Shadowing - PiM Arts
This week was my first week with PiM Arts. I met with John’s class virtually on Wednesday. I got to see a small part of his day. I didn’t get to see a lot because I was meeting virtually instead of in person but I did learn some things. He has 3 classes, Photo Seminar in the morning, a second Photo Seminar class in the afternoon, and to end the day, a Film Seminar and Assistant & Director class. John starts his photo seminar classes with some small talk to get to know how his students are doing then he goes over what is due if anything and where they should be at in the project. After that he tells the class what's to come in the next class and the rest of the project. He also talks about the expectations for the critique of the project they are currently working on. Before he lets the students go to work time, he tells them what they should be working on now and encourages them to continue taking photos. The rest of those two classes the students had work time and could meet with John if they had any questions either in person or over email. For his film seminar class he started the class pretty similar to the photo classes. He had small talk and then went over what they will be doing today and where they should be at in their project. He taught them how to do color grading on their film clips in adobe premiere. I have no clue about film or what they were learning but I did find it interesting and learned from his class. They worked on the color of films (Luts) and John showed how to change color, shadows, highlights, and so much more on the way a film looks. John seems like a very positive and uplifting person. I noticed right away from the beginning of his first class on Wednesday that John brings joy into his classroom and is a fun teacher who is very supportive to his students. I am excited to go in person next week.