Survey

1. What is your name (first, last)?
Christina Gill

2. Do you have a preferred name or nickname you would like us to use?
Tina or Christina is fine with me!

3. Do you own your own computer? If so, what platform (Mac, PC), and what operating system (Windows XP/Vista, Mac Tiger/Leopard, Linux, unsure)? If not, have you had experience with Mac or PC or both?
I have a MAC. I think I have vista? I have the basic operating system that comes with a mac book.

4. Do you own a digital camera and/or video camera? If so, describe your gear, and talk a little bit about your experience capturing still and moving images.
I have a digital camera, however it is broken. It was a basic digital camera (about three years old) that takes stills and video. I am a photographers and a videographer. I am comfortable using basic digital cameras and camcorders.

5. Have you ever edited a video before? If so, what software did you use?
I have final cut express and adobe CS3 software. I have also used final cut pro. I am most comfortable with final cut express.

6. Have you worked with sound (or music) before, either performing, recording, or processing? If so, please describe.
I have edited sound before, however I am less comfortable editing sound than I am editing video.

7. Who are your favorite filmmakers?
I love Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg. I am probably mostly influenced by Sophia Coppola and Ang Lee.

8. What are some of your favorite films?
I love Movies. Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Once, Stranger than Fiction, Almost Famous, Marie Antionette, Winter Passing. There are a great deal more.

9. Who or what inspired you to pursue studies in Film?
I love movies. I enjoy evoking thoughts and feelings through art.

10. What kind of career do you imagine for yourself in Film or other Media Arts?
I enjoy working on projects. I like to challenge myself and work with other people who will challenge me. I could see myself working on both a commercial setting, or independently. I plan on interning and learning as much as possible and when I figure out what I would like to do… I will let you know.

11. Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?
I’ve already taken this class once. And I’m going to try really hard to pass it with flying colors