LA Film Schools
I've been working on this so it's still rough but I thought I'd let you take a look and add things you might know... I'll add more later. (maybe tomorrow)
Over the past week I have toured Loyola Marymount University, Chapman University, and the University of Southern California and their respective film schools. All are private universities, highly selective and competitive, and cost between 40,000 to 47,000 dollars a year.
Here are the Pros and Cons (in my opinion):
-LMU-
The Pros: Location (in LA by LAX airport). Small (5000 undergrads). Very independent "do-what-you-want" feel. You own the films you make at LMU. Decent studios and equipment. Plenty of Internships.
The Cons: Limited Avid. No 35 mm/ film cameras. Facilities are not as great as CU or USC.
-CU-
The Pros: Small (4000 undergrads). Avid Exclusive (industry standard). State of the art facilities, just built last year (over $40 million building). Attracts many professional studios (students get to work on those projects).
The Cons: Location (Orange is an hour drive from LA and from San Diego). Internships maybe harder to get with the location (but you probably won't be able to take advantage of them in the production track).
-USC- (The Top School)
The Pros: Location (Downtown LA). Avid Exclusive (industry standard). State of the art facilities, with a whole new building being completed and occupied in December of 2008 ($175 million endowment from George Lucas). Tons of internships and Alumni/Faculty recommendations (but you probably won't be needing them until you graduate).
The Cons: [It is easier to get into Harvard Law than this program; 45 get in out of 1700 applicants] Large (14,000 undergrads). No hands-on till Sophomore year. Course load is so heavy virtually impossible to intern or study abroad. Not possible to double major in screenwriting or most other majors. Minoring is hard too. You do not own your films at USC.
Other Questions:
How many students double major or minor who are in the production program?
Are students able to study abroad at all in the production program?
How hands on is your program in the freshman year?
Over the past week I have toured Loyola Marymount University, Chapman University, and the University of Southern California and their respective film schools. All are private universities, highly selective and competitive, and cost between 40,000 to 47,000 dollars a year.
Here are the Pros and Cons (in my opinion):
-LMU-
The Pros: Location (in LA by LAX airport). Small (5000 undergrads). Very independent "do-what-you-want" feel. You own the films you make at LMU. Decent studios and equipment. Plenty of Internships.
The Cons: Limited Avid. No 35 mm/ film cameras. Facilities are not as great as CU or USC.
-CU-
The Pros: Small (4000 undergrads). Avid Exclusive (industry standard). State of the art facilities, just built last year (over $40 million building). Attracts many professional studios (students get to work on those projects).
The Cons: Location (Orange is an hour drive from LA and from San Diego). Internships maybe harder to get with the location (but you probably won't be able to take advantage of them in the production track).
-USC- (The Top School)
The Pros: Location (Downtown LA). Avid Exclusive (industry standard). State of the art facilities, with a whole new building being completed and occupied in December of 2008 ($175 million endowment from George Lucas). Tons of internships and Alumni/Faculty recommendations (but you probably won't be needing them until you graduate).
The Cons: [It is easier to get into Harvard Law than this program; 45 get in out of 1700 applicants] Large (14,000 undergrads). No hands-on till Sophomore year. Course load is so heavy virtually impossible to intern or study abroad. Not possible to double major in screenwriting or most other majors. Minoring is hard too. You do not own your films at USC.
Other Questions:
How many students double major or minor who are in the production program?
Are students able to study abroad at all in the production program?
How hands on is your program in the freshman year?
posted by cinemadolce at
5:57 PM
1 Comments:
I didn't really look at the private schools when I was checking out schools in California -- I kept to the state schools because they're definitely cheaper once your get residency. Your first year would mainly be the basics that you have to get out of the way, so I'm thinking USC would rather have their students get that done with their first year so when you're working on production, you won't have to worry about your hard science class that's also on your schedule. However, I'm thinking you could probably make friends with those older in your major and possibly work on their films. I don't know if you'd really be able to get a double or minor with production unless you maybe went to school for an extra year. As for the abroad situation, I bet you can do it, I just don't know if you could take production-related classes abroad. Depends on where you go abroad to study and also your school's set-up.
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