As a Pace University student, I am encouraged to make the most of my educational career by pushing myself to new experiences that enhance both my personal growth and academic success. With that being said, since attending Pace I have become more of an independent woman seeking new aspirations that were never thought of prior to enrolling in the institution. Henceforth, the reason why I would like to continue my cultural immersion in London by enrolling in Richmond’s Film department. During this time, I will gain new perspectives on Film and Screen studies with the influence of European and British cinema. Throughout my time studying abroad, London will be put to use as an extension of the classroom as I will truly take the time to visit historical
November 1998, written for FILM 220: Aspects of Criticism. This is a 24-week course for second-year students, examining methods of critical analysis, interpretation and evaluation. The final assignment was simply to write a 1000-word critical essay on a film seen in class during the final six-weeks of the course. Students were expected to draw on concepts they had studied over the length of the course.
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Film making has gone through quite the substantial change since it’s initial coining just before the turn of the 19th century, and one would tend argue that the largest amount of this change has come quite recently or more so in the latter part of film’s history as a whole. One of the more prominent changes having taken place being the role of women in film. Once upon a time having a very set role in the industry, such as editing for example. To mention briefly the likes of Dede Allen, Verna Fields, Thelma Schoonmaker and so forth. Our female counterparts now occupy virtually every aspect of the film making industry that males do; and in many instances excel past us. Quite clearly this change has taken place behind the lens, but has it taken
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It is a common mis-conception that films are merely entertainment, and serve no other purpose than to provide for the viewer a two-hour escape from reality. This is a serious under-estimation of the power, purpose, and potential of film, because film, upon reflection, revea...
Lehman, Peter and Luhr, William. Thinking About Movies: Watching, Questioning, Enjoying. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.
Every day we come across individuals with a different skin color different look and different beliefs. People come from all types of ethnic background, whether if their ethnicity is African American, White American, Indian, Asian, or Hispanics each ethnicity value their own experiences and perceptions that has influenced their decisions that they have made in life. Cultural is usually taught and developed from birth up until our early adult years and sometimes we still learn something new about our cultural when we are older as well. Throughout this paper I will uncover and explore the awareness and views I have within in my culture and conclude by stating how it can make practicing counseling a challenge in certain aspects.
Cultural competence has to do with one’s culture. Culture affects among other factors, how children are raised, how families communicate, what is considered normal or abnormal, ways of coping with issues, the way we dress, when and where we seek medical treatment, and so forth. I should know because I come from a very cultural home where it is considered bad to talk to a male doctor about anything gynecological.
My second cultural plunge was a rather different experience. I wanted to do something different that I hadn’t already experienced before. Choosing my second cultural plunge experience proved to be more difficult. Ultimately, I choose to go to Café Beau Soleil since it was close to UCI. I never been to Fashion Island, so I didn’t know what to expect going there. When I researched places to visit on the internet I became interested in this café. Before going to the café I already started having misconceptions of what it would be like. Some of the thoughts that I had was that it would probably have foods such as French bread, pasta and croissants and that all the workers would know French. Yet, when my friend and I went inside the café, I concluded
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Mathijs, Ernest, and Jamie Sexton. Cult Cinema: An Introduction. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Print.
The first cultural immersion activity that I participated in was going to St. Charles Catholic Church on Ash Wednesday (March 5, 2014). I had a friend who was catholic attend the church with me so I would have a better understanding of what to do and not stand out so much. In addition, I asked my friend to attend with me so I would not do anything in church that was disrespectful. Before going to the church, I thought that I would have to dress up in dress clothes but my friend told me that it is not necessary to dress up for a catholic church, which surprised me. When we first got there, my friend used the holy water and kneeled before entering the pew. I did not do these things because I felt like I would mess up and it would be disrespectful to the religion to mess up those things. Another thing I noticed was when everyone was entering after they have found their seats they would kneel and pray. Later I asked my friend what everyone was doing and she said it was praying to catch up and talk to God about things that has happened since the last time you talked to him.
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Livingstone, Paisley & Carl Plantinga. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film. London: Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group. 2009. Print.