A few days ago, I got into a discussion with my uncle
who feels that there’s really no need for anyone to
study film much more to take up an
immersion
course for a year. I’m 21 and I decided to
take an immersion film course at the International
Academy of Film and Television wwwDOTfilmschoolDOTph (Blowed my parents
mind off when I told them it was in Asia!). Although
I understand where he is coming from, I beg to
disagree with him on a lot of things. If there’s
anything that I’ve learned is school is that
filmmaking demands the integration of many kinds of
knowledge and skill that one gets from hands-on
training, classroom instruction and actual film
production. These are the why’s that help you answer
the how’s!
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