University of the Arts

Date: Sep 09 2012
Major: Video/Media (This Major's Salary over time)
This school may be very good for some majors. From what I've seen, the theater and dance departments are excellent. I'm a film major, however, and I greatly regret my time at UArts. Film school in itself is problematic thing - there's not much they can teach you that you don't already know, and if you don't already know it, there's not much to be done for you. But UArts has greatly disappointed me. In over a year of being there, I haven't learned a single thing. I often knew how to work a camera or use editing software better than my professors did. I hoped that sophomore year would be more challenging, but we've actually moved BACKWARDS. I have a current cinematography class at the moment - 6 hours long, and we're not even allowed to move the camera or cut. Our projects have to be one shot, without movement. And the majority of class is spent watching a movie anyway. In fact, that's all I seem to be doing these days - 3 out of the 5 classes I have, we spend the majority of the time watching movies. In my Intro to Screenwriting class, we've discussed screenwriting briefly, and spent the rest of the time watching clips from Iron Man, Spiderman, and the entirety of School of Rock. Not only have we seen these films before, but I could have done that at home. For considerably less money, at that.
I'm sure UArts is great for some people. But in all honesty, the film program is shockingly poor. I'm transferring out as soon as possible.