”Hi, I will try to summarize the student evaluations.
The overall evaluation - in terms of the number of students evaluating and the overall tone of the evaluation - is very good.
The vast majority were positive about the format itself, i.e. short films that had a flow, dealt with different topics and “didn't get boring”. In general, the music of the films was also very positively evaluated, and there was surprise that the films were of a high quality (cinematography, editing, acting, etc.).
All agreed on the excellent evaluation of the films “Criminals”, where the story itself was paralysing, the realism, the tension and the great acting were impressive, as well as “Techno, Mom”, where the theme was perhaps the most “urgent”, raw and convincingly handled, allowed us to identify with the protagonist, and we liked the music of J very much (here we also talked for the longest time about the “message” of the son's departure/escape from his mother), “Wild Minds” was rated as extremely ‘nice’ and touching (here we talked about, among other things, the “wild minds”). We were also very happy to discuss the “minds of the minds” (the main character's “breakthrough”, what the scene with his parents in the shop meant, why/if the son feels responsible for his parents, etc.).
Where the students' opinions differed, as expected, was in the first and last films, which were somehow out of sync with the overall composition (I personally and some others thought this was intentional). I was surprised that, although we are an art school, some were not impressed by Johanna in particular - they described this film as a documentary that “had no story”. The other half of the students, however, understood it and, on the other hand, evaluated the way the film was handled (ala the old Czech documentary) very positively, as if it had been tailor-made for our students - a nice way to start. The last film “Zásvětí” did not allow some of them to “dive” into the story as much as the previous films - the magical-realistic touch was an obstacle, the idea was harder to grasp, there was no character they could identify with. But everyone liked the artfulness of the film.
The students also paid attention to the visual aspect of the films and talked about the colour symbolism (especially in the film “Techno, Mom”). There were also opinions that there could have been more films and some of them deserved a separate film.
Only a few individuals said that the films did not appeal to them at all, as it was not their ‘cup of coffee’ - but these students generally cannot empathise with roles and issues that they do not know and experience themselves, or find uncomfortable (discussed on another occasion).
In conclusion, thanks to all those who participate in YaS - it makes sense.
Best regards and wishing you beautiful and fulfilled days
Markéta Plšková
SUPŠ sklářská Valašské Meziříčí
PS: I know I am not the target group, but I feel the need to say that I was pleasantly surprised and I am not afraid to say - delighted by the level of the films."