would anyone happen to know of some
hands on film schools?!???

Um... what exactly do you mean?

well some schools are more education oriented and others are jump right into the work...i don't know if i'm wrong about this but i would like to go to a school that jumps right into the work i mean i knoe you have to have some lectures but do u get what i mean??

The only one I can say thats not immediately hands on is UCLA-- you have to wait until your Junior year before even being officially accepted into the film program.

You are right about UCLA. From what I remember you are competing with everyone from the UC system, and there are very few spots open to the major. This is why I didn't even bother applying there.

I know Chapman is extremely hands on. I'm a second-semester freshman, and here you really jump into filmmaking. I'd almost say that it's not really a good thing.

The first two classes which everyone takes, are Intro to Visual Storytelling, and Film Aesthetics (film theory). Visual Storytelling is a class where you are given a terrible DV camera, and a tripod, and you are asked to make 8 short films throughout the semester (the last 3 combine to make 1 film). You're really thrown into filmmaking, and I think it's not a great way of teaching, if you've never done filmmaking before. As a freshman, especially first semester, the real equipment is basically off limits. But it was a challenging, and fun class (you get to make films), so I can't complain too much. I still think Chapman is an amazing school so far, and I wouldn't be happy anywhere else.

Ithaca is another school, as far as I know, which has film classes as a freshman. That's one of their selling points.

Michael

Well i would be transfering because i'm already in school getting my generals and i was planing to go to UW Oshkosh for Radio/ TV / Film they have a program but i was trying to expand my serach because i am primarily interested in film making.....

and again could someone explain with some detail how to search for the school i'm looking for on the forum??

thanks

I'd say write down the schools people talk about on this list and then look up the schools' websites and read about their programs. Request more information from the programs that interest you.
I know the Art Center is very "hands on." People talk a lot about USC, Chapman, Emerson...just look through all the posts for undergraduate studies.