UM: Filmmaking

The Detroit Free Press reports on the Michigan Creative Film Alliance, a venture of UM, Michigan State, and Wayne State University. The students’ work, a 30-minute movie titled “Appleville,” is still in post-production, though UM professor Jim Burnstein feels the program’s intention – to get film students to stay in Michigan – has already been fulfilled. The article quotes MSU alumnus and former chief of 20th Century Fox Bill Mechanic: “I get calls and letters from Michigan kids who want to come out and talk. I’m right now telling them you’ve got a better shot getting into a picture in Michigan than you do a picture in Hollywood.” [Source]