VCA vs NIDA
Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 09:34 pmnicola_a14 posts in thread
VCA vs NIDA
Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 09:34 pmDear one and all,
I'm trying to find out as much as possible about both the NIDA and the VCA Production Courses. Has anyone been through one or the other, or knows people who have? What are the differences between them as far as teaching methods, values, general quality and focus goes?
I'm from Brisbane and have applied for both, the catch being I have always wanted to live in Melbourne but I simply cannot find out anything about the VCA Production Course other than what is on their website. I know a fair bit about NIDA (namely that you are guaranteed work when you come out of it) but I'm not as keen on living in Sydney as in Melbourne.
Obviously I am simply trying to plan my life in advance as I am yet to be accepted into either, both or none of these courses. I'm just playing with hypotheticals.
Can anyone give me any info, particularly on the specifics of VCA Production?
Thanks so much
Nicola
Of course there's no
Tue, 30 Oct 2007, 02:28 pmOf course there's no guarantee for work in this industry. But as a Melbourne techie who went to Swinburne, my experience has been that VCA students often get work more than non-VCA students or graduates. It's the same with NIDA. The mere name-dropping of having been to VCA, NIDA or WAAPA seems to get those people more work. (I'm not accusing people of name-dropping, just that I know a lot of people who come out of VCA who are no more experienced or skilled than those who don't, and get tonnes more work than the non-VCA students)
As they say, it's who you know, not what you know.
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