Sixty students recently graduated from a $195,000 state funded program designed to retrain workers for the state’s budding film industry.
According to excerpts from the article:
They finished a three-week crash course on the basics: cameras, set design, lighting, sound, makeup and wardrobe and how to resolve the last-minute issues that give directors headaches.
Like: “You’re on a set in Oscoda and the director needs a 50-pound white dog that can sit and stay on command. You have three hours, what do you do?”
That was one of the essay questions used to whittle down 1,000 applicants to the 60 slots. The course was sponsored by a $195,000 state grant with instructors from Michigan State University and Lansing Community College.
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