Film Schools in California

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>I'm currently in the middle of my first semester at Berkeley Digital Film Institute in Berkeley, CA. It's a very good program. I base this opinion on:</p>

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<li><p>I've wanted to be a producer/filmmaker since I was in 3rd grade so I've been reading a lot around the field and about schools.</p></li>
<li><p>I've visited all the usual suspects and gotten feedback from friends that have gone to: UCLA, USC, Chapman, NYU, SF Academy of Art, Brooks Institute. I think the bar is set too low at those schools personally.</p></li>
<li><p>I've been a professional videographer for 8 years, started since I was 19 yrs old. Their cinematography class really rounds out a lot of things as well as inspiring</p></li>
<li><p>They focus you towards making something high quality and marketable in the main stream, and encourage making an authentic stuff.</p></li>
<li><p>Between the faculty, there's 7 Academy Awards.</p></li>
<li><p>I just looked at a 2nd semester student's work today and it's freaken awesome..like feature film quality beautiful!</p></li>
<li><p>We get to shoot on HD for our last 3 semesters.</p></li>
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<p>I could go on and on. Just go the the website: Berkeley</a> Digital Film Institute - Welcome! . It's going to be updated to include a lot of student work in Sept/Oct 2008.</p>

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<p>It sounds great but it isn't a four-year credited university is it? :P I looked at it, but If I'm not mistaken it's not a four-year school right?</p>

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<p>Don't count on getting into LMU with a 3.3! They have a very unusual acceptance, it can be all over the charts, but getting tougher.</p>

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<p>Oh really, well my gpa is more about 3.7. Is that still good?</p>

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<p>LMU u could prob get in w/ 3.7, im looking to apply there too for film,3.5</p>

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<p>Oh good! Well good luck! I'm glad I have a few options now, I'm going to apply to Chapman, Layola Marymount, USC, and I was wondering about SCU Long beach, is their program any good? Also what are my chances considering I'm out of state, I know the SCU schools tend to accept more in state students.</p>