> P.S. An interesting footnote... Film IS USED in Network TV- Look at LA LAW, > Thirtysomething, Gabriels Fire...and all other hour format dramas. ey are a Major network shows are shot on film, true. But the majority are now edited in multi-million dollar editing suites, keeping the film only as archival source media. This is NOT an argument against using 16mm in film courses, because amateur editing facilities can't compete with professional facilities, and the field is changing too rapidly for schools to be capable of competing in this area. 16mm film is an ideal medium for schools wishing to teach professional film-making because it has higher resolution than television, meaning that you can shoot and edit a film with limited theatrical potential (you can blow it up to 35mm), yet produce better results using TRADITIONAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES than using amateur video facilities. I say the latter because in the initial challenge/query which generated this conversation, I detect the attitude that bothering with film is somehow outdated. I can assure you that in this town (LA), where the craft is more than a matter of academic debate, opinion on film vs. video is still widely in favor of film, except for television productions. All new media begin as imitations or automations of previous media, only finding their independent nature later on. The same is true of video and video editing. To approach them without a grounding in traditional film-making is, in my opinion, foolish. Vive 16mm!!