Film course question

Vamoose Killers

Apologies for dragging this back up again but would this course - http://www.filmbase.ie/training/long_courses.php - be suitable for somebody with no previous expierence in the area, i.e., a total beginner?

Thanks.

DenMan

Wow this thread was inactive for five and a half years. :eek:

There are some briliant courses in Galway. I really enjoy writing myself and am very interested in doing some of their courses. They also do video editing courses.

http://www.galwayfilmcentre.ie/pages/t_multiskill.htm

You could also try here. They do a MA in Screenwriting.

http://www.filmschool.ie/

Karl Hungus

I've seperated these posts from the other thread. In future, do not drag up a thread that's over five years old, start a new one.

MikeC101

It's definitely aimed at beginners - but I'm not sure what you'd get out of it.

The problem with the course (assuming it's the digital filmmaking course - as there's also a documentary course listed on that page) is that it's extremely broad. That's a good thing if you're looking for an introduction to all the different areas of film production, but I don't think it's exactly "Ideal if you are looking for a way into the film industry" as it claims on the site - I don't see many people being hired because they have 24 days training in such a variety of things.

Though if you're looking to start out on your own as a filmmaker, and pick things up as you go along, or you want to experience a range of different options before deciding what avenue you want to pursue it might be good.

Is there any particular area you find particularly interesting when it comes to filmmaking?

This is what they're covering:

* Short Scriptwriting and Development
* Production
* Direction
* Camera & lighting
* Location sound
* Continuity
* Theory of editing
* Art direction
* Assistant directing
* 3 day shoot and 3 day edit with professional editor

It looks like it'd be a lot of fun, but each of those areas is a massive field in it's own right.

skaterboy

Vamoose Killers wrote: »

Apologies for dragging this back up again but would this course - http://www.filmbase.ie/training/long_courses.php - be suitable for somebody with no previous expierence in the area, i.e., a total beginner?

Thanks.

In the IFI In town their doing a beginner course=]

I do feel that film courses in Ireland are lacking. I'm after finish my first year of Film and TV production and so far I've fopund it very underwhelming. A lot of the lecturers have no idea what they are taking about case in point my script lecturer is an editor with very little experience in screenwriting. The script lecturer was on maternity leave so rather than get a qualified replacement they got the editing lecturer in. I would recommend looking abroad, people I know who have studied in London, Spain and America all say the same thing, Irish film courses are sub par.

MikeC101

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I do feel that film courses in Ireland are lacking. I'm after finish my first year of Film and TV production and so far I've fopund it very underwhelming. A lot of the lecturers have no idea what they are taking about case in point my script lecturer is an editor with very little experience in screenwriting. The script lecturer was on maternity leave so rather than get a qualified replacement they got the editing lecturer in. I would recommend looking abroad, people I know who have studied in London, Spain and America all say the same thing, Irish film courses are sub par.

Something I've heard from a lot of people - it seems London or LA (or NY film school) are the best places to go - due to the fact that so many of the lecturers are actual working scriptwriters / editors / etc...

But at 60,000 dollars tuition :eek: I won't be going there anytime soon.

arcade1

the reason courses in ireland are lacking is because there simple isn't the industry there to back it.
you need to go and do a degree in england and stay there, work for free on as many sets as possible, small or large, get to know people, get to know people who know people (this can all be done while still at uni) and work you ass off and make an impression.
thats the easy way.

the difficult way is to do a film theory course, try and write a cool script and watch films all day and dicuss how many films you watch and how you know more about cinema that other people who only watch maybe 1 or 2 films a week. nobody who works in film gives a **** about that. complete film geeks rarely make it.

do a practal course and work your tits off.