Wasn't very accessible in or outside of class, pretty much avoided any questions I had.

Unclear grading criteria.

Snooze fest... Bring a pillow for sleeping and then bring another pillow for the first pillow to sleep on.

He teaches the lecture part of this class and then we have a lab with a different professor. Not the most exciting person I've ever met. Doesn't give feedback or explain why he takes points off of assignments in class which is really frustrating. He is nice but like I said pretty forgettable .

Not accessible outside of at all, in fact he would become irritated when I came by during his office hours

Very critical and controlling of your group and individual projects, comes off as condescending frequently

hes is a five star man

Very monotone, semi-knowledgeable about film production but incredibly vague on why he deducts points on assignments. Avoid.

So-so class, bad teacher

low-key pretentious and incredibly unclear on why he takes points off of assignments.

Powerpoints are super long but available online, take a different professor if you can though.

Meh, the PowerPoints are available online. Hes very particular in how he wants your movie directed. He will mention during critiques that its not how he would have done it.

I can't say I really learned anything from this class... Instead of actually explaining how to do something he will just do it for you which I guess is cool but it didn't really teach me anything.

I thought it was really fun!

Definitely a good time! take this class

My third class with him, very good!

Team Twibell!

Twibell is so funny! 007s haha

Unexciting lectures and very high expectations for students, lots of criticism.

Group projects are fun but he splits up groups each week

You don't get graded by many assignments so it's important to come to class each day. He doesn't explain why he takes points off of assignments.

Not recommended. Glad this is my last class with him.

More miss than hit: he comes in late a lot and doesn't explain why he subtracts points from assignments. Not incredibly exciting either.

Overly long lectures and under explains assignments

None of the tags on this site properly describe Twibell. Add "unclear grading criteria", "inaccessible outside of class", "demotivational", and "self-important lectures" and then you have the makings for a class with Andrew Twibell.

Morale in this class is usually low, probably has sometime to do with the class system... Some lucky students get to cruise through this class, the rest get eye rolls, sarcasm, and indifference.

Lecture heavy, get ready to read.

Pretty meh professor

The epitome of a know-it-all film buff: watching films you've probably haven't heard and going out of their way to avoid the mainstream. Takes a long time to respond to emails and doesn't post assignments on blackboard. Not recommended.

He is so unclear about what he wants. He actually told us what he wanted for a project presentation, then counted us off when we presented saying he didn't tell us any of those things. He has no idea who you are even if you want to think he does. He could care less about you. He is the only teacher for this class.

It was a tough class, he expected all of us to be on like a spielberg level of filmaking. The group projects were confusing and he doesn't email back.

We didn't get to even touch the gear until two months into the class, Twibell is the kind of Professor who is constantly standing behind your shoulder critiquing you. Take this class with someone else.

such a great professor and SOOOOO funny lol!!!! take this guy for reals

We spent 5 weeks talking about theory we already learned before we got to use the equipment. I dont know, guys... Maybe take him if you enjoy not feeling joy?

I learned a little in this class. We (kind of) get to make the short we want, going through the motions was helpful (script, auditions, shot list, crew, etc.) Twibell, on the otherhand can be brutal: most of the students this was our first short, he would take great pride in pointing out every flaw in out short without suggesting how to improve it.

Honestly I thought professor Twibell was incredibly helpful. He made me realize I needed to change majors so I do not have to work with people like him.

Would cancel class out of the blue with no plan for making up missed material. We never used the 200 dollar textbook on any assignments or tests.

Professor twibell is smart but will say things about your project that are rude but he will say it like its no big deal. I dont know the word for it its like backhanded compliments but its still different what he does.

The hard to impress yet is in no way impressive himself type of professor, he will over-analyze your short to the point of absolute pettiness. Would also say he never told us to make certain changes in our film even though he did. Never used the textbook I bought at the beginning of the semester.

R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-really cool!

Lectures are scattered, he will go from lecturing on a subject to real life "examples" that have little to do with the lecture. He is slow at grading work to hand back to use for studying for tests, offering no explanation why he subtracted points if he did. Will just send you a copy of the syllabus if you email him with a question.

Insipreational!

Not very accessible outside of class, can be condescending.

Knowledgeable but disrespectful, often ignored or pretended to not hear me. We never used the textbook he claimed we were required to purchase for class.

For a class that emphasizes how to make a viral video, professor twibell didn't seem to understand what going viral or a viral video was...

