How is University of Central Florida's film school?

[Aldenard]

Has anyone here heard anything good/bad about it? Has anyone here had any firsthand experience with it?

[Optimus]

I go to UWF and I've heard that the film school at UCF is pretty good, considering it's in Florida. They've had quite a few grads in the past few years get films accepted into festivals (like Tribeca). But, that's just hearsay as I haven't met anyone who is actually enrolled there as a student.

But, if you're going to go out of state to film school, why not take the plunge and try to also get into UCLA or USC or NYU?

[Aldenard]

But, if you're going to go out of state to film school, why not take the plunge and try to also get into UCLA or USC or NYU?

Well, see, I just found out that my parents are planning to move to Florida once I go to college anyway, so it would really be in state then. And they said if I go in state, they will pay for it. If the film program there is very shoddy, then I could see why it would be worth it to go to a more prestigious (yet more expensive) school, but if it has a decent program, then free school looks pretty good.

(If i can even get into their film school that is.)

[pstudios]

:eek: I must admit I have never heard of this one, but at this point I don't recommend signing up 4 any school in the hurricane zone. UNO was a great film school before it was awash and even the workshop i was in for screenwriting in lake charles was useful, but the second storm just about emptied it. U don't need to sign 4 school to deal with that. There's also a good film school in Austin TX, along with the other ones mentioned. If I were U I'd try to work out some kind of deal/compromise with your parents, if at all possible.


Jennifer

[Optimus]

UCF is in Orlando, so you're not going to get the brunt of most of the hurricanes. USF in southern FL and UWF in Pensacola (that's where I go) get b!tch-slapped the most by hurricanes.

Orlando gets a lot of rain from most of them, but we usually get the really bad ones up here in the Gulf (Hell, Ivan flattened our whole city).

Anyway, UCF is a pretty good school with a good reputation throughout the South. The film program seems to be pretty good so if you're moving to FL and can't work out a deal to be able to get financial aid and go somewhere else, then UCF would be a great choice for you.

Don't worry about the hurricanes, you won't be in the area that's usually most heavily hit.