Word: film
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Some of the problems of The Film School faces now are purely logistical and should be ironed out soon. For instance, will the new complex (classrooms, labs, and 230 seat screening room) behind the present Welles Cinema open within the next two weeks as scheduled? If not, the practical filmmaking courses which will rely heavily on laboratory work, won't, as one UCA staff member said, "be worth shit...
Already The Film School boasts students enrolled in all eight of its courses, students who seem to be using the school as a full-scale film program. Frances Gitter said, "We have no structured program as yet, but we're working on it. They [the students currently enrolled] will want a progression from where they are and we want to be able to give them that without getting stuffy and heavy and losing flexibility. We realize that it is easier said than done...
...course, any criticism of The Film School at this point is purely speculative. Most of the courses have only met once and instructors are in the process of finding out what their students are like and how to deal with them...
THOUGH students at The Film School might find their first semester riddled with a few of the problems that beset most schools during their first year of operation, they will also have their share of benefits. All students will get half-price admission to all commercial showings at the Welles Cinema, students will be able to buy books and equipment at UCA's F Stop at a substantial discount (cost plus ten per cent) and selected student filmmakers will get a chance to display their work at special screening sessions at the Welles...
Whether UCA is treading the waters of hip capitalism or is genuinely trying to serve the community remains a moot question. What is important is that The Film School is one of the only alternatives open to non-university students who are interested in film and university students who are not lucky enough to get into the Visual Etudies course of their choice. Applications at The Film School are accepted entirely on a first-come-first-served basis...