I've never had a professor that I have believed in so little than this guy

has trouble showing up to class on time.

the lectures are okay but his powerpoints suck for taking notes, the tests are reasonable but sometimes assignment due dates were unclear, the lecture vs lab lvl of communication could be improved

The disconnect from the lecture and the lab is too extreme. Professor Twibell's feedback on your work never explains how you messed up, it's either "okay" or "not what I am looking for"

The class itself was good opportunity to get a short film under my belt. Twibell, however, was useless. He didn't lift a finger to help OR to teach. It was a self taught course. That was basically the experience I had with him throughout my entire four years there. He knows his stuff technically, but he has no imagination...

I don't understand Andrew Twibell's approach to teaching, he likes to separate all the media majors for projects in this class, there is also virtually ZERO communication between the lab instructors and Twibell, very disorganized class, could be vastly improved.

As someone who already understands filming techniques and cameras, I have to say this class is designed poorly for new students to learn how to film. Core principles will be glossed over and then not mentioned again for weeks, the lab portion of this class has professors who do not know how what you have been taught, the examples are ineffective.

extremely slow grader and takes days to respond to emails

Super passive agro professor, will "lose" assignments of yours if you get on his bad side or assignment much lower grades than your peers for doing the same or even more work on your group projects.

I could have taught this class... "professor" Twibell was generally unorganized and not enthusiastic about what he was teaching. He would constantly ask if we already covered topics... Take with someone else.

What an amazing professor Andrew Twibell is! I think it's incredible of him to try and make his classes exclusive as possible and only use the same three actors and crew for every production. What an inspirational professor he truly is!

One of the most inconsistent graders i have ever taken, knowledgeable albeit very critical without being constructive.

I thought professor twibell was nitpicky when it came to critiques considering this class is really a beginner class. The grading was tough and the improvements needed to be made on assignments seemed infinite.

Twibell may know a thing or two about videography but his style of teaching is ineffective and patronizing, he also has unrealistic expectations for the quality of work in this class.

This class is split into a lecture and a lab, Twibell teachers the lecture, there is a severe lack of communication between the lab instructors and the lecture so it's always hard to stay up to date in this class, other labs got through labs faster than ours.

I think the problem with Andrew Twibell's classes is that he is a bad explainer, not only is this bad for learning, but it is also bad when it comes to getting graded on what we have "learned" he also comes off as stern and gives very short one-worded answers so you are pretty much on your own to interpret assignments.

I didn't understand the point of this class, it really felt like a filler class, twibell's lectures would go off topic too much, then we try and make a viral video without being taught how to use a camera. I took nothing away from this class. waste of time.

im really at a loss of words trying to say something positive about this professor

THIS CLASS IS CONFUSING! The tests and labs have nothing to do with the lecture and no one ever knows whats going on

Professor Twibell SEEMS to knows his stuff but he can be very rude at times, made me want to reconsider filmmaking.

Not suggested professor, couldn't wait for this semester to be over.

If you can, AVOID HIM!!! Strict grader, rude, unhelpful! I withdrew and changed my major, act now before it's too late!!

Hardest thing I've ever done, tough grader and doesn't give you enough time to make revisions for your projects.

I left this class feeling even more confused about media then when I started and for a media professor, or someone who should be familiar with technology, he sure seems to take a loonnnng time to grade assignments!

There is way to much homework in this class that is just busywork and irrelevant to the class, professor twibell is not recommended, he knows a lot about movies but can be pretty mean.

I thought this class could do a much better job of being organized, so much confusion and so little communication for projects and between instructors.

I took this class and MED365 with Twibell, avoid at all costs...! I would agree that Twibell understands film theory well but his methods of teaching were not very encouraging and there was no sense of you improving as a student in this class.

This is the worst professor I have ever had, and this is coming from an honor's student. Lectures were extraordinarily boring and he couldn't be bothered explaining mistakes you made on assignments. I wouldn't take a class from him if my life depended on it.

The amount of work required to get the bare minimum of a C grade in this class is ridiculous, it also didn't feel like that rewarding of a class considering our end product was still rushed. Probably the most time consuming class I have taken thus far.

Going to take this class with another professor when I can, Professor Twibell is literally the worst professor I have taken.

He doesn't know what's going on between his lectures and the lab you take in this class, comes off as disinterested when you ask for help on assignments, not a very exciting professor.