 My name is Alexa. I am a first semester master's in international management student and I look forward to speaking to you today and kind of giving you a bit more information about my experience. And then at the end, I can talk about some of our admissions processes as well because I do also work in the office. So thank you for joining us and I'll let my partner in crime also introduce herself today too. Hey everyone. My name is Debustum. I'm a first year creative media production student in proud college and I'm studying all the way from the UAE and here speaking to you from UAE as well. I'm going to be sharing all of my experiences from A to Z with the college and with my program with you guys. And I'm here to answer all your questions related to the program and the college itself as well. And I look forward to enlightening everyone here today as well. So I just wanted to know do I go ahead and speak or shall we Yeah, you can go ahead and start start talking about your experiences in the classroom and outside the classroom as well. Okay, so I come from a background where I was doing a lot of marketing. And where I stay. So I wasn't the whole decision to do creative media production was very abrupt for me. I always had at the back of my mind that just never knew that I would pursue it. So when I found proud college, everything from communication to preparation was so like it was on point, which is what really helped me solidify the whole decision that I really want to study here. So, in the preparation orientation week, I got to speak to my course mates and I got to kind of be introduced to everyone from student councils, all the societies as well we have through student council. And I was still really nervous and the first week itself first month was, I was a mess, because I was so worried about how I'm going to make friends. I was already worried about how I'm going to make friends when I'm in college so I was really worried about how I was going to do it online. And, but the college really helped me manage my expectations in the beginning itself with the program I already needed to friends through induction week which which is where we get introduced to the program and to our course mates as well. And as, and then even the assignments and stuff that we got through our classes the creative projects that we got that you would call homework but didn't really feel like homework because it's so fun. I got to work with a bunch of my course mates as well one of the main things my friends here told me before I joined college as well was make friends and within your course it's really hard to do that when you're studying in college so I, it was surprisingly easy to do that. Because I was studying online. And I got to see, I got to evaluate like who I were good with and who I don't because I got to be honest. It's easier to be honest with people in a creative team when you're working when there's a barrier like a screen between you guys as opposed to in person. And that really worked out for me. So, there was a lot of communication, like me like practicing communication came to me like, it worked as, how do I say it, what's the word for it, I don't know, it helped me like practice my communication abilities I'm so sorry like, public meetings like scary for me. Okay. I really like being behind the camera, not in front of it. So, the, like make friends within the course and not just that but like my bond with my professors as well was like solid because we got to have consultations for everything that we felt like we weren't falling behind on or any important assignments we had coming up on top of that any like creative ideas you want to run by your just sunset it like put them an email be like hey are you free to speak now and he was like yeah of course and just take time out of their day to talk to you and it was. Yeah, that was really helpful and it's something that I don't think would have been easy to do if you were doing it in person because you'd have to set a meeting with them and then go to college and go speak to them during their office hours it's much harder to do that from my experience. Outside of college as well. Outside of the classes, I mean, because during the first week I got introduced to all the activities that and all the societies and groups that exist outside of classes. I got to introduce myself in them and I, I participated in student council like immediately I was like I this is this is the way that I'm going to meet I'm going to meet people and there was no pressure there which I loved because usually there is this like burden or some sort of an expectation on you, especially from what you see on TV when you join student council that you have to be super active all the time there was none of that it was more like. If you want to participate in whatever we're talking about on the group you get to participate you can participate and if you don't know hard feelings and I love that because if you like. It's already so hard that we're doing everything online. It is hard that that when people aren't putting that pressure on you it like it makes it just it just feels like breezy and you feel like okay fine I can like I can dip my toe in this event a little bit or like this project a little bit it's okay. I also, through the introductions that I put out in. Sorry, I kind of distract it through the introduction and student council itself I got to talk to a few people about doing projects outside of student council as well. And when we have the welcome week as well. I got to I participate I took the responsibility to host it. And I was hosting the random chat room, and I was really afraid of that. It seemed really scary to me. Because I was like who wants, he was going to come to the random chat room. And