Hollywood Masala

I am in the process of making an important desicion to enroll in a film school to study film directing. I am 33 years old now and i have a deploma in management, i always loved to be a director and i have great passion and talent for it.

Can any one advise me where to start looking if you were in my place, because of my limited budget i am concidering a one year program like NYFA in New York City. what do you think of NYFA compared to other similar program?? would you concider schools like NYU or Columbia over NYFA?? Any advise will be apreciated.

I just graduated from Syracuse University.. I was in the business school but I had friends who studied film there. Its a well known program in the Newhouse School... you should look into it. The only drawback is that its pretty expensive...

One thing to consider is when you get to actually do hands-on experience with a camera.  I know schools like USC don't allow you to touch the camera for 2 years.  So you might wanna factor that in.

Another thing to consider, if you're tight on budget, is to spend that money on a nice camera and gear and get Dov Simens 2-day film school for about $400 and just keep shooting and shooting.

I've worked on over 50 student films as an actors and even helped with some behind the scenes too. The main problem I saw repeatedly with film schools is that the students have too much on their plate and never complete one project to 100%.  The sound is never done or the editings is not as sweet as is should be because of the tight deadlines.  But hey that's my 2 cents.

Good luck,
Anup
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