The Institute for Humane Studies
Journalism, Movie, Film, TV, Animation, and Video Game Production and other Internship opportunities.

Burn Film School
Burn focuses on the virtuosity of the Judeo-Christian worldview and imparting that into creative media.

Act One
Act One trains and mentors Christians of all denominations for careers in mainstream film and television.

The Moving Picture Institute
The Moving Picture Institute identifies and nurtures promising filmmakers who are committed to protecting and sustaining a free society, and supports their work through grants, travel scholarships, awards, internships, training workshops, and networking opportunities.

FilmSchools.com
Find and compare film schools, film degree programs, and workshops in the United States and abroad. And see our film career guides to help start or advance your career as a director, producer, editor, or writer.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Outreach Program
One of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s core values is education. Each season we seek to turn theatre into a meaningful, lifelong experience for thousands of students on our stages and at their schools.

Flashpoint Academy
Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, is committed to the advancement of higher learning in the field of digital arts and entertainment technologies. Surrounded by peers and educators with a passion for the future, students at Flashpoint can pursue two-year programs in Game Development, Visual Effects and Animation, Film and Recording Arts. But education is just the starting point. The desire to do things differently, to offer solutions that are revolutionary and bold, is more than our mission; it is at the core of our very culture.

Overview of Film School Programs and the Movie Business
The movie business has been a tight-knit group from the beginning. Until the 1950′s, when studios had to release actors into free agency, there were only a handful of powerful men who ran the movie industry. The industry currently holds six main conglomerates that run the movies. Competition is very stiff, yet within the industry there is a great deal of movement due to the lack of steady employment and low pay for those making the movies. For individuals who find success as a Movie Director the work will be challenging, flexible, and rewarding.

Ken Follett’s Masterclass
The basic challenge for the writer can be very simply explained – it is to create an imaginary world and then draw the reader into that imaginary world.

All novelists are trying to do that. Once we get there, different writers may have different concerns. Personally, I want to entertain you. I want you to be thrilled or moved to tears or scared and I definitely want you to be on the edge of your seat all the time, wondering what is going to happen next.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division
Offering 16 academic online degree programs, we’re here to help you get the education you need to launch or enhance your creative career. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division is a part of The Art Institutes system of schools, with more than 40 locations throughout North America. Founded in 1921, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh supports our online degree programs with more than 85 years of excellence.

Baltimore Actors’ Theatre
The Baltimore Actors’ Theatre (BAT Productions) was founded in 1959 by Helen Grigal. Since its inception, BAT has been a multi-faceted operation providing myriad cultural and entertainment activities for its audiences and members. BAT has a large membership of performers spanning all ages. Its versatility is enhanced by its ability to not only give members a year-round performing venue, but additionally to provide training in all three disciplines: Music, Drama, Dance.

International Arts Movement
Vision:
Art is society’s existential statement, in answer to the question, “Why live?” International Arts Movement works as a catalyst to inspire people to hope, engage deeply into the depth of culture’s critical zones, and create a world that ought to be. We believe that artistic excellence as a model of “what ought to be” paves the way for lasting, enduring humanity.

Mission:
IAM gathers artists and creative catalysts to wrestle with the deep questions of art, faith and humanity in order to inspire the creative community to engage the culture that is and create the world that ought to be.

Orange County High School of the Arts

Established in 1987, the Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) provides a creative, challenging and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented students unparalleled preparation for higher education and a profession in the arts.

This premier public charter school currently serves more than 1,380 students in grades 7-12 from 92 cities throughout Southern California.

As one of the premier arts schools in the nation, the Orange County High School of the Arts embraces and encourages artistic creativity and academic excellence.  This innovative public charter school provides a uniquely challenging and nurturing environment focused on individual growth, opportunity, and diversity.  The U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts have recognized the Orange County High School of the Arts as a model arts education program.  The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The Glen Online

Welcome to the Glen Online!

One of Image’s central missions is to emphasize the importance of craft, both as an end in itself and as a spiritual discipline—concerns that lie at the heart of our Glen Workshop program in Santa Fe. Every year nearly 200 people gather at the Glen to work with some of the world’s finest writers and artists to hone both craft and vision.