it turned out to be the only room that stayed up the latest like to his point like the recording got passed on to me we were up, I was in Dubai I was up to like four in the morning. We're talking to people. Yeah, so I got to meet like I through the random chat room I met a bunch of people that I spoke to afterwards as well. There is a question, do we answer that now or do we answer it later. Yeah, we can answer that now so the first question that came through community wise how did you adjust in the school, and how did you stand out online in school, and also kind of besides your chosen program. Are you doing other courses, or do you only focus on your own. So, that's, sorry, hold on there is in the room. So my internet went out at home, so I had to come to my neighbor's house and I'm going to be a few interruptions here and there because it's not my own house I'm sorry about that. How did it adjust in school and stand out online so it, whatever you pick up from your classes, I feel like if you just put I for me personally I put all that into my creative work, especially all the emotions that you feel with how what's going on in the news and how you're feeling about being at home and how you're dealing with your own anxieties and stuff like that because yes like being locked down at home and stuff it really it weighs down on your mental health as well I really put all that into my creative work. And I constantly asked for help from my classmates my course mates were a godsend honestly the friends that I made online where they dealt with my because I'm such a perfectionist. I started freaking out about the littlest things and I would consult them every step of the way, even my teachers I was, I would consult them every step of the way, and even the Thomas questions that I had I would just email it to them. And that's how I would perfect my work and I think that the teachers really see that, and they really credit you for that. And that's how I really stood out I think so far. I think so I think I stood out. I don't know. Yeah, well, I was just kind of thinking about my experience as well and the in the master's program. I think I was the same I, you know, having everything kind of at home. I was really in touch with people from my, my program and we kind of like shared ideas and kind of chatted about different things and I think I talked with my lecturers more than if I, if they were in class because I felt like they were kind of so so digitally so maybe maybe that's just how they, they always are and because it's my my first semester I don't know if they're always that you know that accessible every semester or if it's being online but it just it was so great and I felt like all of my questions are answered. I didn't go without knowing something. And I agree I think it showed at the end of my, my work. I think I'm similar to you Tabasim I look at for every single little detail and I kind of like want it to be perfect so Yeah, I think studying online was fine. And adjusting to being online. It was a change but it didn't feel like a, like a big change. I don't know. I don't know what you think. It definitely felt like a big change, honestly. How can you say that and feel like a big change. You're sitting behind the screen of course it's a big change but I felt like I had more guts to speak up in class discussions than I would have in person because in person you have to raise your hand and like, you know, like it's a whole process but it's a conversation for more smoothly online. So I felt like if we're first on the topic of standing out online. That's how I was the whole formal process is eliminated once you are behind the screen. So that's, yeah, that worked as an advantage for me. And besides my class as well I was doing other projects as well like I work part time as a freelance in events. So I work as a hostess or I'll share a promoter from time to time. So I do balance all that out and I all I had to do is drop my teachers an email and say I might not make it for this class is that okay. And can you record it for me and they can say they tell me like if they think it's concerning or if it's not if they think I need to catch up with the class and I shouldn't attend and they tell me honestly how far they've recorded whatever I needed to be recorded and I catch up with it like the night after I'm done with work. Yeah. Also, there is another to what has been the subject you've enjoyed the most so far. I loved. So we have a teacher called Marsha, which she teaches us visual storytelling and Robert careers is also a professor. So it's taught by two professors and we started off the classes with talking about photography and I felt so lost. I, it was because I have I have no background by the way with filming or taking pictures or working with a camera very intensely like none of that I work with an iPhone and like take random pictures, not even selfies. That's, so I was afraid of not like I that's when I really started feeling lost the first week, like I said I was spiraling it's because like I was like okay what if I don't belong in this course. But the teachers really understand that if you don't come from a background it's okay, you know, so I would, we had an assignment for example like we have to have a theme for five images that we take, and the class would guess what the theme was. I had three, because I wasn't happy with anything I took and the teachers were like a Robert art professor at the time was like, it's cool. That's okay. And he just asked me to talk about pictures and I was completely fine. So. And then like, when Marsha stepped in she had presentations about different kind of art and throughout the areas and stuff. And what we would do is kind of dissect art. And I felt like I was in my element