Film and Anthro ?

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>Hi all! :) </p>

<p>Ever since I was in middle school, I've had a want to become a cinematographer. I began working on projects at a young age, writing, finding people to shoot with, etc., Film has always been my number one for college education. I am especially interested in Film/Animations, specifically cinematography and 3D/ stop motion. </p>

<p>My goal is to work on animated movies. I have a script all written up and storyboarded out, I just need to learn the craft of stopmotion. I'm currently in a locale CC in California finishing up Gen Ed and Pre-reqs and planning to transfer next fall to either SDSU or USC. </p>

<p>My parents, however, would love it if I found another major to major in... just in case. So after a lot of searching and thinking about my interests, I thought of physical anthropology specializing in Osteology. (I find bones really fascinating and I have a rather large taxidermy collection) I'm aware that it is a phd program, and I am more than willing to pursue higher education. </p>

<p>I was wondering if this seems like a good idea mainly? I was planning to double major and get my BFA or MFA in Film/Animations and then work towards higher education for Anthro. </p>

<p>I have an internship for Fangoria set up for August in LA for film, as well as friends who work for record companies that do music videos. I figured I could dabble in that while in Uni for more experience. </p>

<p>The pre-uni experience is really scary and exciting all at once! So any advice anyone could offer would be fantastic. My parents aren't much help, neither is the college adviser at my locale CC. </p>

<p>I have a 4.0 gpa and have had a 4.0 gpa since middle school. Thanks! ^v^</p>

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<p>Find a school with a liberal arts curriculum (as opposed to a university curriculum) with, simply put, strong programs in both. voila. You’re probably looking at at BA in art and anthropology rather than a BFA in art and BA in anthropology. Also, you don’t have to decide on a second major now. </p>

<p>The reasoning behind this is that university curriculum require many more credits in your major discipline than a liberal arts curriculum, making double majoring and meeting core requirements much more difficult. That said, I would recommend against large universities like SDSU. </p>

<p>And oh, anthropology is just as much a “Do you want fries with that” major as art. so don’t listen to that (your parents, that is). Learn what YOU want to learn. (And if being a cinematographer is re
ally what you want to learn…perhaps just pursue that at an art school)</p>

<p>And oh, no one cares about your middle school GPA</p>