Friday, January 9, 2009

Attending A School For Film Is Vital

By Roy Sencio

So many people think that the film industry is one of those jobs where no training is required. Increasingly they could not be more wrong. Actors of old got away without any training at acting school but check the resume of any actor now and decent film school credentials are almost certain to be present. Talented, young, would- be directors are finding it very hard to get their foot in the door without directing school and the same, of course, goes for producers and production school.

Try to get your foot in the door of the film industry without some excellent film school training these days and you are more likely to be shown the door. The days of fresh faced youngsters with nothing to declare but their talent taking the film world by storm appear to be over.

If you doubt this you need to ask yourself the question; what is my plan for getting my foot in the door of the film world? If you happen to have some strong connections in the film industry then you are very lucky and may well actually be able to get a start without the formal training of filmmaking school. This would be a pretty rare situation though as most of us are not tripping over fabulous film industry connections in our day to day lives.

Secondly would you really feel comfortable working with a budget provided by someone else if you had no training to fall back on? You may find that without any real training at a school of film you begin to feel a little like a fish out of water. A lack of confidence is not the impression you want to give. The film industry is a very ego driven career. It is vital you appear confident and look like you know what you are doing. A background that includes a strong grounding in the elements of film making from a reputable film college will give you that know- how and confidence.

Obviously no one is counting out having talent as a big factor that leads to success in the film industry. Without that you are lost but talent is only the beginning. A decent film school will provide you with the instruction and the hands on experience that will allow you harness that talent and start producing well thought of work, which will be respected in the industry.

One up and coming film school that is really gaining a reputation for excellence is IAFT. Their former students are starting to make big waves in the industry and are happy to give the credit to the professional training they had at the film school. They have leading Hollywood filmmakers on their faculty and this really shows with the quality of graduate they are producing. It would be well worth your while to go and check out their professional website and see what all the fuss is about http://www.filmschool.ph . You might learn something.

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