I'm petrified.

When you’re in the position of choosing a career path, film school is an appealing choice. The allure of a vocation whose path is filled with excitement and opportunity is no doubt tempting. But while film school can unlock tremendous opportunity, it’s designed to accompany—not replace—some necessary skill sets earned outside of the classroom.

As you weigh your options, it’s important to recognize the myths versus the realities of film school if you plan to get the most out of your education. We’ve collected five of the top myths of film school that every aspiring filmmaker should be aware of before making their big decision.



Myth 1: Film school is the ONLY place to gain knowledge of filmmaking

Because of the cost of film equipment, film school used to be the only place to learn filmmaking. However, the newfound affordability of digital equipment along with the rise of online filmmaking communities (e.g., No Film School, Filmmaker IQ, The Black and Blue) and online tutorial sites (e.g., Lynda, Mac Pro Video) have made it possible to learn the art of film without paying tuition to a university.

Consumer-grade DSLR cameras have taken the filmmaking landscape by storm, bringing with them access to a quality of filmmaking never before attainable outside of professional studios. When used correctly, these DSLRs can match the look and quality of big-budget Hollywood films. To learn the proper techniques, a beginner need only visit one of a growing number of online communities formed in the spirit of promoting and sharing filmmaking knowledge.

Still, whether you aim to study at NYU or from your home computer, it’s important to remember there is no “right” way of doing things in the film industry. Established professionals can teach you various techniques, but the best way to find your own style is through ongoing practice and experimentation.

What film school can offer you is access to professional lighting, audio, and video equipment that could be cost prohibitive to rent or purchase on your own. Plus, you’ll have professors with decades of experience using that equipment to guide you in using it properly.



Myth 2: Film School is the ONLY place to make connections

Just about every university has a filmmaking organization—if not several. Often, they are inclusive of students outside of film majors who share a common interest in furthering their knowledge of film. If you’re attending college and can’t find a film organization on campus, that might be a reason to start one.

For those not in college, film festivals and regional clubs are yet another way to connect with local filmmakers eager to join a network and discuss their craft. Festivals will give you direct access to directors and writers anxious to share their experiences, while clubs will connect you with people who specialize in various crew positions. The most important thing to remember is that filmmaking is not a one-man job; it takes a whole team to create a movie, so the more people in your filmmaking network, the better.

Of course, while film school isn’t the only place to make connections, it might be the best place—as it’s likely to offer a higher concentration of career-minded film enthusiasts than hobbyists who might not aspire toward long-term film careers. Not only will you meet people in film school you can learn from, but you’ll gain connections you can tap in the future when on the market for jobs or projects.



Myth 3: ALL famous filmmakers went to film school

Yes, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and George Lucas all went to film school—and benefited tremendously from their experiences.

But do you know who dropped out and also benefited tremendously? Kevin Smith (Clerks), Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), and dozens more.

In a five-part tweet summarizing his advice for filmmakers, Mark Duplass advises the following in lieu of attending film school: 1) major in something other than film so you can get paid while honing your craft, 2) focus on perfecting the ten-minute short before moving on to anything longer, 3) take the best of your shorts to every film festival you can manage—along with a draft for an inexpensive feature, 4) dedicate two years—but less than $10k—to obsessively making that feature, and 5) be nice to everyone along the way.

Similarly, in his book Rebel Without a Crew, Robert Rodriguez writes about financing his first feature film not through film school connections, but by volunteering as a medical test subject. You’d probably do well to draw the line at potential bodily harm, but it goes to show there is no shortage of options outside of academia.



Myth 4: Film school is the ONLY place to learn how to write and direct

If your goal is to share your world-view as a screenwriter or director, you might do better to grow that perspective by majoring in English, philosophy, theatre, or political science rather than film.

As Kevin Smith opines, “If you want to be a film historian, film critic, or write about film, absolutely go to film school. But for the two jobs that I wanted to do, which were write and direct, that can’t be taught.”

You can learn how to communicate through books, classroom interactions, and online tutorials, sure—but learning what you really want to say about the world comes from living in that world, not just within a film program.

