Traverse City-Cadillac Film Connection Film School
TRAVERSE CITY-CADILLAC FILM SCHOOL BY THE TRAVERSE CITY-CADILLAC FILM CONNECTION
Your TRAVERSE CITY-CADILLAC, MICHIGAN FILM SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE
A film school in the Traverse City-Cadillac area of Michigan? Believe it! We're FILM CONNECTION, and our innovative Traverse City-Cadillac Film School program gets you in the door of an actual Traverse City-Cadillac film production company, where you will work as a film student apprentice. Learn from the pros as you get hands-on training in directing, producing, editing, camera, screenwriting or general production. In the Traverse City-Cadillac area, there's no smarter way to launch a film career than to start as a film apprentice inside a film production company--and we're the ones who make it happen for you.
Don’t make the mistake of spending upwards of 50 thousand dollars (plus whatever it costs you to relocate) 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 in Traverse City or Cadillac. Play it smart--get your education in a real-world setting, and make vital industry connections as you get educated. Our film school alternative is hands-down the smartest, most cost efficient way on the market today to get a quality film education.
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Located along Lake Michigan on the northwest corner of Michigan's lower peninsula, Traverse City is a town of about 14,000 people. Although essentially a small town in a rural setting, Traverse City has quite a wide reach. It is the major center of commerce for most of northwest Michigan, a major hub for tourism, and the largest producer of tart cherries in America. Over a half million people turn out annually for Traverse City's National Cherry Festival held every July. About 50 miles to the south lies the town of Cadillac, with a population of about 10,000 people and a reputation for natural beauty, set in an area of scenic forests and lakes great for location filming.
In terms of media and film, the reach of the Traverse City-Cadillac area is also wide; the Traverse City-Cadillac-Sault Ste. Marie DMA is not the most populous DMA in the nation, but is the largest single DMA in terms of land area. Additionally, this region is home to the annual Traverse City Film Festvial, founded by filmmaker Michael Moore, attracting plenty of filmmakers to the area each year. Add to that one of the most generous tax incentive packages offered anywhere, thanks to the State of Michigan, and you have a wonderful alternative location for learning film production, film directing or film editing, without having to relocate elsewhere.
Movies, commercials, TV shows and documentaries are filmed all over Michigan on a regular basis. Some of the films that have done location shooting in the Traverse City-Cadillac area and surrounding regions include The Scrapper, Die Hard 2, Locked Away, Somewhere in Time and Anatomy of a Murder, to name a few.
FILM CONNECTION OF Traverse City-Cadillac pairs you with a working film or television professional who serves as your personal mentor and instructor during our inexpensive six-month program. Along the way, you'll gain valuable hands-on experience on real film and video shoots, and you'll make strategic industry connections that can lead to permanent jobs. Come find out why over 70 percent of our graduates get hired!
