My sister, a director of photography, says the single most important factor of going to film school is networking and creating connections. According to her, every single job and gig she's ever participated in she got thanks to someone who vouched for her previous work, or just someone she knew. So my guess is that unless you're a top 1% persuader/salesperson/lobbyist, or have tons of contacts already, you'll be probably better off going to film school.
From my experience, film school is best for finding like-minded people and networking with teachers that are active in the industry. You'd likely learn class topics just as fast by actually being on-set, but the people you meet at film school are the ones who get you there in the first place. I've had the opportunity to meet and work with some amazing people that I may never have if I didn't attend film school. Something else I've found is that most of the films you make for assignments will be pretty bad - they're held back by the underachievers in the class most often. The best stuff you'll make in those years are the films you create outside of school hours with the classmates you work with the best.
Side point: Going to film school doesn't necessarily mean you have to work in the film industry. The skills apply to a wide variety of media jobs. I got a film degree, am not in the industry, and use that degree every day. Be mindful of debt, but higher education means access to resources and a network of people with like interests and goals. And don't think you have to go to one of the major schools in this video. I went to Bowling Green State University in Ohio and I have classmates that currently working in the industry.
I think the less-expensive schools, like state universities or community colleges, teach the skills just as well at a fraction of the cost. So much of film making relies on actual talent. The technical stuff was figured out long ago, CGI notwithstanding.
From a purely pragmatic perspective, having a degree in ANYTHING already makes you a little bit more attractive to potential employers. Obviously, you need to factor in the cost of getting a degree versus the opportunities it opens up for you and which of those opportunities you want to, or realistically can, take. A surprisingly large number of people take a degree in one field, then start working in a different field with the plan "I just need to get enough experience so I can move on to the field I really want", then find themselves actually loving the industry or area they ended up in, and can still apply a lot of the skills they learned during their degree. Remember: a degree teaches you a lot about a specific area, but it also teaches you how to think, how to prioritize, it helps you understand your limits and options, and how to apply yourself to a variety of situations. Don't be afraid to move outside of a narrow comfort zone if you think you're up for it!
@@tae523 You misinterpreted his comment. If you really love something just do it. I never thought my short film would get anywhere but with enough ambition I was a finalist at the UniFest film festival.
The timing for this video is crazy accurate for me right now. This week I dropped out of Software Engineering to eventually go study Film Production at UQAM next fall. Which is the same week Denis Villeneuve received his honorary master degree from UQAM (he studied there). During his speech he said that the day he quitted his science degree to go study Film was the day life became beautiful. And now this video. Are you spying on me Crash Course?
honestly same for me I just finished high school and am currently deciding between going to a government university to study screenwriting or to go to a private film school to study a bachelor of film
If I was you I would study software engineering and make little movies at the same time, learning on the job kinda. Why would I stay on the software engineering course? Because nowadays a good chunk of the filmmaking pipeline relies on software, so I reckon having a good knowledge of that would give a filmmaker the tools to really be able to truly control his images and not being "held hostage" by companies like Adobe, Autodesk etc. Check out steve yedlin and his resolution demo. It blew my mind! :D
Series idea “HOW TO ADULT” A series where you explain to us recent high school graduates how to file taxes, Get a job, figure out what we want in life, find a job, manage bank accounts, avoid scams (beyond the obvious Nigerian prince), and find jobs! Even stuff like how to make easy repairs to the car or fix small stuff without paying a professional will be super helpful to us There are so many things that adults can do but no one has ever taught us high schoolers because adults take it for obvious and you can be sure that we won’t ask them Some schools have classes that are supposed to do that but not all schools do and the those that do have the classes are usually worthless beyond “don’t fall to peer pressure kids” or “you don’t have to smoke to be cool” and “sex can wait” While telling us that we should believe in ourselves is nice for your self confidence. It’s not very helpful when I have a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. And no cellular reception. ( I can have all the stuff I need to replace the tire, but I won’t manage to do it in a million years) Please give us a series that explains how to be an adult Thank you
Film school is extremely expensive but as a current film student I feel like I learned a lot from film school and it gave me the opportunity to work in every field to figure out what I like and what I don't like. In classes like "industry professionalism" I had to interview people in the industry and that helped me create a lot of connections in the field I want to pursue (editing) and on top of all that I created connection with my own peers and they will also soon be in the film industry. It is hard work and I barely get sleep, we have thousands of projects and workshops on top os 5-6 classes, but I know I made the right decision going to film school.
I've always told people that when it comes to film, your work matters more than your credentials every single time. If you need a school to produce on that sort of level, by all means. But we live in the age of UA-cam, Skillshare, etc.
