Back to School: Everything You Need to Know About Film Schools in Hollywood

A Handy Companion to the Aspiring Film Student Struggling with Choosing the Right School

I've been getting a lot of emails requesting advice that I might have pertaining to "good film schools" or if there was any type of method to a "nobody gets hurt" experience when coming out to Hollywood. The funny this is, I don't consider myself to be the authority on making adequate educational decisions. As a matter of fact, I was sort of a bad student but only to a certain degree. Don't get it twisted : )

So before I explode with my hypothesis on the matter, let me explain the type of person I am.

Plain and simple, I react from the gut. I make decisions based on a simplistic theory, which can be interpreted as blind mathematics i.e. "is X better then Y?". That's pretty much the basis to my infallible logic. I'm the "I'll just iron out the details later" type of bloke. There's upsides as well as some more obvious downsides to this type of decision making. Let's take a look at the scale. It's only fair : )

The Good
You're open to all types of new discoveries.
There is also a tendency (for me, at least) to become more adventurous in life.
An undeniable sense of freedom, which contributes greatly to your outlook on certain situations.A better understanding of self.

The Bad
Possible animosity from family and friends due to your sudden departure.
Everyone you know, in some way or another wants to support you but might feel alienated if you leave without their feelings in mind.When choosing X over Y, what are you leaving behind? Consider the consequences of your actions.

The Ugly
When chasing a dream or following an ambition, people will follow you and respect you for your courage, they might even cheer for you...of course, this is all until you fail. You can't blame them either because who still wants to hear about your new exciting life plan after you've already been through the entire playbook. If you're anything like me, it gets old. I've failed more then the times allotted to. So, in turn there's sacrifice. But you deal with it. It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.