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Film

John Walcutt

DRAM148 · FILM101M · FILM101 · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
95/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
96%
Difficulty
1.5

The decision

if you will actually attend every week.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy A movie classIndustry storytellerAttendance is the gradeInspirational film proWatch-and-discuss format
  • FILM101 is ; grades hinge on showing up and participating.
  • Midterm and and student-friendly (notes often allowed); many call it an Easy A.
  • Passion and Hollywood stories make class fun, with rare but sharp criticism of ego and name-dropping.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

WalkInThePark

94/100

Show , and ; nearly all reported grades are A or A+.

Online and ; in-person adds strict attendance as the main barrier.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

93/100

Content is watching movies and talking about them with .

Both formats describe the same low-challenge film survey style.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Attendance is repeatedly described as the grade; missing more than a .

Online also marks attendance mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

92/100

Vast majority love the class for ease and passion; a small minority find him egotistical but still note the easy grade.

Recommendation is strong in both formats; online sample is only two reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Generous

93/100

Few graded items, notes often allowed, and A/A+ grades dominate if you attend.

Format shift

; online is weekly movie questions.

Workload

Featherlight

94/100

Watch a film, discuss, occasional short research; .

Format shift

Online adds light weekly movie questions; still described as simple.

Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

Students praise industry experience, stories, and engaging lectures, with a few older harsh outliers.

Format shift

; online still calls lectures engaging.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

Grade rests on attendance plus a small number of .

Format shift

Online leans weekly questions; and final.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

33 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person students love passionate lectures, industry stories, and a light load of watching films and discussing; .

Main concern

and ; phone use during films is punished.

What students said

“If you attend class and participate in +.”
FILM101
“Miss 3 classes and your grade drops 1 letter grade.”
FILM101
“the only thing that goes , if you constantly miss class you will not pass !”
FILM101

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online FILM101 keeps the simple watch-one-movie-plus-questions model with engaging Zoom lectures and an easy A.

Main concern

Still needs weekly movie viewing and engagement; not zero-effort .

What students said

“makes you watch one movie per week and asks you a couple of questions about it and that's basically the entire course!”
FILM101
“Enjoy this class, easy A!”
FILM101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

on films watched in class.

Open notes on testsFew examsOpinion-based questionsAttendance-weighted

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

86/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and films and directors from class.

Open notesMidterm and final onlyDirector and film questionsMiss classes lowers grade
“1 "midterm" which is 10 questions that are answered in your notes which you copy off of him.”
FILM101
“only gives a midterm and final and lets you use notes on both.”
FILM101

Online

Online assessment is mainly weekly movie questions and ; .

Weekly movie questionsLight homeworkNo proctoring mentioned
“ but the work load is no where near impossible”
FILM101
“asks you a couple of questions about it and that's basically the entire course!”
FILM101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Take this class!! One meeting per week to watch a movie and have a 15-30 minute talk after. Super fun and interesting and also unbelievably easy.”

Voice snapshots generated from 35 reviews (2 online, 33 in-person), highlighting ease, industry passion, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎬 Easy Credit

94/100

“easiest class ever but still so much fun! it was basically just movie mornings”

🌟 Teaching Passion

90/100

“He's passionate about the subject and very much still involved in the business and world of film.”

📍

18/100

“if you constantly miss class you will not pass !”

👍 Recommendation

92/100

“Would 100% take this course again and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • delivers amazing lectures
  • brings a variety of stories to tell before each class
  • passionate, charismatic, and caring

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A and great for aspiring film buffs!
  • Literally show up and put your phone away and youll be fine
  • If you have an A in the class, .

Theme 3

⚠️

  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • Don't miss class, you miss out on the : the discussions.
  • can skip 3 times, if .

Data context

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Analysis sample

35

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

35 reviews across many years with high consistency on ease and and format notes.

Inside 35 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

FILM10130 reviews
1012 reviews
DRAM1482 reviews
FILM101M1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

29 reported outcomes

A range

26

A+ 13 · A 13

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3