<p>Hey, so I just visited BU today and actually really loved it</p>
<p>I really want to do something with film, probably production, but really really don’t want to go to a film school (I visited NYU and hated it) because I’m also interested in so many other things (and films are about things, not just films) and I felt that film school was too much of a graduate school right out of high school.</p>
<p>But anyway, back to the point. I visited the university and loved it, and I also got a tour of the School of Communications, which I also really liked. The only thing is that I can’t find anything concerning feelings about the school’s FILM program outside of a couple rants and a couple praises from 2002-2003.
Also, how much does the University help you after graduation with jobs and stuff like that?</p>
<p>Just as a side note, other schools I’ve looked at with good film programs (but not film schools) and really liked have been Vassar and Weselyan, and I’m looking at Oberlin in a few days (which also has a good film department).</p>
<p>College Confidential has a Visual Arts and Film Majors Forum. You might want to ask your question there.</p>
<p>One of my daughters graduated from the film program. It’s very good. </p>
<p>It’s not a BFA program like at NYU, meaning you have distribution reqs in CAS and get a more rounded education. She minored in Anthropology. </p>
<p>The films I’ve seen are exactly as good as those made at NYU. Some are better. </p>
<p>The negatives - no pun intended - are that you don’t have multiple classes in sound and other craft disciplines. If you want to be in one of those crafts, then you’ll learn that after school in more depth - which is the normal way people do this in the business. The other negative is that Boston is not Southern California and there’s not much of a film business here. There is clearly more TV. No school’s degree seems to matter much in the business, unless you are also related to people in the field who help you. There are some TV production houses in the area - like people who do Animal Planet shows. </p>
<p>I have to say that NYU has increased the size of their program too much. </p>
<p>BU’s program has the normal tracks of production / writing / studies. You have to be on the TV or film side, which reflects the way the world - though that is changing as it all goes digital.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh.
This is insane because I just did a search about BU and I’m having a similar problem. Right now I’m stuck between NYU and BU (well, also Depaul, but just because I really liked the school) because 1) Location and 2) I want to double major in computer science. The BU people have made it clear that that’s possible, but the NYU people can’t seem to give me a straight answer. I really like film and I’d like to know everything related to it, but I don’t know if I want a film career. I don’t want to go to college and end up limiting job options.</p>
<p>If you get more info on this, I’d appreciate it if you send me a message or something.</p>
<p>By the way (back on topic), I know that BU is known for it’s Communications department because I took a tour of Ithaca U and the guide grudging admitted that in some areas, BU was ahead of them. But I’m not sure if this was more other areas of the department or if it also applied to film.
It seems to me like the two colleges treat film in different ways, which makes comparing the colleges all the more difficult…ugh.</p>
<p>It will be nearly impossible to do CompSci at NYU and do film. Not only the requirements but those two disciplines suck more and more time as you go up the ladder. You can spend infinite time editing or debugging but you can’t do infinity times two. NYU film has a lot of requirements starting right away while BU is more a traditional program where you do intro classes in your area while getting your liberal arts education. BU will tell you they want to make you learn and teach you to write. COM is about communications, after all, whether in PR or TV. </p>
<p>NYU is more about the various crafts that are part of film/tv. You take lighting at BU but it’s not a whole progression of lighting classes. </p>
<p>The only thing I know about DePaul is the neighborhood. </p>
<p>No film school is a ticket to a job. That’s not how the industry works.</p>
<p>BU’s film program is decent
obviously NYU is far better, but if you don’t have a choice, BU will do
of course if you want to study other stuff, you can do that more at BU
however, keep in mind, you won’t be becoming a director or producer or anything major from BU
don’t go to BU over NYU if you are feeling ambitious
Tisch is definetly the best
i think you need to carefully decide what you want first before you choose</p>