The Disadvantages of Film School

I was very lucky. I went to film school and my counsel paid the grant to pay for the tuition, but I didn't get anything else. There's also the social conditions that somebody, you know, they've got to earn a living. They can't go to a film school. You're going to find another way of getting there. Most cinematographers have probably been an assistant or an operator at some time and moved up. And it allows you to watch the dynamics of a set close up. To get the confidence of being on a set, you get to meet a lot of people. That disadvantage of film school in a way is the people you meet are other students,.