Professor Kelly loves discussion posts and loves when you participate in them. Replying to peers is a must (graded as participation grade), but most of the time it’s fun. If taken during the summer, you had about 3 lectures to watch weekly, along with about 2 chapters of reading material.

The class is fun and a good intro to film. The lectures are engaging and I HIGHLY SUGGEST to watch the welcome videos!!!! This is where the professor would talk about extra credit opportunities that are not posted on the course website. Ex: “Reply to my response on your discussion post to get 5/3 on your participate grade.” Lots of extra credit opportunities that you should do because it ensures you keep that A.

The whole course revolves around your short (2-3 min) film idea. The assignments for the class: write a pitch, a storyboard, and lookbook (final project).

High recommend this class.

This class was online a-sync for me during Summer 23, and it was a super fun and chill class. The first assignment is super engaging and fun, you write a short script of your choosing. Loved this class and all of its content but be warned that the second project takes so long and grading is a little harder on this one, or at least that is what I thought. You have more than enough time to complete each project, I just thought that the second project was unnecessarily long. The third project was my favorite. You were asked to create a look book for the script that you wrote for the first project. You could include two extra things in your look book for up to 20 points of extra credit, so great opportunity to raise your grade if you tanked the second project. I think I ended with a 107% because of the extra credit, but loved the class overall. Hope this review helps, but I would 10000% take the class again if I could.

Super chill summer class. Everything was asynchronous and you could watch lectures at your own pace. The Professor Kelly's lectures were exceptionally well-made and although they were often long, they were always interesting enough to hold my attention for the entire duration. My TA, Derek, provided perfect instructions on each assignment to ensure an A. My only complaint with this class is that the 2nd project, the storyboard, can take a while, but you're given more than enough time to do each project. Additionally, Derek and the Professor were always willing to give extensions to those who asked, so no worries there. All in all, great class, would 100% take again.