By: Kimmy

Kimmy — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:07:07 +0000

Hi peeps. I’m just here to share what my BCIT experience has taught me. First off, from what I know, my class was the biggest film class, however half the students didn’t think it would be as hard as it turned out to be. The filmflex program offered everything you need to know on every aspect of the industry you’d like to work in. If you just want to apply in order to get the gear (which is valued at 18,000) then and make skateboard movies on a fish eye lens, then don’t bother applying. My class was really great, and I met some cool kids, but half of them were there to fool around with the gear and then complain about the amount of homework.

Trust me there is more to film than just “point and shoot”. I remember one kid arguing with our law teacher that it’s okay to use band music in your project. He also claimed mailing something to yourself was a perfectly acceptable way of copyrighting material (which is not). Our law teacher has worked with Bryan Adams, I think he would know.

Film flex offered courses in marketing, budgeting, business planning, editing, cinematography, directing, writing, accounting, law, sound editing, and computers. The gear included at the time for me, was a DVX 100a panasonic camera, tripod, boom pole, wireless mics, final cut pro editing software, a PowerBook G4 lap top, a printer, and Nuendo sound editing suite.

Basically when you leave the course, you are set for your own business if you wanted. I freelance myself out to anyone willing to sign a contract. I even rent my gear out to events. So far, i’ve directed, filmed and edited, two documentaries, a music video, and have been asked to film live shows for bands like Lillix and Mariannas Trench. If you are serious about the film industry then BCIT is an awesome choice as long as you’re willing to to do the work!

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