in that class, even though I felt like some of the stuff I was saying was the same every time I feel like it, you know, that person who like looks at art and talks about it like, ah, this is like, I can take a white picture and like I see depression or loneliness or something and I'd like I was in my element for that and that was really fun for me. So visual storytelling. I did fairly well in my class as well. I'd like to brag because like I wasn't the best student in high school. So that was good. I think so for me in the master's program, one of my classes was was called developing self and others. And we looked a lot at kind of our imperfections in in the workplace and kind of how we interact with other people. And maybe how we're perceived as well and dissected that and looked at what we can do to improve ourselves. And the final project was to put together a game plan and a timeline of what we plan to do. It was, it was definitely really eye opening and, you know, some things weren't fun to kind of realize about yourself, but it was definitely a really, really enriching class and I learned a lot about myself and the, how kind of different people perceive because in our program we have people from from all over the world. So, you know, some of my classmates are in, in different continents so talking about your perceptions of, of people and actions and things like that it really made the class. So interesting and really challenging at the same time. So, yeah, I think that's, that's one of the classes I really enjoyed this semester, although my other class was my research proposal for my dissertation so this one was definitely a lot more. For me personally, kind of interesting in that way so. Yeah, that was that's fine. So, type of so maybe if you want to talk about some of the other other things you've kind of done outside of class because I think you were involved in student council and anything else. Yeah, so I was involved in the student council and I'm actually, I'm actually working on something through the student council as well I thought about it last semester and I got news from my student advisor that it's okay and it's a really good idea so I wanted to start a film club where we watch films together because we're all in different parts of the world. So we could watch films together and kind of review it over a drink or something like that and see what we liked about it and what like what we don't and stuff and yeah so I'm planning on taking that ahead. And like I said like there was no pressure for me to do it last semester because I felt like I was already taking on too much. I also, because of student council I got to meet some people that were that are working on us magazine for college as well. And I was working on a podcast with them but it didn't fall through I feel like, because it was everyone's first semester that I was working with on that project. People kind of sideline that and then focus on their program which is completely fine as well. So that didn't work out, but it's going to come out though they're still going to have the magazine and stuff so I'm like excited for you guys all to see it. Other than that as well, I joined the yoga society with our student advisory Nellie. It's so nice of her to take. Because student societies are supposed to be run by students but she's really taking her time to kind of. She really like stepped in and took a lead and she's kind of like a hero, because we really need stuff like that to take us away from our screen and give us something else to focus on. During the week so it really helped me as well like when you're sitting in front of the screen your back hurts if you don't have a good chair and I don't have a good chair. House with my back pain and stuff and my posture as well and I just feel a lot lighter and stuff and so it's the yoga society has been really helpful for me. I want to get involved in other societies as well but I just don't know where I belong right now. I want to get involved with the music society but I'm like, if I have to sing I'm gonna, I'm gonna drown like I want the ground to eat. I'm really afraid to like sign up for that but there's so many options there as well. And then during induction week as well I got to meet a few people that are in Dubai as like speak to them. I introduced that they were from Dubai and I messaged them instantly and he kind of he dropped up because of these issues but he's going to join again, coming up this fed I think. I don't know. Whenever the. Yeah, it's that bright. So he's going to be joining. And he, I messaged him like oh my God you're from Dubai we should totally hang out and he emailed me he took my email and he's like he's like my Dubai friend that was the subject and started talking and he followed me on Instagram. And then as we had more of those like meetings and stuff. Through student councils again as well I met like another friend and who's studying business as well a foundation and business. I don't know the course name exactly but we all kind of put an Instagram group together and we said we need to meet. And this is so I think it's like very Dubai culture we just say we're going to meet and it doesn't happen so I didn't really think it was going to but we all just met up for a drink. And it was so chill. I was, I was nervous. I thought that because I was meeting people from different cultures and stuff different cultures and countries and backgrounds online. It's like I kind of forgot how it feels to talk to people from Dubai itself because for so long I've been trying to like navigate around meeting people from all around the world. It was so refreshing refreshing refreshing and wholesome the whole meeting and we all talked about the same experience we're having with China navigate