Whether you can attend the Glen Workshop or not, you can now benefit from the tradition of great teaching at the Glen by pursuing excellence in your craft through the Glen Online. You’ll work under the guidance of the outstanding writers featured in the pages of Image and at the Glen.

The classes offered through the Glen Online are one-on-one encounters that can be completed at your own pace.

The Second Annual Cinema Vita Film Festival is scheduled for early Spring 2009. This later timetable will give those submitting films next year additional time to perfect their art. We are also looking at expanding the length of the movies submitted and offering categories of 3-to-5 minutes and also 10-to-20 minutes. Please watch our website throughout the year for new
developments on the Festival.

Hollywood Connect
Hollywood Connect is a ministry that serves to welcome,equip, and educate Christians working in the Hollywood Arts, Media and Entertainment industry to fulfill their God-given calling. Whether serving newcomers to Hollywood or long-time residents, the goal of Hollywood Connect is to encourage a holistic to life as a Believer in the Industry by offering guidance and resources in the  professional,  practical and spiritual arenas.

Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Graduate and undergraduate students attend the Salt Institute to study documentary radio, writing, or photography. The program entails fifteen weeks of intensive, extensive field research coupled with workshops and seminars. Throughout the semester, students gather cultural materials and develop their craft in order to create documentaries of professional caliber.

Tisch School of the Arts
For more than 40 years, Tisch School of the Arts has drawn on the vast resources of New York City and New York University to create an extraordinary training ground for the individual artist and scholar of the arts.

The Chicago Academy for the Arts
The Chicago Academy for the Arts was founded in 1981 by a group of dedicated artists, educators, and business professionals.

These men and women believed that a young person should not have to leave the State of Illinois to pursue his/her dream of becoming a professional artist. For 27 years, CAA has been committed to educating a diverse community of learners through professional arts training and a rigorous college preparatory academic curriculum.

Media Arts School Guide
Love video games, movies, and the Web? If so, media arts schools can help prepare you for a career in which you become the creator. Studying media arts begins with learning the fundamentals of design, art, and animation, and then applying this knowledge the hands-on way in courses like 3-D modeling, animation (and motion capture), texture & lighting, and compositing.

GI Film Festival
The GI Film Festival (GIFF), a 501 c(3) non-profit organization, is the first film festival in the nation to exclusively celebrate the successes and sacrifices of the American military through the medium of film.  The four-day festival will be held on  May 13-17, 2009 in Washington, DC.

The GI Film Festival is open to filmmakers of every experience level, from first-timers to veteran directors and producers.  Prizes will be awarded to winners of three main categories: feature, documentary, and film shorts.

The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Talented students from across the country and around the world choose AMDA because of its challenging, performance-based curriculum. They come to train with, and learn from, a premier faculty comprising of accomplished actors, directors, choreographers, dancers, designers and educators who inspire and work with students on an individual basis.

AMDA’s programs are rigorous, the environment is supportive, and the outcomes are notable. AMDA has a distinguished record of preparing students for careers in the performing arts.

To build and sustain a career in the performing arts requires commitment, inspiration, and talent. Talent is properly directed and focused by training. AMDA’s training is eclectic, based on the principle that students should learn and master the varied approaches and techniques that are actually used in the profession.

Art Careers, Jobs & Salaries
You’re creative. You love to draw, paint, sculpt, write, or design. But what does it take to have a career as an artist? What paths can or should you pursue, and how valid is the stereotype of the starving artist? Pursuing a career as a full-time artist is possible, if you have the passion and the energy.

Career Paths
Artists can typically be categorized into four groups:

• Art Directors: Art directors develop design concepts for media pieces and oversee the entire creation and production process.
• Craft Artists: Craft artists hand-make objects, such as candles, tapestries, quilts, and pottery, to be sold or shown.
• Fine Artists: Fine artists create items such as paintings, sculpture, and
  illustrations that are often displayed in museums and galleries.
• Multimedia Artists: Multimedia artists create images for film, video and other forms of electronic media.

Go to artschools.com to learn more.

The New York Film Academy School of Film & Acting at Universal Studios

The New York Film Academy located at Universal Studios offers MFA and AFA degree programs as well as certificate programs for college credit. The New York Film Academy is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). NASAD is the only accrediting body for visual art programs recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. A list of programs reviewed and approved by NASAD can be found here.

