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In the past 10 years i've trained about 200 interns... almost to a one.. they say they have learned more here about the real world and the business, both audio and video, than they learned in school. Most have attended 9 to 12 month Audio and/or Video schools, some have completed or almost completed 4 years of study in colleges... I've have interns from all over the word here. Literally. USA, Canada, mexico, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Med, Central America, Iceland, Alaska, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Aussies, Middle east... you name the country and i've probably had at least 1 or 2 interns from there... The basic theme from all of them is they walk out of school given the impression that they now know how to be an audio or video editor/engineer and they -expect- a paying gig. No resume to speak of, no references, no reel, no credits... but gosh goilly they are employable! so say the schools. Most of these trade schools are licenses to print money... teaching comes a distant 2nd....
Bottom line. From this history, I would , if it were my money, and I really wanted to learn this trade.... take what I would pay for my schooling ( ranging from $20k to 200k ) and spend time paying for training from the folks on this forum, than attend a school that claims to teach this stuff. If I wanted a general education then I'd attend college and take classes in post audio and video. But to learn the trade... no.
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cheers
geo
I'm teaching at Brooklyn College this fall ... classes in post to 50 French students on a program from Paris... I prey I don't have to spend half my time undoing incorrect training ...
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