How hard is it to get into Tisch School of Arts screenwriting program or any other good film school's screenwriting program?  \n\nI am interested in the MFA program, so if anyone know, please answer.
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it's as hard as getting the fat population of America to be fit. You basically have to study everyday{DUH} and you have to put your time and your heart into it. If you succeed U'll make lots of these--->$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$\n\nGood Luck.
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Oh tahs cool i go to Mcgill too! what city u from?.. Grade 12 is what matters, university doesnt look at other years. Also it depends on which program you are going into. Make sure you get a good mark in English<-single msot important course!
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Hi! I took a beginning videography class in college. It was so much fun. We used a program called "I Movie" to edit our movies. I recommend it. You should also search online or at a bookstore for books on how to make movies. There is a lot for you to learn to make a good movie. \n\nAs for microphones, there are several different types. You don't necessarily need the kind that you see used on television. You can use a wireless clip-on mic, or a good microphone that mounts onto your camera. When you add the music to your movie, you can control the volume of voices versus music. \n\nOne of the best pointers I can give you is to write a script ahead of time... and make a list of the shots you need to get. This way you can shoot out of sequence, and still know where you are in the process. You can put the shots in order when editing.\n\nMake sure you do some research on proper camera technique too. You can ruin a perfectly good story by making your audience sea-sick by moving the camera around too fast. \n\nThere are a ton of things I could tell you if I wanted to type all night... If you have any more specific questions, feel free to ask me.... stephaniekdarnell@yahoo.com. I'd love to view your movie too, and offer some constructive criticism. Good Luck!
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You should check out Syracuse, although it's in upstate NY, and not very close to NYC. It's journalism/media studies program is superb, and it's theatre program is quite good.  NYU might also be a good choice for you; its Tisch school of the arts (including theatre) has an especially good reputation.  And of course, it's right in NYC.\n\nIf your GPA and SAT scores are really outstanding, Vassar and Yale might be worth looking into as well.  Both are just a very short train ride away from NYC.
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As an undergrad I was an English major for three years before switching to Chemistry.  I had to start all over (unfortunately, none of my Shakespeare transferred).  It wasn't easy, but it wasn't any harder than analyzing poetry to the professor's satisfaction.  But honestly, any person with brains can get any degree they want.  You are, however, going to have to prove your worth as an analytical thinker to the college that will accept you into their science program.  Try to get the calculus, physics, and intermediate geography/meteorology done before applying- possibly at a community college.  You could always go talk to faculty at the college you want to apply to and see which classes would transfer from where, which classes you would need, or if you can just directly apply to their program.  Hopefully you will do well in those classes you need, and along with your probably stellar standardized test scores should open the doors to any program you want to enter.
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My alma mater is IUP - Indiana Univ of PA.  It's about an hour outside of Pittsburgh and actually started out as a Normal School for training teachers.  They have a great program!  check it out www.iup.edu
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Hi Jess,\n\nBelow are a couple of links that may hopefully be of help to you. The first is a link to a college of the arts that I am familiar with in Florida which is solely dedicated to the study of performing arts. The second link is too a site that will allow you to make specific choices as to geographical location, level of study and specific areas of study interests.\n\nhttp://www.floarts.org/\n\nhttp://www.performingartsschools.com/\n\n\nIf I can be of anymore help please feel free to ask for my assistance. I wish you and your friend much success.
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Sometimes film school helps.  Otherwise, you probably need to look at entry level positions and work your way up.
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I can help you with 'one' of these at least.  I took the Tech writing not too long ago and thought it was great.  It's about proper letter writing, both business and personal, as well as resumes, and preparing notes for presentations.  Great class and got a lot out of it.  Good Luck to you @ PSU.
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well those are 2 totally different areas.  If you want to work in fashion you must know how to at least pattern make and sew.  Most colleges do not offer such programs, you have to go to a speciality school such as the Tim Gunn school of Design in NYC which is very exclusive.  If you just want to comment on fashion, well then you need to be famous and have a wicked sense of humor that is readily accessbile on the spot (example: Joan Rivers).  Now if you seriously want to write and give advice, my advice is to begin submitting articles to small, local newspapers or when you get to college, join the newspaper staff and offer an advice column (not many schools offer that so you should be able to get in that way).  That way you'll have at least 4 yrs of experience writing advice columns when you go to apply for a job doing such.  And just as an aside, some friendly critque, if what you've written above is how you write essays, this may be a hard thing for you to do.  Always, if just to keep in the habit, use apostrophe's where they are required (I've..and the "i" there is capitalized as I am sure you know) and utilize proper verb usage (verbs are never pluralized, ie "advices").  That's it, I know it's just a Yahoo question forum, but if that is what you want to do with your life....do it every day.  Your major in that case would simply be Writing, perhaps with an emphasis in creative writing, syntax, or whatever your chosen university has to offer.  Good luck with that, you can do it if you really want it!
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I went to the AIH (Houston) and recieved a degree in Visual Communication. Even though this was 12 years ago, I had friends who were in the fashion design program. They loved it. It is intense, and you cant miss any classes or you will fall behind. Its worth your money depending on what area you want to be in. Two of my friends ended up as buyers for department stores. One did go to new york but the competition is fierse there!.  I think you need to figure out what area you want to work end AFTER you finish school and then decide. The AI is good for some areas, but not for all.
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I tried to do a quick search for you, but couldn't find out at which school it was filmed. I would suggest contacting the production company directly, or maybe one of the people who worked on the movie, a production assistant or a location scout. www.imdb.com has a full list of the cast and crew as well as the production and distribution companies involved with the film.
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Even though I **LOVE** Berkeley and I am so proud of having graduated from there, if you wanna do film --> go to UCLA. But good luck, it's not easy getting into UCLA's film dept.\n\nAlthough, if you value life experience and the company of eccentric intellectuals, go to Berkeley. You will be enlightened.
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In no specific order, some good film schools in the US:\nFlorida State University (Industry, Hands-On, 100% Prod. Costs)\nNew York University (Location, More theory, Indie)\nUniversity of Southern California (Location)\nUniversity of California Los Angeles (Location)\nUniversity of Texas Austin (Indie, Indie-Location)\nNorth Carolina School of the Arts (BFA only)\n\nStart looking there. There are others!
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Yep, I got mail from them asking to join, but i never did because of the cost. I think it's an excellent program. There are several divisions such as the NYLF for law, medicine (which I got for), engineering, etc. You should check out the site for more info :)
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I think you should waste your money on film school. It's better than wasting your money on time and film and it being really bad because you made the assumption that you know it all, already.
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Interlochen is a great school if you can somehow get in...my friend goes there and he loves it.  It would be totally worth your time to take the postgraduate course, but if you didn't want to, you could go to one of the camp programs during the summer.  \n\nA school like that called International Academy in Bloomfield Hills, MI is where I go.  However, the academics are more based on classes like Math and Science instead of the arts.  It's also a public school.  The thing that's interesting about it though is that they accept people from around the world, hence the name "International" Academy.  Since I am American, I had to actually go through a lottery, while International students were automatically accepted.  It's really a great environment, and I encourage you to look into it more.\n\nGood luck, hope this helped.