Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Film Connection Film School
FT. SMITH-FAYETTEVILLE-SPRINGDALE-ROGERS FILM SCHOOL BY THE FT. SMITH-FAYETTEVILLE-SPRINGDALE-ROGERS FILM CONNECTION
Your FT. SMITH ARKANSAS FILM SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE
If you thought the Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers area is no place to attend film school, it's time to look again! There is only one Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Film School that gets you working and learning inside an actual film production company as a film student apprentice. Learn directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting or general production from an actual studio and production company in Ft. Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale, or Rogers, Arkansas. Make no mistake, the smartest way to break into the film business in northwest Arkansas is to start inside a film production company as a film apprentice.
You could easily spend 50 thousand dollars or more to go to film school at a film trade school somewhere else, or you could spend far less money and attend film school in a real production company right here in northwest Arkansas. FILM CONNECTION helps you get connected as you get educated; our film school alternative is the smartest, most cost efficient way to learn filmmaking.
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With a combined population of over 400,000, the cities of Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers, Arkansas (along with other nearby towns) have made northwest Arkansas one of the nation's fastest-growing metro areas in recent years. Major corporations such as Wal-Mart and Tyson are headquartered in this area, among many other corporate entities. A short drive down the highway brings you to Ft. Smith, the second largest individual city in Arkansas. A number of film and television production companies call this area home, and the metro's close proximity to the scenic Ozark Mountains make this vibrant area very favorable to location filmmaking. If you are considering a career in filmmaking as a film director, film producer, film editor, or cameraman, the Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers area of northwest Arkansas can be a surprising alternative to relocating somewhere else.
Additionally surprising is the number of well-known movies that have done at least some of their filming in this area: these include Bruno, Elizabethtown, Biloxi Blues, A Soldier's Story, Frank & Jesse and others. Other films made in Arkansas include Walk the Line, The Firm, and even the classic film Gone with the Wind.
Television production also has a significant presence in the Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers area. Some of the TV series filmed in the area include the TV mini-series North and South, and the more recent reality show The Simple Life starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
The northwest Arkansas area, including Ft. Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers, combines great urban and rural locations with local production companies and plenty of previous experience, making it a great connection point for both film school students and filmmaking professionals. Check out the difference FILM CONNECTION can make.
