So, I have survived my first week as an instructor. It's actually a really cool job. The hours are crazy - some days I end work at 1:00 am, other days I start at 4:00 am - but most of the time the hours are pretty normal. And I don't even have to work full days. I pretty much just come and go as I please.

My main responsibility is to learn and teach the Sony Cinealta HD camera. That's right, the same High Definition camera used to shoot many new feature films, including the latest episodes of Star Wars. The camera is not as difficult as I thought, a bit quirky though. I was expecting the kids to be a bunch of brats (based on what I had heard about Full Sail students), but they are actually not bad. Yeah, some of them pay 30K per year to sit in the back of the room playing on their laptops, but most of them appear at least somewhat interested in the class. That reminds me, I never actually told you what the class was about. The truth is that I didn't even know what the class was about until Tuesday or Wednesday. It's a cinematography class. We are going to be going through all aspects of cinematography including lighting, using the 35mm and HD cameras, creating a mood, using light to tell the story, etc.

Damn it, for some reason my stupid computer keeps shocking me if my wrists touch the side of the computer or if my hands touch the track pad. This sucks. I have to type with my arms all up in the air and only my fingers touching the computer.

Oh, and I was wrong about the new gear. They HAVE two HD cameras and two 35mm film cameras, but they aren't buying new ones for the class. Furthermore, they spent the money for these cameras, but they forgot to buy all the necessary accessories (power cords, batteries, tripods, filter holders, etc). Now they are scrambling to find a rental house where we can get the stuff we need.