The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.
A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.
If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.
The thing is, making movies as an actress, you learn so many things. Like when you're making a movie with Quentin Tarantino you're just at the best cinema school ever.
It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.
You learn as much from doing a bad film as a good one.
The young actors coming out of the Universities are well trained.
I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.