around meeting people from different countries because like there's always there's always that bit of culture shock that comes with like moving to a different country and it really felt like we moved to a different country even though we didn't. So that was, that was what majority of our conversations were and then we just started being weird and talking about others that we started talking about stuff will miss and when we leave and what we're going to miss about the bio culture as well because we're all like expats here so um yeah it was it was really cute and I like we're going to have another meeting as well soon whenever that works out because we it's one of those things where we just dropped it in the group like hey we should meet again so we're waiting for a date and a location so we'll see when that. We are joining the. And not just the by like in my program itself we there's someone from Egypt and in our program and anyone from the Middle East just it just feels like a warm hug for me when they say they're from the Middle East, even though I'm not I'm from Bangladesh I'm not even from you a like. It's like, we like bonded like instantly as well in our program because it was just comforting to know there's someone from the Middle East going to pro college as well in our in our program so that that's been that's been a really fun unexpected experience for me. Well, that's lovely. Also, I love to hear that too it's so it's so fun I mean it's it's different for me because I'm in I'm in Prague already so. And I've been here for over five years. So it's not, I didn't really have that move experience but I am, I'm excited to have my classmates get here and meet them in person because I have met them online and you know, I feel like I know them. So it's, yeah, I'm really looking forward to seeing them here and, and also, you know, just making those friends in person to. We had a couple more questions. So, how long are classes, and how often do you attend, how many times per week. Well, we have classes, five days of the week, and then the two weekends. Sometimes, like a teacher will say okay today's not important so you don't have to attend the class. Except always we have so far that's been my schedule of changes of course I don't know what my schedule for next semester is going to be like but our classes are like two hours long. It's not really heavy. It's hard to sit through the classes for two hours in front of the screen so they give us every 30 minutes they give us like a five 10 minute break to go and get a coffee or walk around the house or go get some sun outside and then come back and rejoin the class so that's that's our schedule. That's how it's been I'm really happy with the schedule, especially with the time difference it was really good for me. Yeah, I bet. I know with ours, we only have my classes once a week. So at the master's level. Each class is only once per week for two hours each time, and I'm in the standard format so kind of the part time. So, it's definitely doable. You know, online it's two or four hours a day after work. There was another a question actually so about, and are you in the Czech Republic or from the Czech Republic and if not, do you have a job besides college so I do. I'll go ahead and answer that one I work full time and then go to school part time. After work and the master's programs are designed to be taken, or at least the international management program that I'm in is designed to be kind of taken by working professionals so the classes are only in the evenings. And it will depend on, you know, where, where other people are located and what time it is in your time zone but here it's definitely doable to to work full time and also go to school. Awesome. Are you, are you working? Are you, you said you were. Yeah. Yeah, currently I'm working on a three month project at the Dubai Expo 2020. I don't know if you are aware of that, but it's the world Expo basically like how Paris have the Eiffel Tower I don't know where the last Expo was anyway. I'm working in retail right now for them as my first retail experience that I'm getting. And so I had to like miss the last three weeks. So I had to do my potline or through presidents and then whatever questions I had I would send it over to my teachers. Obviously like it depends on the weight of how much work you're going to have to do as well in your program so I think that I might have to drop out on that job specifically for the next semester because it's going to be very practical work for me. I have a lot of filming and editing and I don't know that I can personally balance that with working and I like nine hour job. So I might look for other work and like short short shorter time work. What's the hell. Sorry. But work that lasts for a shorter amount of time per week. And hopefully that will work out and the work that I'm going to have to do for my classes but it's so far not been an issue I've done planning of other work as well throughout the semester. And it was fine. Yeah, good. And then another question. There are people who do more than just one program. So I think more than more than one bachelor's program at a time. And to my knowledge, usually students only do one program, it is quite a lot of work. So to, you know, enroll in more than one degree at a time I think it would be a lot. Students are usually only offered at one time per day and per year so it would really kind of be quite challenging to kind of navigate that we do have beginner check classes so if you know people are interested in learning check online you can do that too. I don't know did you take the check classes this semester or no. I'm just waiting for it. I really wanted to but I've been doing a lingo and trying to learn it, but I don't think