by labanex
3 Things You Should Know About Film School Before Applying
There are 3 things most people do not know about film schools, which are vitally important to know. They are as follows:
1. Tuition does not typically cover production costs of your films. Oddly enough, everywhere from NYU to NYFA to USC Film School requires students to pay thousands of dollars on top of tuition to cover the costs of their films. It begs the questions where the ,000 to ,000 a year in tuition actually goes. Florida State University is the only film school in the country to cover student film production costs. This is a feature they boast about on their website, but it is unfortunate that more schools don’t do this, because most production costs are not covered by student loans, and quite often a student cannot actually afford to pay for their movies on top of tuition.
2. Not every student gets to make a film. At schools