The technology has changed but painting with light is still great.

I'd also take a look Blain Browns book on cinematography, lots of good info on lighting in there.

I watched burnt by the sun in college and remember loving it.

Though, maybe I'm old, but the 90s doesn't seem like "old" movies :)

There are plenty of jobs in film that make enough to pay back student debt, though of course debt should be kept as low as possible.

check out Feirstein.Brooklyn.Cuny.Edu, I teach there, amazing place, and it's a CUNY so it's an affordable option.

More info would help: post some dates (3 months? 7?), and maybe a contact link so folks can get in touch. I think a lot of folks might jump at the opportunity but need more info.

Also, and full disclosure I'm a professor there so I'm biased, but look at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn:

https://nyti.ms/2mzI0wV

Amazing school, great facility, great faculty, and since it's a public school (CUNY) about 1/3 the cost of comparable programs like NYU or Columbia.

Looks like the owner of the vimeo videos in that post changed the settings to require a password!

It's 4 year old videos, so perhaps they changed their account.

Your NFS password won't help, those videos are probably long gone.