Assessing Jamaica Street's Snowman

I've held off this post about the events of the past week for one simple reason: I can't remember much happening! So, half waiting to remember, half waiting for other things to happen that I can talk about, I didn't have much to say. And I don't really right now, either. But I'll try.

What did we do last Thursday? Seriously, I can't recall ... Okay, checked my emails to remind myself - we watched the Mitchell and Kenyon films! Of course. I don't know why I had forgotten. Certainly not a comment on the class or its content, which I enjoyed! Each clip was very individual, from the very real shots on Glasgow's Jamaica Street, to the staged events at the school. But they all had a great deal to say about that period in history.

Sound on Friday was good. Not much to say, really, other than I think we're slowly getting the hang of it. I feel we all need more time with the mixers, as they're quite complicated. But we'll get there.

Then came Monday. Well, technically Saturday and Sunday came first. But in terms of lessons, then came Monday. Richard's class was quite enjoyable, as they've all been so far. We handed in our outlines and I'm pretty happy with mine. There are a few things which I already know I want to change, but I'll wait and see what Richard thinks. The discussion about characters and little details about their lives was quite fun too, though I wasn't as happy with the ideas I came up with on my own; possibly because I was tired. As I said, Saturday and Sunday came first.

The confusion about Tuesday was a large mix of communication and lack-of-communication on all parts. The clash on the timetable and the assumption that we were to be assessed individually made us confused, and by not double checking whilst in on Monday just complicated matters. The assessment itself wasn't much better. It was quite a hectic day. I think we got too focused on making the films than letting the people who were doing camera and sound do a good job by themselves. Ach weel. We'll soon hear how it went.

On Wednesday we watched Sherlock Jr, but I'm about to do a second post with my mini-reviews. Yes, a dual-post-day - or a "DPD". That'll fit in nicely with those other acronyms: PATs, PDPs, VLEs, RPJs, etc.

And, finally, today's class - with toys! - was really fun. I've spoken of my fondness for Physics before, and I knew a lot of the science behind moving pictures from two topics in Standard Grade: Physics in Medicine (in which we studied how the eye works) and Electronics (which covered TV). Also, having done animation, I'm familiar with Persistence of Vision - just not that terminology! And, since I'm in such a crazy mood, here's a recreation of our zoetrope:

That was fun.