Dayton film professionals buck motion picture industry downturn

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Wright State University’s motion pictures program averages 50 to 60 students, said W. Stuart McDowell, chairman of the school’s Department of Theater Arts, Dance and Motion Pictures.

“Not too many of them are out flinging burgers in their mid-30s to support their film habit,” McDowell said. “They are able to tack on to some film project somewhere and do what they want to do.”

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