A question I get asked a lot is some form of Is film school worth it? It’s a complicated question that every person has to answer for themselves, but I wanted to focus on one aspect of it which I like to call the Film School Paradox: as the cost of making films goes down, [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘Paying for Film School’
October 6th, 2010 - 10:08 pm § in Film School
Paying For Film School: The Second Year
So I’ve officially begun my second year at UCLA film school, and now it’s time to look at how much it actually costs. First I’m going to do a quick run-through of my actual costs for the first year. Back in September of 2009, this was UCLA’s estimate of how much my first year[...]
December 18th, 2009 - 11:48 am § in Film School
Paying for Film School Part 2
This is a follow up to my first post on Paying for Film School. Now that I’ve done one quarter at UCLA Film School I have a more realistic idea of how much things actually cost. This was my budget going into UCLA, based on Film School Confidential’s Pricing Guide. Here is my revised budg[...]
August 13th, 2009 - 12:06 pm § in Film School
Paying for Film School: The First Year
It was difficult when applying to schools to figure out exactly how much it will cost. Film school confidential has a breakdown on their website for UCLA, but it’s already quite dated. This is the breakdown from UCLA’s Registrar: Resident Nonresident University Registration fee $Â Â Â Â[...]