it's very useful because when it comes to conversational check it's very different from, you know, what you learn on an application so you know, from like what I know as well it's if we're talking about you're talking about getting jobs with like without the knowledge of check language. I know a lot of friends who are there. Not a lot like a few. I'm not that popular. People who don't know the check language but we're able to. It's not so much money that would, you know, pay rent it will pay for your groceries and stuff like that. But that also depends on whether you're looking for a job with a company or just part time work at a restaurant or something like that. So, yeah, that's all I have all the information I can give you because I'm working from Dubai so I don't know much yet from experience. So your your friends here, they have found work. Yeah, so I'm like the check students and my program as well told me that with like my level of English language that I will be able to find work if I really really want to work. But then again it's like, it's whether take on that work with the workload of your classes as well. Yeah, so it's true hard from what I've heard. Yeah. Yeah, cool. So have you gone to any of the other events that have happened this last semester so like the I think there was the Christmas party or the Halloween party or any of the speakers. So for the Halloween party. I love Halloween so I kind of had to miss out on that one I kind of did Halloween over here with my friends. But I joined for the Christmas party because I'm a Muslim so we don't really have a Christmas party at home. And I baked, we're baking cookies with a former student who owns buns and bites. I forgot her name, because I missed the beginning of the beginning of the event. I have her now on on Instagram as well because I videos of me making tea and she's really fascinated by how I make tea. We made cookies together and I think there was like a little mix up with the ingredients that she gave us and she gave should be portions that she told us for the ingredients and I don't know how to cook. Like, I don't understand how ingredients work in the kitchen I just follow whatever is on the page. I bought everything that was said, and it was a lot. It was meant to bake cookies for an entire house and I only have three people at home so we had a lot of cookies. We had way too many cookies and I was really following along as well and I realized you weren't really supposed to follow along what she was doing so I was like rushing everything and stuff it was still so fun. I realized later on like, oh, I'm not supposed to follow her like I'm just supposed to see what she's doing and then try to do it on my own later, but it's fine the cookies turn out great. I stayed up all night trying to cut all those cookies because it was a lot. But it was worth it it tasted amazing so that was really fun as well. And then there was like a little dance party that was happening as well or the DJ the girls was DJing also was teaching us some dance moves like with Afro beats music. And I recorded myself in my room during that because I'm like oh it looks good and I might post it but it looked horrible but it was so fun I really broke a sweat doing that so that was really fun. Like, if I'm like this at home can you imagine what I'm going to be like when I come to college. I can't wait to embarrass myself. Well you'll already know everyone so it won't be so embarrassing right. Or it might just be even more embarrassing because I'll know them and they'll have leverage for the rest of my life. What about you have your time to be event. Yeah, I've gone to a few. I know I've gone to the master speaker series. So as part of the mic my program they encourage us to go to the speakers, kind of from that area so I'm really, I found quite interesting they weren't. They weren't necessarily something I might have searched out to learn about on my own. So, for example the last one was on cryptocurrency, but I did find it interesting. I'm really appreciative that you know that they're kind of trying to to broaden our horizons and learn about different things. And I know for next semester they're bringing in some lecturers who aren't necessarily you know in Prague or from Prague so in the past you know when it was in person we can only have people from the area because they were all in person, but I know there are some kind of cool ones coming up this coming semester so it should be should be nice to have kind of different, different input from from other places, it should be fun. I've actually also been to Nellie's yoga class so I enjoyed her sessions as well. And yeah I agree it's a really nice way to kind of end the day, the classes that I have her at six o'clock in the evenings my time so it's a really nice, you know, have work, have school and then just kind of chill. Yeah. Yeah, it's a nice way to unwind. She really considers what you're going through as well because she asks you like how was your day or how was your week and then she'll say okay did you notice anything different in the session and I think like in the first session it sounds like I forgot to breathe. I was in breathing throughout the whole thing so every time I'm there she's like I'm really reminding you guys to breathe. I love that. I'm sure the attention to these little details and even like, when it comes to like de-stressing that's not the only thing that's helped me de-stress we've also had with, like I said, with the music society, we had a little kahoot game in the middle of the week where, again, we all grabbed a drink and just kind of had a chat over the quiz and it was just a little bit of banter, a little bit of performance here and there and some people sent in recordings rather than performing