What is a better school to go to for becoming a film director?

Scottsdale Community College or University of Arizona?


These are my two choices for getting a bachelors degree in film and video production, but I do not know which school is a better option in all aspects: financial, academic, etc.|||I don't mean to discourage you getting an education, but sometimes honesty means giving an answer that may not be well received.





In my opinion, neither of these colleges are worth spending your hard earned money on. Arizona's film industry is next to non-existent, and that does come into play when attending a film school. You will have to move for your career, if you'd like to work in anything other than a local news station or work only when a studio comes to your state.





Knowing that, I suggest either making the move to attend a college in California, or taking the money you'd spend on college and put it towards a move to California to get a start in the industry. A bachelors degree in film and video production is the most useless thing you'll ever spend money on, what you get out of it is a brief education in film production, nothing more. No studios care whether or not you have a degree, which is great. This means you can go into any studio, apply for an internship or a production assistant job, and learn the ropes.





It's a terrifying though to just get up and move and fight your way into the industry, but it's something all of us have to do if we want to work in it. I went to college, studied film, and worked alongside guys who had never attended college. I knew much more than them about film production, but at the end of the day they weren't thousands of dollars in debt.





That's not to say you shouldn't attend college. It's a great way to meet people and learn how to work in the industry, but at the end of the day it's not the only way to do it. Read some books (My First Movie, etc.) and see if filmmaking is something you can do without school. If you decide you want to attend, be serious about it and try to get into UCLA, Brooks Institute of Photography, USC, AFI, or any number of great film schools around Los Angeles.|||There are no "better" places, because all Film Schools lead to unemployment and the soup kitchen.