I have the other threads on this site about VFS, and have read some of the bad reviews floating around the net, but I am wondering if there is anyone here that actually has gone there? Because the negative reviews I have read, I must admit, just sound like they are disgruntled students who discovered they didn't have what it takes, so decided to bash the school. It sounded like they expected the school to turn them into an instant million dollar filmmaker, who would step out of the program only to be briskly swept away to Hollywood to start making major motion pictures. And a lot of the major arguements were "Oh, why go to VFS, they haven't had anyone famous graduate from their program." What does that have to do with anything, especially when the school is relatively young. Just because someone famous did well after going to a school doesn't make you a shoe in for the industry (well, there are some people who think also that just because Taratino didn't go to film school that they, too don't have to). Anyway, I just want to know if anyone actually went to this school, or recommend any other courses in Canada. I'm tired of people just reviewing schools based on who went there and such nonsense. I'm not interested in following in anyone's footsteps. In fact, one of my biggest pet peeves is when people ask me "So you want to be the next Steven Spielberg?". I don't want to be the next Spielberg, I want to be the first Stu Marks. So does anyone have an intelligent review of VFS, or I guess any others?

I was looking into VFS for a while, though mainly as a writer. I had read a lot of the same negative comments on the web, but wanted a clear, unbiased opinion of the writing program in particular. I asked their admissions advisor if they could put me in contact with any alumni or current students, and received numbers for alumni who also currently develope marketing for the program. This tells me they're likely not interested in prospective students developing a clear impression of the school. It turned me off, anyway.

I was lokking into VFS myself but I've decided to go to Capilano College instead (still in Vancouver) simply because I heard nothin really good about VFS and I talked to some people who went to Cap. and had much better things to say about it. So if ur going into grade 12 this year and wanna know how it is gimme an email in 6 months (assuming I haven't flunked out) and I'll tell you about it, wasn't hard at all to get into, as you can see by my film that I used as my main portfolio piece.

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"So you want to be the next Steven Spielberg?"

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Oh god I hate that! I usually fire back at them and say I wanna be the next "Fellini or Godard or Stu Marks" and they have no idea who I'm talking about and shut up.

Hey guys...if you're looking to attend any Vancouver Art/Film/Design schools and want to hear directly from alumni about their experiences check out

http://www.artschoolreviews.ca.

There are indepth page long reviews of the film programs in Vancouver.

More specifically here is one of the vfs film production program
http://www.artschoolreviews.ca...r-of-film-production.

BCIT FilmFlex
http://www.artschoolreviews.ca...views/bcit/film-flex

Capilano Motion Picture Production
http://www.artschoolreviews.ca...n-picture-production

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You can take look one of their project in VFS. This is the Behind the Scenes video shows some of the great experiences they had when producing the HP Lovecraft short film "The Rats in the Walls".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKEX0vt6O8 or you can go to check their facebook get some information.

Yes I am a student at VFS I am in DCA 26, and yes the school is waste of money and time