Full Sail: The Graduates

This film played at the November 2007 GradFest as a closer to the ceremony. This is an homage to the short film that played at the beginning of this past Oscars entitled "The Nominees". I made this to signify the end of a great 21 months with an extraordinary group of filmmakers.

Hope you enjoy it!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• full
• sail
• real
• world
• education
• gradfest
• graduation
• 2007
• academy
• awards
• homage
• oscars

[rob67w]

can you be a film producer at full sail?

[saravutfrank80]

@rob67w Sure, though technically you can be a film producer anywhere.

[TweFoji]

The funny thing, some people did not take school in Full Sail, and still have a Film Business career than more of the graduates from Full Sail

[saravutfrank80]

@TweFoji

That's true of any film school, or for that matter, any profession. The film business especially is a very hard one to break into. There are many people I've met out here that have no film school background that are making it just as well as people who did go to film school. It's all just a matter of self-motivation, really. I'm a working film pro and I thank Full Sail for it. Could I have done it without Full Sail? Probably, because I'm driven. But it would have taken longer.

[saravutfrank80]

@1995Bigbryan

Full Sail is definitely not the place to make your acting dreams come true... it's strictly a trade school (and a pricey one at that) that teaches you what do with the camera, not how to act.

Again, go to acting schools in New York or Los Angeles. My suggestion is college in either states so that you don't have to stress about a place to live or getting a proper job, but can still be close by to the studios that make things happen.

Good luck!

[saravutfrank80]

@1995Bigbryan

There is no acting classes at Full Sail, if that's what you mean. It's everything behind the camera. You have opportunities to audition for films, but you don't really ever act.

If you want to pursue acting, you should go to a school in New York or Los Angeles, that way you are near the industry and can network, but still be in the safe environment of school =)

[KomicTurtle]

It's interesting- I hear nothing terribad about Game Art (my major), Game Design or even Game Development. And I go to this website where many many companies such as Sega and Rockstar hiring all the time. I'm sure it isn't TOO TOO easy but it's very hopeful. I hear the Music Industry isn't faring well and many students who go through the program are upset and regretful. I'm taking online courses and I'm surprised I don't get June or July off at all (well, 1st week of July).

[DjKieLBeats]

1:20 Hate florida?!?!?!? what???

[saravutfrank80]

@fsisbs

Most likely the same amount of Harvard graduates that are lawyers now. It's a long and harrowing road, and not everyone survives the film biz after graduation. I've known people with no film school experience that far exceed anything I've done thus far. But still, the education helps. More important is what you do with the education.

[agentfusion360]

@RasheemH lol i was thinking the same