Mike Waters: The 45-Year-Old Sophomore's Foray into Feminism
Mike Waters explains his late-in-life career shift from 'punk' to film student, describing his short film 'Babes in the Water' as a three-week-long exploration of feminism that mostly involves watching women bounce in a hot tub.
"I was a punk until I was 44 years old."
"Just watching these babes bounce around in the water for a while to show society that that's not okay."
"I just learned about feminism recently on my travels."
Mike Waters defends his $50,000-a-week tuition at Chapman, showcasing his only 'cut': a manual slow zoom into a Post-it note with his name on it, which caused him significant physical knee pain to execute.
"You wrote Mike on a Post-it, and it's just a slow zoom into a Post-it that says Mike on it."
Mike Waters explains his film 'Babes in the Water', which he claims is a feminist masterpiece despite consisting entirely of unedited footage of women in a hot tub.
"I was a punk until I was 44 years old."
"Just watching these babes bounce around in the water for a while to show society that that's not okay."
USC's $100,000 Budget vs. Austin's Construction Vests
Brian brags about his massive USC budget and Hollywood producer, while Connor explains that in Austin, filmmakers must dress as construction workers to avoid being attacked by locals who hate cameras.
"My budget was $100,000 with RED cameras, really nice lenses."
"We technically were classified as a construction job, and then we have to put up a bunch of barriers."
Deb explains the brutal training at NYU where directors are stapled to walls and forced to listen to feedback without speaking, leading to her accepting a critique that no one cares about a stripper with a rash.
"NYU, they staple you to a wall. You can't talk when you get feedback. You just have to listen."
