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.