Lecture/AVID Lab

The aftermath of today left my brain fried beyond belief. Our SA, Zach Guerra taught us some many different things, most of which were foreign to me. We discussed 4 different spaces in terms of filiming: deep space, flat space, limited space, and ambiguous space. I learned so much today that I immediately wanted to rent a camera and start shooting. It was amazing to swallow so much information in one day and be utterly thrilled and excited. I could sense that my classmates were just as eager and I realized that I was in for a long and fun summer.

After our 1hr lunch break, we headed to the editing lab. We had an instructor teach us AVID, an editing software similar to that of Final Cut Pro. All of this of course was new to me so I jotted notes down and listened intently. Our instructor gave us the opportunity to test and play around with the software so Aaron and I first began playing a clip, marking (start-end), splicing, adding and cutting video/audio, and etc. It wad definitely a learning experience for me just being able to recognize each button and knowing their effects. The scenes/sequences that Aaron and I played around with turned out really well in my opinion.

Class ended around 5:30 which left myself and my brain hungry and thirsty. Chinese food mixed with Coca Cola is definitely a good way to get your body functioning again.

Orientation/First Day

I got up at 7:30 wide awake and ready for the day to begin. Aaron and I left the room around 8:30 and started on our walk to the newly furnished George Lucas Film School, which he donated 175 million dollars. We arrived on time and listened to the various summer film coordinators lecture us about what to expect and what forms we should have filled out and what not. The best part of orientation was when a fellow student who had sat in the same seats as us 10 years ago gave us his life experience in the film industry starting off as an intern for Jerry Bruckheimer, an assistant to Sylvester Stallone, and finally a producer for a major film company. It was just amazing hearing his story and the advice that he told us really sunk in with me. Although orientation ran longer than I had anticipated, I enjoyed every minute of it.

The first day of class was electrified with our instructor, an influential and upbeat person who has been involved in the film industry for 30 years. He showed us 3 films which were done by previous students of his and asked us to analyze it. It wasn't what I was used to in terms of being in a classroom because usually my professor would just ramble on and I would be just copying down notes from his powerpoint or lecture notes. This was a more relaxed class and he gave us the opportunity to ask us what we actually wanted to achieve from this class.

USC Summer School Film Program

I got up at 7:30 wide awake and ready for the day to begin. Aaron and I left the room around 8:30 and started on our walk to the newly furnished George Lucas Film School, which he donated 175 million dollars for the construction of the building. We arrived on time and listened to the various summer film coordinators lecture us about what to expect and what forms we should have filled out and what not. The best part of orientation was when a fellow student who had sat in the same seats as us 10 years ago gave us his life experience in the film industry starting off as an intern for Jerry Bruckheimer, an assistant to Sylvester Stallone, and finally a producer for a major film company. It was just amazing hearing his story and the advice that he told us really sunk in with me. Although orientation ran longer than I had anticipated, I enjoyed every minute of it.

The first day of class was electrified with our instructor, an influential and upbeat person who has been involved in the film industry for 30 years. He showed us 3 films which were done by previous students of his and asked us to analyze it. It wasn't what I was used to in terms of being in a classroom because usually my professor would just ramble on and I would be just copying down notes from his powerpoint or lecture notes. This was a more relaxed class and he gave us the opportunity to ask us what we actually wanted to achieve from this class.