2. What year are you:
sophomore, junior, senior?What's your major? Is there a field you specialize
in (i.e. acting?) If you are an acting student, which studio are you training
in? Do you like it there?
3. What is your local
phone number? local mailing address? your student ID number?
4. Do you live on or off
campus? Are you working at a job this semester in addition to going to school?
If so, where are you working, and what are the hours (generally)?
5. What's your schedule
like this semester? Which are your "busy" days? Which are your "easy"
ones? Which
do you think will be the best days to meet one on one with Terri?
6. What are you doing
immediately prior to class? Are you coming from lunch? From another class?
Is 12:30-1:45 a high energy or a low energy time for you, in general?
7. What's your experience
with the Internet like? Are you familiar with email, surfing the Web, using
search engines, using email lists? Do you feel like you'll need some help
with these things?
8. Do you have a home
page on the Web? Would you like to have one?
9. How much television
would you say you watch per week? What are your favorite shows? Which shows
do you think are just awful (i.e. you wonder how anyone can watch them)?
10. Do you watch any reality
tv shows like Big Brother or Survivor? Which ones do you like or dislike?
Why? Do you watch any "real life" webcam stuff on the Net?
11. How many movies (video
and cinema) would you say you've seen this year? Which were your favorites?
Which ones did you hate? Why?
12. How many theatre pieces
have you seen this year? Which were your favorites? Which ones did you hate?
Why?
13. Describe your favorite
class at N.Y.U. thus far. What made it enjoyable to you? Be as detailed as
you can.
14. Describe one of your
least enjoyable classes at N.Y.U. What made it so?
15. Describe your relationship
to writing. Are you comfortable doing it? Do you loathe it? Which parts would
you like to improve? Have
you had experience with the Expository Writing Program here at NYU? Do
you keep a journal?
16. Describe your relationship
to photography and video. Do you own a still or video camera? Is it something
you feel comfortable with using to express yourself? How would you feel about
being videotaped and/or broadcast during classroom time?
17. Describe one of your
most powerful theatrical experiences (either as a viewer or a participant.)
What makes that experience stand out in your mind?
18. Describe your minimum
desires for this course (i.e., "it's something that fits in my schedule,
and I'm hoping it's not too tough," or "I'd like to pass it...")
19. Describe your maximum
fantasy for this course (i.e., "I discover I am a fantastic writer and
get offered a book contract", or "I make ground-breaking discoveries
that complete change my acting technique" , etc.)
20. If somebody asked
you, "What makes a great student?" What would your answer be?
21. If someone asked you,
"What makes a great teacher? What would your answer be?
22. Describe a piece of
writing you've done that you are proud of. Tell me why it pleased you--was
it difficult to research, or from the heart, or done on a tight deadline,
or what?
23. How do you feel about
classroom participation? Is it something that comes easily to you, or are
you shy about speaking in large groups?
24. How do you feel about
working in small groups of six or less? Do you find it easier or more
difficult than working alone? Why?
25.If you could play any role on television right now, what would it be?
If you could have had any role in a major motion picture, what would it be?
If you could be any musical performer, who would you be? Why?
26.Which movies do you wish you had worked on as a
non-actor (as, say, a director, or cinematographer or technician?) Which music
videos have blown you away with pure production value? Which plays or live
concerts? What excites you about these projects enough to make you think,
"Wow, I wish I could have been a part of that?