On the first day of school, I remember what someone told my classmates and me; “You’ll get out with as much as you put in.” That person was David Hauka, at the time Head of Department of the film program at VFS. Little did I know that this simple, but so brilliant, line would change my life the way it did.

One year ago, I was a young man living in Eastern Canada, wanting to make film, but without any experience, deep knowledge or even any opportunities. I still wanted to make movies, but without any of this I didn’t know how I would ever be able to do so. After looking around and looking at what many other filmmakers did, I decided to look for a film school to teach me what I needed.

People always base their decision on going to film school or not on the money aspect of it. Yes it costs a lot of money but here’s what you get out of it once you’re out. Article from DVGuru.com
Ten reasons you should go to film school
Last week I listed 10 reasons you shouldn’t go to film school, figuring the anti-establishment argument would be the more controversial of the two (thus posting it first). Many who took exception to my points didn’t seem to understand that I was also planning on …

Something surprising about the people in this industry is that most of them have a second source of income. You may not realize it, but on set you work with people who are selling houses, working on ships half the year and more. Close to everyone has another way to make some money during rough time. Being out of film school, you should have one also. Here’s why.