<p>How good are some of the following school's film program? Anyway well known allum?</p>
<p>Brooklyn College
Vassar
Wesleyan
Ithaca
Syracuse</p>
<p>Gracie</p>
<p>-and if any of you know of some other good film schools on the east that would be much appeciated.</p>
<p>NYU's Tisch School of the Arts</p>
<p>I think Syracuse's is pretty good? their art/design school has a good catalogue I think you can request.</p>
<p>dunno about the program in general, but RISD's graduated some famous alumni like Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy, which I think was his grad project!)</p>
<p>Film involves a lot of different majors. Are you interested in film production of animation? What aspect of film interests you?</p>
<p>SUNY purchase - film conservatory
Emory</p>
<p>I know that Vassar is supposed to be quite good, and Wesleyan is (in my opinion, and I say this not as somebody with actual experience but as somebody who has done a looooooot of research on various schools' departments for my own applications this year) one of if not the best program in the country -- for people who aren't looking so much for pure production but a combination of theory and application. I can't help you with the others, sorry.</p>
<p>If you're looking for intense production classes, NYU is definitely the place to be on the East coast. The other big one is USC but that's in LA, obviously, which looks pretty far from the rest of your list. :)</p>
<p>USC is one of the best film schools in the country. So is CalArts in Valencia, CA. Their film/video departhemt has turned out Tim Burton!</p>
<p>UCLA isn't too shabby either.</p>
<p>fyi: Tim Burton actually graduated from the Character Animation department at Cal Arts</p>
<p>Wesleyan alum and associated works (directors, producers, screenwriters):</p>
<p>Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Michael Bay (Transformers, Bad Boys, Pearl Harbor, etc.)
Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl)
Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, the DaVinci Code)
Laurence Mark (Jerry McGuire, As Good As It Gets, Dreamgirls)
Paul Schiff (Mona Lisa Smile, My Cousin Vinny)
Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, While You Were Sleeping)</p>
<p>I think this speaks for itself.</p>
<p>And that's just some of the many influential Wes film alum! (For a more complete list, check out the wiki article: Wesleyan</a> University people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In fact, wikiapedia is probably a good place to find out alum for all of these schools).</p>
<p>Went to a USC tour and when we split up into different groups - all but two went to the Film group. USC has an elective class where you get to watch movies before they are at the theater. Was told it was one of the most popular classes. I think you get to critique it or something.</p>
<p>Kittymom-</p>
<p>The C.A program is under the Film/Video department.</p>
<p>adding to the discussion:</p>
<p>WEST COAST:</p>
<p>Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. (outside of LA, in Orange County, near Anaheim CA). Equipment in their Knox Studios is unbelievable.</p>
<p>UCLA does have a film major, but you can't declare or enter the major until jr. year, so check that out carefully before deciding to apply there. </p>
<p>EAST COAST:</p>
<p>Emerson College (Boston)</p>
<p>I've heard Florida State discussed often on this forum</p>
<p>Also, North Carolina School for the Arts, but I haven't looked at its film dept recently.</p>
<p>It's not famous for film, but Hampshire College (in Amherst, MA) lets you work on your own projects with generous time allotments for work leading up to a senior capstone project. Hampshire is the alma mater for documentary history filmmaker Ken Burnes ("America," "Civil War" "New York"--PBS series ) who began his life's work on that campus. I think you'd have to direct your own development there, more than at other schools with developed film majors, however.</p>
<p>Columbia University in NYC (but must have great academics, too; it's an Ivy)</p>
<p>All the above focus on film production. If I wanted to recommend great film studies/film critic curriculum: Wesleyan or NYU. (NYU also has production, of course).</p>
<p>It's not an academic degree-granting institution, but lots of kids are busy making films at the NYFilmAcademy (NYFA) in NYC.</p>
<p>MIDWEST: </p>
<p>Check out University of Michigan. I know they have screenwriting, but am not sure about film major; probably it's there, too.</p>
<p>Also there's a place near Chicago called Colombia (spelled that way) which offers many creative majors. My concern there was whether they actually teach you skills or just let you work under their roof with lots of rah-rah cheers for great effort.</p>
<p>SUGGESTION: Have a back-up plan. The film majors have admit rates of 8-12% (Chapman), so be realistic. For example, you can look at Ithaca for its great film department, but also apply as a safety major to something like "Culture and Communication" interdisciplinary major in case you don't get into the film dept.</p>
<p>A minor correction, but Columbia College is located in Chicago and is misspelled in the above post. I can't tell you anything about its programs or reputation, just wanted to correct the spelling in case someone wanted to research it.</p>