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Filmakademie students are known for their short films, including (top) "Wedding Cake" and (bottom) "Relation." graduates on films like Star Trek Into Darkness and Iron Man 3," says Scheetz. "While we are excited about technology, we still come back to the simple idea that fundamentals are the key to education. The basics of acting, camera work, lighting, and their effect on storytelling is where we need to keep our focus." California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) also emphasizes the techniques, not just the tools, though the two can be intricately linked. In fact, the "art" has been an integral element to Cal rts since its inception in A the early 1960s when it was founded and created by none other than the master artist himself, Walt Disney. His mission was to establish an arts center, where all the disciplines he was using in filmmaking could be copied and emulated under an educational model. Its primary mission today is to be a studio-based, experimental art-based institution designed to engage in cutting-edge technology and cutting-edge art practices, says Tim Leeser, digital media artist, educa- tor, curator, and writer. "Our mission is to create an environment where students not only learn about their particular practice, but also break F I N D Y O U R P A T H SMFA.EDU SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Education Supplement • July 2013 • 11