New Specs Howard classes focus on film

metromode, 6/18/2009

The film industry incentives are spinning out in a number of different ways, with Specs Howard School feeling the latest vibrations.

The Southfield-based broadcasting school is offering classes focusing on teaching how to best take advantage of the emerging film industry. The Specs Howard On Location classes will be held in a new Studio Center motion picture production complex in Farmington Hills.

The courses will cover everything from basic education on movie making to editing films. Each class runs about two months and is meant to convey a comprehensive view of what is expected of employees in the film industry.

"We're thinking of it as a graduate course, almost," says Lisa Zahodne, president of Specs Howard School. "A lot of our graduates are interested in this."

The classes will cover both the macro view of the film industry and micro level of specific areas, such as editing and camera work. Instructors include people who have worked on independent films, at major television stations, and won major awards, such as Emmys.

Specs Howard School is looking at expanding this into its full-time curriculum in the near future. The idea is that the new movie incentives aren't going anywhere, and will promise to create a lot of new jobs Metro Detroiters may not be all that familiar with.

"We see this as here and here to stay," Zahodne says.

Source: Lisa Zahodne, president of Specs Howard School
Writer: Jon Zemke

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