<p>UT Austin has revolutionized the film school model with the University of Texas Film Institute. Students are given highly specialized filmmaking experience on actual commercial films produced through Burnt Orange Productions, a private for-profit company. The production of feature films is incorporated into the curriculum and trains students in specialized areas. This new film school model more closely matches the practices of the feature film industry, resulting in graduates more effectively trained in real-world aspects of filmmaking. The 2006 release of "The Quiet" was the first major film produced through this collaboration.</p>
<p>From a 2003 press release about the new program:</p>
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“The University of Texas is revolutionizing the shape and form of a film school with a boldness worthy of a modern day D.W. Griffith,” said Jack Valenti, president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America and one of many entertainment industry luminaries serving on The University of Texas Film Institute advisory board. “Burnt Orange Productions is burning bright.”
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