Archive for June, 2011
Film Making Schools – 4 Options You Need to Consider to Finding the Best Filmmaking Education
How do you find the best film college? What does it take to find the best and are they cost effective? What do you do with the education after you finish and do you end up with a degree? And finally, are there alternatives to film making schools? These are very important questions that should be answered and understood before any further steps are taken. After all, if you cannot afford film college, does that mean that your filmmaking career is over before it begins? Not necessarily, but a film education might be beneficial to have and many people spend this time not only learning all the tricks of the trade and the right way to use equipment but networking and building bonds as well.
Finding the Best Film College
You can find the best film college by using the same methods you would to find any other school. Make sure that you are finding at least two or three film schools and then compare them for the courses they are offering, the expense of the school itself and its location. The farther the school is away from your home, the more expense you will incur during attendance, another consideration that you have to keep in mind. If you are comparing costs of the school, you have to include the cost of travel and lodging but should try not to let that be the only factor that influences your choice.
What Do You Do With a Film College Education?
Not everyone who graduates from a film college will go on to make huge budgeted films or small budgeted arts films. Not everyone who has made it to the end of their schooling will ever make it behind a camera- but they will have the satisfaction of having completed the college courses and the ability to do other jobs in the film making industry. Read the rest of this entry »
The Other Mindanao – A Reflection
Watching a film that talks of your culture, tribe and place you grew up opened up my senses as it was indeed an eye opener. Journalists Howie Severino and Samirah Ali Gutoc have told the other side of Mindanao. That Mindanao is not what most people perceived but rather a diverse people living in unity in a land they call home – Mindanao.
I realized that there are so many stories of hope to tell in Mindanao. Cultures and traditions that are not known to me, stories of war and conflict that has been long here that I only knew just now and the realizations of what their struggles and of what the government has been doing to capture the needs of the Mindanaons.
When war broke out in Mindanao, many displaced people including children have suffered. Children cope through drawing what they experienced; their trauma of war and escape. Some left their livelihood just to escape the cruelty of life. Scared for life, they don’t even know who to trust. As Howie Severino had said, only a smile can bridge a gap to tell if they are friendly or not.
Peace, I realized is hard to find if human basic needs are not met. Conflict broke out because of two warring families and groups who have different principles fighting for their own. Truce as they say is a fragile peace. Families and groups talk peace to end this cruelty. Those who have suffered experienced problems that needs to be addressed by the Government.
One basic need that has to be addressed by the government is water. The people who are affected by the conflict in Mindanao are crying for clean, potable water. According to Dr. Parouk Hussin, only 29% of the villagers in ARMM are supplied with potable water. Without clean water, water borne diseases have affected most of the children. Secondly, rehabilitation for the refugees. Government provided for homes for the conflict affected areas; however, it was just homes without walls. Schools now become the refuge of the homeless. This led us to the third issue, lack of education. Children have to cross rivers just to be educated. Others don’t have any schools at all. A school in Buluan, Maguindanao has become an abode. Because of displacement, others don’t have a livelihood. Farming equipments they cry and safe roads for transport. Read the rest of this entry »
Film Making Courses – The True Costs Involved in Your Film Education
Parents of budding film makers cringe at their child’s choice of career for a number of reasons. First, they are concerned that the child will end up flipping burgers in a fast food joint for the rest of their lives. After all, for every Quentin Tarantino there are twenty five Andy Shaffers who are just not going to make it. Most parents encourage their children’s dreams as much as possible, but after they start investigating the cost of Film College, they may start thinking it would be cheaper just to fund the filmmaking directly without bothering with the film courses at all. It is just not the cost of the filmmaking itself that has to be investigated and invested in; there are additional costs as well.
Film College is expensive and there are several options to consider. There is film education that is the major course of study in the overall, general college experience. While this is a well rounded education, it is not only expensive but can be very trying for the student, especially if they are not one for conventional school and classes. In addition to the cost of the tuition though, there will be the costs of books and other learning materials to consider. If the school is not local there is the cost of travel to and from as well as the cost of living at the school, including meals and lodging.
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