When I was in school I was interested in film--and was part of a film (watching) crowd that I still stay in touch with. I even went so far as to sign up for a film course once.

But things were just moving past casual amateurs shooting on Super 8 film--which in addition to low quality got expensive in a hurry. Video cameras were huge things with big battery packs. I quickly decided the whole thing was more trouble than it was worth and just stuck to 35mm still photography.

"Just" an iPhone and modern editing software would have been a revelation.