live because it's easier to do that than it's a little bit intimidating to perform live in front of people, even though it's just a close bunch of people. It was really fun, that one, and I also actually went out of my way to arrange a little, like, gathering type of thing on Zoom with people from my program. Our program has been divided into two, so I think it's because it's easier to pay attention to people when it's like a smaller number of people in a Zoom call. So, and we all come together during like for like one or two classes during the weekend, where we kind of just have discussions and share or work with each other. And what I did was I kind of just, we have a WhatsApp group for the entire creative media production, first year approach, like students, and I was like, hey, we got through like a really hard presentation that we were all losing sleep over, because there was a lot of theories and stuff like that or like we've lost a lot of sleep over this I think it's time to celebrate that we're finally done with it. So I like made an event on Google and I invited everyone over and like it was the turnout wasn't great because everyone I guess has like a life outside of Zoom as well. So you can choose no hard feelings and like like four or five people came in and it was still fun to get to know people from the other side of the other group of our program. That was really fun for me. It's awesome. That's really cool. I know our cohort is quite small so I actually really enjoy that as well. Instead of a big lecture where I feel like I would get lost maybe the small classes that I really feel like I can. Yeah, maybe like what you mentioned before I can come speak my mind and not be so afraid that I'll see the wrong thing maybe. And so that the small groups like it kind of helps me get to know people easier or better and maybe feel a little bit less nervous. We also use the breakout rooms I'm not sure if you use those in your your classes so much but we, they, they'll divide us into groups of two and are three and then we'll have smaller discussions and talk about a case study or something and kind of go back to the main room and one person presents from, from our small group so even if someone isn't, you know, isn't so comfortable talking about that subject or they're not quite sure, and it's a group consensus about that thing so they really kind of give us all opportunity to speak but don't don't make us every time if we don't feel comfortable doing so. Yeah. Okay, so for us. I think in the beginning with Robert for visual storytelling as well he did do the whole breakout room thing he's like oh we have like two minutes put together a storyline and then we'll try to make it and like we'll try to put it into like a one minute video and I got put into Caroline or and I kind of were like panicking like oh no what the hell did we do. And we just started throwing ideas and we like we went from a story with the girl or whatever to oh let's talk about anxiety and let's talk about the phases that you go through with anxiety so the breakout room in that sense has been really helpful and we got to keep it a surprise as well from the rest of the class by not discussing it in front of the class so Robert came in and asked us and he's like oh okay cool that's really an interesting account to see what you're doing and it turned out really fun to make it didn't have to be all our original work so we could use work from other people as well and try to do this not really for posting in public it's for yourself and just to see like what what abilities you have with editing and taking videos so yeah that's that's one thing that we've am I okay what am I answering I kind of forgot like no that's okay and we kind of just went off we talked about online events and like different things that you had been a part of and enjoying. Okay. Have you had anything else or put on anything else in Dubai for example. I got to work on a film festival because of one of our class teachers and she emailed us that this person from Los Angeles is looking for people to volunteer at a film festival and there's a chance to give me a little money off of it. But I didn't really do it for that I kind of just did it because I wanted to see what other people do and how I could implement it into my own work as well. So you get work opportunity through your professors as well like they'll keep you in mind if you if even if you let them know like they're like like if anything comes out they will keep you updated if there is any work. So we also have a digital career board on Moodle, which is the platform that we use for setting online and keeping up with our assignments and all our tests and test personal stuff. It's not really what they call them but if you look at it in the old sense it's basically a test. So before we keep up with all that stuff and there's a digital career board on there which is basically where we get postings for job jobs and stuff so you can sign up for volunteering and stuff over there as well. We also have a lot of speakers come to college. Sometimes they really align I mean I guess they're planned that way obviously they really align with what we're talking about in class. And I mean you can, that's really inspiring and stuff as well those are just like some of the events that I really enjoyed actually I really enjoyed the guest speakers coming into college, a lot of my friends who've been studying for a very long time were like you already have guest speakers that's insane. I'm sorry I'm going to put myself on mute for a second because my neighbor wants to get into the room because she's in your house so. Yes, of course. Of course, yeah I definitely agree and the master speakers that have come in like I said are really interesting