I found a write up on your camera.
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/
classics/eos/eoscamera/EOS1000FRebelS/index.htm Unless you have the newer more advanced one?
Film can be scanned and then you will have digital images to work with. I'm doing that here, shooting film then scanning.
Digital point and click cameras are so cheap these days and can do such a good job I think you have to ask yourself why you would want to work with an film camera. If you do want to work with film....then it's up to you as to how much effort and money to put into it.
I recently took my 25 year old SLR and went to ebay buying various lenses, lens filters, and even extra camera bodies. So I made the investment as a hobby and have a growing library of books on the mechanics of using SLR's and the basics on composition of photographs for different purposes. Should you pursue manual SLR action, there is a lot to learn.
It sounds to me like your camera has a lot of automated features and should do a good job in manual or auto mode. But manual mode may be far more difficult until you learn the basics of exposure, f-stops, shutter speeds and so forth.