Film school can certainly enhance your perspective by introducing you to some lesser-known filmmakers and theories you might not come across on your own, but that’s far from its primary goal of fostering technique and won’t compare to genuine life experience.



Myth 5: You will NOT get a job on a film set without film school

Perhaps the largest misconception about film school is that graduating will land you a job. Conversely, experience trumps education 99% of the time. The best way to build a career in the industry is to build your resume, film reel, and network. Most professionals won’t ask where you went to film school; they’ll ask to see your reel.

Instead, many aspiring filmmakers get their start by volunteering on film sets for little to no compensation. The more time they spend on sets, the more industry professionals start to rely on them—and eventually, hire them for paid gigs.

That isn’t to say film school can’t help lead to an eventual job, but you’re going to have a tough couple of years if that’s your primary goal—or if you expect that job to be very high paying. That’s not what film school is about. It’s about gaining a vast understanding of the art and technique of cinema. You’ll see films that will inspire you, discover directors you’ve never experienced, and meet collaborators that might help propel your career if you work hard enough.



The Verdict

Film school certainly has a wide range of benefits; they’re just not the same benefits many wrongly associate with it, so it’s important to know what to expect before you start writing tuition checks.

It’s a great option for sure, but isn’t an option for everyone. Similarly, it’s not the only option for anyone. If you can’t afford to go to film school, there’s no reason to lose hope, as there’s no shortage of great filmmakers who either dropped out or skipped it to begin with, yet found success in spite of this.

Whether you choose to attend film school or not, the best lessons you’ll learn will ultimately come from practice, so get out there and start making some films.

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We might never know. Not in our lifetime anyway. The Plague razed Europe long enough before there were improvements in medicine.

The trick is to enjoy life. Shun hypocrisy and do to others exactly the same way you want to be treated.

Live a good life. If there are Gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no Gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

Your beliefs does not make you a good person, your behavior does.

sukkot:
[b] bros i dont know in what way shape or form it will take but if you asked me to guess i would say all the banking system will be wiped out by cyber espionage and everyones money will be wiped clean and everyones money will disappear and then people would panic and will riot on the streets because after 3 days there will be no food in the stores and people will start kiling each other and breaking into each others house for food and then martial law will be declared and everyone will be rounded up and thrown in fema camps ( like mobile prison ). and that would effectively be the end of freedom in america and the beginning of a tyrannical regime based on hardcore slavery like they had 200 years ago with the negros as slaves. only this time it is the caucasians who would be slaves. then race riots would break out on the streets. everyone trying to get their revenge on the white man because they see that he is now powerless. and that my friend is what will go down before the 1st of february [/b]

You obviously don't know how the world works. Go back to your psychic astrology and numerology.

You're still living in the Stone Age, before the advent of wheels.

philchudi:
Tx a lot. But I have question. I am writing an online exam but when I want to log in it will say Id or password erro. I have cmplaind to the examiners and I I was directed to press F5 before trying to log in, But my laptop key have no F5 lest pressing them separate that is F key then 5 key. Don't know if that what I am told to do cus its yet to work. A beg helep me ooooh.

What is the model of your computer?

manutdadex:
seriously? No wonda u are rootin for Buhari...like minds

But why, people?

Why are you so averse to change?

100Cents:


You are an illiterate too.

You cannot make a point without insult. I have noticed you. Now get back to your poo..

Answer my question, you prepubescent PDeePig

sam13:
A zoologist marries to a disgrace english language assassin "my fellow widow"a phd that can not train his wife not to disgrace him in public gathering what a shame on him.A president that allow a part of his country to insurgecy where innocent citizens being killed by gun welding bastards and they want me to still stick to mr Jona please HELL no

May you never lack!

pazienza:
Which past experience of Buhari are people speaking of?
Past experience as a Usurper who truncated our democracy, a dictator who made laws on his own, interpreted and enforced them.

In sane climes, a person who commited treason like Buhari did is often sentenced to death, imprisoned or simply sent on exile.

But, in Nigeria, not only are they free men, they are hailed as messiahs by deluded populace,and even have the audacity to run for the highest post in the land.