I did a 3yr undergrad degree at my local university. But i found that the most valuable education I got was when I interned and worked as a receptionist for a year at a production company. There is nothing like hands-on learning
I moved to the US recently to pursue a film career. My initial plan was to get a job that had ridiculous hours that would give me 3-4 days a week to fund and focus on my shorts that I would submit to film festivals. Then over the years I would eventually gain enough awards, probably made friends in the industry and done networking and stuff and eventually maybe get an opportunity to work in Hollywood. After I arrived I got a job that gave me the free time I needed, but then actually finding people to make films with proved to be impossible as people had their own lives to attend to and noone's schedule would ever match up. So now I am considering going to film school because then I would be placed in an environment with likeminded people that have the time, skills and motivation to make films. Then I came up with another plan, I could move to LA, the holy city of filmmaking and try to do the same approach with gaining reputation and a network, only problem is that LA is expensive to live in...
Take the money you would spend on a Film School. And use it to travel, make your own films and collaborate. You can find tons of tutorials on UA-cam teaching you the basics of film making. You can figure out the rest by yourself and develop your own style!
What I miss in film school was the easy access to equipment. The school I went to in Tel-Aviv didn't have any rules about when you can take equipment. In fact, we were encouraged to use them for our own side projects.
thank you for making this video. I’m a freshman right now and I’ve always been interested in engineering but after I shadowed an electrical engineer and seeing everything they do everyday it just seems so boring and I’d never want to do that as my career. I want to do something creative and not some cookie cutter type job. I spent hours on hours editing and working on a documentary for this national history day competition and over that time I realized how much I actually love editing and doing gfx. I never really considered doing film because I always thought it was just this extremely exclusive field but after seeing this video explaining he structure of film school I think that’s really what I want to do.
@@kabir8773 some people are like him, you just have to really be into movies. I could tell from all the interviews I've seen with Tarantino that he is really passionate about films, it's why I could listen to him talk about movies all day. Are there people like that, some but not many.
Are you kidding with me? I tried that. Tell me how would you EVER create that structure that a school does? How will you teach yourself everything? How will you get yourself in? How will you gain knowledge? JUST HOW?
If I remember correctly, Quentin Tarantino was working in a video store when he wrote the script for Reservoir Dogs. Juts goes to show what you can achieve without going to film school.
To me I think film school is not worth it...I took a break from film school to start working as a PA. So far I worked on two TV shows shot in New York City. My network in connecting with Key PA's have really payed off. I usually find out what TV/Movie productions are shooting in the NYC area. I usually take trips out to these film sets and ask crew members if the Key PA is around, so I can talk to them about getting work. If you live in either NY or LA I recommend using this method. It's really helpful.
You can also take film classes in community college, or, if you're under 14, you can research technical high schools and find one that offers Digital Media. That's where I learned how to make a film and create news packages (stories).
I just say Kubrick, Nolan and Tarantino didn´t went to film school, either you have it or you don´t. Go to film school if you want to do a specific role in film but if you want to be a filmmaker with your own ideas DON´T!
You can of course learn everthing that has to do with filmmaking by yourself but i think you become better quicker if you want to do a technical job like cinematographer/editor/light/sound by going to filmschool. But if you got something uniqe in you when it comes to writing and directing i think it´s a bad idea to go to filmschool and be moulded in to the sort of directors/writers they "make" at that school and it cost alot of money. Better to just write, write, write a bunch of scripts and like Quentin Tarantino start making a movie, he did his first unrealesed film "My best friends birthday" over a couple of years and when it was done he said it was bad in the beginning but the last things they filmed where pretty good and he sees it as his filmschool and made him ready to do his first "real" movie Reservoir Dogs. Filmschools kills individuality and peoples uniqe-voices even before they get the chance to find them in my opinion. Of course there are people that did go to filmschool and are great filmmakers with there own style and vice versa but overall this is what i belive in.
@@davidfoster989 No and like i say above this is just what i believe in, my opinion i have nothing from my own life to back i up, just what i know about others. Im not a filmmaker, just love films and how they are made and writes screenplays as a hobby. Would love to make a film of my own though.
i'm a self-taught editor since my school doesn't focus much on video editing... i really want to study in a film school since fhis is the thing I love, is it gonna be worth it?
I minored in film studies but had one class where the professor taught us about visual motifs to build a language for a film. Completely changed how I saw and understood film and filmmaking.
Fin Jackson basically you take a visual element you can produce (color, tone, shapes, etc.), then you assign a meaning to that motif, then whenever you want to have that “meaning” in a scene you use that motif. For instance you can say RED represents DANGER, and whenever a character is going to be in a dangerous situation you add in the color red to the sets, props, costumes, etc.
Seeing the way film school students talk about movies made me realize I don't want to attend film school. If you can't appreciate a well-crafted spectacle movie because it doesn't have the subtlety of Bergman, technique of Kurosawa, or go out of its way to film entirely during golden hour, then it's not film you love, it's film uniqueness.
Every school program is different from another, but as some one who attended a film program in a liberal arts college I highly recommend you consider narrowing your search to trade schools first before throwing money at a bachelor's degree.
As someone who lives in Anchorage Alaska I was very confused when you said Anchorage has a film school. I’d probably be going to film school now if there was. Not sure where you got that information.
People binge series like Brooklyn Nine-Nine or Game of thrones, I binge Film Production Crash Coarse😍😍 Thank you Crash Coarse and specially Lily Gladstone for making this wonderful tutorial coarse.
issue with film school is that its rushed. truth be told...it can take a long time to write and produce something great. I got the experience first and am now considering film school for more theory.
