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Film School Secrets intense box imageFilm School Secrets is a web based set of lessons in filmmaking that finally unveils how little value there is to a film school degree. There has been a lot of talk and blogging about this course that you may have seen. Numerous film school grads are surfacing and saying "About time someone spoke the truth!"

Put Together by former top film school graduates, a former NYU film school teacher and working filmmakers, this course divulges the two biggest nasty film school secrets: the best film schools are outrageously expensive for what you get, and are next to ineffectual for obtaining a job in filmmaking.

If you have ever considered applying to a top film school you need to first find out about the online film training that is creating all the buzz while it is still open to new students.

Film School Secrets is presently available for a low price but has already seen one increment and will soon be raised again. Despite its still modest cost don't believe this is a shallow, ineffectual course like many others. This is filled with the solid insider secrets you need to at long last begin a real career.

The heart of the course is an eight module set consisting of hours of video training:

Module 1: How the film industry really works and why even top film school graduates are seen as a joke by most employed filmmakers and film studios. With the correct strategy you can get your career started now and be taken seriously for a lot less time and money than going to film school.

Module 2: How to get onto film sets and be paid to learn. The only way to learn how to make films is by working side-by-side with professionals who are creating films. Nothing you could be told at film school replaces the actual experience of helping to make a feature movie.

Module 3: Learn all the filmmaking proficiency you need to know to get started. Most employed filmmakers will tell you it only takes a few hours to pick up the fundamental techniques. Lighting, sound, and camera operation just aren't that complicated.

Module 4: A film is nothing unless it begins with a great story that audiences want to experience. Discover what makes a great screenplay. How to find pros who want to help you.

Module 5: How to inexpensively hire experts to handle the things you haven't learned until now. Making a film takes more than one person and here's how to tie in with top pros who will help you for a lot less than the cost of film school, or even for FREE if you know how to ask.

Module 6: Shooting a film in Hollywood can be a major disadvantage. Learn how to shoot away from Los Angeles like the big studios now do and lower you cost to a small fraction of what it could otherwise cost.

Module 7: How to successfully make your own film even if you've never done it before, have no equipment and hardly know what you're doing.

Module 8: Selling and distributing your film by employing the newest methods of digital and online distribution.

Possibly my favorite part of the Film School Secrets course is the book, Film Fooled, written by Seth Hymes. He takes you semester by semester through the bumbling teachers and brain dead, boring courses he suffered at NYU's film school in order to get his diploma. Reading even one chapter of this book will convince you once and for all that there is nothing to be acquired from a top film school education and why film school diplomas get no esteem in the film industry.

You also get a copy of the NYU Production Handbook. NYU would like you to think that this book alone is worth the cost of tuition. You get your own copy included at no extra charge.

I have also thrown in a copy of my authoritative 350 page Filmmaking Reference that normally costs more than the current cost of Film School Secrets all by itself. That's how much I believe in this course and want you to try it before you seriously consider an expensive film school.

And perhaps the most valuable items:

The course includes interviews with successful filmmakers spilling the secrets of exactly how they got in to exciting jobs in movie making. These are a blueprint for how you can succeed, too.

Finally the course includes the ability to contact and ask questions of the authors of the course for no extra charge. Priceless!

Pros and cons of Film School Secrets vs. a top film school

Pros:

  • Actually teaches how to get started as a filmmaker rather than a lot of theory that is useless in getting real jobs.
  • Following this course and actually doing what you will learn will literally save you years of your life and thousands of dollars getting started as a filmmaker.
  • A tiny fraction of the cost
  • Have the knowledge you need to break in after just days

Cons:

  • The course doesn't try to teach you every detail about movie making. You will need to continue learning as you work your way up the ladder.
  • The materials are presented in online videos but some may prefer all the materials to be in a published manual. However the videos are very clear and easy to follow.
  • Family and friends will finally believe you when your name is up in lights

By the time you finish this course you will understand why film school is the last thing you need to become a filmmaker, and know secret real-world strategies for getting started, plus you will have contact with experts who can help you along the way.

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