▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California , ▁int ending ▁to ▁study ▁journal ism , ▁but ▁ended ▁up ▁doing ▁poor ly ▁and ▁instead ▁went ▁to ▁US C ' s ▁School ▁of ▁Cinema - T ele vision ▁( now ▁the ▁US C ▁School ▁of ▁Cin ematic ▁Arts ). ▁He ▁wasn ' t ▁sure ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁right ▁decision , ▁but ▁that ▁since ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁art ▁form ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁interesting ▁to ▁start ▁from ▁the ▁bottom . ▁Hall ▁attended ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Cinema ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁S lav ko ▁V ork api ć ▁was ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁program ; ▁Hall ▁later ▁re called ▁that ▁“ He ▁taught ▁me ▁that ▁film - making ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁visual ▁language . ▁He ▁taught ▁the ▁principles , ▁and ▁left ▁the ▁rest ▁up ▁to ▁us ”. ▁After ▁creating ▁his ▁first ▁sh ots ▁in ▁school ▁he ▁fell ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁the ▁art ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁continue ▁telling ▁his ▁stories ▁through ▁imag ery . ▁A ▁few ▁people ▁that ▁visited ▁the ▁school ▁during ▁his ▁education ▁were ▁John ▁H ust on ▁and ▁Or son ▁W elles . ▁After ▁gradu ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁Hall ▁expected ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁job ▁right ▁out ▁of ▁college . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁however , ▁Hollywood ▁only ▁allowed ▁the ▁camera ▁crew ▁to ▁be ▁filled ▁with ▁people ▁that ▁were ▁on ▁the ▁International ▁Phot ograph ers ▁Gu ild ▁ro ster . ▁ ▁Career ▁After ▁gradu ation ▁Hall ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁his ▁class m ates , ▁Mar vin ▁R . ▁Wein stein ▁and ▁Jack ▁C . ▁Cou