Okay, so I found this lecture very useful. There were some things that I definitely didn't know about Hollywood that is very useful to know. He also gave some very good advice. I liked the hand-off style that Howard Rosenman and his partner had when speaking. I found Rosenman's information helpful, but his partner more able to simplify and elaborate on the information (very helpful). I also found this lecture much more helpful to me than many of the other school lectures just because it actually related to my major--one of only two lectures that has related to my major since I've been here (both on weekends).
While I found this lecture to be wonderful, there are a few things that I would love to see done differently. First of all--timing and catering. This lecture started just before lunch time and lasted almost until dinner time. This meant that many people never got to eat lunch... or ate lunch much later than usual. If all you can think about is, "I'm hungry," that's counter productive to the lecture. So in the future, I would suggest that there should be some sort of catering... or the time should be moved back until after a meal time. It doesn't sound like a big issue, but believe me, it is.
Second, the public opinion. Don't get me wrong, I liked to see what kind of people were in the film industry in the rest of the community, but I found that many of the questions they asked were either related to their own work or were simply common sense. Furthermore, many of the filmmakers from the Memphis community were circling Rosenman, trying to insert their own pitches and materials (completely ignoring what Roseman was trying to do as far as teaching and making exercises). It was equal to being in a room of sharks with a single piece of meat. Again, counter productive. The next time I would like for it to be just a normal school lecture (open to all the students).
In all, I understand exactly why things went they way they did. That doesn't change that there were some hitches. Likewise, it was also a great lecture. I would like to see something similar in the college lecture series.
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