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FAM46 . 18 Days Ago

Lectures didn't make any sense but it's an easy class.

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46 . A Month Ago

Nothing against this teacher, she is just REALLY boring. 3 papers, 3 quizzes, you can drop a low quiz grade. Genuinely just depends on the TA you get. The lectures are SUPER boring but it helps to go to probably 75% of them (esp towards end of quarter). Lwk the slides she uses are not good, lectures have basically zero structure, but she lwk funny

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FAMST46 . A Month Ago

Pretty easy class. Quizzes are worth 10 points with only 5 questions but they are pretty specific. Never once did the readings as they seemed useless. We only had 3 papers and they were easy. Final exam was fine, just know the terminology and STUDY. Every Friday you will watch a film. Oh and shoutout to Francis Yeboah, great TA and he's chill!

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FAMST46 . A Month Ago

goated all timer professor. genuinely couldnt ask for a better educator.

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FAMST46 . A Month Ago

Lowkey mean and difficult professor. Suuuuuper dry lectures I'm not gonna lie I genuinely fell asleep in every single one for at least some part of it if not the entire thing. The papers are easy if you pay attention in section. The attendance quizzes are lowkey hella hard for no reason just super hyper specific. You'll be okay. Love my TA.

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FAMST46 . A Month Ago

I didn't have the worst experience because my TA was easy to talk to and a fair grader. However, I could not sit through a single lecture without wanting to pull my hair out. She was nice yet very difficult to pay attention to. The lectures were way too long and boring. If you don't have a deep passion for film, DO NOT take this class.

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FAMST46 . 3 Months Ago

Don't read the readings; you'll cover them in the section. I took her in the summer. I had 3 papers, all were 3-page long (double-spaced), NO MIDTERM (for summer at least), and the final exam she gives you a preview of how the exam will be set up. You will pass this class.

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FAM46 . 4 Months Ago

I really enjoyed Brusutti's class. She is so passionate about film, literally an encyclopedia of movies. She is also hilarious and cares about the course very much. Her passion made me more excited for the course.

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FAMST46 . 7 Months Ago

Easy GE. Just do your work on time, go to section, and you're good to get an A.

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FAMST169 . 7 Months Ago

Make sure to actually pay attention during the movies and not just passively watch -- some test questions were a little specific.

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FAMST46 . 8 Months Ago

As long as you show up to lecture and make an effort to participate in section you will be fine. The issues I have with this course are that analysis of film from the perspective of form only tells you what you already wanted to know and cannot be used to create further or opposing insights.

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FAMST46 . 8 Months Ago

Her lectures were a bit boring since the material is pretty clear but the class is a blast. I'm a film major but I recommend this to anyone who needs their art credit and writing. We wrote 2 papers (3 pages and 5 pages) and watch movies during Friday lecture. Don't do the readings, they don't matter, just participate in section.

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FAMST46 . 10 Months Ago

This course was interesting and I always looked forward to the Friday films. However, I only missed 2 lectures the entire quarter, submitted well-written papers (B+ and A-), scored a B+ and A on the 2 quizzes, and barely got an A in the class. I admit that I am unfamiliar with film concepts, but still believe this class is unnecessarily difficult.

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FILM122IT . 10 Months Ago

Honestly, it was a super easy class, but it depended on the grader for that quarter. There are around 15 films that you watch in class, and all you do is memorize the director and context. The final was an essay. The midterm was identification. took this as an elective and as an econ major. easy a

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FAMST46 . 11 Months Ago

Mandatory lectures where she pauses the videos too often. It's a film class just show the clips. Her commentary and lecture style in general is poor

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196FILMNOIR . 1 Year, 16 Days Ago

If I didn't love film noir and hadn't seen many of the films already or have an understanding of the films of that period, I probably wouldn't have understood everything she was talking about. Didn't do the readings and it didn't hurt. Feel like I could've learned more, but you get to watch some awesome movies on the big screen so it's worth it

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FAMST46 . 1 Year, 22 Days Ago

As a film major, I enjoyed the class and Brusutti's (sometimes disorganized) lectures because the content is interesting to me. I also thought the movies selected throughout the quarter (1 and sometimes 2 per week in class) were well chosen. But if I wasn't interested in film genuinely, I think assignments might be difficult to receive a high grade

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FAMST46 . 1 Year, 3 Months 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 . 1 Year, 4 Months 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 . 1 Year, 7 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 . 1 Year, 9 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 . 1 Year, 11 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 . 1 Year, 11 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 . 2 Years 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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