Los Angeles Film School (LAFS)
General Information
The Los Angeles Film School or LA Film School was founded by Hollywood professionals with the goal of balancing the practical with the academic. The college is located on Sunset Boulevard, near Vine Street, in Hollywood, California. LAFS offers a one year, "hands on", associate's degree program, educating students in the science, craft and theory of filmmaking.
LAFS is a private, for-profit college geared toward the entertainment industry. It offers degree programs in Computer Animation, Game Production and Film. The Los Angeles Film School awards associate's degrees, after 12 to 14 months of an accelerated education.
The Los Angeles Film School has over 200,000 square feet of facilities, including over 20 labs, a 4,000 square foot Hollywood Set Sound Stage and a 345-seat THX certified theater.
The Los Angeles Film School is a nationally accredited institution by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) , which is a national accreditor of primarily vocational schools and career schools within the United States.
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This is a good school. you
Submitted by smithson on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 6:45pm.
This is a good school. you can get your basic crash course in 12 months, and be out of there in no time. You don't need a degree to get into the film industry becuase no one is interested in where you went to school, just what you can do, and who you know. if you know someone, you can get a job, that is the biggest battle for most students. They have great equipment, cameras, facilities, all the right stuff you need to learn with. Also, they have partnered with Full sail, so you can see what to expect.
One of my friends went there and did the program, and is already making movies. The key part of it is that the teachers are not full itme, and are actually professionals, so you can get contacts as soon as you start, and your right there in the middle of hollywood. I am hoping to go to LA film school too.
I've been considering LAFS
Submitted by chrisg on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:14pm.
I've been considering LAFS and the people who I have talked to who work there are super helpful, people who hate on it seem to think that when you go to school things get handed to you. well its not. All schools are expensive. All schools have ups and downs, all you can hope for is access to professionals, and to make the connections needed to get into business, shcool is not a surefire way to makeing millions, especially not if you want to get into the toughest industry to break into.
This school has some great faculty, and its not that expensive at all compared to so many other film schools. do your research.
dont do it!
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 7:01am.
A waste of time, over priced, underwhelming, better off getting internships or applying to craigslist ads to work on student sets, you'll learn more than you would from this slick infomercial sales pitch with nothing of substance to back it.
Do yourself a favor and save 40 grand.
Awsome school
I went here, and it really exceeded all my expectations. When i was admitted I prepared myself with some ideas on scipts and all that, and was pretty sure that i wanted to go in the direction of directing. After my program ended in one year, i had a great thesis with all the bits worked out, plenty of hands on experience with filmmaking, and a bunch of really great connections. i was able to study a bit of all the specialties, and realised i prefered producing over directing. This school has put me in the right direction and given me all the tools i need. This is pretty much what we are all looking for in a school, and LA film has it all..