Author: [log in to unmask] Date: 12/12/94 9:10 PM [Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] I'm not a filmmaker (except in my head as I reshoot scenes in bad movies-- THE SANTA CLAUSE being the most recent case), but the discussion of film schools, especially Cal Pryluck's recent post, reminded me of the exhaustive syllabus prepared by Sergei Eisenstein for his ideal film school. It's much too long to cite here (the full text is in LESSONS WITH EISENSTEIN by Vladimir Nizhny), but a few examples of his curriculum include the following: WORK ON ONESELF-- Development of the necessary physical requirements (phy. ed., movement through boxing, gymnastics, etc., voice training and diction, surveying, rhythm via dance, etc.) Development of Directed Perecption Problems with reconstruction of reality Analysis and synthesis through verbal and visual reportage Practice in directed reconstruction of events The Creative Process Creative qualities, methods, and failures. Examples of creative individuals--Lenin and Marx, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, Falubert, Zola, Balzac, et al. Practice in creative system Work in the Group and On Production WORK ON FILM The director in prouction The director in Western countries and the USSR Cinematograph of the West Soviet Cinematography --and so on. It's a demanding course of study! --Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN