Hosted By: Rebecca Podd

The Hopeless Cinematic Podcast poses the question of who knows more about the film industry than the people studying it? Who else knows every genre, every camera technique, and every defining moment in film history better than the students who have dedicated their college experience to learning them. On this show, we get the perspective of those who don’t just see a form of entertainment when they watch a movie, but see the dreams careers they hope to have and the pieces of art they aspire to create. Each episode will have students analyze and debate how the filmmakers of today are either acing their films with flying colors or barely passing the film school standard.

The first episode will center around me and two of my student colleagues and our opinions on the new Mean Girls movie. The original helped raise our generation, now here we are 20 years later and the iconic film has been repacked and presented to us again. Was the film’s 20-something-year-old target audience satisfied with the results? Does a student who is more focused on learning story development like the film more than one focused who is dedicated to cinematography? Overall, did the film’s modernization of a classic inspire us that we could do the same someday, or convince us that we could do better ourselves?

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