Many people dream of a glamorous career in filmmaking and wonder what film making courses will best help them get started. Before you sign up for film school take time to get realistic about what you can expect to accomplish. Although the filmmaking industry employs thousands of people it can still be one of the hardest industries to break into.
Besides acting, the two jobs most often pursued are being a film director or a screenplay writer. Because this is what most students request these are the jobs where they offer the most classes. This is where the problem starts.
The demand in Hollywood for new film directors and new screenplay writers is almost non-existent. The current working directors and writers spent many years apprenticing and working their way up through the ranks. The newly graduated student walking up to the hiring department of a film studio or production company will be lucky to be offered a job as receptionist or mail-room clerk.
This is the sad reality of the education of future movie makers. Few beginning students are willing to believe that the odds are so strongly stacked against them. They sign up for film making courses which will consist of watching and discussing classic, old movies then making little short films using commonly available video equipment. Students most interested in screenplay writing spend their time writing short scenes and discussing them with fellow classmates.
A few decades ago the only way to see these old classic movies was to go to a film school that could afford original film prints. Also movie making equipment was very expensive and not available to the general public. The knowledge of how to structure and create scripts was known to only a few insiders.
Two things you need to notice. First is that the things the students are learning only qualify them to work in the lowest paid and most competitive of jobs. Secondly is that today all those classic movies are commonly available for rent or purchase, high-quality video equipment is cheap and available as are hundreds of excellent books on the techniques of movie making and script writing.
With so many resources available today the only reasons one can imagine for taking film making courses are to have some live experience working with a team of filmmakers and to get some hand-holding from knowledgeable filmmakers. That sounds reasonable, but why pay a lot of money for that? Community colleges often offer film making courses that will inexpensively teach the basics. Even better is to find local film productions that want to hire production assistants. What better way to learn and make contacts than by actually working with professionals. You only need to know where to look.
The people who get hired in the movie industry are the energetic, determined self-starters who make things happen. If you have been thinking that a professor at an expensive school is your ticket to Hollywood you need to think again. The professor is probably one of last year’s students from that same school who hasn’t been able to get a real job doing anything better than teaching what he was just taught.
Many options are available for learning how to make movies. One of the best places to learn what is available in movie making courses is at the free online film school http://filmschools.4filmmaking.com/film-making-courses.html.
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Question by Anand D: Evening Film Making Course in NYFA is best?
I have completed bachelor degree in Computer Science and working. I can’t attend full time college. I’m ready to study 1 to 3 years of evening film school courses. So I want to do film making in evening college. I’m thinking to take 1 year evening course in NYFA. Is there any other best institute other NYFA by considering my situation?
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Captiva Island, FL (PRWEB) August 03, 2012
The two-week-long Captiva Holiday Village launches its 2012 spectacular the Friday after Thanksgiving with fireworks, tree lightings, holiday readings and musical performances.
Now in its third year, Captiva Holiday Village is a cooperative event sponsored by hoteliers, merchants, attraction owners and restaurateurs of Captiva Island.
Captiva is a remarkable island village and known as a magnet for creative people, said Paul McCarthy of Captiva Cruises. Its famous for its beautiful beaches, wildlife-filled waters, family-friendly atmosphere, and a quirky, relaxed way of life. This island is a perfect place to unwind from holiday stress.
Each special-themed weekend, beginning Nov. 23 through Dec. 8, will be a fun-filled extravaganza of sight and sound, set against the backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico and evening sunsets. During the event weekends, visitors will enjoy everything from decorated golf cart and lighted boat parades to Junkanoo and fire dancers, live music and even a Marching Mullet Parade.
All three weekends of events take place in Captivas village center, where its colorful restaurants and shops will be festively decorated.
The village is the heart of the island: a quirky, colorful, pedestrian-friendly hub where people stroll from place to place, enjoying live music, tropical food and drink and the islands legendary sunsets.
Captiva is a wonderful contrast from the hustle and bustle of normal daily life, said Jeff Shuff, Tween Waters Inn general manager. When you add in all the fun with these three holiday event weekends, Captiva should be at the top of your holiday must-do list; its going to be one heck of a party this year.
Back by popular demand, a feature of this years Captiva Holiday Village is community Chautauqua, offering educational and entertaining workshops, entertainment, films, a carol sing, boat cruises, natural history talks and tastingsall offering locals and visitors a chance to learn more about quirky Captiva.
In addition to Holiday Village festivities, the island offers easy access to an abundance of water sports: kayaking, guided fishing, parasailing, wildlife cruises to the outer islands and world-renowned shelling.
