I wish they taught cinematography in schools.

When I went to school, we were taught woodworking, sewing, music and drawing. I think one of these could be (optionally) replaced with cinematography.

I'm not talking about "let's watch a movie and discuss what the message was". I'm talking about how the scene was composed, how the movie was edited, tempo, structure and other things like that.

In our drawing classes we learned about perspective, color mixing, proportions and other things. I think it's about time a similar subject appears for movies, because it seems like most people severely lacks in this area. I've certainly realized how ignorant I am about it after listening and talking to people who have been to film school.

It also reminded me about the comment made by Luke during one of the WAN shows. He said that he loves going to the cinema with Brandon because he asks questions afterward that made Luke think about how the movie was made, questions like "why do you think you liked that scene in particular?".

I think teaching these things could help people appreciate movies more, and maybe inspire people to make their own movies as well.