<p>I got into the B.F.A. film program in the college of visual and performing arts, department of transmedia, and I've heard many not so good things about it, including this post on studentfilms.com:</p>
<p>"I just went yesterday to visit syracuse for film and was incredibly dissapointed. All the transmedia students including film and photography are thrown in the basement of this hideous building, where the walls aren't even painted and the heating sistem makes really loud noises. I also got to speak with a student and she seemed very excited about the fact that they "never do anything" and pretty much just do whatever they want, and never even have assignments or papers, they've had one paper of three pages the whole year."</p>
<p>Does anybody have any more info, or first-hand experiences with the film program?</p>
<p>I toured and as I said in another post was not impressed with the facilities at all…there is another film/tv major in Newhouse school I think…in the process of researching that.</p>
<p>I know this is old, but for future reference and searches, I am a Junior Transmedia (photo, film, computer art… etc) student at Syracuse, and I just wanted to reply to this quickly. Yes, it is true that the facilities are the in basement, but I’ve never found them to be “hideous”. Also, as a film major you aren’t even working in the studios outside of class because most of the time where you shoot your film is your own deal. The only place you really will spend a large amount of time is in the film editing suites, and those are super nice. Transmedia was just renovated last year, and both the photo spaces and film spaces are set up really nicely. When it comes down to it, the space is not as important as the quality of learning. Although it may seem appealing to have a really nice studio space, I’ve found, that the faculty and classes are a little more important.</p>
<p>As for the student talking about never having papers… it’s half true. While, yes, a lot of times you will not have academic papers in your art classes because you are producing artwork rather than research, you are required to take academic electives in which you will be doing academic work (like papers, and tests!).</p>