San Diego Film Connection Film School

SAN DIEGO FILM SCHOOL BY THE SAN DIEGO FILM CONNECTION

Your SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FILM SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE

While there are a few San Diego Film Schools to choose from, there is only one that gets you inside an actual San Diego film production company, where you will work as a film student apprentice and learn directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting or general production. Make no mistake, the smartest way to break into the film business in San Diego is to start inside a San Diego film production company as a film apprentice.

Don’t make the mistake of spending 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, listen to the pros, get connected as you get educated. Our film school alternative is the smartest, most cost efficient way on the market today.

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San Diego, California is the 7th largest city in the nation but probably number one or two in terms of weather, beauty and diverse locations for filming. Film Schools in San Diego pale in comparison to its infamous neighbor Los Angeles, but professional filmmaking in San Diego is just as popular as it is in L.A. Many film and TV production companies make their home in San Diego and so if you are considering a career in filmmaking as a film director, film producer, film editor, or cameraman San Diego is an excellent choice for you.

Many major movies, commercials, TV shows and documentaries are filmed all over San Diego every single day, making it ideal for those filmmakers who love California but are not interested in living in la la land Los Angeles.

Some of the well-known movies that have been filmed in San Diego include:

Almost Famous, Traffic, Into the Wild, Babel, Lords of Dogtown, Bruce Almighty, Antown Fisher, The Cell, Pearl Harbor, Bring It On, Apollo 13, Free Willy 2, Wayne’s World 2, and Bugsy to name a few.

Television production in San Diego is huge as well and has been home to such productions as: American Idol, COPS, 24, Entourage, Nip/Tuck, MTV Real World, JAG,and X Files.

Thousands of professional commercials, TV shows and Feature Films are shot on the streets of San Diego every year. It is also only two hours from Los Angeles, 8 from San Francisco and a short jaunt to either Arizona or Las, Vegas, Nevada making it ideal for both film students and filmmaking professionals.

Good luck with our film school.