I'm currently taking AP classes as well as honors to bump up that GPA for colleges. I also plan to stay in the school band for all four years of my high school year. Unfortunately, I can't fit any other elective classes like film-making, creative writing, acting, etc...unless I quit band. There are classes after school but I don't want to rush my homework or studies.
All throughout middle school, I took computer class and my teacher incorporated film-making (pre-production, production, and post-production), digital imaging (photoshop), and photography.
When I do have free time, I mainly play video games. I love video games, I play them for mainly the story and the presentation (graphics, soundtrack, and cinematics). I'm also learning to play the guitar, or piano. I also have an on/off hobby with creative writing. I tend to get bored of it because I constantly have writer's block and I just give up. Although, I want to get back to it as it is an important skill for film-making.
Thanks lots for ya help guys! 😀
The two most important things you can do to prepare for film school or a career in film:
1) Write. Lots. Most of what you write will be bad. Write anyway.
2) Make movies. Lots of them. Most of them will be bad. Make them anyway.
You can do these things in or out of class. In my experience, admissions programs at film schools are more concerned with your portfolio than your transcript (and that's doubly true of employers in the film industry).
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Andrew Gingerich
Exploding Goldfish Films
Check out my blog at http://www.exgfilms.com
and my reel at http://portfolio.exgfilms.com
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Andrew Gingerich
Exploding Goldfish Films
Check out my blog at http://www.exgfilms.com
and my reel at http://portfolio.exgfilms.com
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Originally posted by sizzlinkola
...Unfortunately, I can't fit any other elective classes like film-making, creative writing, acting, etc...unless I quit band. ...
Which is more important, filmmaking or band? One thing I've learned the hard way is that there isn't time enough in life for everything we want to do. Something always has to get cut in favor of something else. It's a matter of what's most important -- where your priority lies. In my experience, it's a lot harder to concentrate on artistic pursuits once you have those monthly bills constantly nagging at you. Better to get all you can while mom and dad are still paying.
Just my $.02.
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Originally posted by sizzlinkola
I'm currently taking AP classes as well as honors to bump up that GPA for colleges. I also plan to stay in the school band for all four years of my high school year. Unfortunately, I can't fit any other elective classes like film-making, creative writing, acting, etc...unless I quit band. There are classes after school but I don't want to rush my homework or studies.All throughout middle school, I took computer class and my teacher incorporated film-making (pre-production, production, and post-production), digital imaging (photoshop), and photography.
When I do have free time, I mainly play video games. I love video games, I play them for mainly the story and the presentation (graphics, soundtrack, and cinematics). I'm also learning to play the guitar, or piano. I also have an on/off hobby with creative writing. I tend to get bored of it because I constantly have writer's block and I just give up. Although, I want to get back to it as it is an important skill for film-making.
Thanks lots for ya help guys! 😀
I think that your biggest question to ask yourself is what are you going to filmschool for in the first place?
What are your career and life goals? Don't just say, "I want to make movies." That's not specific enough. What specific job do you hope to be doing as your main income generating activity? Do you want to be directing features? Or episodic television? Or music videos or documentaries? Or maybe you'd rather be Screenwriter? Again, for features, episodics, or maybe sit-coms? Maybe both of those (Writer/Director) or neither of those?
Point being, figure out what you prefer to do with the rest of your life, then really truly investigate what that job REALLY is like doing, what it takes to get there, and what YOUR realistic chances of achieving that goal are. From there, you can backtrack the path and figure out if you even need a filmschool at all. Maybe you do, maybe you don't. If you don't, great, just get to work on your own to write and/or use your money to make short films instead.
If you do decide that filmschool is something you need to achieve your goals, then investigate every filmschool you can to find the one which has the curriculum that will help you get where you want to be. Not all schools are created equally.
This is your money... you're the consumer and you're buying a product (and education) with the express purpose of achieving a career goal. Make sure that if you're going to give someone else your money, that you will get something valuable for it that you couldn't get in any other way for far less money and time.
Head to ?url? http://www.realfilmcareer.com?/url? for THE most comprehensive list of worldwide filmschools available anywhere (over 700!).
Good luck!
Brian Dzyak
Cameraman/Author
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Brian Dzyak
Cameraman/Author
IATSE Local 600, SOC
http://www.whatireallywanttodo.com
http://www.realfilmcareer.com
