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Here's a topic that might be of interest to all you film buffs and students of the cinema.Last Monday, my family and I visited the School of Cinematography and Television at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. This school is arguably the best in the country in its field, and possibly in the world, with state-of-the-art facilities endowed by Stephen Spielberg and other luminaries of the movie world.
My 17-year-old son, who will be a senior in high school next year, wants to apply for admission there. We took a tour of the campus, including the film facilities, to see what it was like.
We learned that on the average there are 3000 applicants each year for the freshman class. Only 50 or so are accepted.
I told him not to get his hopes up.
Follow Ups:
Check out Columbia College Film School in Chicago.Later
Rich
There is, in fact, quite a bit of film activity in the Windy City and Columbia used to have a very good program. You don't have to be on the left or right coast.I also sympathisize with the folks that recommended world travel and a liberal arts education.
My recommendation, for what it is worth: Take the 150,000.00 you would presumably spend to send your son to USC film school, and spend it instead on film equipment, literature, movie tickets, concerts, and world travels for your son. That would be a much better education for him. Films made by people with no world experience other than film school are usually pathetic.
By their senior year, student thesis film project will place them in debt by an additional $250,000-$500,000. Parents have to mortgage homes to pay for this.
Not a bad idea, except that you can't put that sort of thing on a resume for a job application.
I think it is at least an option if he is really serious about film. Ask yourself what differentiates the 50 from the 3,000 you mentioned. The difference to me is the willingness to experience life for its richness and beauty, not as a resume entry. It is a tough decision, and fortuntely one I don't have to consider yet for my own son. By the way, I highly recommend a book for you and your son called "Herzog on Herzog."
You pretty much have to submit an accomplished portfolio to get in, don't you? One would think that one would want to go there in order to get the resources and training to build a portfolio. But, no, you need to have built one in high school. Crazy. Same with NYU.
No actual portfolio is required, just a "portfolio list". This can include all sorts of "creative" projects, which don't necessarily have to be connected with film or video.
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