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Conversation 2:

Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.

Professor: Hi, Professor Johnson?

Student: Hi, how can I help you?

Professor: Well, my name is Matthew, Matthew Burns. I signed up to take Film 200 next year.

Student: Film 200, Film 200. Now where did I put that in roman sheet?I wasn’t expecting anyone to turn up quite this early but they did send me the preliminary in roman and found it! And your last name again is?

Professor: Burns, Matthew Burns.

Student: Yes, Matthew, ok. Here you are. So what’s… Professor: Well, I’m a bit nervous about taking a film class for the first time and I thought maybe I could get a head start over the summer. I already have an idea for a script. I was wondering if you could give me a couple of tips.

Student: A script?

Professor: Yea, a script for a film.

Student: But Film 200 is not a filmmaking class.

Professor: It’s not?

Student: Uh, uh. We watch films, discuss them, analyze them, write about them, we do a lot of writing, but we don’t write a film script. I guess you were thinking it was a filmmaking class.

Professor: Well, yeah.

Student: No. 200 is film narrative. It deals with how films tell stories, what narrative techniques are used in film by analyzing a number of the classics.

Professor: Oh, I see.

Student: Yeah. We’ll talk about how narratives in film differ from stories in books.

Did you read the class description?

Professor: I was so excited to enroll in a film class that I guess I didn’t pay enough attention to what kind of film class it was. I thought I was registering for a filmmaking class. Sorry.

Student: No, no, no problem. I mean, I can see how this kind of misunderstanding could happen. You know, there are a couple of filmmaking classes if that’s what interests you. But I don’t teach them. You’d have to talk with Professor Webb.

Actually, though, there’s no reason why you couldn’t take my class as well as a filmmaking class.

Professor: I wonder if I could swing that. I can’t get out of my English, Biology and French classes. They’re required, and I wanted my fourth class to be filmmaking.

Student: Which English class are you registered for?

Professor: English composition. It’s a required writing class, all students have to take it.

Student: Oh, yes, English comp. You’ll be writing a lot for that class. You know, this film class might fulfill your English requirement. You’d have to check with the English department. It’s totally up to you, but, let me ask you, do you watch a lot of movies?

Professor: Tons, mostly modern ones.

Student: Well, if you want to be a filmmaker, you need to be acquainted with the classics. Professor Webb could tell you more about what you should do. I recommend you talk to her. Then you can think about it over the summer. You can always add or drop a class in the fall.

Professor:Yeah, I think I’ll do that. Thank you Professor Johnson, you’ve been very helpful.

forgot about everything else.