<p>I'm still an undergraduate student (heading into my junior year) and am starting to think about life after undergrad. I'm currently in a BFA program with a double-major in History and minor in French. My BFA concentration is Film & Television. I am not too familiar with what purpose an MFA in Filmmaking or any other visual/performing arts serves? I've always thought that careers in art, unlike teaching/research/whatever professions, is predominantly based on your individual success and the work that you produce, and not really on what kind of a degree you have. Am I wrong? If so, why are people in MFA programs? And if its to advance their work (just being in an academic environment and getting feedbacks and making connections and all of that is what it serves), then is going to grad school for Art pretty much a waste of money?</p>
<p>A BFA in painting or creative writing may not give you much of a skill set to work with but a BFA in film production, for instance, especially if you obtain it somewhere where there is a big market for films (i.e. Los Angeles, New York, Montreal, ect.) can be parlayed fairly quickly into a job in film or television production. It may not always be a galmorous job but it is a job nonetheless.</p>