second year, instead you spend the first year learning the basics.
You can't borrow equipment for your own projects; only for class related projects (this rule can be bypassed, according to students)
The school is in a nice, arty, sub-section of NYC and feels a lot cleaner, quieter and nicer than the surrounding areas.
For your senior year you will compete with other students to be allowed to make a really good final film. Half of those who want to (it is not required to graduate) are allowed to use school resources, etc, to complete the project. Some of the others do it anyway, with their own equipment.
Kris here, the guy with the sci fi film. Grats on phone booth, good movie!
