Film school is not cheap. A year of graduate-level classes at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts can run upward of $40,000. So why, you might ask, would you spend that much money learning to use generative AI tools when you can do that at home?
That’s the question film schools across the country grapple with this summer as they head into the fall semester. Academia has quietly discussed artificial intelligence for some years now: What it means, how it will affect the artform and the business of Hollywood, and the best way to teach it.
