Which Film school is the best in the US?

[businessbroadband]

LA has got some great schools but you just need to know which is good and legal.

 

[A.Samuals]

How much are Full sail courses?

 

[Sleve22]

LA does have really good film schools. It is hard to judge what is best, because there are really legit programs around the country. The top three without a doubt: USC, UCLA, and NYU. As far as which is best, my opinion is USC, but the other two are really very very good schools. Just like I said either one cant go wrong. If you want to study script writing go to UCLA it is the best.

Other than those schools, other good schools out of California include: Florida State, Syracuse, Penn State, Columbia University, University of North Carolina, UTexas - Austin, and Northwestern.

In state schools besides UCLA and USC: Chapman University, CalArts (Disney created it), American Film Institute, Loyola Marymount (this school focuses on freshmen in film programs so it is hard to get in as a transfer student, if you are), and Stanford Univ. (good for documentaries, but that is really it).

In California there are also some really good schools that are in the LA area: Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State Northridge. Outside of LA, San Francisco State is a very good program (some big name people came from there), but I would avoid it right now because of the budget cut problems.

Here is a good website about the top 25: http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...ools-rankings-215714

 

[Tina K]

There are some fantastic Film Schools in that list. Wide ranging prices though. Especially if you are from out of state or an overseas student.

 

[moviemaniac]

These places are great if you had always planned on going into film. Film schools are good if you decide to make a change in you life.

 

[AbnousGabri]

Here are the top 10 film school in US:
http://www.thebestcolleges.org...n-the-united-states/

Hope it helps.

 

[Mike_V]

That link seems painfully bogus. if you want a better list, check out the sticky about top schools on this forum.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...ools-rankings-215714
The top 25 film schools in the world, so filter out the non US schools and there ya have it.

 

[Brian Hulnick]

Both lists seem quite exhaustive to me.

 

[moviemaniac]

Some of those schools are hideously expensive, especially for folks from out of town.

 

[Brian Hulnick]

With these schools you get what you paid for.

 

[Kevin Reams]

Why limit yourself to USA? You will find that they are very expensive, and then the cost of living, and the shooting costs (feeding the crew, transportation, locations) are very high.

I'd like to invite you to look at IAFT, International Academy of Film and Television, in Cebu, Philippines. It is modeled after the same US film schools and has all American mentors (well, one Brit)

Check it out! Our students come from all over the world, you make connections to work in any market.

 

[Brian Hulnick]

No offense but I saw the trailer for one of your movies (Deep Gold) and have to say WTF? Surely this has to be awarded an award for 24 carat turd.

 

[Kevin Reams]

That would be our parent company Bigfoot Studios. An apology does need to be made for that. However the school doesn't have much to do with the production company except that they hire a lot of our students as interns. Our mentors did not work on that film.

 

[Brian Hulnick]

That may well be true, but your German boss did "star" in that mess.
BTW how much does your course cost, how long does it last and what qualifications do you gain at the end?

 

[Tina K]

I downloaded Deep Gold on torrent over the weekend and OMG what a 24 carat turd.

 

[moviemaniac]

Kevin what are your courses like and how much do they cost?

 

[A.Samuals]

Originally posted by Kevin Reams:
That would be our parent company Bigfoot Studios. An apology does need to be made for that. However the school doesn't have much to do with the production company except that they hire a lot of our students as interns. Our mentors did not work on that film.

Are your students American or Filipino?

 

[Brian Hulnick]

Kevin Reams. I went passed your offices about 18 months ago when I was in Cebu. I was about to go snorkeling near Olango Island and had to get a boat from Hilton Pier. I saw this massive building with pillars. Do you get much business at the academy?

 

[A.Samuals]

With these high profile schools do you actually get much hands on experience in real sets or is it mainly theory?

 

[Mike_V]

If you go to schools like USC, AFI, CHapman, LMU, or any of the big schools, you will get film making experience. I've worked on 5 different films as a key creative and about 15 different films as crew. So go figure. And I'm not even considered to be a very active set goer.