2. Outside of Cornish? I don't have too much going on! I put a lot of work into school and when I'm not in class I'm most likely preparing for the next one. But when I'm not studying or organizing, I am more than likely spending time with my boyfriend, re-watching episodes of SMASH on Hulu.com, or listening to one of my favorite musicals.
3. I don't really have any background in film and that is why I wanted to take this class. My acting interests have all mostly been towards stage work and being an actor, I would love to learn more about film; especially if there's music involved!
4. Right now, I don't really have any set expectations. I just hope that I gain knowledge about a subject that can directly be applied to my future profession through the theatre.
5. In the Madonna video, I chose her crucifix earrings. This gram recurred in the Buffy episode in the graveyard on some tombstones, and in Giles' work space on some books and in small places.
Michelle, thanks for establishing the blog and telling me a bit about yourself. The crucifix works well as a gram, in part because you had no trouble specifying it's location at particular points in these two screen-based narratives (i.e. it's nicely concrete, while also being richly evocative). And it prompts some potentially interesting connections--among them, the inverse correlation between "Madonna"/birth, on the one hand, and gravemarkers/death, on the other. (Inverse correlations are an important type of connection when it comes to using grams.)
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