Filmmaking, more than most of the other arts, focuses on human beings and their interactions. It is for this reason, more than others, than many of the finest films have been made by persons making their first film, but a film with whose characters they have lived in their imagination for many years; and also why so few of them are able to make a second film of any worth whatever, for their understanding of human nature is so restricted. The school you choose, in my judgment, will depend upon whether you have the courage to take the long over the short view. A technical school will give you immediate practical gratification, often exceeding that possible within a university context. If, however, you wish to begin the long process of learning about human beings, what they have done and what they can do, then there is no shortcut: one must undertake the slow, hard task of acquiring something like a 'liberal arts' education - even at the expense of delaying film work for awhile. It won't payoff quickly, but it will at least give you some chance of looking back, when you're 65 or 70, at a life hopefully spent at filmmaking, and a life, unlike so many now wasted in the industry, of which you can unashamedly say 'I did as well as I could have done with what I was given'. Evan William Cameron Telephone: 416-736-5149 York University - CFT 216 (Film) Fax: 416-736-5710 4700 Keele Street E-mail: [log in to unmask] North York, Ontario Canada M3J 1P3 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]