Reviews of professor Michael Bolus

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The only things you need to do is one group presentation and one individual research paper throughout the semester. If you are not absent, you will get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Bolus is an amazing!!! I was blow away by how much I looked forward to our classes. The lectures are so interactive. I became such a better writer from his class. He is really funny and knowledgeable. His class is such an amazing experience! The best professor ever! Do yourself a favor and find a way to take him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You only get graded on your attendance, one visual monograph and a group project which you have the whole semester to work on. Long lecture but very interesting and entertaining.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Bolus is a "method" instructor; he uses students and shows how camera angles, and who and how somehow is filmed affects the film. He also points out how lighting, camera choices, and sound can affect one's perception of a film. Engaging and informative.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Honestly a gem of a professor. His class was so much fun and I learned so much about film. The class is easy; you're only graded based on attendance, 1 group project, and 1 individual project due on the last day of class. No excuse not to get an A. Please take him if you can. Favorite class I've taken at SMC and not even a film major.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Bolus is great. We were only graded on attendance, a group project, and a solo project (due at the end of the semester). The class was incredibly long and late, and I don't think I could have gotten through it if it weren't with such a cool character. If you show up and do the work, it's an easy A. More importantly, you'll learn a lot!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I had him in the winter session. While he gives feedback to our screenplays, it isn't very good feedback. He focuses too much on grammar and syntax, and not enough on our actual stories. And he got real lazy towards the end of class. He never gave feedback on our last two assignments. He just issued a final grade and ignored all emails after that.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Bolus is an amazing teacher! I get easily bored during lecture-heavy classes but Professor Bolus was passionate and made lectures very interesting. I am not a film major so this was my first real introduction to the subject, but Professor Bolus made everything easy to understand and completely changed how I watch movies.