Professor
Rory Kelly
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Winter 2019 - This class is cake, and I absolutely miss it. I was having a really tough time this quarter with my mental health and I always looked forward to this class. Rory wants you to understand the material, and he does a great job explaining it. My TA was a film veteran finishing up his degree, so he was a reliable source of information. Midterm is in-class. You watch a couple of clips and respond to the prompts. Not too hard. Like I said, my mental health was shit, so I was always smoking weed. Pretty sure I took the midterm high, and I enjoyed writing it. There's a take-home essay. Watch a few clips, respond to the prompts. The final is the best. You get to choose your own film to dissect, using the knowledge you've accumulated all quarter. I wrote all my essays high, and did well. This class will change the way you view films, and you'll want to take it again. The professor is funny, well-versed, likes Led Zeppelin (doesn't matter but that makes him cooler.) Also, we got to watch the original Blade Runner, set in Los Angeles, 2019, which is when I took this class :). TAKE THE CLASS IF YOU WANT A BADASS GE THAT YOU'LL FOR SURE GET AN A ON
Winter 2019 - This class is cake, and I absolutely miss it. I was having a really tough time this quarter with my mental health and I always looked forward to this class. Rory wants you to understand the material, and he does a great job explaining it. My TA was a film veteran finishing up his degree, so he was a reliable source of information. Midterm is in-class. You watch a couple of clips and respond to the prompts. Not too hard. Like I said, my mental health was shit, so I was always smoking weed. Pretty sure I took the midterm high, and I enjoyed writing it. There's a take-home essay. Watch a few clips, respond to the prompts. The final is the best. You get to choose your own film to dissect, using the knowledge you've accumulated all quarter. I wrote all my essays high, and did well. This class will change the way you view films, and you'll want to take it again. The professor is funny, well-versed, likes Led Zeppelin (doesn't matter but that makes him cooler.) Also, we got to watch the original Blade Runner, set in Los Angeles, 2019, which is when I took this class :). TAKE THE CLASS IF YOU WANT A BADASS GE THAT YOU'LL FOR SURE GET AN A ON
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Summer 2023 - This class was online a-sync for me during Summer 23, and it was a super fun and chill class. The first assignment is super engaging and fun, you write a short script of your choosing. Loved this class and all of its content but be warned that the second project takes so long and grading is a little harder on this one, or at least that is what I thought. You have more than enough time to complete each project, I just thought that the second project was unnecessarily long. The third project was my favorite. You were asked to create a look book for the script that you wrote for the first project. You could include two extra things in your look book for up to 20 points of extra credit, so great opportunity to raise your grade if you tanked the second project. I think I ended with a 107% because of the extra credit, but loved the class overall. Hope this review helps, but I would 10000% take the class again if I could.
Summer 2023 - This class was online a-sync for me during Summer 23, and it was a super fun and chill class. The first assignment is super engaging and fun, you write a short script of your choosing. Loved this class and all of its content but be warned that the second project takes so long and grading is a little harder on this one, or at least that is what I thought. You have more than enough time to complete each project, I just thought that the second project was unnecessarily long. The third project was my favorite. You were asked to create a look book for the script that you wrote for the first project. You could include two extra things in your look book for up to 20 points of extra credit, so great opportunity to raise your grade if you tanked the second project. I think I ended with a 107% because of the extra credit, but loved the class overall. Hope this review helps, but I would 10000% take the class again if I could.
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