Digital Filmmaking
Go digital with digital filmmaking
You want a career in digital filmmaking but you have no idea where to start, or whether you should check out a digital filmmaking school. You might wonder if film schools even offer a digital filmmaking course. Well, to put it bluntly, you definitely want to attend a digital filmmaking school and yes, of course film schools offer digital filmmaking courses. The advantage of attending a school is that not only do you receive training, you also might get a jump-start on your digital filmmaking career.
But let’s get to the basics. The digital camcorder is your means to a digital filmmaking career no matter what you do. There are many models and just as many price ranges in digital camcorders. In order to weed out the good from the useless, you need to consult a good product reviewer such as Consumer Reports. Look at criteria such as resolution, reliability, price and durability. Once you find the good camcorders, decide which one is within your budget and buy it. Start practicing your digital filmmaking while you research a digital filmmaking school.
Digital Filmmaking School
Again, you will need to consult the experts. This time, look up U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review to find their takes on the best digital filmmaking school. There are several scattered all throughout the country from USC and UCLA in the west, to NYU and Columbia in the east. Chicago, Texas, Florida and Illinois all have excellent digital filmmaking schools as well. Each film school will have its own digital filmmaking course to put you through, but they all teach the basics: cinematography, direction, editing, producing and screenwriting. These will all help you immensely in your digital filmmaking career as even the best film producer and director needs to learn their craft from someone at some point.
While you are working on perfecting your digital filmmaking in school, continue to go out and film shorts and vignettes with your digital camcorder. The experience you gain will serve you well in the classroom and the lessons you learn in the classroom will help you become better at digital filmmaking.
Remember, above all, keep shooting film and keep looking for ways to improve your digital filmmaking while you are enrolled in a digital filmmaking course. The best way to make it big is to be the best in your field and you can only get there by practice.
