what do u need to know?
everything in general?
i say go get a camcoreder and start shooting and editing whatever u can, experiance is the best practice

The best way to get started is to get out there and make movies.

Here's MY suggestion. Find someone with a video camera - it doesn't have to be top of the line. Find a script - I suggest starting with One Act plays: they usually have few actors and only one setting. I suggest Albee's The Zoo Story - but there are thousands to choose from; ask at your library.

Find actors your age and skill level. If your school has a drama department there will be plenty of wannabe actors there. If not, check near by towns to see if there is a small theater doing plays. Sometimes when you start looking, you get surprised.

Read the play with the actors and your camera person. As they read it think of shots you?d like to see: what?s important at each moment.

Then shoot it. I suggest Zoo Story because it takes place outside - you can shoot on the weekend in a local park.

If your first one sucks - make a second one. If that one is terrible make a third one. If your first ten movies aren?t as good as you want them to be, make number eleven. Make a short movie once a month - a different play each time - for six months. During that six months people will see you're serious and more and more people will want to help. You will learn more by doing this than you would reading 20 books and taking 20 classes.

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

http://www.academyart.edu/mpt/index.asp
their mpt dept. is really good

Depending on where you live, there may be different filmmaking schools. Some schools are not filmmaking-specific, but offer courses in film production..

Im from NEW YORK, and here are some colleges that offer-like-programs:

-Hunter College has a film media studies program of up to four years. www,hunter.cuny.edu

-New York Film Academy. www.nyfa.com

-BMCC (Borough of Manhattan Community College has a Video Arts and Technology program (VAT). however, its more television studio than filmmaking). www.bmcc.cuny.edu

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