It’s interesting to note that Steven Spielberg never went to film school either, as he was initially rejected from attending USC (his dream school @ the time) He then ended up attending CSULB (Cal State Long Beach) and took photography classes before getting hired by Universal to direct an episode of Rod Serling’s old “Night Gallery” series from the 60s, later followed by a 1971 made-for-TV movie called “DUEL” 😈 And the rest, as they say, was history… 👍👌😎
I'm a junior in high school and i personally am interested in the legal field. But I'm not the biggest fan of reading and my parents told me to look at an alternative to that. I e considered the film making industry because i like the history of film production, how movie cameras work, famous movie fun facts, etc. I'm also decent at animating and I'm currently in the process of creating an "analogue horror" (a type of horror genre that uses vintage VHS videos, eerie music, and uncanny voices all put together). series. I'm currently learning how to use Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve for this. I'm pretty proud of my work and happy that I'm doing something creative instead of an uncreative activity. Anyway, without my blabber lol do you guys think that i might find film making interesting or enjoy it with the current things I'm working on? Thanks so much and have a terrific day!
You guys need a crash course careers doing something completely like this for every single career. My Brother is getting into film school and I just sent this to him. If I had half the information you mentioned for any career I was interested in, my life would be very different. Sadly my career counselors were all useless and straight up lied to me as to how much I would make after college..
anubis2814 the colleges I feel just want you to come so they get money why can't they treat us like human beings and put the money aside and give us information that benefits us and not them
I'm in Film School right now and my feelings on it are mixed. I have the luxury of living in California and being able to just head to LA whenever I want but I still decided to go to school for film. If I play my cards right in Spring in Summer I'll only have to pay $ 1000 back to my school which is great. Tbh, Evaluate your situation and what you exactly want to do with your career. I'd suggest Community College because 1) it's cheaper and 2) My old CC (Im at Uni now), taught me a lot more and I wish I didn't transfer....though I have a emphasis in Criticism and not Production as I planned beforehand If anyone has questions, I'd love to answer as best I can
For screenwriting specifically, I highly recommend reading as many scripts a day as you possibly can. From acclaimed movies and shows to terrible ones, you have to understand what goes into making a script functional as it is the movie. So reading scripts is important and watch a ton of movies (something you would have to do in or out of film school.) Another way to become knowledgeable about the trade is to look into books on screenwriting and directing. Many fine books will give you what you need to understand about those professions. There may be things you already know but it's always good to play around with what you know to create your voice. To get into the industry as a writer or director (or both) is obviously the tricky part. You can do a wide number of things to get started. Seeing as you're interested in making videos though, I'd suggest you look into coming up with ideas for short movies and produce them. As you're making your videos and learning through each step (Pre-production/Production/Post), you can gain some practical knowledge of filming (assuming you have the resources to take this route). Doing this, you should look into people around your area or colleges who are into acting and production and start making those connections. You'll learn so much from people around you. And never be discouraged from whatever path you chose,. In this industry, You're always learning...whether you want to or not *look up Celtx for screenwriting, sorry if I couldn't give you much info for directors, I have more of a writing background
how is film school like and what kinds of things do you learn?. honestly being a video editor sounds great and i have an interest in taking a screen arts course in my uni but idk if i'm capable enough for it. idk if i'm overthinking this but i know nothing about film and i don't have a lot of experience in it either. how's the film course like at uni? sorry for asking a lot of questions aha :)
Avoid film schools like Full Sail. They take your money and your degree isn't worth much at all. You are better off learning the ropes on your own. No student loans to pay off.
duh and renting equipment doesn't cost money? how do you pay your crew and cast? filmmaking is expensive and there is no way around it, doesn't matter if you go to filmschool or do your first movie
Coming out of medical school. I want to do something related to film but right now have no experience or knowledge about it. The first thing I want to do is find other ppl interesting in film so I can at least start getting done exposure, how best to do it?
currently in my last year of film school in chicago and this video is giving me an anxiety attack. But my weigh in from my experience is that paying for film school is essentially paying to use professional equipment and have access to professionals who can teach you things. and what I mean by that is people around you are making things and *some* of the teachers know what they're talking about and if you ask they'll help you prepare or get set experience. What film school hasn't done in my experience is teach me things about making movies in the classes. It's all on the student sets, which are separate from the classes themselves. But also I go to a primarily below the line school.
allywally425 you should apply what you learn to making short films on your own! I do not what you are learning, but you should definitely try to do so on your own as well, on your own time. It will help you much more!
if you want a more subjective discussion which i would say is a slightly better or at least more in depth, try the Lindsey Ellis video on this subject.
I love these videos i've been self teaching my self film since I became interested in how the Machine Works and Im fan Of movies from The Colossal Blockbusters to small Indie Oscar Bait Films I just Love it Nice Shout out to Rian Johnson I'll be some Indie film next weekend of his
Personally, I had a quite bad experience in film school that made me hate the field. It doesn't mean it will happen to you, but think a lot before deciding to take that path. I do not regret a bit, I have learned so much, but right now, not sure I am going to work in this industry.
