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Making “Distributable” Work-At School

Making movies-and lots of them-is the key to education at Columbia College Chicago

by Brian Malik | Published Feb. 3, 2007

Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the film and video department of Columbia College Chicago boasts one of the most interactive film programs in the country. The school has a simple, yet extremely effective, method of teaching: In order to understand the moviemaking process, students must make movies-and lots of them! (No comments yet)

It’s Their Thing

The Ghetto Film School brings moviemaking education to inner city youth

by Saul Austerlitz | Published Feb. 3, 2007

With its rapid-fire, nine-week program, the unique Bronx-based Ghetto Film School has provided an education in the art of moviemaking to underprivileged high school students since 2000. MM spoke with the school's president, Joe Hall, about the organization's history, philosophy and plans for the future. (1 comment)

Full Sails Ahead

Orlando's Full Sail looks toward the future

by Michelle Devereaux | Published Feb. 3, 2007

It's got the term "Real World Education" in its name for a reason: Full Sail is all about training aspiring moviemakers to get out there and work once they've graduated. Here David Franko, Full Sail's program director for film, gets to the heart of the school's mission. (3 comments)

Parlez Vous Adobe?

Adobe offers film students an all-access pass at Cannes

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Feb. 3, 2007

Making movies aside, the most important job of any film school student is to forge strong relationships in the business, so that once they're out in the "real world," finding a place in the industry won't be such a daunting task. At this year's Cannes Film Festival, 50 film school students were lucky enough to get a little networking help from one of the biggest names in the moviemaking software business when Adobe paired them up with some of the biggest names in the world of editing-for a week-long celebration of all things editing. (No comments yet)

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

by Alan Oxman | Published Feb. 3, 2007

When you're in the editing room at want to scream at the DP, sound guy, boom operator, AD, script supervisor… etc., try to have sympathy for them. People on set aren't making mistakes expressly for the purpose of making your life difficult. It's hard to know what they were going through that day, but it's more than likely that they were under intense pressure and time constraints-all while having been sleep-deprived, hungry and cold. This leads to piece of advice #2. (No comments yet)

Dirty Pretty Things

Award-winning editor-and founder of The Edit Center-Alan Oxman encourages students to get their hands dirty

by Jennifer M. Wood | Published Feb. 3, 2007

It’s one thing to sit at a computer and learn how to edit a film; it’s an entirely different thing to do it at The Edit Center. Founded by two-time Emmy Award-winning editor Alan Oxman, whose credits include Douglas Keeve’s Unzipped, Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness and Storytelling and Michael Ian Black’s The Pleasure of Your Company, The Edit Center does away with stuffy lectures and instead puts its students in the driver’s seat on real indie films. (No comments yet)

Talent and Toughness: Are Great Directors Born or Made?

Working director Guy Magar takes two decades of experience on the road with his take-no-prisoners weekend film school.

by Timothy Rhys | Published Feb. 3, 2007

Director Guy Magar just completed the suspense thriller Children of the Corn: Revelation, based on Stephen King's original story for the Miramax/Dimension label, slated for release October 14th, 2001. His film directing credits include Showdown, starring Matt LeBlanc of TV's "Friends," Stepfather 3 (HBO World Premiere), and the cult thriller Retribution. (1 comment)

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