Professor: Bruce Block
Department: Film
College: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: CTPR506
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The best class in the celebrated USC film program. Bruce is knowledgable and entertaining (and a great whiteboard artist too). Really pushes you to think about film and visual storytelling in a different way. If you show up to the lectures and do the work it's not hard to get a good grade. More importantly, you'll learn a lot.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: CTPR506
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Very systematic. Learned a lot! the best class ever taken
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: CTPR506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The divide among his students is clear--A: they love/recognize the rare info we're privy to--B: they hate being told to redo a concept til they get it right, by association hating Bruce for knowing how to hammer difficult ideas into a subconscious. It shows as the B films lack in aesthetic, thus failing in a visual medium. Avoid REDOsBUY THE BOOK!
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: 506
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The class is all about visual storytelling, and the lessons learned are essential to anyone hoping to be a great filmmaker. The content alone would make this class invaluable, but Bruce manages to also make it entertaining. Great lecturer; funny, knowledgeable, best whiteboard artist ever. Tough grader, but this is the best class at SCA.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: CTPR508
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Bruce is considered the foremost authority in his field and for good reason. The class is essentially the elements of visual composition, but his explanations are spot on and easy to understand. Some people get annoyed because he makes you re-do pictures until you get the concept right. How dare he make sure you are actually learning! For shame!!
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: SCA506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Best professor at USC. Funny, conveys his material brilliantly, actually knows what he's talking about, fast paced class. Eye-opening lectures.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: CTPR506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Unfriendly, arrogant, deluded, easily threatened, aggressive, disdain for everyone. Wants you to regurgitate what he says (even though he makes constant mistakes and contradictions.) If you are anything less than submissive, he throws his hands up and says "stop talking!" or "i'm the teacher!" Content is good, he is quite bad.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: CTPR506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
VERY HARD GRADER. He is sarcastic, unfriendly and full of himself. I killed myself for his two assignments and got a B+. One good thing - he doesn't hold class for the full semester, he has 6 four hour sessions and that's it. Not sure why he's teaching because he doesn't seem to like students.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: CNTV506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I disagree that the material's worthless. I have an art/design BA and much of what is taught in art class is inaccurate (Y+B==G) and purposeless. He does use composition theory, but it is his ability to apply techniques used in visual art to the 4th dimension - time - for the purpose of TELLING STORIES that makes the class so valuable.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: 506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
great class, a must take if you plan on making movies!
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: 2004
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: AESTHETICS
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He was very confusing and some of the names for the concepts he used were contrary to what is regulary taught in art circles. This just added to the confusion.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: 506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is a completely worthless class. If you have had art or design in high school, you know more than the professor.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: 506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Most assinine course ever conceived. Complete waste of time
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: CNTV506
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Genius. Best film class in the entire school.
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