The same dynamic array of programs offered in New York are available in Los Angeles. Making films on the backlot of a major Hollywood studio can represent the culmination of a lifetime of struggle. Aspiring filmmakers have begged, snuck, or bribed their way past the gates, usually to no avail. The New York Film Academy opens the studio’s doors to the filmmakers-to-be of the world. Rather than being on the outside of the gates peering in like tourists, students will live and breathe filmmaking within the very heart of the action.

American Film Renaissance
AFR celebrates timeless American values through the production, distribution and showcasing of films that reflect the enduring and inspiring principles of individual freedom (such as free speech, free enterprise, and freedom of worship), rugged individualism and the triumph of the human spirit, and through supporting filmmakers who share our mission.

Filmmaking.net
Founded in 1994, filmmaking.net is one of the oldest filmmaking resources on the Internet. The site provides reference and a community for new and independent filmmakers around the world.

Gotham Writers Workshop
Gotham Writers’ Workshop is the leading private creative writing school in New York City and online. Professional writers present workshops in more than a dozen forms of writing. The school’s interactive online classes, selected as “Best of the Web” by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than one hundred countries.

act*Artist Career Training
You have a full life and you have worked hard to create time to make art. Now you also have to get your art work out there to viewers, buyers and representatives. Oh, and by the way, there’s the rest of your life calling you. Where do you start?

O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Critics Institute Scholarship
The National Critics Institute Scholarship (NCI) offers a work/study program for professional theater critics and arts writers. In its 28-year history, NCI has attracted more than 200 writers from newspapers of all sizes, magazines, and TV and radio stations to its four-week conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut, each summer. The National Critics Institute enjoys a close relationship with the National Playwrights Conference.

Sydfield.com: A Website For Screenwriters
I believe that filmmaking is in the middle of an evolution/revolution; and the change has taken place in the theatre of technology as the state of digital filmmaking has become more pronounced. This development has facilitated traditional as well as non-linear storytelling, making available countless new storytelling tools to screenwriters around the world. It is an inspiring and innovative time to be a screenwriter.

The Idyllwild Summer Arts Program
The Idyllwild Summer Program— after 50 years, this annual tradition continues to offer rare opportunities for creative self-discovery in the arts. Every summer, more than 1,300 children, teens, and adults attend Idyllwild’s workshops under the pines, pursuing interests in creative writing, dance, music, theatre, and visual arts—and taught by some of America’s finest artists. Weeklong festivals and special programs, including our famed Native American Arts program, bring an added dimension and depth to specific artistic pursuits. The resulting experience is unforgettable, stimulating, and fun.

Compass Film Academy
Compass Arts started in 1997 as a non-profit production company creating promotional films for other non-profit organizations traditionally unable to afford campaigns with high production value. After training a number of interns on set, it was decided to start offering classes in producing and screenwriting. In 2000, Compass Academy was born.

Early on, the Academy only taught a few, multi-week classes. Over time, a Resident Artist program was established to continue mentoring alumni in their careers.

In 2006, Compass rolled out a larger, full-year film curriculum in its move toward a multi-year film program: Compass Film Academy. Staff and Adjunct Faculty were added to further enhance the program. Students in the class of 2008 come from nine different states.

Since becoming a school in 2000, over 550 students have graduated from our classes.

Act One Studios

Act One Studios, the Midwest’s largest professional acting school, is a training center in Chicago offering small, practical, challenging acting classes in a supportive environment. We offer classes for adults in Acting, On-Camera, Voice, Movement, Directing, and How To Get Started In The Business. With our small class sizes (average ten students), you receive personal attention from our faculty – all working, professional actors and directors. Our classes allow Professional Actors to polish their craft and explore new media, and provide Beginning Actors the foundation for learning a wide range of skills — from the first acting class to the first audition to the final performance. Classes may be taken one or more at a time, Intensively (4 structured courses for the price of 3), and we now offer a full-time, two- year acting Conservatory program. We also have a series of acting and film classes for high school students. Call us for a free consultation: 312-787-9384.