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For Creative People creative careers for creative people Film Production Acting for Film, TV & Theatre Writing for Film & TV Fashion Design Marketing for Fashion & Entertainment Interior Decorating Video Game Design & Animation Video Game Design & Development Graphic Design & Interactive Media TORONTO FILM SCHOOL Toronto Film School offers accelerated diploma programs designed to prepare students for fulfilling careers in film production, acting, writing, fashion, interior decorating, video game design and development and graphic design. Students at the Toronto Film School are instructed and mentored by industry professionals who understand what it takes to succeed. Students learn through hands-on projects, immersive instruction and collaboration with their peers. At Toronto Film School, students have the opportunity to transform raw creativity into practical skills for a competitive marketplace in a career they love. Toronto Film School provides an inspiring environment for cross collaboration across creative programs. From students in video game design creating games with acting and writing students, to fashion design students designing costumes for film production students, collaboration is built into the curriculum. Students gain the real-world experience of playing multiple roles and working in cross-industry teams. They also build invaluable networks across disciplines and graduate with more career options. This cross program collaboration and the shared passion of our students and instructors make Toronto Film School one of the most unique educational communities in the world. What Sets Toronto Film School Apart? The city of Toronto is Canada’s Accelerated programs are designed Toronto Film School instructors are epicenter for entertainment and to teach students the right skills working professionals who are active design. It plays host to world- and provide practical, hands-on and recognized professionals in their renowned events like the Toronto experience needed to enter the fields. They bring to the classroom the International Film Festival (TIFF), workforce quickly. Students are most current industry practices and Toronto Men’s Fashion Week (TOM*), prepared for the job market with share their vast professional networks Toronto Fashion Week, and the North projects that develop real-world and connections with students. by Northeast (NXNE) arts and music technical, creative, and business skills festival. The city’s thriving atmosphere used in the industry. of creative energy and opportunity plays an integral role at the Toronto Film School. Students leave Toronto Film School Toronto Film School is known for with a rich and well-rounded, producing award-winning graduates job-ready portfolio that showcases who go on to become industry their expertise and skills to potential leaders. employers. Students not only learn practical career-related skills, but also how to promote themselves in the industry and how to manage and succeed in their careers. Toronto Film School offers leading diploma programs across the entertainment and design industries: Film Production Acting for Film, TV & THE Theatre Writing for Film & TV Fashion Design Marketing for Fashion & Entertainment Interior Decorating Video Game Design & Animation Video Game Design & Development Graphic Design & Interactive Media FILM18–MONTH DIPLOMA PRODUCTION We don’t just talk film, we make films. Toronto is North America’s third largest powerhouse in film and television production, after New York City and Los Angeles. The city is one of the world’s most desirable places to make films, with its cultural diversity, affordable shooting locations, sophisticated production crews, and some of the industry’s best production and post-production facilities. With the growth of independent film, digital filmmaking, and specialty television, now is the time to tell your story as a filmmaker and make your mark in Canada’s film industry. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION At Toronto Film School, you develop the creative, technical and business skills to bring engaging films to life, from concept through to completion. You will work with students from across the entertainment industry who share your passion for film and learn how to translate great stories from the page to the big screen. The Film Production Diploma is designed as an 18-month behind-the-scenes education in film making. Through hands-on projects aligned with real-world film production cycles, you will assess scripts and develop storyboards, prepare budgets and shoots, shoot film and direct actors, lighting, and audio, and cut and enhance footage in the editing suite. With a focus on practice over theory and mentorship by leading industry professionals, you will develop the fundamental skills and artistic craft of filmmaking. You will collaborate with students across creative disciplines to bring to life 10-12 productions for your own show reel. At the end of 18-months, you will leave the program with an industry-ready professional portfolio from development to post-production, including a festival-ready short film. Core Program Areas Technical Creative Business You will learn the technical skills of From film history to script writing, You will develop an understanding filmmaking, from assembling your editing, production design and artistic of the business of show business, own crew, to casting, directing, direction, you will learn the tools and from the distribution and marketing shooting, cinematography, producing, techniques to develop engagingly of films, to finance, budgeting, editing, audio, video formats and written and stunning visual stories. scheduling and entertainment law. video production. “Everyone who teaches here and everyone who studies here is unbelievably passionate,” Joao Pacifer, Film Production Diploma graduate What sets the program apart? Cross Collaboration Real World Education Industry Professionals Toronto Film School provides a You will learn by doing. From your You will be mentored by working unique opportunity for cross- very first term coursework will put filmmakers, directors, and producers industry collaboration. You will you on-set, behind the camera, in the who bring real world industry create productions with students editing suite and inside distribution practices and insights into the across creative programs, working meetings. You will produce at least classroom, as well as insider with student actors and writers, as one film project per term and get networking opportunities with well as costume, set and video game hands-on experience working each industry professionals. Instructors are designers and growing your cross- position on-set and in a range of established professionals who are industry professional networks. productions. You will learn how to recognized across the industry and are shoot in multiple styles with unlimited all listed in the IMDB database. access to a variety of the latest professional gear, from 16mm, 35mm and DSLR cameras, to cranes and lighting rigs, in Toronto Film School’s two state-of-the-art studios. Accelerated Program Yorkville University - Bachelor of Study in the Heart of Canada’s Business Administration Entertainment Industry Through immersive coursework and experiential learning, 18-months is Maximize your potential in the Located in downtown Toronto at the the right amount of time to build an entertainment industry with a degree lively and bustling Dundas Square, industry-ready portfolio and develop in business. Graduates of the Film Toronto Film School is at the heart the technical, creative and business Production program can transfer of the city’s entertainment industry. expertise to launch your career in film. diploma credits towards an online From seeing film shoots to taking in Bachelor of Business Administration. renowned festivals like the Toronto Through Toronto Film School’s credit International Film Festival (TIFF) and transfer agreement with Yorkville North by Northeast (NXNE), life in University, you can complete your Toronto frames your inspirational Bachelor’s degree in only two and a backdrop and rich cultural experience. half years, while continuing to work in your field. “At Toronto Film School, like-minded people push one another to their full potential.” Martin Wajtunik, Film Production Diploma graduate “We all had jobs a month before school was finished.” Robert Young, Film Production Diploma graduate Your Filmmaking Career Student Success Turn your passion for film into a career you love. The Film Accepted into the Berlin Film Festival. Production Diploma will prepare you for a variety of production Mousa Ghodratifard’s film “Sweet Coffee” and distribution careers in the film business such as: Telefilm Canada New Voices Award Independent Filmmaker - 1st prize Elene Mekete, film “Handle With Care 2.0” Documentary Filmmaker Television Executive Toronto Urban Film Festival - 1st prize Film Executive Elene Mekete, film “Handle With Care 2.0” Director Cannes Film Festival: Short Film Corner Producer - Entrant Cinematographer Rafaela Scully and Carolyn Reznik, film Film Editor “The Silent Musician” Camera Operator Art Director Production Coordinator Toronto Film School Graduates Get Hired Disney History Channel TVO ILYB Films Dream Productions Ogilvy and Mather Studio 75 Lifetime TV Tricon Films + Television Studio 7 Films Reaboro Films Red Light Pictures Film Hallmark Channel Interested? Learn more Visit us at www.torontofilmschool.ca ACTING18–MONTH DIPLOMA FOR FILM, TV & THE THEATRE Learn how to become a “Complete Actor.” The City of Toronto is a
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