As collaboration is a valuable and necessary skill in film production, many of your formal assignments will require you to work closely with your classmates. You will be graded on your active participation in class and on you final film. Productive participation in class means formulating thoughtful and meaningful responses during class discussions, contributing constructively to group activities, providing comments to classmates that are focused, specific, and meaningful, and encouraging a dialogue with your classmates by welcoming and asking questions of one another. Let me emphasize that your grade should not be taken as an assessment of your personal worth or personality. The grade is nothing more than a reflection of my evaluation of your work in Film 320.
Creative planning can keep costs to a minimum.
Lack of funds is not an excuse for incomplete work. Likewise, the unwarranted spending of financial resources will not be rewarded. The lab fees collected for this course are used for maintenance of equipment, film stock and processing costs for class experiments, and staffing the film cage. This means I will lecture, listen, and offer criticism as well as encouragement. Also remember that I am not your only resource in this class.