Quite a Week

My group for Video 1 has been working diligently. We found out we couldn't do a movie scene, so we had to choose a telenovela. It all is working out, though. Tuesday afternoon, Catrin took pictures of Natalie and I. We had to write who we are on the palms of our hands and then stand in front of different backgrounds. I wrote my full name "Violet Marie Lucy Herman" and stood in front of some flowers. I always stand in front of flowers. Natalie wrote "Indefinable" and stood in front of some cool graffiti. That evening, I made some sugar cookies and put a chocolate frosting on them, and they were yummy. They didn't see Wednesday morning, lol.

I saw Wednesday morning, however, and I enjoyed it. We watched two films by a Danish director in Film History class. His name is Carl T. Dreyer, and we watched Praesidenten ("The President") and The Parson's Widow. They were really good. Silent films, of course. I've really gotten a lot out of my film history course that I would not have gotten at Cal State. However, the time has come to admit that I won't get as far along in film history as my peers in the film department at CalState have gotten. Even though I started father back and could teach them a thing or two, I'm only taking the first part of a two part course and it's important to at least skim to the end.

Evening class wasn't that exciting. Thursday was quite busy, however. I had my morning class then I met with my group. We talked for quite a while, and we went out for lunch not too far from the university. Then I had my evening class which took a little longer than usual. That was interesting too. We watched a Gregory Peck film called Cape Fear. It was pretty good. Not great but good. Yesterday was super fun. Yesterday, I went to video class (which was boring) then after class, our jefe de practica, Carlos, showed us the TV studio we'll be working in. OMFG! I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TV STUDIO SO HUGE! The ones at CalState are nowhere near as big. And they have two! An enormous one and one about the size of the biggest one at CalState. But, it's like, seriously, freaking HUGE. It's two stories tall, and they have a walkway up in the rafters. The booth is one story off the ground, so you have to climb stairs to get to it. There's a giant television to view what's on the air. And not like the one in the studio at CalState, this one is big, widescreen, and LCD. The equipment is newer. Dude, I think all the equipment in the department is newer than at CalState. Either this school just has more money or their communications department is newer than our film department. Either way, I will admit that I will miss the equipment. We got to play with the equipment yesterday too. Like, when I got on the camera, I realized that my directions will be in Spanish. One of my group members got on the intercom to direct the cameras, and I could pretty much understand her, so I don't think there will be too much problems next Thursday. Thank goodness, lol.

I don't think I've mentioned much about my new roommate (if I've mentioned her at all). She seems alright, but I don't like to be around her because she's always on the phone. Either that or her phone is always ringing. And she's not in the apartment so much anymore. She's from Arequipa, so I do feel kinda bad for her being the only Peruvian in an apartment full of exchange students mostly from the US. But still, when I try having a conversation with her, she won't engage me. Idk, we'll see. I'm hoping to get out of Lima next weekend, but we'll see.