Last night, I attended an info session with house fellow Zachary Grobe to learn how to write a blog post that is more engaging and more interesting to read and to write. I really liked the focus on film, because the Friday night movie nights are usually my go-to for Rose Scholar’s events. Now I can focus on an entirely different aspect of the movie when I’m writing my blogs; the stylistic elements. I always used to focus on the content, when, as I learned, that doesn’t make a film any different from a novel. What really distinguishes a film from a movie is that style. This includes music, costumes, color palettes, and more.
One movie I could have applied this new lens to was one we watched last semester, V is for Vendetta. The music in this film was so artfully integrated, oftentimes I couldn’t distinguish between when the sounds were coming from within the movies, actually in the scene, or a part of the narration. The transition between the operatic and orchestra music made everything vey dramatic and suspenseful. Instead of focusing so much on content and message (which are also important), I could have talked about how the director’s choices when it came to the film created this message.
The seminar was overall very useful and I will definitely apply what I learned to future blog posts.