BLACKFISH

   If you know me, you know I absolutely cannot stand places like SeaWorlds, Marine Lands, and other aquariums that hold dolphins and whales captive. They disgust me and it is completely cruel. I recently saw a film called "Blackfish" and it is wonderful, and something that I believe everyone MUST SEE. It's something thats really dear to my heart and I wrote a blog post about it for my Writing Pop Culture class. HERE IT IS PLEASE READ IT AND WATCH THE TRAILER.

  If you want to join me in helping this cause you should follow Free the Whales on twitter or like them on facebook. But really, I think the least you can do is to watch the movie. You may think I am crazy for being so avid about this cause, but once you watch the movie you will understand why It's so important to me.

  We need to make a change, and we need people who are willing to help make that change.
 

The Ghost Sonata Excitement

   So last week was the week where all the clubs/activities/organizations were out on the main street of campus for everyone to sign up and become a part of. I signed up for countless activities including swing dancing, study abroad, film club, and countless others. The one I really wasn't sure if I was going to do or not was theatre (due to my previous horrid theatre experiences). I was extremely hesitant to even audition for those reasons alone. As much as I do love theatre, the past few years have not been the best to say the least. But I decided I might as well audition just to see what happens.

   The funniest part to me was that I was only planning on auditioning for one of the two plays that were going on but ended up auditioning for both, and got a lead in the one I wasn't even planning on going to. "Ghost Sonata" is the show I was cast in, its much too complicated for me to explain fully at this point in time, but I will make another post once I figure it all out. 

   It was through the auditioning process that I really fell in love with the complexity of the story, even though I am still confused about a lot of things right now, even after doing a full read through of the script. I think that's because a lot of the story is left up to the reader's interpretation and we are all going to have to, as actors, figure out the direction we want to take. I think it's all so exciting. 

This is a different kind of theatre experience than i've ever encountered. It is such a collaborative effort, and everyone is constantly asking questions, but the director has told us she wants us to discover certain aspects of our characters as we go along. Because, as we've realized today, not all questions can be answered by simply reading the script, we really have to interpret it ourselves.

Another really cool thing about our production is that its not all set on stage, the audience will move to about 5 different places to watch scenes unfold throughout our performing arts building. This will give it a creepier/eerier effect almost like a haunted house, but not meant to scare. I'm thoroughly excited to see the end result, and I really hope the audiences enjoy the set up as much as I know we will.

This is the playwright, August Strindberg AKA the 

women-hater.... oh well...

The College Life... So far...

    I've officially been in college for two weeks, and my absolute favorite class so far has been my film class. Not only have I met people with the same interest as me, but it has given me a place where I can sort of indulge in my passions and not feel too nerdy or crazy or insane. We are currently talking about the "Classical Hollywood Style", we've viewed many clips from the likes of Citizen Kane, Goodfellas, Driving Miss Daisy and just about every Alfred Hitchcock movie ever. We discuss the significance of the scene beforehand and then analyze it afterwards. Its a very interactive learning style without being too one-on-one. Its a fairly large class and we are in the theater which gives the class an even more authentic feel to me for some reason.

   I've made one friend in particular who shares the same passion for film as me, and we can relate to each other based solely on that fact alone. She and I are similar in so many ways its scary, but we've found that we both love film so tremendously much that its probably 95% of our daily conversations. She is a wonderful person and we have already made tentative plans to study abroad together next year (hopefully if all goes as planned!). I've found it a bit hard to find the people I want to surround myself with through my college career so far, so its definitely nice to have at least one go to person here. 

  College has been a really great experience so far, It just definitely takes some getting used to.

 

I've been a bit antisocial and watching too many movies so here are my newly watched favorites lately:

Atonement

Blue Valentine 

Ferris Beuller's Day Off 

Here's a picture of Alfred Hitchcock and his more than fifty films for your enjoyment.