<p>Why do some colleges not let film students use cameras for their entire freshman year? This is like music majors not being allowed to play instruments for a year! I understand that you have to learn theory and such, but as a hand-on type of learner, the fact that many of the colleges I’ve been accepted to have this policy really upsets me.</p>
<p>When you say “not use cameras” do you mean at all? I can’t imagine a school not permitting a student to even use a camera for personal reasons. That makes no sense.</p>
<p>If you mean in terms of during coursework, it may not be all that unusual at least for an Art School. My daughter is a graphic design major and during her first year she’s not using a computer for design at all…she’s chomping at the bit to get started but realizes she needs to get foundations studies out of the way first along with her computer pre-requisite.</p>
<p>I quoted you to my filmschool friend and he said “some? you mean <em>all</em>!” It’s normal practice.</p>