<p>Hi I am now interested in pursuing a bfa in acting (switched over from mt) and am more interested in working on film than on stage. what are some strong film acting schools? i know that first you need to learn to act, and that most bfa schools can help you with that, and that they do offer some film courses. i was just wondering if there are any particularly strong film acting schools? thanks for any help!</p>
<p>NYU has an advanced studio StoneStreet that only does film and TV acting. Before that you can major in Acting in one the acting studios like Stella Adler that has some acting film classes.</p>
<p>Chapman University in California has a Screen Acting BFA. Freshman enter as a BA theater student (which requires an audition for admittance). After your first year, you can audition for the BFA in screen acting. Also, BA students can audition for their BFA in Theatre Performance during their second year. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Can you enter as a Film Studies student in the Dodge School and audition for the Screen Acting BFA?</p>
<p>UCLA has a BA in Theatre (Acting) that is run like a Conservatory BFA program and offers numerous courses that specialize in acting for film, plus the students can audition to be in student filsm with the other students in the prestigious Film program located in the same school. In addition, many of the BA students are able to minor in Film at the program as well.</p>
<p>USC has both a BA and BFA in Acting, and as the school has an excellent Film school as well, this is an added benefit.</p>
<p>I agree with Chapman, and would add to consideration Cal Arts and LMU. I don’t know about NYU’s program. But with NYU, you have to get into this specific program, like all the NYU programs. On the other hand, at UCLA, USC, Cal Arts, Chapman and LMU, you are accepted into the school’s major and then chose from the many classes that specialize in acting for the screen (they don’t have studios… the programs are smaller. UCLA only has 30 actors.)</p>
<p>When you have outstanding acting schools connected with outstanding film schools, the benefit is the students “grow up” together and make connections that last a lifetime. The actors work on the student films, gaining that experience, and build friendships with the students who will some day be the ones who make the movies/television shows that they will be in some day. One thing you need to remember is you are also buying the network…If you want to be a film or television star, go where there is a good acting program, plus a good film school aligned with it, and seriously consider whether you need to do that in California, where the industry is strongest. I did not understand the concept of buying the alumni network until it was explained by a few schools.</p>
<p>My D is at UCLA, and she has already been facebooked by an actress who is a UCLA graduate to check in on her and see how she is doing. This is a young actress who has been on many television shows, and movies, including Reno 911. The actress sought my D out, not the reverse. That’s what you want.</p>
<p>In terms of grades, is it hard to get accepted to USC? Because, I’ve got like a 2.9…but what if I am what they are looking for in their Fresh. Class?</p>
<p>For Chapman, you can enter as either a student in the Dodge Film School or theatre department, and audition at the end of your freshman year. So yes, you can audition as a film studies major.</p>
<p>hmmm i am mostly looking at schools on the east coast, but will definitely check out ca. do you have to be in la for film work?</p>
<p>No. You don’t. Film work is everywhere, and in fact, Toronto has tremendous film opportunities and good schools.</p>
<p>toronto? could you name the schools so i can research them? THANK YOU for all your help!</p>
<p>Ryerson and York are the two that come to mind.</p>
<p>Chapman’s acting program is bad baD bAD BAD!</p>
<p>coasterfly…your post is not helpful at all. While all opinions are welcome, your opinion is not only stated as fact, but also gives no substantiation or reasoning behind your remarks. Members have to be careful as to whose opinions come across as valid. You have just registered with hardly any posts and then put up that a school is bad, with nothing to back up that claim. Not sure many people will put stock into what you posted. They shouldn’t.</p>