Film School Secrets: Insider Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers Learn Filmmaking as Creative Professional, Not a Starving Artist

I’ve seen my share of bad trailer and scene recuts on youtube. You can usually tell if one is a dud right when you click on the video, because there will be a big fat red bar showing how many people dislike the recut. But every so often people get it right. These examples are relatively old, but still hysterical ...

As an alumni of NYU Film School I was just transferred to the Tisch Alumni Career network, which basically puts you into a database that collects thousands of jobs ops from big job websites and conglomerates them into one place. I think it was too much work and cost too much money for the school to have any dedicated, competent industry ...

I just watched “Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows” and I must say, well played. Guy Ritchie seems to have focus grouped the heck out of the first movie and decided to eliminate everything audiences didn’t like from the previous installment out. That includes Rachel MacAdams, who has very little screen time in the new movie. No, the new Sherlock Holmes ...

I keep getting questions from students and parents regarding college. Though many people are starting to realize that film school is a waste, the next question becomes “well, then what should I major in?” Rather than respond individually to these many inquiries I have decided to republish this response I sent to one of my students. A also highly recommend ...

Film School Rankings are absolutely meaningless in the real world of film production. There’s a lot of theory and baseless opinions on this, but this screenshot from a real life LinkedIn conversation among NYU Film alumni really sums it up: As this Tisch grad points out, employers don’t care about where you go to school, they just care about your ...

Got a great movie idea, but all the action takes place underwater? Probably not. But still, having a waterproof video camera can be pretty cool. And nowadays you can get your hands on a waterproof video camcorder that you can not only take underwater but also captures HD images and costs less than $200. Let’s get to the candidate for ...

The Cast Away Wilson Volleyball is a great gift to give fans of the wonderful movie “Cast Away” starring Tom Hanks. This movie is really a remarkable viewing experience. In fact, there’s a joke in the movie “Bridesmaids” where Kristin Wiig has her emotional epiphany while watching the scene where Hanks loses his volleyball. But if you’ve seen the movie ...