Senior now

Ok then i wont see you next year. Have a nice life and good luck!

"I completely disagree with this. I came to NYU without any knowledge, I read books, I worked my *** off on studentfilms, I studied and now I am a senior and I'm doing pretty well. I get more offers to DP 35mm films than I can take. I didn't know anything about photography before but I guess I just had a basic talent of composition and lighting."

That's just reinforcing what I originally posted! The technical stuff they can teach you or you can read in a book, it makes no difference. However, if you don't have talent you aren't going to be taught that in school. No one who goes to NYU as a bad filmmaker will become a better filmmaker. They may become more technically proficient, which is fine, but does nothing other than disguising the relative quality, or lack of, in their ideas.

i still think college is an experience that someone should go through. its just another stage in life, and while ur there, might as well study film, and if ur studing film, might as well go to a better school for it.

ok I agree with the talent part Kuboto, I guess I did not read carefully enough.



Jerez, I'm graduating next fall, so I will be there for one semester

I agree that college is something that everyone should do. It's an important transition to the "real world." I also think that you can study whatever you want; it's not essential to study film if you want to be a filmmaker. No program will turn you into something that you're not. If you have the drive and the talent, than you can succeed even without a college degree.

What I don't agree with is the "NYU or bust" attitude. I know someone who wanted to study film at USC, but was rejected so they went to law school. Top film schools are good, but they are not essential. No school will hand you talent on a silver platter, and no school will hand you success, no matter how good their reputation is or how good their connections are. The best thing that a top film school will do for you is get your foot in the door, but you need to work if you want to stay there and continue to work your way up. No matter where you go, college is what you make it, folks, so make it good.

This conversation is true for EVERYTHING, not just film.

I agree with JW, I hope I dont look like an NYU or Bust guy

I just love the place