I'm going to get my bachelor degree of management in two years but I have been pursuing the dream of filmmaking since I was in senior high school. So basically I have 2 options now:
1. Apply for bachelor of film&tv immediately after my graduation (which will take another 3 years of mine)
2. Seek a job related to filmmaking and tv, etc, after working for about 1 to 2 years apply for master arts which usually could be finished in 1 - 2 years (holding a MA or MFA diploma helps a lot of course, at least you can be a college teacher)

Any suggestions?

And talking about film schools, actually I have done some research already. For me, my focus is on those in Australia, although I know the best would be UCL or others in USA. Anyway I've been in love with Australia after my trip there.
Below is the list of schools I've found on the internet (will add more...). Hope someone from Australia would see this and give me some tips

1. Film School of Griffith University
The bachelor program is said to be the best in Australia, but the MA of Film & TV is of too much theory.

2. Victorian College of Arts (University of Melbourne)
The VCA is Australia’s leading visual and performing arts training institution. On January 1 2007 the VCA became a faculty of The University of Melbourne.

3. The Master of Film and Digital Image Sydney College of Arts (uni of Sydney)

4. Swinburne
Only undergradute program (3 yrs), but is said to be very practical.

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Oh right... and what field would you like specialise in? Production, Photographing, Directing, Editing?
Well... to be honest, in order to be a film-maker, paradoxically you do not need to be a film school graduate. Moreover... its very unlikely that film directors finish any kind of filmshchool... same with directors of photography. My friend - DoP told me that in UK film-bussines there are ppl that they call "filmschool graduates" and those people are the most useless individuals at the set...
If you have a talent in scrip writing, you dont need finish a degree and listen to someone to tell you how to write...
If you have a photographic talent, you dont need to go to filmschool and listed to old guys that they made their last film in 60's...

The good thing about film schools is that you meet people interested in the same field as you and share contacts... so you can get involved further on in you friends project or involve those people in your own one. Money school gives you for the project. Graduation project is always a film, so you will get a bit of cash for it from the school itself, but probably the rest you will need to cover from your own pocket or look for sponsors.

If that's what you are looking for, go for it. If you feel that you can develop yourself - get some useful books about strict rules and watch films and... watch films.
There is how eg. Quentin Tarantino grew up to be a good director - from watching films while working in a shop... Many photographs that shot stills moved to the films industry and became very good DoPs.

Filmschool will not make you a talent boy, it can just help you get some contacts and facilities, but its only a 50%. The rest is you...
good luck!

 

 

 

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