Anna Brusutti

165 reviews
Get ready to read Lecture heavy Tough grader Graded by few things So many papers Caring Lots of homework Hilarious Respected Skip class? You won't pass. Amazing lectures Gives good feedback Accessible outside class EXTRA CREDIT Tests are tough Group projects Clear grading criteria Inspirational Beware of pop quizzes Participation matters Would take again Test heavy
Past quarters
FAMST 46
149 / 200 Enrolled
Introduction to Cinema
Anna Brusutti 3.1
M W
09:00 AM - 10:50 AM
29.2% A
FAMST 46MS
3 / 15 Enrolled
Major Seminar
Anna Brusutti 3.1
T
14:00 PM - 14:50 PM
59.4% A
FAMST 122IT
55 / 100 Enrolled
Topics in National Cinema
Anna Brusutti 3.1
M W
12:00 PM - 14:50 PM
33.8% A
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FAMST46 . A Month Ago

Brusutti is knowledgeable about film theory, but her lectures can be dry. Textbook is tedious, but Unstuck ai helped me ace the papers. For a GE, it's manageable if you stay engaged.

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FAM46 . A Month Ago

The lectures consisted of watching films for the majority of the class time. She would go overtime often by 5-15 minutes. The lecture attendance isn't taken but sections with the TA are. She doesn't care if you walk out mid lecture. If you plan to skip lectures, I advise you do attend the ones closer to midterm and finals season.

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46 . 5 Months Ago

Anna is a good and kind professor. I attended her seminar and I love her so much. I recommend all students to take her seminar. But her quiz in 46 is always out of study question.

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46 . 6 Months Ago

She's a really nice lady and she has a lot of interesting things to say but everything she says is like a riddle and it's very confusing to follow her lectures. She talks like we are already supposed to know all of this stuff but some of us are new to film. Her quizzes are filled with all this terminology and concepts she never goes over in class.

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FAMST169 . 9 Months Ago

Lecture was 3 hours and twice a week. It was very long and got tired easily, but it was worth going in to see the movies. Half was lecture and other half was for the movie. Some were online, but not all. The essays and the quizzes were extremely easy. She is extremely nice. The final was fair.

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FAMST169 . 9 Months Ago

Took Brusutti's 46 and 169 classes last quarter; she was a wonderful lecturer for both. She made the course content interesting and was helpful to talk to when I had questions about the assignments. The writing is not too difficult is you engage with the concepts, not very tough. Would recommend her for both!

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FAMST55CY . 9 Months Ago

She graded literally one assignment of 6 throughout the entire quarter and her feedback was incredibly confusing and her instructions on what she wanted were never clear. I would not say that this is a hard class, but it is extremely frustrating and you will not have any idea what your grade is until the day that the overall grade is due on Gold.

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FAMST46 . 9 Months Ago

An introduction to key concepts in film and the industry. I have a background in film so I found the textbook (PDF) readings long and unengaging. Certain concepts from the textbooks will be on exams, but they are discussed in section. If you take notes during lecture and do the readings it's fine.

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FAMST55CY . 11 Months Ago

8/10 class. AREA F and WRT. Two papers each worth 20%. The topics are obscure, but you're free to use Chat GPT so they're both easy. There's a group project worth 30%, and an in person written final also 30%. Neither were put in the gradebook, so grades a mystery till the end. Lectures=a movie, but she never takes attendance so basically optional.

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FAMST46 . 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

She isn't the most tech-savvy, and slides can be pretty disorganized/misleading, but Brusutti is such a sweet lady and to even criticize her hurts me. You can tell she's passionate about the material. Only 2 papers, short multiple choice P/NP quizzes, and a written open-note final. If you love film this works as a decent GE.

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FAMST46 . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

You will not learn anything from Brusutti's lectures. She is so boring and genuinely the most disorganized professor I've ever had. Not worth taking if you aren't a film major. If you want to do well talk to your TA cause they're the ones grading your papers. If you're a film major this WONT prepare you for FAMST96.

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FAMST122NI . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Literally the most boring and useless class I have ever taken. The only reason I go to class is to watch the films because I know I won't watch them on my own time. Lecture material is useless and she's extremely unorganized. No need to even take notes. Only upside to this class is that its really easy and if you watch the films you'll be chillin.

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