Independent Filmmaking

The film industry in the country is one of the most difficult to get into so why wouldn’t you give yourself every advantage that you can get? To learn the craft that immortalized the big names like Spielberg, Hitchcock, Tarantino as well as the Coen Brothers, why don’t you enroll in one of the top Orlando Film Schools – which are situated right next to the renowned Disney World and Universal Studios.

It’s even a better idea to attend in non-traditional film schools because in as little as 6 months, you get to be trained by experts and sent to begin your filmmaking career – this you can do while four-year-course students struggle through their math classes.

Alternative yet renowned films schools like the F.I.R.S.T. School and Film Connection will help you so much as you embark on your filmmaking career regardless of your chosen area of interest – be it in producing, directing, screenwriting, editing.

Besides, when a studio is handing out multi-picture deals to filmmakers, they do not actually take into account where they got their education in filmmaking, especially when the industry’s most successful directors never even took a single film class.

The two main Orlando film schools discussed above have similar educational theories in that they really push for hands-on training for their students but their approaches are very similar.

The F.I.R.S.T. School takes pride of an 8-month programs that’s broken down into four parts. The first half of the program is focused on lectures as well as demonstrations. Once the school feels that you are up to the task, you start doing around eight hours of independent studio work every week, on top of the instruction.

The F.I.R.S.T. School doesn’t differentiate between people who want to be do different jobs in the film industry and teaches every aspect of the filmmaking process, from pre-production to DVD authoring.

The uniqueness of the curriculum at the Film Connection stems from the fact that it doesn’t have any classes, final exams or professors. Instead, the Film Connection pairs you with a mentor, someone who is currently working in the film industry.

True, you will still get the theories as you would in any other film school, but this you obtain with a real film studio as your classroom and the real film shoot as your project – of course, with working industry professionals as your instructor.

Thus, if you ever hoped of seeing your name in the credits of the next Oscar winning movie, might as well treat yourself with an education at one of the top Orlando Film Schools.