John Curall-Class guest speakers

Hell Everyone,

I thought I already made this post, but apparently I forgot. I'm not really much of a blogger! Anyway, I have really enjoyed the guest speakers we have had for our class this semester. They have given us some interesting perspectives! I especially like the presentation from harvestworks. I find the work their doing very interesting as it relates to one of my focus areas projection and video design for live performance. I wish I could afford to take one of their classes as they seemed like they would be really helpful and informative. I wish we had had more time for the flash training guest speaker as that really wasn't enough time for him to get very far. I really wish the department would offer a Webart II class that would give more in depth flash training. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to happen before I graduate. I really liked the idea of what the other guest speaker was doing with the video workshops for school children. She makes me feel guilty for not giving back more! That's a pretty cool thing she's doing there! Anyway, I just wanted to share my insights on these speakers. I think this was a rare opportunity we had here that I wished the department did more of. The program is definitely more focused on filmmaking rather new media and experimental video stuff, so I think we really don't see a lot of this.

-John