Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, 5th Edition

Appendix G

Film and Media Programs

 

 

 

The latter part of the 20th century saw the emergence and proliferation of film and television schools. Whereas in the middle part of the last century it was the goal of many young artists to express themselves by writing “the great American novel,” it is now their goal to make “the great American film.”

I am from a low-income household in Toronto and never had a camera growing up, but I always had a computer. That was something my mother always made sure I had access to. It was through the evolving technology that I got into film. I got exposed to the more traditional stuff when I went to film school. That was the main reason I thought film school would be valuable. I felt pretty well versed in the emerging ...