Look, we're team no film school around here. Not because there aren't great ones, but because there are also a lot of scams out there trying to take your money. Case in point, the Los Angeles Times just ran a story about the LA Film School, which has been accused by two former high-level executives of foul play. They claim the school ran an elaborate accreditation scheme that faked graduate job placements to unlawfully collect millions in federal government funds.Didn't the same thing happen on The Sopranos? That's both bad news for people who got an education there, which now looks crappy on their resumes, and people who have applied and are in school there, as it may shut that place down.Let's dig in. The Hollywood-Worthy PlotAccording to the lawsuit filed by the school's former VP of Career Development, Dave Phillips, and former VP of Admissions, Ben Chaib, the scheme was designed to meet a critical requirement for accreditation in order to gain federal funds. To receive federal funding, schools like LAFS must prove that 70% of their students get and keep jobs in their field of training.As you know, this is pretty hard to do in film and TV, even if you have a stellar degree and lots of connections. An internal report cited in the complaint shows that a majority of graduates earned $5,000 or less in their field, and only a dismal 20% were able to find actual work.So, how did the school allegedly fake numbers in...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Yesterday