Tribeca Flashpoint Academy Offers High School Seniors Fast Track to Job Success
CHICAGO, Jan. 3, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- For high school seniors passionate about media arts,
Tribeca Flashpoint Academy offers both a road less traveled and a fast
track to job success.
Unlike
traditional four-year undergraduate programs, TFA is part-college,
part-industry apprenticeship, allowing students to obtain their
associate degree in a variety of media and communications disciplines in
just two years.
"I've gone on film shoots, I've been in film studios with legends like Ramsey Lewis . I've recorded music festivals," said Recording Arts student Dennis Huston .
"It's a great environment. The teachers are top-notch. The students
here are motivated. The staff is incredibly supportive. It's a great
place and I love it."
And
that intensive, real-world project work has proven fundamental to TFA
students' remarkable record of job placement and career success.
"Because
their education here is compact, and it's intensive, and because you
have state-of-the-art equipment, they are far more prepared when they
get out into the real world," said Matt Antrim of T2-Back Alley Films, which hires TFA students.
"Some
of these students have the most real-world, applicable experience I've
ever encountered…And that's a really great experience, to know that when
they come to our company, they'll be able to hit the ground running,"
said Mike Stratta of creative agency LimeGreen.
The
TFA curriculum is based on a progressive training model that replaces
book study with hands-on project work. Through client-student
partnerships, TFA students graduate with a resume packed with project
experience across its academic disciplines: Film + Broadcast, Recording
Arts, Animation + Visual Effects, Game + Interactive Media, and Design +
Visual Communication.
TFA's
teaching faculty consists of industry professionals committed to
exposing students to the grind and the glory of the media arts
industries.
"What I loved about Tribeca Flashpoint Academy
from day one was the immediate sense of passion for the art of audio
from not only the faculty, but the students as well," said Recording
Arts instructor Tim Rusin .
A venture with Robert De Niro 's
Tribeca Enterprises, Tribeca Flashpoint Academy is one of the nation's
most well-respected digital and media arts colleges—offering a
progressive training model that erases the boundaries between education
and the professional world by exposing students to real-world, industry
experiences and state-of-the-art software and equipment beginning their
first semester on campus. For more information on TFA, visit www.TFA.edu.
Full press release available here: http://www.tfa.edu/blog/single/tribeca-flashpoint-academy-offers-high-school-seniors-fast-track-to-job-success
SOURCE Tribeca Flashpoint Academy
