Friday, January 1, 2010

#20 Reason I Hate Film School . . . It's Not that Inspiring!

Of course, getting ourselves inspired to be better film students is really more of our job, but who can blame us from feeling a little uninspired when we're stuck in a classroom all day? When all we seem to do is just study all these different aspects of film-making. Its histories, the great works of directors from past to present, dissecting what makes a film great.

I think people would be more inspired to be better if they get to see just how films are really made. All that studying is helpful, that's true. How else could you hone your creative juices so you can work some magic behind the camera. But that's not all. I bet it would really get a lot of students even more excited and more inspired if they spend more time in actual film set. Where they get to see just how creative ideas are translated into something that it filmed and shared with the rest of the world. They don't need to wait near the end of their course work when they get internships. They should be exposed early to what they're getting into.

I'm just saying, not everything can be learned inside a classroom.

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