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CLEVELAND FILM SCHOOL BY THE CLEVELAND FILM CONNECTION
Your CLEVELAND, OHIO FILM SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE
Welcome to FILM CONNECTION of Cleveland--the only Cleveland Film School that gets you inside an actual Cleveland film production company, working as a film student apprentice while you learn directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting or general production. Make no mistake, the smartest way in Cleveland to launch a filmmaking career is to start inside a Cleveland film production company as a film apprentice. We're the ones who get you in the door.
Don’t be fooled: attending film school at a film trade school can cost 10-50 thousand dollars or more, plus relocation expenses. Why do that, when you can spend a fraction of that amount go to film school in a real production company? Play it smart--get on the inside track, learn the trade directly from the pros, and make industry connections while you get educated. No one can get you there more cost-effectively than our film school alternative.
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CLEVELAND, OHIO is the 17th largest DMA in the U.S. It is home to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Baseball Hall of Fame in nearby Canton. One-time Cleveland DJ Alan Freed is widely credited with coining the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the new form of music that was taking over the airwaves. Cleveland was the location of the first rock and roll concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball in 1952. Fittingly, the authorities shut it down after the first song.
Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel grew up in Cleveland, where together they contrived the idea for the man of steel. Cleveland has served as the location for many feature films, including The Fortune Cookie, Deer Hunter, Antwone Fisher and the holiday favorite A Christmas Story. Many scenes for Spider-Man 3 were filmed in Cleveland. The city was also the setting for the popular sitcom, The Drew Carey Show. Altogether there are more than 215 feature films, TV series or specials made in Cleveland. Besides Drew Carey, other famous Celebrities born in Cleveland include Halle Berry, Arsenio Hall, Andy Warhol and Debra Winger.
Fittingly, FILM CONNECTION offers Cleveland students award winning courses in both TV and Film. Whether you dream of being a director, a producer, a writer, a camera operator, an editor, etc. FILM CONNECTION can provide you with mentor/apprentice programs to suit. Within six months, a student will have accumulated dozens of real industry connections as well as countless days of real world, on the job, experience.