Phew. I'm in film school, but starting the actual film stuff next year (because an arts degree needs a bit of basic media here). Uni is everything I hoped :D And my course has a bit of everything, so maybe by the end, I'll have one specialty.
You should mention College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. If you want to know what we have done just look up the number of Student Emmy Award winners we have had in the last three years. We do what other film schools won’t!
Laura de Kruik there is a really good one in germany - brandenburg too. But if you really care about a future in filmbuisness you need to do some deep research on such kind of stuff. Good luck !
There are actually 2 medical tracks (specialized and then one that's more broad for those who can't get into Medical School). The only reason I know this is that I'm taking Medicine Merit Badge.
I think it is worth pointing out that outside of those major programs. Film degrees from lesser state schools are near worthless. NYU is one thing. CSULB is another. Their respective degrees have an absurd difference in value.
Kpmixez 316 so do I and I would rather learn Editing myself and be experienced rather than paying thousands of dollars just for a piece of paper that won't guarantee you the job
Editing is a lot different from directing and screenwriting. Everyone needs an editor and it's such a technical job that many will probably hire you. It's all about finding those opportunities. I really suggest it unless you don't want to waste the money but it may help you grow.
"The person who can tell you is watching this video right now"
*instinctively turns around and looks for the guy*
My sister, a director of photography, says the single most important factor of going to film school is networking and creating connections. According to her, every single job and gig she's ever participated in she got thanks to someone who vouched for her previous work, or just someone she knew. So my guess is that unless you're a top 1% persuader/salesperson/lobbyist, or have tons of contacts already, you'll be probably better off going to film school.
Where did she go to school?
From my experience, film school is best for finding like-minded people and networking with teachers that are active in the industry. You'd likely learn class topics just as fast by actually being on-set, but the people you meet at film school are the ones who get you there in the first place. I've had the opportunity to meet and work with some amazing people that I may never have if I didn't attend film school. Something else I've found is that most of the films you make for assignments will be pretty bad - they're held back by the underachievers in the class most often. The best stuff you'll make in those years are the films you create outside of school hours with the classmates you work with the best.
Side point: Going to film school doesn't necessarily mean you have to work in the film industry. The skills apply to a wide variety of media jobs. I got a film degree, am not in the industry, and use that degree every day. Be mindful of debt, but higher education means access to resources and a network of people with like interests and goals. And don't think you have to go to one of the major schools in this video. I went to Bowling Green State University in Ohio and I have classmates that currently working in the industry.
This is an EXCELLENT point.
- Nick J.
I think the less-expensive schools, like state universities or community colleges, teach the skills just as well at a fraction of the cost. So much of film making relies on actual talent. The technical stuff was figured out long ago, CGI notwithstanding.
Can you do a series on English grammar please
What Industry/job do you work now?
From a purely pragmatic perspective, having a degree in ANYTHING already makes you a little bit more attractive to potential employers. Obviously, you need to factor in the cost of getting a degree versus the opportunities it opens up for you and which of those opportunities you want to, or realistically can, take. A surprisingly large number of people take a degree in one field, then start working in a different field with the plan "I just need to get enough experience so I can move on to the field I really want", then find themselves actually loving the industry or area they ended up in, and can still apply a lot of the skills they learned during their degree.
Remember: a degree teaches you a lot about a specific area, but it also teaches you how to think, how to prioritize, it helps you understand your limits and options, and how to apply yourself to a variety of situations. Don't be afraid to move outside of a narrow comfort zone if you think you're up for it!
If you want to write, WRITE
If you want to sing, SING
If you want to direct, DIRECT
Just always do it!
Ben Aaron Preach!
Where did u learn that?
If you are homeless just buy a house
@@tae523 You misinterpreted his comment. If you really love something just do it. I never thought my short film would get anywhere but with enough ambition I was a finalist at the UniFest film festival.
CloudCoverCreations The truth is only selected few gets the glory. A school accepts almost anyone who has money.
The timing for this video is crazy accurate for me right now.
This week I dropped out of Software Engineering to eventually go study Film Production at UQAM next fall. Which is the same week Denis Villeneuve received his honorary master degree from UQAM (he studied there). During his speech he said that the day he quitted his science degree to go study Film was the day life became beautiful.
And now this video.
Are you spying on me Crash Course?
Best of the lucks
honestly same for me I just finished high school and am currently deciding between going to a government university to study screenwriting or to go to a private film school to study a bachelor of film
All the very best!
HeSmile omg bro, im taking software engineering course but my heart more toward film making XD
If I was you I would study software engineering and make little movies at the same time, learning on the job kinda. Why would I stay on the software engineering course? Because nowadays a good chunk of the filmmaking pipeline relies on software, so I reckon having a good knowledge of that would give a filmmaker the tools to really be able to truly control his images and not being "held hostage" by companies like Adobe, Autodesk etc. Check out steve yedlin and his resolution demo. It blew my mind! :D
watching this video in 2023 after the release of Killers of the Flower Moon it feels so weird to see Lily Gladstone on a CrashCourse Video.
