I was just thinking the other day. I spent 8 straight months of the most intense, stressful and cathartic time of my life doing this, I should really want a break.. but I don't, I want to keep writing and keep learning and never stop as long as I can. So that's really amazing!

(Note: Shannon was hired as the Script Coordinator for the television series "Hiccups" within one week of graduating from Film Arts. She is back for her second season.)

My most recent role is in Sook-Yin Lee’s feature film Year of the Carnivore! I’ve helped produce 2 TV shows and worked in production on a true crime series. watermarked – the 10 minute short produced at Langara along with alumni Daniella Sorrentino and Stephen Ramsay – played the World Film Festival in Montréal in August 2008.

The facts: The Film Arts staff are working producers, actors and directors… and genuinely fabulous people. They know what they are talking about… because they’re out there doing it, too. This program is the best value for your money. You will walk away, demo reel in hand, having made and/or been in several short films.

The Film Arts program gave me that extra bit of confidence that I needed in order to get noticed in the audition room. It also made me joyful. For 8 months I was immersed in, and surrounded by, all aspects of film, collaboration, creativity... there is nothing better than doing what you love best full-time. It’s as simple as that! Once I was beaming there was no denying my talent and spirit. And once I started booking gigs, I felt that work was actually attainable… that there was true potential every time I walked into that audition room… With that knowledge, I will continue to get work.

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The wealth of information and experience I gained was staggering; I worked in every conceivable crew role on set, and gained filmmaking partnerships during those whirlwind days that are still the bedrock of my creative output today.

I can freely say that Langara Film Arts rerouted the course of my life, professionally, creatively, and personally. It is also by far the best deal, financially-speaking, of any film program in the province (the continent?). The instructors are uniformly amazing, excited about what they're doing and collaborative, the technical resources are superb, and you are guaranteed to walk out of the program with a wealth of real, finished, quality product at the end of it. Not just a head full of ideas, but physical proof of your talents, and lots of it. No other program promises that.

Film Arts changed my life and I can't recommend it enough."

It will be one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding experiences of your educational career and you will come out of it trained and ready to work with the big boys.  Fundamental to the Langara program is the practice of collaboration; a required skill which often gets overlooked by other institutions.  You will also be trained as an active Producer - regardless of the stream you enter - allowing you to take your career into your own hands and run with it.

For those of you looking for the skills and experience needed to make it in the film industry, I wholeheartedly recommend the Langara Film Arts program to you without hesitation.  It is simply the greatest film program out there.

Unlike so many other programs, you're guaranteed to come out of Film Arts with at least two short films worth sending to festivals and putting on your reel. You'll be proud of your work, and feel as if you accomplished something. And you really have.

I came out of Film Arts with three high quality short films that are festival ready. One of those films was accepted into the student showcase of the Toronto International Film Festival. And that's just the beginning. There's so much that's left to come. Thanks to Film Arts."