So in my MIP class (Moving Image Production) our homework was pretty much just to people watch. We were to go to Millennium park and take notes on, uh, people. We were also told to discuss our observation with our production group, so Will Smith and the Bel Airs met up yesterday around 5:30. I seemed to be the only person actually interested in the assignment. Noone else had any good notes - one kid made his up and another didn't even do it yet. Okay, whatever. We barely talked about our observations and I almost punched the kid Eric. We started talking about script writing - because this observation project is going to lead into our first script - and it turned out that I was the only person with any experience with screenwriting. Eric turns to me and says "Well, I have a program that just formats it for me so I don't need to learn it." I tell him that's cheating and that there's more to screenwriting than just the format. He says "Bullshit" and I then ask him what a paradigm is. He doesn't know.

He also goes on to say that his ideas are strictly "full lengths" and that he hates "artsy" films and shorts. NO. SHUT UP. IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY THAN HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR "IDEAS" ARE FUCKING MOVIE WORTHY TO BEGIN WITH? I HATE YOU, ERIC, AND I WANT TO CRACK YOU IN HALF. DIE.


Anyway, so I'm typing up my observations and couldn't figure out where to post them on Moodle so I emailed my teacher, Paul (who's fucking adorable, I love him so much.) I get a response within three minutes which starts off:

Sabrina, Hello
Your dedication and focus thus far is incredible...


YES I WIN.