The village of Captiva is a special place during the holidays, said Captiva resident Nathalie Pyle. Our entire family is together for the Tween Waters fireworks the night after Thanksgiving, and my grandchildren and I love decorating our golf cart and riding in the golf cart parade. The lighted boat parade is another family favorite and, of course, we love singing Christmas carols at the Captiva Chapel by the Sea.
Captiva Island, located on the Gulf coast of Florida adjacent to Fort Myers, is regularly featured in newspapers and magazines around the world. In 2011, Captiva ranked as one of TripAdvisors Top 10 Travelers Choice U.S. Beach Destinations.
The small island is also known as a destination for celebrities and creative legends. Visitor lodging options include small inns, deluxe resorts, rental homes and condos and dockage for boats of all sizes.
According to The Weather Channel, the average daily high temperature for Captiva in December is 77 degrees, and it is the driest month annually with just 1.71 inches of rain.
Captiva resorts, inns, cottages and vacation homes will be offering lodging specials in conjunction with this years third annual Captiva Holiday Village event.
As a highlight of this annual event, once again local hoteliers and restaurants have teamed up to offer six free two-night Captiva Holiday Village weekends for the 2012 event. Online entries are now being accepted at http://www.captivaholidayvillage.com.
The 2012 event schedule is as follows:
Friday, Nov. 23:
Tween Waters Inn Lighting Ceremony
5 to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24:
South Seas Tree Lighting and Children Story Telling
Chadwicks Square South Seas
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Sunset Arias at Tween Waters Inn
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 27:
Walking History Tour
With Richard Finkel of Captiva Cruises at McCarthys Marina
10 a.m.
Moonlight Cruise
With wine merchant Gordon Hullars Demystifying Wines at McCarthys Marina
4:45 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 29:
Holiday Surprises at the Captiva Memorial Library
Captiva Island Historical Society Captiva Memories volume 1
Sanibel and Captiva Art League Plein, Andy Rosse Lane
10 a.m. to noon
Friday, Nov. 30:
Coconuts!
Techniques for opening a coconut, their ecology, coconut ice cream, coconut painting and using USPS
to mail a coconut
Under the tiki at Jensens Marina
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mullet March
Starts at Jensens Marina
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Fire Dancing
At the Beach by Mucky Duck
5:45 to 7 p.m.
Joyous Jam
Keylime Bistro, Andy Rosse Lane
6:30 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 1:
Join the Junkanoo making Recycled Rhythm Instruments on Andy Rosse Lane near McCarthys Marina
1 to 3:30 p.m.
Junkanoo
Starts at McCarthys Marina
4 to 5 p.m.
Joyous Jam
Jensens Marina
5 to 6 p.m.
Boat Parade
Roosevelt Channel
6 to 7 p.m.
Boat Awards
Keylime Bistro, Andy Rosse Lane
8:30 p.m.
Tuesday Dec. 4:
Writer Amy Bennett Williams speaks about her new book, Along the Caloosahatchee.
Woody Hanson reflects on his grandfathers work as the White Medicine Man to the Seminoles
Wakefield Room at Tween Waters
7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 5:
1000 Years of Fishing in Pine Island Sound boat cruise
Starts at McCarthys Marina with SCCFs Kristie Anders on board Captiva Cruises boat.
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Hurricanes, Skywatching and Storm Readiness
With Doris Holzheimer and Kristie Anders
Time and place TBA
Stars Over Captiva with Richard Finkel of Captiva Cruises
Time and place TBA
Thursday, Dec. 6:
Sound Science
Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundations research in Pine Island Sound
Time and place TBA
Sanibel Captiva Art League Plein
Air on the docks of Captiva
10 a.m. to noon
The Best Gifts are Books!
Captiva Memorial Library
Time and Place TBA
Friday, Dec. 7:
Sanibel Luminary
5:30 to 9 p.m.
Sunset Arias
Tween Waters Inn
5 to 6 p.m.
Hidden Art of Ding Darling
Americas Darling – a film on the life of Jay Darling
Wakefield Room at Tween Waters after Arias on the Beach
Time TBA
Saturday, Dec. 8:
Golf Cart Parade
Starts at Chadwicks Square South Seas with awards presentation party immediately following
3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Captiva Luminary
5:30 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 9:
Carol Sing at Chapel-by-the-Sea
Reception by Captiva Civic Association
6 to 7 p.m.
For a list of all events and hotel packages, visit http://www.CaptivaHolidayVillage.com.
About Captiva Island
Captiva Island is a barrier island in the tranquil Gulf of Mexico on Floridas southwest coast. North of Sanibel Island and West of Fort Myers, world-renowned Captiva is also just three hours from Tampa and Fort Lauderdale by car. A narrow sea
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