That theme song is horrible in that semi competent way that shows this guy is also a MUSICAL GENIOUS who just needs a little exposure so the public can recognize his GENIOUS. In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the whole cat video thing weren't part of a master plan to make a viral video that he can use as a stepping stone to MUSICAL STARDOM.
One thing you'll run into in every film class is the rich kid whose parents buy him thousands of dollars (sometimes tens of thousands) worth of equipment. Convinced of his genius and his love for ripping off Tarantino, he will always be the most creatively worthless kid in the class. Meanwhile kids with actual talent have to fight to sign out outdated equipment and usually resign themselves to working on the rich kid's movie.
Which is a pretty valuable lesson to how the industry works. Only the ones with money get their stuff made and rich kids are all spoiled twats.
I don't really see thousands of dollars' worth of equipment there, unless you count the coin-op laundry machine that they use to kinda-smooth-out the green bed sheets they got at Target and hang up on the cheap-ass tripods.
Okay those spotlights and diffusers are kind of expensive I guess.