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Film

Mace Perona

FILM101HONORS · ENGL012 · AMERFILM · FS101 · FILMST · 100AMP104 · FILM · FILM101 · FILMST101 · FILMST109 · INTRO · ENGFIL · FILMSTUDIES · FILM104 · 43 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.4

The decision

Skip unless you love film, can self-teach, and will memorize every technical term for essays and exams.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerUnclear ExpectationsHarsh Paper GraderBoring LecturesTerm Memorization FocusKnows Film But Can't Teach
  • , and poorly run with little real teaching.
  • and exams is harsh and opaque; length and technical vocab dominate.
  • A minority of film lovers who study hard defend him, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

An A is possible if you stuff papers and exams with his exact technical terms and write long enough, but and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Content is not advanced theory for everyone, but vague lectures plus heavy term-memorization and long papers make the class feel harder than it should.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

as graded, but students , and often use the TA discussion to survive.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

Most students call him a poor teacher and ; only a small group of serious film fans recommend him.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

Papers and and technical vocabulary with shifting or late-revealed standards.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

Typical load is movies, two essays, midterm, and final; but papers and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Students repeatedly say he knows film but lectures poorly, cannot run equipment, and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and final essay exams heavy on film vocabulary, not weekly busywork alone.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person film lectures feel disorganized and boring; students , and finals that punish anyone who misses his exact terms or page-length rules.

Main concern

Unclear grading standards and .

What students said

“ . He said the paper needs to be at least 5 pages. My first paper was 6 pages long...and I got a D.”
FILM104
“He doesn't really teach you anything, yet you are expected to .”
FILMST
“Lectures were boring/ . .”
FILM101

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams and papers reward stuffing technical film terms and writing at length; many call them nauseating and unfairly graded.

Essay Midterm and FinalTechnical Terms RequiredBlue-Book Style WritingHarsh Length Expectations

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals are essay-heavy with strict demand for technical terms and long answers; .

Essay ExamsTechnical VocabularyLong PapersHarsh Grading
“i wrote two full blue books for and got an F because of lack of technical terms.”
FILM101
“Midterm and .”
FILMST
“know main terms & just write fluff. The more you write for the .”
FILM101HONORS

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Aviod this course at all costs.”

Voice snapshots generated from 43 in-person reviews, , and film-term exams. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“He's a horrible teacher! !”

⚖️

24/100

“I worked really hard in this class but was not rewarded for my hard work. look like.”

🚫 Recommendation

24/100

“ !!!!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures were boring/ .
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  • he tought film like it was life or death, and he did not know how to use a dvd player.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If you know the vocab REALLY well, you might get an A.
  • expected too much

Theme 3

🎬 About Film Content

  • Perona knows film, and he expects you to know it after the class.
  • Interesting class-changed the way I watch movies.
  • Good movies, poor teaching, just rent the movies and learn the terms.

Data context

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Analysis sample

43

Recent reviews read by the AI

43

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

43 detailed in-person reviews spanning years show a consistent majority negative pattern on teaching clarity and .

Inside 43 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 55
3 out of 53
2 out of 511
1 out of 518

Course coverage

FILM10414 reviews
FILM10110 reviews
FILM5 reviews
FILM101HONORS2 reviews
FILMST1012 reviews
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AMERFILM1 review
ENGFIL1 review
ENGL0121 review
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FILMST1091 review
FILMSTUDIES1 review
FS1011 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1