Real World Exposure For Film School Students

June 22, 2011 by · 10 Comments
Filed under: Filmmaking 

ShortFestTop film schools often fail in transitioning their students from the academic world into the real business world of filmmaking. Most of the professors at even the best film schools have very little experience themselves working as professionals in the movie industry.

The Palm Springs International ShortFest film festival is working to help those students by giving them exposure and feedback to real audiences and industry professionals.

Festival Film Curator & Director of Industry Programming Kathleen McInnis said she wants to make the festival a link between film schools and the film industry. Contestants in the festival have won a total of four Academy Awards in the last four years.

The festival offers educational panels plus the opportunity for one-on-one sessions with insiders in the film industry. One of the things that film students don't at first understand is that the industry professionals are not looking at how artistic or skilled they are as directors. Rather they are thinking "can this person make me money"?

Film schools don't teach the realities of the business but a film festival like the Palm Springs International ShortFest is trying to bridge the gap.

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10 Comments on Real World Exposure For Film School Students

  1. Fatai ganni teleda on Thu, 8th Sep 2011 3:02 am

    2. Gud morning sir, my name is ganni teleda, a theatre art practitioner based in lagos, sir i will love 2 learn more, presently i work bhinde d camera as a continuity n a tech director, i do yoruba movies, n musics, i will b glad 2 here 4rm u

  2. Manoj Sharma on Tue, 20th Sep 2011 7:55 am

    3. Really a very good article, also your blog’s design looks awesome, keep it up blogging.
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  3. Joe from Demand Studios Review on Sat, 24th Sep 2011 1:24 pm

    4. Thanks for letting me know about this festival. I am always on the lookout for new festivals to submit short films too. Thanks again.
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  4. Amber on Wed, 30th Nov 2011 12:09 am

    5. Set up your own screening for the film. Devise some type of guerrilla marketing scheme for the film. The more controversial and prominent it is, the more likely it will be to get widespread news media coverage. It would probably be a good idea to relate the marketing scheme with the plot or key characteristics of the movie.
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  5. cherry on Tue, 6th Dec 2011 8:24 pm

    6. The more controversial and prominent it is, the more likely it will be to get widespread news media coverage. It would probably be a good idea to relate the marketing scheme with the plot or key characteristics of the movie.
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  6. Rochelle on Tue, 13th Dec 2011 4:10 am

    7. The festival offers educational panels plus the opportunity for one-on-one sessions with insiders in the film industry. One of the things that film students don’t at first understand is that the industry professionals are not looking at how artistic or skilled they are as directors.
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  7. daniel samuel on Sat, 28th Jan 2012 3:13 am

    8. i wise to be a great actor. dat wil b admire in al aspect. i need to study more to help my talent pls wil u help me?

  8. Larissa89 on Fri, 17th Feb 2012 10:27 pm

    9. lOOKING FORWARD TO WATCH THIS KIND OF EVENT..SOUNDS REALLY AMAZING..

  9. alivia from movies review on Wed, 4th Apr 2012 7:38 pm

    10. Informative article and from this type of event film industry will get new talented stars.

  10. Mayrel on Wed, 18th Apr 2012 1:41 pm

    11. Very interesting article as a reader it is very nice to learn more thing about film making, other other related topic.
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