The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
5 days ago
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- Film students struggle to watch full-length movies due to short attention spans.
- Professors report students frequently check phones during screenings, even in top film programs.
- Many students prefer streaming movies alone but often don't watch them fully.
- Students admit to skipping scenes or watching films at higher speeds.
- Basic film knowledge is lacking, with many unable to answer simple questions about movies.
- Young people's media habits, shaped by social media, make feature films feel too long.
- Some students arrive in film studies having seen only Disney movies or none at all.
- Netflix and other platforms adapt by adding early action and repeating plots for distracted viewers.
- Professors experiment with 'slow cinema' to retrain attention spans.
- Others adapt by teaching shorter films or social-media-style content creation.