and different. And I think the programs have done a really good job in bringing people in from a wide range of topics, so that there's kind of something for everyone from all departments. Because we do have a series in for business one in art and design and also one in media and it so there's kind of something for everyone and what you're looking for your interest area. I have to leave soon because my neighbor needs the room. So, if there's anything else that you need me to talk about let me know. No, that's okay I'm just kind of looking to see if there's anything else was was there anything that maybe you thought was challenging kind of at the beginning and kind of how did you overcome that that difficulty throughout the semester. And for a lot of people, not for me because and divide the lockdown was not that strict, because we already had our strict lockdown at the beginning of the year. People, a lot of people were trying to navigate through the lockdown and working on creative projects from their house. That was really interesting to see the outcome of. And for me like personally it was not knowing how to use the camera and stuff like that. And what our professors would kind of just send us out and tell us to I carried for the first. I carried my camera with me forever. So I kind of got used to the settings and I wasn't so intimidated by it. So that's how I overcame that obstacle. It was really scary and for people who had the issue with the lockdown they work with from within their house. And they couldn't do it when visually they did it through their writings. And that was really fun to see as well. Yeah, that's that's how I worked around that. I'm sure there's so many more. Right now, because I overcame it so I'm like over it, but you find a way to like Jeff hurdles and if there's no like for me I was really stuck with my script. The first idea that I had for my script it. I was like it's too dark. I don't know if I want to work on this for the whole semester. So I spoke to my professor and I was like hey is it okay if I change my idea I kind of had a random like breakthrough in between class. And she told me yeah of course what did you have in mind and I told her my idea and she's like wow it's really great work on that build on it don't just keep it like she kind of like plant these little seeds in your head and then it makes you think in all different directions and that like built I built that into like a 10 page script, which I never thought I could do it was like a little like one paragraph that I had as of an idea turned into like a 10 page script so that was really interesting. I also really wanted to drop the idea halfway through because I just lost faith and I because I'm like, this is not good enough like who would want to watch this if I continue to write it. And she told me don't drop it it's a really good idea like you get you get plenty of encouragement and if you're not doing a good job with that your teachers will also tell you you're not doing a good job, just drop it and then come up with something else that's fine as well. You know, so that was, I really like that I, I feel like also because we're studying online. The teachers are a little nice, like, like a little extra nice. You know, is that normal I don't know maybe college because with an extra with another student that I'd spoken to was I think in her last year maybe now or second year. Before I joined college I spoke into a student from the program and she told me the same thing that teachers are just really nice here. So, maybe it's not just because we're studying in the middle of a pandemic. It's just nice in general but it's really hard to wrap my head around because I'm so used to teachers being so tough on you all the time. Like that's the background that I come from so it was, that was shocking for me to work around, but I'm getting used to it. Yeah, I would definitely agree with that I think that they, the feedback that they give is honest. So, you know they're not going to tell you that it's great when it's not, but they're also not going to tell you it's terrible and that's it like they're they're going to give you kind of solid feedback and how how to move forward and which which parts to expand on and which areas are which areas you are doing well in because they they do want, you know us to to feel feel good. So I definitely had that throughout my semester to that I didn't feel. I felt like I had a direction and there's always something somewhere to go. Even if I was doing well, I still had a lot to improve upon in different areas so it was my first semester in a British format because I had my undergraduate in the US so it was definitely a different system of upgrading and education and everything so they really, they made sure that we knew what was happening and, you know, we weren't lost. There is one more question so before we have to go. So, what is the main advantage to studying at the college and what professions are there so maybe if to have some you can answer what you might think the main advantages from studying with us. So, the main advantage from me and also kind of the reason why I chose this program specifically as opposed to any other country and any other programs that they offer is because I feel like this entire course is very well structured and career oriented, in the sense that we learn how to we learned the beginning of, you know the process, the middle and the end, and how to market it when you're done and towards the end of the semester we even work on a portfolio, which a lot of universities don't really put aside an entire like class for it specifically so we have a whole class that's put aside just to help you put together a portfolio and get ready to go out and look for jobs when you're done. I