A day goes by



Had dinner with Olson tonight, which was very nice. It's been a long time since we've hung out.

Have spent the last hour or so cleaning up my computers. I think I've freed up ~50gigs on my imac, which is pretty substantial. Mostly old backups and such.

Things at work seem to be going pretty good right now. It's nice to have that be a happy place instead of a stressor. Classes also continue to go well. I think my favorite is my pre-production class. Mostly because it's a lot of group work with people who I know and respect. 3 or 4 studio crew members, plus another 10 or so who have had a least one class in the studio. Plus Martin of course.

Digital Audio is also quite good, again with Martin. So far it's been repeat type stuff for me, but should be getting into new stuff soon.

The polisci course is also good. I'm enjoying reading these classic authors (Machiavelli and now Hobbes), and I appreciate that the reading scheduling is structured such that you actually get to take time and read and comprehend the work. Reading all of "The Prince" for example, instead of only having time to skim it.

The film course is kind of a low point, strictly because it's so focused on being just another film course where you analyze everything to death. All of this "What did the director really intend by putting X Y Z there?" ... nothing! Some bloody production assistant put that there because they found it in the studio storeroom. Directors aren't gods, they aren't geniuses (for the most part), and I don't believe that they make films with an eye towards having ever scene contain hidden symbolic things for film classes to dissect. It's entertainment! I know there are some [crazy] directors who do that kind of stuff, but for the most part, I just don't buy it. I was really hoping the class would be more skewed towards the "cities" aspect of it. Oh well.

I know nothing else.

Posted: Wed - February 4, 2004 at 11:03 PM          

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