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CHARLOTTE FILM SCHOOL BY THE CHARLOTTE FILM CONNECTION
Your CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA FILM SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE

Looking for a good Charlotte Film School? Look no further than FILM CONNECTION of Charlotte, North Carolina! Our innovative film program gets you working as a film student apprentice inside an actual Charlotte film production company, where you will learn directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting or general production in a real-world environment. Make no mistake, this apprenticeship in a Charlotte film production company is the smartest way you could launch a film career in Charlotte--and FILM CONNECTION puts you in the thick of it.
Don’t make the mistake of spending 10-50 thousand dollars to go to film school at a film trade school elsewhere; you can spend a fraction of that amount and go to film school in a real production company right here in Charlotte! Learn from the pros, take the inside track, and get connected as you get your education. No one does it better or more cost-effectively than our film school alternative.
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA is the 26th largest DMA in the U.S. Due in part to its size and in part to its location, Charlotte serves as a media hub and is home to cable TV’s Speed Channel, ESPNU, and the Inspiration Network. Radio proliferates in Charlotte with talk, sports, news, rock, urban, country, religious, Hispanic, Jazz, Top 40, Childrens and Public Radio all thrive. Charlotte is also known as the City of Churches and was the birthplace of Billy Graham. It’s also the central hub of NASCAR.
In the last decade Charlotte has been the setting for several movies including Shallow Hal, Talladega Nights, Days of Thunder, Black Dog and Nell. IMDB credits Charlotte as the location for more than 230 feature films, TV series or specials.
Whether you desire a career in film or television, FILM CONNECTION’s Mentor Apprentice Film School has a program to get you in the door, working on real world jobs in real world stages, studios and sets. You’ll learn your craft under the direct, one-on-one supervision of your mentor, a working professional in the field of your choice. By the time you graduate in six months, you will have dozens of valuable contacts and connections in the film or TV business, and you will have real world job experience. Often the mentor has a job for you immediately upon graduation. So if you want a film school that really works, make sure you choose FILM CONNECTION. You can work around your current job, go at your own schedule without ever leaving Charlotte.