Series idea
“HOW TO ADULT”
A series where you explain to us recent high school graduates how to file taxes,
Get a job, figure out what we want in life, find a job, manage bank accounts, avoid scams (beyond the obvious Nigerian prince), and find jobs!
Even stuff like how to make easy repairs to the car or fix small stuff without paying a professional will be super helpful to us
There are so many things that adults can do but no one has ever taught us high schoolers because adults take it for obvious and you can be sure that we won’t ask them
Some schools have classes that are supposed to do that but not all schools do and the those that do have the classes are usually worthless beyond “don’t fall to peer pressure kids” or “you don’t have to smoke to be cool” and “sex can wait”
While telling us that we should believe in ourselves is nice for your self confidence. It’s not very helpful when I have a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. And no cellular reception.
( I can have all the stuff I need to replace the tire, but I won’t manage to do it in a million years)
Please give us a series that explains how to be an adult
Thank you
We definitely need it😂
I'm in film school right now and I still don't know if I should be going to film school
SydneyTalks Would you recommend it?
try for a year and if u dont like it then droupout.
I transferred three times until I found the right place. There's no shame in transferring if you don't like it.
I felt that way all throughout BOTH of my degrees if that helps at all :D
- Nick J.
May as well commit at this point!
Film school is extremely expensive but as a current film student I feel like I learned a lot from film school and it gave me the opportunity to work in every field to figure out what I like and what I don't like. In classes like "industry professionalism" I had to interview people in the industry and that helped me create a lot of connections in the field I want to pursue (editing) and on top of all that I created connection with my own peers and they will also soon be in the film industry.
It is hard work and I barely get sleep, we have thousands of projects and workshops on top os 5-6 classes, but I know I made the right decision going to film school.
Film school doesn't have to be expensive. San Francisco State University Cinema program (film school) is only $3,532 a semester.
Feels so weird to see future Oscar winner Lily Gladstone teaching Crash Course.
Lessons from the Screenplay is a fantastic channel.
Domdrok they quit
That’s basically film school online
I've always told people that when it comes to film, your work matters more than your credentials every single time. If you need a school to produce on that sort of level, by all means. But we live in the age of UA-cam, Skillshare, etc.
Tselel this is the best comment about this.
Facts
I did a 3yr undergrad degree at my local university. But i found that the most valuable education I got was when I interned and worked as a receptionist for a year at a production company. There is nothing like hands-on learning
very true
"It's expensive"....*laughs in european*
estebanrueda1 * Laughs in 3rd world country *
Rahat Ahmed I feel you dude
Doesn't stop them from being top-class.
Depends on what you consider 'expensive for your class or country'. £10,000? $8000? €12,500?
in belgium its 800 euro's per year to study a film bachelor or master ;)
I moved to the US recently to pursue a film career. My initial plan was to get a job that had ridiculous hours that would give me 3-4 days a week to fund and focus on my shorts that I would submit to film festivals. Then over the years I would eventually gain enough awards, probably made friends in the industry and done networking and stuff and eventually maybe get an opportunity to work in Hollywood. After I arrived I got a job that gave me the free time I needed, but then actually finding people to make films with proved to be impossible as people had their own lives to attend to and noone's schedule would ever match up. So now I am considering going to film school because then I would be placed in an environment with likeminded people that have the time, skills and motivation to make films. Then I came up with another plan, I could move to LA, the holy city of filmmaking and try to do the same approach with gaining reputation and a network, only problem is that LA is expensive to live in...
Take the money you would spend on a Film School. And use it to travel, make your own films and collaborate. You can find tons of tutorials on UA-cam teaching you the basics of film making. You can figure out the rest by yourself and develop your own style!
Its mostly a debt ... you dont have the money in the first place
Yeah but wouldn't u say u need a certificate like that degree to help you find a job in film
No
What I miss in film school was the easy access to equipment. The school I went to in Tel-Aviv didn't have any rules about when you can take equipment. In fact, we were encouraged to use them for our own side projects.
thank you for making this video. I’m a freshman right now and I’ve always been interested in engineering but after I shadowed an electrical engineer and seeing everything they do everyday it just seems so boring and I’d never want to do that as my career. I want to do something creative and not some cookie cutter type job. I spent hours on hours editing and working on a documentary for this national history day competition and over that time I realized how much I actually love editing and doing gfx. I never really considered doing film because I always thought it was just this extremely exclusive field but after seeing this video explaining he structure of film school I think that’s really what I want to do.
This velvet voiced presenter is superb, explains well in calming yet reassuring manor.
Quentin Tarantino once said that he didn’t go to film school. He went to films.
People, aren't 'Quentin Tarantino'.
@@kabir8773 some people are like him, you just have to really be into movies. I could tell from all the interviews I've seen with Tarantino that he is really passionate about films, it's why I could listen to him talk about movies all day. Are there people like that, some but not many.
corm1000 he’s also incredibly talented
Try making shorts on UA-cam and get experience that way.
