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735379, isolation, intelligence, curiosity, access Posted by howisya, Sat Jul-06-19 08:49 PM
>I remember watching movies as a kid, maybe 10 or 11, and >fantasizing about being an actor. That ended in junior high >when I took this afterschool stage class and bombed... HARD.
actor was one of the career aspirations i had as a child as well but never pursued it
>After that I used to watch movies and try to think like an >editor or director would. Which camera angles worked best?
how would you know from the finished product?
>In college a friend of mine invited me to audit a film studies >course. The class watched a couple of classic movies (North by >Northwest was one I remember). But I didn't enjoy the >pretentious of the class. I was more into popcorn movies at >the time and valued movies that had artistic integrity but >weren't self-indulgent like many of the films the teacher >seemed to revere.
i understand this viewpoint less as i increasingly "become literate in cinema". these WERE the popcorn movies at the time. they show the fundamentals of film. i'm with you on people who would pay to take a film studies course being pretentious as shit though.
>And this place helped alot with my understanding of film. >There's a great deal of knowledge here and it's been >interesting to get different perspectives and outlooks on the >films that come out from year to year. > >So what about you?
just exposure, and i agree, this place helps a great deal.
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