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Lights, Camera, Jobs

There's a film school training at-risk and troubled teenagers for high-tech, well-paying jobs in the film industry, and it's not at USC, Cal Arts, or AFI. It's the Hollywood Cinema Production Resources center at West L.A. College. L.A. Times columnist David Lazarus introduces us to the teachers and the students undergoing intense training in so-called below-the-line production — the grips, gaffers, set builders and costumers.