haven't reached that part of the program yet, but this is the reason why I chose it. I can see like how that would work out and how they're being honest with the promise that they've given because even that was also one of my questions. Like, provide you with contact, like, I got to work on the film woman at women's voices now film festival in Los Angeles as a preview or so I watched the films and then I would kind of get to say if it goes forward or doesn't it doesn't meet the guidelines so I'm getting experience in the fields. So I can. So I feel like they're already keeping their promise that that's reassuring to know. So I think that's how it's helpful and I think that there is promise of finding work after depending on whatever field you decide to go into. Definitely. And actually there was one more question for you. What are some of the main topics that you've covered in creative media production. So, for visual storytelling, we studied about different kinds of art formats and different kinds of formats are what's it called. I'm not finding the right words right now but basically the different rules basically that go into filming that you don't realize like if someone if there's a close up on someone's face and there's this somewhere else that has no relation to the the what's being shown on screen itself that itself. It also is called something else like I wouldn't have known that if it wasn't for the course and it's not something I would really go out and look for online or try it like I would be able to learn on my own. So those are kind of some of the things that I learned and even kind of like the transition art and music and and film throughout the years as well and how some of what was used before is coming back and just like fashion is coming back into film now and how you can use it in your own work and I also really learned with this class specifically that film isn't just putting a movie on a big screen. It's also artwork. I didn't ever consider that and I would have never thought okay cool I could maybe be an artist but not like specifically a director for like a big like movie on Hollywood you know like I would have never crossed my mind so I'm that's some of the stuff that we've covered with script writing, which is writing narrative plot and character which I just call it script writing because it's easier than saying that whole name. We just rewrote a script and she kind of covered the basic rules that go into coming up with an idea and how to put it on paper and then we just have discussions over it more like it felt more like a focused course itself and like in itself rather than a class within a big program because we were kind of conversing like adults and a lot of the times you have to kind of go out and look for the information yourself a little bit here and there based on what you're working on because everyone else was working on a short film whether while I was working on a short web series. So that's so there's different rules for different things and I had to kind of do a little bit of research outside of that and then go back to my teacher and say is this correct is this correct so that's kind of we were really learning to be adults basically with some of the classes. And I also did a theory class within which we learned media theories that really helps you question why you want to make the content that you want to make and every what I really appreciate I loved about the program so far is that all the three classes we've done there's three classes so we do every semester I think. So the three classes we've done are all kind of interlinked with each other and they all, there's a reason why you're doing them all together and once faster, and I really like I've really taken some time to appreciate that that really made me feel really good about my choice and proud college. Awesome. Well, thank you so much. I'm just seeing if there are any more questions that we can get to before. I think that's, that's everything so I was just going to give a little bit more information about the start semester so we do have a semester, our second semester, and hopefully maybe your first semester begins on February 22. So in two weeks from today, and we still do have spaces open in most of our program so if you are interested, please feel free to get in touch with us. Or if you already have an admissions advisor just let them know that you still want to apply. If you already have your application, please go ahead and submit that because there is still time. We do also have applications for September 2021 out already so if you wanted to go ahead and apply early. We do actually have an early application round at the end of this month to where you can receive some benefits so if you wanted to go ahead and do that. We would be very happy to help you through the admissions process to. So, thank you everyone so much for joining us today. I'm so happy to have you here and answer there are so many questions I'm so happy with that. Actually, if you want to reach out to me as well I think Alexa if is it okay if I leave like my social media or something on there or my email, or they could reach out to you for my email or something. It would be like, you'd feel more comfortable to me in person as well. You could just maybe like talk to me on Instagram I use Instagram a lot more I sit there it's. It's so weird I don't want to say it out loud I wish I could type it somewhere but it's maybe. If you want to type it to me, I, we can make sure that you post it to. My internet connection is a bit unstable. No, that's okay. If you wanted to even type it in in the chat here. I can make sure it kind of it goes out and people have it if they, they want. Perfect, cool. I've sent it forward. Well, thank you everyone for.