Film Studies

[Brodie]

If the chance ever comes to you, some streak of "luck" comes by and you get the chance to take Film Studies, save yourself. Don't. I picked this class out last year, thought I'd be watching movies, learning stuff about films, yada yada. Nope. I learned how to dissect a film. Why a director used motion, sound, or camera styles. And more. It hurts the brain to think about it.

Tonite I was supposed to be doing a project in a 4 part thing about a scene from The Princess Bride....I don't think I'm gonna do it. I don't need the lass to graduate, and only need a consistant 56 average for the rest of the year. So why try? I hate it.

Just thought I'd share.

[Raven]

we dont have a class like that at are school......were poor

[raphael_is_cool]

I do film studies

It was okay to start with, we looked at some interesting stuff, I learnt a lot. Until my second year we started on the really boring stuff, real old films and theoretical debates. I know it's ignorant to say black and white films are crap because there are some real gems but Soviet montage cinema and German expressionism or French impressionism are the pits. But this year we've moved into more modern and relevant areas of debate and we're looking at great films such as La Haine, Memento and Abros Los Ojos

So check what the course entails and if it's right for you

[RskimB]

I'm in a Film Study Class too but it seems to watered down much more than your classes. All we do is watch movies and take quizzes, the only time we'll be doing anything tough is for the project at the end of the year.