DAY 1
woke up at 7:30 to shower and to drive to campus and get a parking spot. went to the gym. ran some errands but class isn't until 2:15 so i'll just chill in the AC. I'm so crazy about getting to things early so I get to class at 1:55..... but thankfully my friend Myranda was there waiting for me and so was 1/2 of my track/class/group so we all went into the soundstage where Joshua (Professor for the lab- i guess) basically pointed out the basics of lighting equipment. This class is called BTL Lab aka Below the Line Lab aka most of the technical work in a film class. So we're going to learn how to drive a truck, set up the camera, set up lights, checkout equipment etc. It was the first day and I'm naturally timid at first when I don't know the mood of the group of in- which means I don't ask questions. So this entire lighting demonstration I didn't understand half of but I believe Joshua was just treating it like a "heres the basics and what I expect to see when you're checking out equipment- other than that you'll learn on the job" sort of thing.
It was supposed to last till 6 but he let us out at 4 and I sped home to hang out with my recently engaged roommate and watch Sunday's episode of TrueBlood
Next week in BTL Lab we're going to be registering for truck courses etc.- I am so scared about driving a truck. Reasons: 1. Its Big. 2. If we get into an accident, even if we are blameless, we have to pay for all damages to the truck and the equipment inside it (a $90,000 camera!!) 3. trucks scare me when the drive by or when they're next to me on the road.
But so I called my parents and gabbed all about my first day and I read them out my supply list which has wrenches and screwdrivers and other handy dandy electrical tools that my Dad has in our garage. He said he'd look and see if he could send me doubles- because that would save me alot of money and why buy new when you have perfectly good ones at home? I also asked him for power tools for Christmas (so that I don't have to rent tools to build sets) which I thought was pretty humorous but he didn't laugh..... maybe he was tired.
DAY 2
Today started at the same time as yesterday. 2pm for Edit Lab.
I decided that instead of getting up early to get a parking spot and going to the gym I'd sleep in (plus I was sore from yesterday). But it was tough finding parking- I had to park three blocks away from the stadium- which was bad because I was going to get out of class at 10pm and that area is not well lit. Thankfully when that time came Paige and her BF gave me a ride to my car so I didn't have to walk in the dark. Bless them.
Edit Lab was fun. We're using FCP which I'm used too so Ian (I believe that was our prof's name- he's Alum of the FS) was teaching us the basics of the program so we can edit our weekend projects. I've been using FC Express all summer and three years in High School so this was a boring review for me. Ian went kinda fast and later I learned that some people were really struggling with it so I kinda kicked my ego and told myself to stop boasting and to help others out instead. I mean I helped my neighbors when they asked me but I just kinda felt prideful when I heard that- and thats not too good. Ian then showed us a movie called "The Cutting Edge" which was all about the history and significance of film editing featuring a cameo from my fav filmmaker Tarintino (sarcasm hand raised).
Edit lab was over at 5 (again, it was supposed to end at 6) and we broke for dinner because we had Genres & Filmmakers class at 7 with my History of Film teacher from last semester. I had brought my dinner in my Disney Princess lunchbox as had my friends Paige and Myranda (not and Disney Princess lunchboxes- but theirs were cool too). We also got to eat with one of the transfers into our class who I hadn't met before- her name was Lexa- and yes I did just look at my FBK in order to remember her name. we all just talked about how we got in and that little adventure. Lexa got in on her third try- so she's a year older than me- but Paige told her that we were the social rejects of our film class so hopefully that doesn't discourage Lexa because I'd like to get to know her more- she seems really cool.
Everyone came back around 615 and us four girls were in the screening room by 630ish- and it was COLD!!!
So my Prof from last semester's History class, Andrew, is my teacher for this class. My friend Josh (not Prof Joshua but Josh Smooha and I might refer to him as Smooha...) came and sat down next to me. Josh was in my History class last semester too so when Andrew started his powerpoint we were laughing about how some of the things on his ppt were copied and pasted from his other ppt- which is fine but it was just funny. We're going to focus on American Independent Cinema in this class as we look at historical and present independents to discover what really makes a film 'independent.' we then proceeded to watch a film called 'Medicine for Melancholy' a film about a one night stand that turns into a two night stand. Apparently a boat load of our Alum made it. It was good but Myranda and I agreed that it was a little dry and I came out of it with a large headache because the last shot was so unfocused and moved around so much I was getting sick. But class ended at 945ish and I went straight home because I am beat.
Tomorrow I have two more classes with Prof Andrew all about Production- but the first one starts at 9am and ends at 1245 and the second one starts at 2 and ends at 6 again.
In conclusion: Tomorrow is going to be a LONNNNNGGGG day.
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