----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >May I suggest Canada as a possibility, if only that exchange rate will extend >your dollar (for much the same reason a lot of american film is shot here, >i.e. Toronto). >Some schools follow (I know not which is best, but that all have produced >successful film types working here, and in New York and L.A.) --- >Simon Fraser U, Burnaby (Metro Vancouver), B.C. >York U, North York (Metro Toronto), Ontario >Ryerson U, Toronto, Ontario >Concordia U, Montreal, Quebec >++++++++++++++++++++ >Randy Kennedy These schools are quite good for film production, but none of them are really good for Cinema Studies per say. If you are interested in film theory, history, or criticism, your best bet is in the United States, this is especially true at the graduate level. The Canadian schools that offer courses in Cinema Studies -- like the University of Toronto, York University, Concordia University, University of British Columbia (UBC), etc.-- can't compete with the likes of NYU, Iowa, Madison, USC, UCLA, and countless others. The American schools simply have better resources, access to archives, and better instructors. IMHO, going to English Canada for a Cinema Studies Ph.d or Masters degree should only be done if you can't afford to go to the States. If you want to study film production, another good school is Sheridan College, in Oakville (near Toronto), Ontario. It has very good equipement, including digital non-linear editing facilities, and very good digital post audio facilities. If your interests are in animation, then you should consider Sheridan College, noted by industry types as North America's best animation school, featuring many former Disney Studios animators as instructors. Overall, the Canadian schools strengths are in the technical areas of film: production, post-production, and animation. However, Cinema Studies is not a strong point, though many schools are competent at the undergraduate level. Joey Schwartz --------------------------------------------------- Joey Schwartz, Innis College Media Supervisor University of Toronto | Tel. (416) 966-0593 2 Sussex Avenue | [log in to unmask] Toronto, Ontario | [log in to unmask] M5S-1J5, Canada | http://www.io.org/~cineaste "Film is Reality at 24fps!" -- Jean-Luc Godard ---------------------------------------------------