The internet tells me that this is bogus, that the guy is a film major (?!!) and he cobbled together footage to make this.
It saddens me that RIT doesn't seem to live up to its rep for nerdiness as so many students didn't seem to know who M.C. Escher was, and according to Weird Al, he's every nerd's "Favorite MC" lol.
I dislike Snopes, but they have a writeup on it: