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“The rush to film school continues unabated, and considering the film industry’s growth and bright prospects in the emerging Cable Age, the trend may be only in its infancy. But is film school really worth the considerable amount of time, effort and money it demands? Would it be possible to redirect those resources and make an independent film instead, learning the ropes in the process?
How naive a notion is that, bearing in mind that it wasn’t so long ago that hard-won apprenticeships were the only “film schools,” and that the quality of movies didn’t seem to suffer. We decided to ask several prominent directors if they believe changing times and new technologies have made formal film school education necessary, or whether a young would-be moviemaker might still be able to bypass the instructional leagues and jump right into The Show.”
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I didn’t write it though, I just linked to this great article.
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