As many of you know, one of the classes I take currently is "Editing Practice". Thus far its been quite slow for EVERY student...the teacher is a little different than most, but as usual, I try and be patient and let things work themselves out. Tonight, however, it was difficult to sit back and not do or say anything.
Tonight, we watched our midterm projects, which, as you may recall, were trailers that we put together of a movie of some sort. I posted mine on here a week or so ago, and for those that couldn't guess, it was on SMHS: 007.
After the trailer was played, the class went wild. People were asking questions left and right..."Did you really get on the news?! How did you get the police and stuff? Can I get a copy to see? Did you get any submission deals? That is so awesome!" It felt great, and I was glad that I had impressed the class and that they saw some of my better work.
But then our 'professor' has to speak on the trailer. He said that I am a very talented editor and that he enjoyed my synced editing - specifically with the cuts of music, and the music selection alone. This is good :) He likes it, too!
Not.
THEN HE GOES ON! "I was extremley confused about the story. I wasn't quite sure what was happening and it seems as if the story goes no where in the trailer. I didn't know what to make of it and I didn't quite understand the point".
The class starts gasping and saying "What?!" Then, a student speaks out and says, "I disagree!" and a few others echo him.
He didn't seem to really care...in fact, he didn't seem to even comprehend that the entire class thought it was good. But he thought it was NOT a good story line at all.
So now I sit with a B- on a trailer that the entire class truly enjoyed. I took it to his attention after class and he said he would re-watch it and re-consider his grading. I told him that I thought that'd be a good idea, considering I did not agree (nor did the class) with his rating. I did so in a respectful manner, but its getting really hard for me not to lose all respect for this guy.
Anyways, not much else to say on this subject. Kyle got a B- and hopefully that will be changed. Not because I'm an "A student freak" - but because I KNOW I did much better on it, and I have the audience response to prove it.
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