Hello All,
I hope you are all enjoying bootcamp! I got a chance to meet
some of you at the Preview Day and share my advice then, but for those of you I
did not get to meet I’ll share it again. As far as classes, I recommend taking
at least one of the writing courses. I know some of you may not have any desire
to write, I was that way too. But then I took Dr. Chew’s Programming and
Audience Analysis course and developed a series and realized that someone should
write it and it probably should be me since I created it. Guess what? I didn’t
take any of the writing courses. But no worries I talked to Prof. Smith and he
told me books I should read on writing. But you all don’t have to make that
mistake. Who knows maybe you’ll discover a talent you never knew you had. If
you have an idea for a movie or show, do it! There are practicum courses that
allow you to create your own movies/shows without going through the democratic
process of the class voting on an idea, although the other production classes
are great (especially Multi-Cam). Create content for OTN! OTN is a great opportunity
to create shows for a network. You won’t get that chance again for a while so
take advantage. If you are interested in the business side of TV, I recommend
Programming and Audience Analysis with Dr. Chew. Not only is Dr. Chew great,
but also you’ll get a chance to experience the many roles of programmers and
media researchers (and thanks to Dr. Chew I got my internship at Sesame
Workshop). Most importantly, take the time to get to know your fellow Sequence
64ers. I promise you won’t regret it. I hope you all have an amazing year!