Spring 2005

My class list for the season is as follows:

Tuesday - Ethics of Creativity
Wednesday - Developing the Screenplay
Thursday - Directing the Camera
Friday - Advanced Production

So, first, I have a class in which we discuss stuff ... that's pretty much all there is to it. Apparently, a few short papers are required, but nothing to the extent of formal essays on ethical dillemmas facing artists; thank God for Arts and Public Policy ... the greatest program ever. Then there's Developing the Screenplay, where I can use materials that I have written over the course of the past six years to write a screenplay I was hoping to get around to writing some day anyway. Fantastico! Directing the Camera is gonna be fun because I've already decided to do some West Wing-esque camera moves for both my scenes - hell, I've already conceived of a fantastic story for my second project in the class. And finally, Advanced Production. This is gonna be a hard class because I have to take the work extremely seriously - to not do so jeopardizes my chances of getting the allotment or screwing myself out of money that I'll wind up borrowing from the bank to make the film. All things considered, the semester looks to be interesting and a bit easier than the last three years of my higher education.