Adrian Duran I used to do that
Adrian Duran but film school provides you with actors and money
There are so many ways. Always depends on where you live and the industry on your town.
Are you kidding with me? I tried that. Tell me how would you EVER create that structure that a school does? How will you teach yourself everything? How will you get yourself in? How will you gain knowledge? JUST HOW?
"You have options no matter where you live" she says while only listing American schools.
Obviously the video was geared toward an American audience.
Is call a Market. Is an American Network, PBS.
@@Eveningbreeze721 Well they should've acknowledged the fact that UA-cam itself and its videos are reached by non-Americans as well, shouldn't they?
It's not mentioned in the video, but as a side note: Stanley Kubrick didn't go to a film school, too. :)
Wow. Crash Course shouting out Lessons From The Screenplay. What a day.
If I remember correctly, Quentin Tarantino was working in a video store when he wrote the script for Reservoir Dogs. Juts goes to show what you can achieve without going to film school.
unless i decide to work at netflix, that isnt an option for me
Fun fact; He was also worked at a porn theatre for some time at the age of 15.
To me I think film school is not worth it...I took a break from film school to start working as a PA. So far I worked on two TV shows shot in New York City. My network in connecting with Key PA's have really payed off. I usually find out what TV/Movie productions are shooting in the NYC area. I usually take trips out to these film sets and ask crew members if the Key PA is around, so I can talk to them about getting work. If you live in either NY or LA I recommend using this method. It's really helpful.
How has it been for you now? Are you still doing more PA jobs?
You can also take film classes in community college, or, if you're under 14, you can research technical high schools and find one that offers Digital Media. That's where I learned how to make a film and create news packages (stories).
Her: "It's you. I'm talking about you."
Me/you: *inordinate laughter*
Yall honestly going to film school and dropping out is goat because it gives you a good story so i recommend that.
But im not studying film nor know anything about it so haha
Woah! Thank you. For the longest time I've had a hard time deciding what college is best for me, and now I know. Thanks!
Love the way she's explaining everything.
Wish this I had seen this before I started film school..
#144? There's been way more of these than I thought!
(for people who come later: title typo)
I've learned quite a bit from Rocket Jump's Film School videos and the Corridor Digital vlogs on Sam & Niko.
I just say Kubrick, Nolan and Tarantino didn´t went to film school, either you have it or you don´t.
Go to film school if you want to do a specific role in film but if you want to be a filmmaker with your own ideas DON´T!
tetepeb explain pls
You can of course learn everthing that has to do with filmmaking by yourself but i think you become better quicker if you want to do a technical job like cinematographer/editor/light/sound by going to filmschool.
But if you got something uniqe in you when it comes to writing and directing i think it´s a bad idea to go to filmschool and be moulded in to the sort of directors/writers they "make" at that school and it cost alot of money.
Better to just write, write, write a bunch of scripts and like Quentin Tarantino start making a movie, he did his first unrealesed film "My best friends birthday" over a couple of years and when it was done he said it was bad in the beginning but the last things they filmed where pretty good and he sees it as his filmschool and made him ready to do his first "real" movie Reservoir Dogs.
Filmschools kills individuality and peoples uniqe-voices even before they get the chance to find them in my opinion.
Of course there are people that did go to filmschool and are great filmmakers with there own style and vice versa but overall this is what i belive in.
tetepeb idek what I should do. I’m in high school. Should I start films?
@@tetepeb have you even been to a film school?
@@davidfoster989 No and like i say above this is just what i believe in, my opinion i have nothing from my own life to back i up, just what i know about others.
Im not a filmmaker, just love films and how they are made and writes screenplays as a hobby. Would love to make a film of my own though.
i'm a self-taught editor since my school doesn't focus much on video editing... i really want to study in a film school since fhis is the thing I love, is it gonna be worth it?
Absolutely! Keep building up your portfolio :) Good luck!
Thank you. You gave me so much to think about.
A very well made video, regardless of your conclusions. Well written, informed and structured. Thank you.
This videos is the most helpful video I have ever come across 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
I love this series, I really appreciate it
Colorado Film School represent!
I minored in film studies but had one class where the professor taught us about visual motifs to build a language for a film. Completely changed how I saw and understood film and filmmaking.
Visual motiffs? What exactly did he teach you
Fin Jackson basically you take a visual element you can produce (color, tone, shapes, etc.), then you assign a meaning to that motif, then whenever you want to have that “meaning” in a scene you use that motif.
For instance you can say RED represents DANGER, and whenever a character is going to be in a dangerous situation you add in the color red to the sets, props, costumes, etc.
Seeing the way film school students talk about movies made me realize I don't want to attend film school.
If you can't appreciate a well-crafted spectacle movie because it doesn't have the subtlety of Bergman, technique of Kurosawa, or go out of its way to film entirely during golden hour, then it's not film you love, it's film uniqueness.
I went to Concordia University in Montreal to study film production and the tuition fee is 1800 CAD per semester.
Worth it.
YoungTheFish is it though?
Canadian dollars aren’t real anyway
Every school program is different from another, but as some one who attended a film program in a liberal arts college I highly recommend you consider narrowing your search to trade schools first before throwing money at a bachelor's degree.
