FULL $ALE IS NOT FILM SCHOOL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
Hands-on Experience
You'll barely be able to lay hands on the gear they brag about. You have to literally elbow your way to get use stuff because of they group you and over book classes. You'd learn far more just going out and buying your equipment or working for a rental company.
Film Industry Connections
LOL
Full Sail is about as connected as anyone with laptop and access to craigslist. Most people in the industry are oblivious to the school's existence and those who have heard of it have a very low opinion of the school. Not consider a real film school.
Instruction & Professors
Over crowded classes, not enough actual teachers (most are industry failures who now "teach"). Ridiculous long lectures shoe-horned into a terrible 24 hour class schedule. Most "lab assistants" are students or grads who have no idea how to treat people let alone teach.
Equipment & Facilities
All sizzle no steak. Lots of shiny gear you barely get to touch/use because of how over crowed classes are. Also Full sail routinely partners with companies to sell gear/software. So you're taught "this is industry standard stuff" you're learning, when in reality you're being convinced this is the stuff to own/use because it's what Full Sail is selling this week.
Also your shown lots of gear during their "Behind the Scenes" tour that you'll never be allowed to use, classic bait and switch.
Was it worth it? (Overall)
Was it worth it? Not at all! Over priced and over hyped. For what they rip you off for in tuition and expenses you could easily hire you're own crew and shoot a far better movie than anything that has ever come out of that school. , misleading curriculum, terrible
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