r/filmschool

I'll be straight with you all because I'm tired of getting vague motivational answers.

Our family situation: Dad works a private job, earns ₹30k/month. That's it. That's the entire household income. We're not poor-poor but we're one bad month away from things getting tight. I somehow managed to get my engineering done.I won't even get into how much stress that put on the family and I'm now working as a software engineer earning around 7 LPA. I'm 23-24, still figuring my own life out, and I've basically become the second financial pillar of the house whether I wanted to or not.

My brother now wants to do BFA with a focus on filmmaking, editing, and visual media.

And here's the thing, I'm not dismissing him. I actually sat down and did real research on this. I went through LinkedIn, salary data, hiring patterns, what BFA grads actually end up doing vs what they thought they'd do. And the picture is... complicated. Not impossible, but not easy either.

What I'm scared of:

- Dad retires in maybe 8-10 years. I can't carry the whole house alone AND support my brother through 4 years of BFA + 3-4 years of figuring out a creative career.

- If it doesn't work out, he's 26-27 with a BFA, no savings, no fallback, and I'm 28-29 trying to get my own life together.

- I don't want to be the sister who crushed his dream. But I also can't pretend our financial situation allows for the same risk that a well-off family can take.

What I genuinely want to know:

- If you did BFA or a creative degree in India, how did the first 3-4 years actually go financially?

- Is there a version of this where he does BFA but also builds digital skills (editing, UI/UX, motion graphics) in parallel so he has a real backup within the same field?

- For those in filmmaking/editing how long did it honestly take to hit ₹30k/month consistently? That's our bar. Not wealth. Just stability.

Any advice, brutal honesty, or personal stories would help. Thank you.

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Hello all!

I got accepted as a transfer student into NYU Tisch for film (woo hoo!). They offered me no aid, but my parents said they’d help me pay for a part of it. I would end up 40-50k in debt after graduating.

The hard part is, I also got accepted into Emerson College for film, and they’re giving me enough aid that I would graduate debt free.

I’m more attracted to NYU for its location, superior programs, the fact that I would have access to high level classes in other disciplines (whereas Emerson is more strongly just a pure arts school), among a whole host of reasons. But getting into debt makes me nervous, and the thought of graduating debt free is very appealing.

I’m worried I’d get a worse education at Emerson, but those fears could be entirely unfounded. Is NYU worth getting into debt for?

Thank you.

Director: LJ Fitch

Synopsis: Germain works odd jobs for his boss and landlord, Bob Clark, in hopes of becoming an

employee. His roommate Kelso departs for vacation, leaving a mysterious vial in their fridge.

Cross contamination. Strange side effects. Will he ever get back to work?

what are the best extracurricular activities that film unis like

I got accepted into LMUs film program but the out net cost is 73k. How is everyone affording LMU? What did you guys do

Hello everyone, I am in my last year of getting a bachelor's degree and my theme for the final project paper is Representation of women in Tarantino movies. I can't get a hold of any books about him or his work or anything related to him. If anyone knows where on the internet can I find a book for free or something it would help me a lot.
Thanks for reading!

(repost because I originally posted in the wrong sub haha)

Hello! I’m in my last year of high school now, and my plan after is to complete my undergraduate education (bachelors degree in something unrelated) in my home country before going abroad for film school.
I’m currently looking at UK or Canada, as I’m not keen on studying in the US.

1. ⁠National Film & Television School, I’m not too familiar with this one but it sounds the most promising since they offer MFAs (I would prefer a longer term degree)
2. ⁠National Film & Television School, I’m not too familiar with this one but it sounds the most promising since they offer MFAs (I would prefer a longer term degree)

I wanted to ask:
- Any specific prerequisites (industry experience, school club experience etc) I should worry about?
- Any tips for building a portfolio (if required)? I’m currently a fine arts student so I’m familiar with curating a portfolio, wondering if a film portfolio should be any different
- Any pros/cons for the above mentioned schools?
- Suggestions for other schools in Europe/Canada I could look into?
- What is it like breaking into the industry after school? especially in UK and Canada because of the concentrated film industries there

Any advice/opinions would be greatly appreciated :)

hey everyone,
I am currently doing a bachelors in political science and I am graduating in 2027. while I have enjoyed the course I have since realised that I would prefer to go into something more creative next. however, I don't really want to do another entire bachelors degree in something. I was wondering if anyone had good recommendations for film schools with 1-2 year courses in Europe that don't require you to have studied film previously.

thank you so much!!