AFI Conservatory

AFI Conservatory
Type	Private not-for-profit school'
Established	1969
Affiliation	American Film Institute
Dean	Jan Schütte
Location	Los Angeles, California
Campus	Urban, 340 acres (140 ha)
Website	http://www.afi.edu

The AFI Conservatory is a private not-for-profit film graduate film school in Los Angeles, CA. The Conservatory is a program of the American Film Institute founded in 1969.

Academics

Rankings

In 2011, The Hollywood Reporter ranked it the #1 film school in the world.^[1]

It is ranked in the top five graduate film programs along with USC, UCLA, NYU and California Institute of the Arts by the Princeton Review and US News and World Report^[2]

Conservatory program

AFI Conservatory is a five-term Master of Fine Arts program in six disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design, and Screenwriting. Traditionally, the Conservatory accepts 28 students - called Fellows - per year for most disciplines and 14 for the Design and Editing disciplines. Each discipline's program runs two years in length.

First Year - Fellows from all disciplines work on at least three digital video or high definition short films (up to 20 minutes), referred to as 'cycle projects'. Each of these first-year projects are accomplished by Fellows with a minimum of oversight from the senior faculty. The purported goal being to stimulate a flexible and creative approach to filmmaking within imposed budgetary constraints and without the crutch of seasoned oversight. These 'cycle projects' make up the core curriculum of the first year experience and amount to a 'boot camp" of filmmaking that simultaneously challenges and invigorates the Fellows involved.

Second Year - Most Fellows work on at least one thesis short film, shot on digital video, high definition, 35mm film, or 16mm film, and develop portfolio materials (such as a reel and a feature film screenplay). Screenwriting Fellows have the option of writing two feature-length screenplays instead of participating in a thesis film. They are responsible for raising the bulk of their own financing for these projects (average budget is $30,000), and must adhere to standard industry regulations, such as SAG charter rules, during filming. The senior faculty of the conservatory oversee the development of the 'second year' projects and monitor their development in a manner similar to what might be expected of an Executive Producer.^[3]

Alumni

The program has graduated over 4,700 Fellows. Alumni include:

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References

↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/afi-conservatory-ranked-1-film-school-in-the-world-by-the-hollywood-reporter-126365498.html
↑ "Top Film School Ranking". Good University Ranking Guide.
↑ "American Film Institute Conservatory". AFI.
↑ "American Film Institute Conservatory Alumni". AFI.

External links

Colleges and universities in Los Angeles County

Public universities	California State University Dominguez Hills Long Beach Los Angeles Northridge Pomona University of California (Los Angeles)

Private universities	Academy for Jewish Religion AFI Alliant AADA American Jewish AMDA Antioch Art Center Azusa Pacific Biola CalArts Caltech Claremont Colleges Claremont Graduate Claremont McKenna Harvey Mudd Keck Pitzer Pomona Scripps Claremont Lincoln Claremont School of Theology Colburn Drew Fuller Hebrew Union King's La Verne Life Pacific Loyola Marymount Marymount California Master's Mount St. Mary's National Otis Occidental Pacific Oaks PRGS Pepperdine SCI-Arc SCU Southwestern USC UWest West Coast Baptist WesternU Whittier Woodbury

Community colleges	Antelope Valley Cerritos Citrus Canyons Compton East LA El Camino Glendale Long Beach LA City LA Harbor LA Mission LA Pierce LA Valley LA Southwest LA Trade-Technical Mt. San Antonio Pasadena Rio Hondo Santa Monica West LA

For-profit branches	American InterContinental Art Institute California College of Music DeVry FIDM−Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising ITT Los Angeles College of Music LA Film Le Cordon Bleu New York Film Academy (Los Angeles)

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