Here are some photos from the Sunrise / Sunset shoot on Friday. It was a long day - 4 am to 10 pm, with a short break in the middle. Luckily this class seems to be interested in what we are doing and willing to participate.

The sunrise shoot was a little more difficult, because half the class stayed up all night drinking. During the HD shoot, the director was drinking a Slurpee and he stunk of alcohol, so I asked him if there was vodka in his drink. He said, "I wish. I've been up all night drinking and it's probably coming out my pores."

I've been watching the World Cup incessantly. The first game I watched was probably the first televised sports game I have ever watched all the way through (except maybe the Super Bowl). I don't know what it is, but it's actually fun to watch these games. I guess there is a reason why Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.

Yesterday after the lecture I was quite worried about this new group of students. Many of them slept through the lecture and even more just got up and left for extended smoke breaks. They seemed to have no interest in cinematography (which is what I teach, for those of you who do not know) or film making in general.

Today was the first lab. We split the group into four groups, with two of the groups going to learn about the HD cameras and the other two learning about the film cameras. I, of course, taught the HD group and saw a very different side of them. They were very interested in my lecture, asked good questions and were excited to get their hands on the gear. Maybe this month won't be so bad after all.