<p>I'm looking for schools that offer film in Cali and NYC. Those two places are the easiest for me to live in for certain reasons. I'm sending my SAT scores to USC but I want to find others. This might sound stupid but it would be better if they give full tuition scholarships since I'm a little tight on money. I usually find one that gives film but no scholarships or viceversa</p>
<p>Tarantino. Nice. </p>
<p>I’m going to guess and say NYU is the only school worth going to for film, but it’s obviously the most expensive.</p>
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<p>Not true, USC and the American Film Institute are frequently put higher than NYU on rankings of film schools and I’d say CalArts most likely is as well.</p>
<p>Some film school focus on narrative and other more on artistic or experimental. Be sure you know which type of program you’re looking for.</p>
<p>Other CA/NY schools that you may want to look at include:
Chapman
LMU
SFSU
CSU Northridge
CSu Long Beach
SUNY Purchase
Hofstra
Quinnipiac
and in Boston, Emerson</p>
<p>Berkeley: [Undergraduate</a> | Film & Media Studies | UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://fm.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/]Undergraduate”>http://fm.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/)</p>
<p>Affordability is probably good for California residents, poor otherwise.</p>
<p>Someone who calls it Cali probably isn’t going to benefit from Berkeley’s affordability. </p>
<p>Occidental gives good financial aid, and it’s in a good part of LA. No idea about how strong the film program is.
Chapman has a competitive Dodge film school. Financial aid is generally isn’t great.</p>
<p>’‘I’m looking for schools that offer film in Cali and NYC… two places are the easiest for me to live in for certain reasons.’ '</p>
<p>Like you are mad rich? Joking. Sort of. If so, do check out Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles. I’d say narrative, just based on admitted students day . There is an LMU subforum, but not always active.</p>
<p>hop has a good list. Bear in mind that most of the good film schools are pretty competitive for admissions, and few will have very many full tuition scholarships available, they are even more rare. LMU is probably more known for narrative and screenwriting, but they are supposed to have upgraded their animation. Look over at visual arts and film making, way more people lurking there who could advise you. GPA/SAT, interests might give people ideas.</p>
<p>Most good film schools will be in Los Angeles (NYU and Chapman are exceptions.) Why? because that’s where Hollywood and the film industry are.</p>
<p>top schools in the LA area are USC, UCLA, and AFI. You likely won’t get full tuition scholarships from any of these schools since film is highly competitive for all of them. Things worth noting are that UCLA’s film program is only 2 years and undergraduates have to apply and be accepted into the program their sophomore year. AFI is only for graduate studies I think.</p>
<p>If you can’t go to a great film school it’s not the end of the world. Paul Thomas Anderson has remarked that film school is a waste of time. And other directors, like Ang Lee, went to less reputable film programs (UIUC) but still enjoyed success.</p>
<p>I’m not rich, I just have family members in these places who I could maybe stay with</p>
<p>And I want to go to film school because it is the only way my parents will help me financially. They don’t really want me to go away, but where I live I’ll get nowhere.</p>
<p>Beyphy: Ang Lee went to Tisch for grad school. </p>
<p>NYU has the full range of specialties - narrative, experimental, documentary, animation, television, cinematography, post-production, producing, sound, directing, really, anything you want you can find here. Merit aid exists here but it’s very rare. Apply and try your luck but don’t count on it; be pleasantly surprised if you get good financial aid, whether need-based or merit.</p>
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<p>Lots of people from here are calling it that these days. In fact, the Cali clothing brand has been pretty popular from what I’ve observed.</p>
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<p>Ah I didn’t know that, but that obviously makes sense.</p>
<p>The biggest complaint i’ve heard about NYU is that there facilities are outdated. USC probably has the best facilities (and networking) of any school in the country. After that i’m not sure in terms of facilities. It could be Chapman, or UCLA or AFI.</p>
<p>beyphy: yes, it’s true our gear isn’t the bestest and newest, and students have been finding ways to work around it for the longest time. The school amortises its assets over a period of seven years to decide if equipment is worth investing in, and with the rate of technological development, you can see that leaves NYU up to two or three product cycles behind by the end of each seven-year cycle. We did just get a large bunch of FS100s though - about time. </p>
<p>I hear that the school is considering moving towards a system where instead of giving students gear for their films, they instead give a cash voucher and students can go to a rental house and rent the camera that best suits their needs. However, I will chortle if this happens before I graduate.</p>