Mike O said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Mike O said:

Digital is probably the norm in every film school, and eventually, I think the simple economics will win out :(.

Yes digital is now the norm and the economics have already won out but that's not the point. This initiative is about preserving the option to shoot on film, not fighting back against the digital tide.

I think it is the point. If you're entirely trained on digital, why would you chose to shoot film? It's only the last generation of filmmakers who're desperate to preserve it who've taken the interest. If it's more economical to shoot digitally than on film, then only directors with the box office clout to shoot film are even going to be fighting for it, and once they're gone, the next generation aren't going to care. I'd love to be wrong :(.

You could ask still photographers the same thing, yet they persist in using film from time to time.