Price of VFX Education

As me a "Visual effects Spartan!!:)"  points out all of these VFX schools are in it for profit, which is fine, but be aware of what the true costs are, especially to what they're selling and that you actually end up with at the end of the day.  This is like all the software, seminars, classes and other items related to visual effects where there are a very limited number of actual "script" sold.  There's a whole business of selling to those with dreams in a limited market.

"It's good to have dreams but don't go into early and costly debt, especially if you don't have to."

Degree course - ( a great funny thing!!":) I don't know of any vfx company that requires a degree in vfx or a specific software package. I suppose some type of 'degree' shows you've taken a class but the thing that will get you hired is your reel, list of credits and your list of software you know and the level you know it. (be honest on your resume) 

If you want to get a university/college degree then best to check out the colleges like NID, Hyderabad, pune film school, or abroad Vancouver film school, Gnomon School of Visual Effects.  However very few colleges offer real vfx degree classes.

You can learn quite a bit of the basics of any software with books, DVDs or online.  Good books and the better online classes cover the material at a professional level.   obviously you have to push yourself because it's self-education but this allows you to learn at your own pace and location without a lot of expense.   I'm self taught in electronics, computer programming, photography, vfx and many other things.

Many of faculty classes only run through the process of learning the software unless the teacher actually has hands on experience in production and the class is structured to cover those issues as well.

Many of the software vendors have a bundle of  learning additions and tutorials. ( like foundry for nuke) As with most software read the manual first.:)!!!

 

I'm self taught in photography, basic electronics, and screen printing, and many other things.

 

Thank u.

Muhammad Najeeb N.