As someone who lives in Anchorage Alaska I was very confused when you said Anchorage has a film school. I’d probably be going to film school now if there was. Not sure where you got that information.
People binge series like Brooklyn Nine-Nine or Game of thrones, I binge Film Production Crash Coarse😍😍 Thank you Crash Coarse and specially Lily Gladstone for making this wonderful tutorial coarse.
issue with film school is that its rushed. truth be told...it can take a long time to write and produce something great. I got the experience first and am now considering film school for more theory.
I haven't finished this video yet, but seeing how I'm in my 3rd year of film school I'm kinda terrified too...
It's all good guys, I don't have to drop out of college!
Most of my friends who got a film degree either works in marketing or best buy. 1 or 2 or them are still PAs.
It’s interesting to note that Steven Spielberg never went to film school either, as he was initially rejected from attending USC (his dream school @ the time) He then ended up attending CSULB (Cal State Long Beach) and took photography classes before getting hired by Universal to direct an episode of Rod Serling’s old “Night Gallery” series from the 60s, later followed by a 1971 made-for-TV movie called “DUEL” 😈 And the rest, as they say, was history… 👍👌😎
I just graduated from film school!! Absolutely worth it for me.
What do they call the guy who was bottom of his class at Medical School?
Doctor.
I love PBS; just learned this was a thing.
I don't need no college! I gots me some Crash Course!
This is such a great video! 🙌🏼
Loved the video, very informative!! ❤️❤️
I'm a junior in high school and i personally am interested in the legal field. But I'm not the biggest fan of reading and my parents told me to look at an alternative to that.
I e considered the film making industry because i like the history of film production, how movie cameras work, famous movie fun facts, etc.
I'm also decent at animating and I'm currently in the process of creating an "analogue horror" (a type of horror genre that uses vintage VHS videos, eerie music, and uncanny voices all put together). series. I'm currently learning how to use Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve for this. I'm pretty proud of my work and happy that I'm doing something creative instead of an uncreative activity.
Anyway, without my blabber lol do you guys think that i might find film making interesting or enjoy it with the current things I'm working on? Thanks so much and have a terrific day!
You guys need a crash course careers doing something completely like this for every single career. My Brother is getting into film school and I just sent this to him. If I had half the information you mentioned for any career I was interested in, my life would be very different. Sadly my career counselors were all useless and straight up lied to me as to how much I would make after college..
anubis2814 the colleges I feel just want you to come so they get money why can't they treat us like human beings and put the money aside and give us information that benefits us and not them
Proud NYU alum
I'm in Film School right now and my feelings on it are mixed. I have the luxury of living in California and being able to just head to LA whenever I want but I still decided to go to school for film. If I play my cards right in Spring in Summer I'll only have to pay $ 1000 back to my school which is great.
Tbh, Evaluate your situation and what you exactly want to do with your career. I'd suggest Community College because 1) it's cheaper and 2) My old CC (Im at Uni now), taught me a lot more and I wish I didn't transfer....though I have a emphasis in Criticism and not Production as I planned beforehand
If anyone has questions, I'd love to answer as best I can
Etsu Ikeda I really want to get into making videos such as directing or screen writing what other path is there to go besides going to film school?
For screenwriting specifically, I highly recommend reading as many scripts a day as you possibly can. From acclaimed movies and shows to terrible ones, you have to understand what goes into making a script functional as it is the movie. So reading scripts is important and watch a ton of movies (something you would have to do in or out of film school.)
Another way to become knowledgeable about the trade is to look into books on screenwriting and directing. Many fine books will give you what you need to understand about those professions. There may be things you already know but it's always good to play around with what you know to create your voice.
To get into the industry as a writer or director (or both) is obviously the tricky part. You can do a wide number of things to get started. Seeing as you're interested in making videos though, I'd suggest you look into coming up with ideas for short movies and produce them. As you're making your videos and learning through each step (Pre-production/Production/Post), you can gain some practical knowledge of filming (assuming you have the resources to take this route).
Doing this, you should look into people around your area or colleges who are into acting and production and start making those connections. You'll learn so much from people around you.
And never be discouraged from whatever path you chose,. In this industry, You're always learning...whether you want to or not
*look up Celtx for screenwriting, sorry if I couldn't give you much info for directors, I have more of a writing background
how is film school like and what kinds of things do you learn?. honestly being a video editor sounds great and i have an interest in taking a screen arts course in my uni but idk if i'm capable enough for it. idk if i'm overthinking this but i know nothing about film and i don't have a lot of experience in it either. how's the film course like at uni? sorry for asking a lot of questions aha :)
Avoid film schools like Full Sail. They take your money and your degree isn't worth much at all. You are better off learning the ropes on your own. No student loans to pay off.
SuperJohntodd i agree with you. Any school that is a pro-profit colleges or universities don’t always guarantee a path to your future career.
