NYU/Full Sail 35mm film sumer class

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nickmicros

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I was told that NYU and Full Sail conducts a short crash course with 35mm film cameras. However, I can not find any information about these programs online. Anyone else know of any study of such? If so, can you link me?
 
I cant think of the name off the top of my head, but every year I get one of these "film class catalogs" that have everything from what your talking about to steadicam courses.. maybe someone else will know what I am talking about?

I think a great way to have a crash course in 35mm is to buy a few short-ends and rent an arri bl3 for a weekend, you just might learn more with that experience than taking a class! And I guarantee the place your rent the camera from will give you the run down on 35mm for free.
 
I absolutely agree that it's a better idea to shoot for yourself. There's no way it will be cheaper to take a class, except that you might learn from your classmates' mistakes.

Have you already worked with 16/super 16?
 
Another idea would be to *BUY* a russian MOS 35mm camera (for about a grand) and run some shortends through that- you would learn a ton and be forever thankful for german/french engineering after shooting with an Arri or Aaton later!
 
I would agree with renting, I went to full sail and luckily was the camera operator on our 35mm film. The other 82 students didn't get much action on it....
 
I went to NYU and recall no such crash course. But that was a while ago. They have one at UCLA extension, which gives quite a good exposure to almost all the 35mm camera bodies from Claremont Camera and field trips to Panavision. An AC friend of mine took it when he first came here - it gives you a taste like Baskin Robbins. If you have a summer off and know a bit about cameras and photography, I would just come to LA as prepared as you can, and then volunteer to work in any FILM camera departments you can get into, even if its at AFI or a student shoot. In fact most indies here shoot high end HD or RED, it's mostly students who shoot film on their $50K shorts because they get their film for free. You can't get onto studio productions, you have to be in the union for that, even as a loader. It's best to work in crews first, even if you ultimately want to be a big time DP. As a small time DP I like to work on bigger budget shoots (than mine) so I see how others work and light. And I get to meet fantastic crew people who I can call on in the future. Good luck!
 
hunter richards said:
I cant think of the name off the top of my head, but every year I get one of these "film class catalogs" that have everything from what your talking about to steadicam courses.. maybe someone else will know what I am talking about?
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The Maine workshops? They're legit, or at least they used to be legit I haven't known anyone to do it in a lot of years.


I wouldn't give much credence to the NYFilm Academy summer program but I don't know anything about a 35mm NYU summer program. There's info on the NYU website about summer classes though.

I hear bad things about Full Sail all the time.
 
Yep the Maine workshops, I think they have a 35mm course to apply for.

Still, someone wanting to get expeirence in 35mm should just do this (assuming you allready have a scant knowledge of working with film):

1000ft 35mm short-ends (a little over 10 minutes RT) : .10/foot = $100
35mm camera rental for a weekend (something like a BL4 or Arri-3): $650
Training from rental house on loading the camera and operation: Free
Processing and prep for telecine: .16/foot $160
Supervised Telecine of all the fim direct to drive @ cineliciuos to HD: $140 (for the 10 minutes of film RT)

Its pretty cheap to learn! Doing something like that would teach you a lot- Possibly more than going to a course. Might even cost less too. I'm sure you could even find a good AC to help you out as well.
 
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