Need to know about a film school

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fobers95

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I have been looking at a interesting film school called Film Connection. A lot of things about the school sounds too good to be true. Does anyone know anything about this school? I have read mixed thoughts about the school.
 
This quote from their website worries me:

"You CANNOT learn how a real film set works by playing around on student film sets, which is how regular film schools train you. It’s a total waste of your time."

That's just not true. Other student films are absolutely the BEST place to learn. It's the quickest way to get "hands-on" experience and learn from your mistakes (without getting fired).
 
That quote was one of the reasons why I wanted to see if anyone on here knew anything about this school. I am interested in the school mainly because of the whole mentor program they do.
 
Good luck, my friend.
I would think that if you are trying to get into the business or craft side of the business, mentoring is a possibility.
If you want to get into the creative side, not so much.
There are countless ways of getting into the business - none of them are the same.
Enjoy the journey...and always have a back-up plan.
 
I think that this would be the best thing for me in terms of school because there is really no way I would ever be able to afford to go to a film school like Full Sail or New York film academy, the tuition at Film Connection is 9,000 which also includes books.

I have thought of a back up plan, I have thought of becoming a film critic (which I am already slowly doing with my blog) or getting a teaching license and teaching film at a high school level.
 
cyclone said:
This quote from their website worries me:

"You CANNOT learn how a real film set works by playing around on student film sets, which is how regular film schools train you. It’s a total waste of your time."

That's just not true. Other student films are absolutely the BEST place to learn. It's the quickest way to get "hands-on" experience and learn from your mistakes (without getting fired).
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I think this really is correct. Colleges universities and dedicated specialist places cannot follow industry practice, just the educational version of it. In music, media and even dance, they try hard but pressure, attitude and physical issue such as space and equipment cannot mimic the real world. Most are good, but it have experience of it as a teacher and as a production manager and many students really believe because they've been told, that they have professional skills and frankly they don't. Real work is VERY different, the difference in pressure and stress is considerable, and failure of any individual in work critical. In education weak links are expected and worked around. Real life is NOT education. Real studios are not the place to learn from your mistakes. Students believe their education work is valid and realistic. It is not! I remember the director asking one of the ex-students in their first professional role if they could just carry on a few minutes to finish a section. The ex-student thinking this sensible said yes. I ran over and stopped them and called lunch. I had to explain that going over with children's licenses is illegal, and the musicians and technical guys were about to get very excited about their missed break money. At college they just carried on. With thirty people about to go on extra money she didn't have a clue. Turned out that this kind of Union agreed timing had never been covered, yet for the crews it's normal. Education is not work. Sadly it often pretends to be
 
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