How Film Schools Adjusted to Virtual Learning and Quarantined Student Movies

This story about film schools first appeared in the college issue of TheWrap magazine. When school wrapped for the spring semester after classes everywhere had abruptly shifted online, film schools across the country began planning what a fall semester would look like under COVID-19: reduced class sizes, rigorous safety standards for production students, hybrid virtual learning and more. And now, with the fall semester here and COVID-19 cases still high in the U.S., questions and concerns about how to safely give film students the full college experience remain. Institutions that had the goal of returning to campus have been forced to remain remote. International students who had hoped to attend school stateside are left with fewer options. And challenges about how to provide the next generation of filmmakers with equipment and hands-on learning are still a work in progress. But administrators and students alike have found creative solutions to some of the biggest challenges the virus poses to education institutions and film schools in particular. And students who wish to succeed — let alone graduate on time — can get a real leg up in Hollywood by finding a way to still make movies during a pandemic. Also Read: Top...

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