What message are "they" trying to pass to the unborn generation? That it is ok to usurp a democratically elected government,as long as you have the weapons to do so?

Is this the change "we" desire? Why should those that truncated democracy now what to reap from democracy?

Think before it's too late!

oh, by the way, are you related to the First Lady?

Shut your gutter trash, foolish ignorant hypocrite.

You have the effrontery to bring us back to history, eh? History that was cancelled right under GEJ's tenure.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/03/history-ends-nigeria/

EDUCATED ILLETRATES!

KwoiZabo:
Typical of APC rats. Insults only, no points at all only 'goat', 'fisherman', 'clueless' etc. I'm just ashamed we come from the same country sha.

You are immature. Bow down to defeat.

100Cents:


Stop sounding funny.

Choice of course is different from qualification.

GEJ is more literate with a PhD than Sambo with an MSc.

Define literate in terms of politics, you dunce. You're literally saying someone with PHD in Music or Theology is more literate than a MSC in Astro Physics? Paper literacy.

I bet you're munching on pringles right now. Fool.

KwoiZabo:
Shame on APC. Even the WASC we cannot verify, APC is just showing us Pictures. They are counting on the millions of blind votes that Buhari will bring from the people he has kept impoverished, uneducated and has used the weapon of Religion (sharia) to oppress over the years. I just feel sorry for enlightened Nigerians that will vote this man next month.

APC says he has experience. Now lets look at his experience

Military Governor, North Eastern State of Nigeria, August 1975 – March 1976;


Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, December 1983 – August 1985

Now can someone tell me the remote cause of Insecurity in the North East.? If that illiterate mallam value education, BokoHaram would not have surfaced in the first place because he would have made efforts on Education both as governor and head of State in this region.

What was her achievement in the educational sector during her tenure? Ask the hypocritical woman. Untop all her degrees.

and you the change-abhorring pig that posted the picture, how old are you? are you married? do you have a kid or kids or siblings you pay for their school fees? How inhumanly daft can you be?

I will always repeat.

Education (especially certificates as the cases may be here) does not quantify maturity or a good candidate. A goat will always be a goat even if he school for Havard.

If Buhari like, make he present his mobile phone receipt or the last recharge card wey he load, I WILL STILL VOTE FOR HIM

HYPOCRITICAL EDUCATED ILLITERATES.

englishmart:
this might be a political robbery.. Hope APC has no hand in this?

You're smarter than this buffoonery na.

Dolt

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firstEVA:
lol. A little from here and there is not bad now

My friendliest ENEMY!

nijanigga:

are you insane? how much was to donated to gej's campaign by nigerian looters?

You are an ignorant voter, blinded by what you consider a revenge against the GEJ led government.

Yes I said it, why is it that the only two things Nigerians donate en mass is at some book or house launching and election preparations?

Why did those rich men have to wait till the election period before they deemed it fit to donate 5 milllion.

Why do Nigerians find it so hard to help without a reason? Why are Nigerians wired that way?

Every single Nigerian is corrupt!

Hypocrtical country

bappahman:
A group of yam farmers cutting across some
northern states in the country have pledged to
support the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential candidate, Gen. Mohammadu
Buhari’s campaign in the 2015 general elections
with N5 billion.

The group disclosed this in a statement made
available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Jos on Tuesday.

Rev. Jacob Musa, Public Relations Officer (PRO)
of the farmers under the name “Buhari-Osinbajo
Presidential Appeal Campaign Fund (BOPCAF),
said that farmers from 10 states of the
federation were planning the fund raiser.
Musa said members drawn from Taraba,
Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Benue, Kogi,
Kwara, Niger and Kaduna states as well as the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, would
feature at the occasion.

He said that Prof. Emmanuel Garba, who lost the
governorship primary of the APC in Plateau, was
a founding father of the group.
“We have contributed five million tubers of yam
to be donated in support of the funding of
Buhari’s presidential campaign.

“The five million tubers of yam will be retailed at
a special price of N1,000 each towards raising
the sum of N5 billion in support of the APC
candidate,’’ it said.

The statement said that the public presentation
of the five million tubers of yam would hold at
the Mararaban Demshin village yam market in
Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau
on Jan. 4, 2015.

It stated that the ceremony would also witness
traditional wrestling involving 500 traditional
wrestlers from the 19 northern states and the
FCT.

“The aim is to mobilise the wrestlers in the
campaign against poverty, crime, killings,
kidnappings, armed robbery, cattle rustling, rape, cultism, election rigging, looting of public
fund, smuggling, terrorism and other social vices
now prevalent in the society,’’ it said.

The statement also said that the event would be
heralded by a world press conference in Jos,
sponsored by Imo Gov. Rochas Okorocha.
It added that the event would be attended by
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers in his capacity as
the Director-General of the Buhari-Osinbajo
Campaign Organisation on Jan. 2, 2014.


http://leadership.ng/news/398639/northern-yam-farmers-raise-n5bn-buharis-campaign

I'm #TeamBuhari, but I smell stories.

Yam farmers rich like this, yet they only donate during elections.

Imagine what 5 billion naira would design a hospital.

Bifwoli:
I was expecting a photo of its famous brown roofs.

I'm disappointed.

Try again, next year.

tunery004:
Saw this along Iwo road in ibadan, I couldn't help but laugh.... Ibadan shaaaa

I stay around Iwo Road. And I never see am. Where exactly did you saw this o jare?

ceospecial:
тнє тαℓкαтινє: тнιѕ σηєѕ ωιℓℓ ʝυѕт ċσмє тσ тнє єχαм нαℓℓ тσ вє ċʀιтιċιѕιηg ѕтυɗєηтѕ є.g ѕєє уσυʀ υηкєρт нαιʀ, gσσɗ ѕтυɗєηтѕ кєєρ тнєιʀ нαιʀ ℓσω, уσυ ɗση'т нανє мσηєу тσ вυу ċσмв? αѕк тнє gσɗѕ мα/ѕιʀ...
тнє ησιѕє мαкєʀѕ : тнιѕ σηєѕ ωιℓℓ ʝυѕт ċσмє тσ тнє єχαм hall тσ ɗιѕċυѕѕ ωιтн тнєιʀ ƒєℓℓσω ιηνιgιℓαтσʀ σʀ тнєу ωιℓℓ вє єαтιηg αℓℓ кιηɗ σƒ ƒσσɗ αηɗ вє υѕιηg тнєιʀ αʀσмα тσ ɗιѕтυʀв ѕтυɗєηтѕ.

And to imagine you were once a student (or still is)

You no dey shame. You dey use this cheap blackberry 2go fonts comment on Nairaland.

Lol!!

temmypotter:
I tot the I.G supposedly reported the christmas as crime-free...from whence does this come now??

Your english is murderously thunderous.

rapsodeep:


I reject it in Jesus' name

You are a fat religious fool.

Tis a shame that the average Nigerian is yet to understand and accept the fact that we humans are 'different' even with the same basic blueprint.

There will always be albinos.
There will always be straights.
There will always be gays.
There will always be hunchbacks.
There will always be people born with one disability, deformity, different stuff or the other.
There will always be whites, coloured. Whatever.

The sole aim is to make everybody happy without any form of prejudice or segregation.

Live and let live. Do unto others what you desire to be done to you, your family and loved ones.

Only in Nigeria.

Dem go always find one way or the other squeeze religion/spirituality into every matter.

Its 2015, already. Religion has done more harm than good to the average Nigerian.

GenBuhari:
With corruption, looting , Armed robbery, kidnappings & torture, Economic expliotation & eslavement, Killings and bombings
affecting Nigeria, the only sin you can think of is self servicing?

Thank you jare. Don't mind foolish nigerians.

Educated illiterates. All of them.

Realjude:
Does it mean that masturbation is still a sin when u don't have contact with any opposite sex, how?

Yes. Because by doing so, you are in contact with the god of Orgasm.

holatin:




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Call her on any of this

You are just superb. The guy don enter one chance.