<p>I picked up the book "Film School Confidential" at the bookstore the other day. As I started flipping through and looking at the various schools with which I was familiar, I realized the information was outdated. For instance, 2 of the schools I've looked into for our son were listed as only having MFA programs in film. Checking the copyright date, I found it to be 1997. Well, that's about worthless! Does anyone know of a more current source of comparing various film schools?</p>
<p>My recommendation is to try studentfilms.com <a href="http://forums.studentfilms.com/groupee%5B/url%5D">http://forums.studentfilms.com/groupee</a> This website has many recent links to the various film school, etc. programs that are offered. I hope that you find this helpful, and good luck with your search.</p>
<p>Also check out the L.O.A.F.S section (Library of Annotated Film Schools) at <a href="http://filmmaker.com/reviews.html%5B/url%5D">http://filmmaker.com/reviews.html</a></p>
<p>The best source of information is working professionals.;) Send your child to some kind of summer intern program for high school students where he/she will get much more information than on this board.
I don't know where you live.
Here is one of Houston intern programs:
<a href="http://www.houston-mediasource.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.houston-mediasource.org/</a></p>
<p>Thanks, Ya Ya. As a matter of fact, our son is a member of Houston Media-Source and it's been a great help. It's a bit more focused on television than filmmaking, however.</p>
<p>Well, then he already knows that Houston is NOT a movie making city, and even Austin is not a huge one. People can make living on commercials, industrials and TV projects, not movies.</p>
<p>He can join NextActorStudio <a href="http://www.nextactor.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.nextactor.com/</a></p>
<p>They are the biggest movie making place in Houston both for feature and for student shorts. 6 movies only in April as I know. Very nice people.</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>Gorilla Team <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GorillaTeam/%5B/url%5D">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GorillaTeam/</a> </p>
<p>They meet on Saturdays, I have no idea how serious they are, they just started.</p>
<p>Nextactor has a crew call for a feature. </p>
<p>Production Assistants
Make-Up Artist
Art Director
2nd Assistant Director
<a href="http://www.bleeplove.com/auditions.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bleeplove.com/auditions.html</a></p>
<p>PA is a great start.</p>
<p>My understanding is that you don't need too much education to make movies. It's all about who you know.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tips, Ya Ya, I'll check into those. Our son does plan to attend college, and we want him to. If he majors in film but then never does anything in film, that's fine by us. People often get a degree in one thing and then go a completely different direction after college.</p>
<p>Ray Carney, a professor in Boston University's film program, has a lot to say about film studies. I think it's worth a look for prospective majors and wannabes ;)</p>
<p>His page is full of interesting information relevant to anyone into film:</p>