New Orleans Film Connection Film School
NEW ORLEANS FILM SCHOOL BY THE NEW ORLEANS FILM CONNECTION
Your NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA FILM SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE
While you may find more than one film school in New Orleans, there is only one that gets you inside an actual New Orleans film production company as a film student apprentice, learning directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting or general production while you learn directly from the pros. Make no mistake, the smartest way to break into the film business in New Orleans is by working inside a New Orleans film production company as a film apprentice.
Why spend 10-50 thousand dollars to go to film school at a film trade school when you can spend far less money and go to film school in a real production company? Be smart, and get valuable industry contacts as you get educated. Our film school alternative is the smartest, most cost efficient film school available today.
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Located near the mouth of the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana is a city rich in history. Still in the process of restoration after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans metropolitan area currently has a population of about 1.2 million people. With generous tax incentives offered by the state, and a wide variety of interesting scenery, New Orleans is highly popular for location filming. Numerous film and TV production companies also make their home in New Orleans, and major movies, commercials, documentaries and TV shows are filmed in this area regularly. If you are considering a career in filmmaking as a film director, film producer, film editor, or cameraman, New Orleans can be an excellent place to launch that career.
IMDB lists over 950 productions that have been filmed in New Orleans. Some of the well-known movies that have done location shooting here include Fantastic Four, Interview with the Vampire, The Expendables, Red, Jonah Hex, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ray, The Guardian, and classic films Easy Rider and A Streetcar Named Desire, just to name a few. Television production in New Orleans is significant, as well. Not only is New Orleans the 52nd largest DMA in the nation, but episodes of Saturday Night Live, Dawson's Creek, The Girls Next Door and The Amazing Race have been filmed here.
The amount of film and television activity in this area make New Orleans an ideal connection point for film students and filmmaking pros. FILM CONNECTION of New Orleans helps connect you by hooking you up with a working film or television professional who serves as your instructor-mentor. You'll gain real-life experience on film and video shoots, making vital industry connections along the way. No wonder over 70 percent of our graduates get permanent industry employment. You could be next! Enroll in our film school alternative today.