+Cindy Pacheco They grant you a path to bankruptcy
JonatasAdoM yes, yes they do.
duh and renting equipment doesn't cost money?
how do you pay your crew and cast?
filmmaking is expensive and there is no way around it, doesn't matter if you go to filmschool or do your first movie
Coming out of medical school. I want to do something related to film but right now have no experience or knowledge about it. The first thing I want to do is find other ppl interesting in film so I can at least start getting done exposure, how best to do it?
take a shot every time she says "film"
*hic* say uhhhhhhhhh *hic* what about *hic* film and *hic* drinking?
Apatheism its a joke people use to say how much the person says the word so much
currently in my last year of film school in chicago and this video is giving me an anxiety attack. But my weigh in from my experience is that paying for film school is essentially paying to use professional equipment and have access to professionals who can teach you things. and what I mean by that is people around you are making things and *some* of the teachers know what they're talking about and if you ask they'll help you prepare or get set experience.
What film school hasn't done in my experience is teach me things about making movies in the classes. It's all on the student sets, which are separate from the classes themselves. But also I go to a primarily below the line school.
allywally425 you should apply what you learn to making short films on your own! I do not what you are learning, but you should definitely try to do so on your own as well, on your own time. It will help you much more!
I think choosing a specific track would be more effective in guaranteeing you work, since your skills will be valuable and rare
I dropped out of University where I was studying Film and Media Production. What a waste of time.
Very useful
2:56 She said cinematography!!! *CINEMATOGRAPHY* I am literally studying that at Full Sail University right now!!!
if you want a more subjective discussion which i would say is a slightly better or at least more in depth, try the Lindsey Ellis video on this subject.
I love these videos i've been self teaching my self film since I became interested in how the Machine Works and Im fan Of movies from The Colossal Blockbusters to small Indie Oscar Bait Films I just Love it Nice Shout out to Rian Johnson I'll be some Indie film next weekend of his
Personally, I had a quite bad experience in film school that made me hate the field. It doesn't mean it will happen to you, but think a lot before deciding to take that path. I do not regret a bit, I have learned so much, but right now, not sure I am going to work in this industry.
Are they going to talk about acting?? Loving this videos 😍
Educational!
Phew. I'm in film school, but starting the actual film stuff next year (because an arts degree needs a bit of basic media here). Uni is everything I hoped :D And my course has a bit of everything, so maybe by the end, I'll have one specialty.
So how was it??
how is the uni course? what kinds of things do they do? sorry i'm asking because i'm planning to take a film course in my uni soon.
You should mention College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. If you want to know what we have done just look up the number of Student Emmy Award winners we have had in the last three years. We do what other film schools won’t!
LFTS and #144. What a day!
this woman has a great voice.
I'm from Philippines and I do really love making film but the problem is there's no film school here.
there is a couple in Manila and cebu
@@JJason406 but I'm from Mindanao
If only I lived in the US..
Laura de Kruik there are a bunch of good film schools in europe + bejing, hong kong, south korea, beunos aires etc.
The hollywood repoerter makes a yearly ranking. Maybe give it a try
Napoleon sitting on Vegemite I got rejected from the one in Amsterdam. I know there is one in Washaw or Prague but that are all I know U.U
Laura de Kruik there is a really good one in germany - brandenburg too. But if you really care about a future in filmbuisness you need to do some deep research on such kind of stuff. Good luck !
Then what?
When that bubble gum popped on the camera, I literally screamed
I'm in love with this woman
At 0:34 I’m the next big thing 😂😂😂💀 blueface baby Reference
I'm too poor for film school.
That So Landon get some loans loser. I'm 30k in debt already,wassup?
Doesn't mean you can't educate yourself
USC film represent! fight on!
What is your experience there like?
Ithaca College!!
I. WANT. MORE
1:48 is it just me or do they all look really mean? :D they white highlight in the eyes makes it certainly appear so, intended or not...
I definitely can’t afford it but it sounds exactly like my place
There's little opportunity for film related things in Saskatchewan.
There are actually 2 medical tracks (specialized and then one that's more broad for those who can't get into Medical School). The only reason I know this is that I'm taking Medicine Merit Badge.
I think it is worth pointing out that outside of those major programs. Film degrees from lesser state schools are near worthless. NYU is one thing. CSULB is another. Their respective degrees have an absurd difference in value.
Were to go to look for a job in NYC one's your done with film school?????
I ate whole potato
I won't hesitate the mix of profil icon, channel name and comment is on point.
haha I appreciate the approval
i wanna be a video editor, is this the right choice for me?
Kpmixez 316 so do I and I would rather learn Editing myself and be experienced rather than paying thousands of dollars just for a piece of paper that won't guarantee you the job
Editing is a lot different from directing and screenwriting. Everyone needs an editor and it's such a technical job that many will probably hire you. It's all about finding those opportunities. I really suggest it unless you don't want to waste the money but it may help you grow.
How can i get a scholarship? Are they any availabile for international students?
i'm terrified
Please do a crash course on art
What if I want to be a doctor and work in films?
You’re me
@@hose3262 REALLY?! YOU ALSO?!
Yeah hahaha but these days I’m more sure that I want to be a film director, and you?
LOL it is the opposite for me.