Time Flies When You’re Making Movies
As I finalize my shot list for filming on location tomorrow I can say that this has been the busiest and most exciting few weeks so far this year.
I cannot believe we have been in school for five weeks, the time has flown.
But looking back I am astounded at the amount of material we have covered. Our cute class of ten have incurred so much valuable knowledge in this short period. It is hard to believe that we have penned short film scripts and some of us are on the verge of actually shooting and going into production.
One of our assignments was to edit a music video and we all embraced the chance to jump right in to actually editing a piece as opposed to just learning the editing system in its entirety before practicing what we learnt.
This hands on approach administered by the school is a rarity in other film schools and one of the most favorable aspects of Berkeley Digital Film Institute.
All the lecturers at BDFI are highly regarded and in some instances, award winning industry professionals in their field. This affords the students to not only learn the trade, but also gain an insight into working in the industry first hand from the masters of the art.
The Dean of the school has done an absolutely wonderful job of bringing together an eclectic and enthusiastic group of people to takes classes at BDFI.
This makes for some very interesting takes on critiquing films, story telling sessions and developing into scripts as well as leaving the barn doors open for equally interesting filmmaking methods, editing styles and differing takes on lighting and shooting the short films.
Laura Livingstone
