Hi everyone!My name is Akerke! I'm really glad to be with you, guys, at Film elective class! I'll try to briefly answer the question why am I so sick with cinematography industry. Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t like movies? Not everyone likes sport, or reading books, and some people, apparently, aren’t even all that keen on dance, but everyone loves movies.
They seem to be the one thing in the world we all enjoy. Why is that? What is it about movies that has this extraordinary universal appeal? I think, because movies could expand our emotional bandwith - it makes us to feel sensations that we rarely experience in our normal lives. Movies allow us to escape—and there’s value in that—but it’s more than simple escapism. Movies take us to places we’ve never been and inside the skin of people quite different from ourselves.
They offer us a window onto the wider world, broadening our perspective and opening our eyes to new wonders. Also, movies are a perfect type of entertainment, you can go out with your friends and watch some movie and after that have some interesting discussions about it.
Aaaand there's a list of my favourite movies:
1. Dirty dance 1,2
2. The breakfast club
3. Seven pounds
4. Memoirs of a Geisha
5. Casablanca
6. Lord of ring 1.2.3
7. Interstellar
Teacher's note: Thanks for an excellent summary of why we love movies. In one of my other classes one of my students made an impromptu presentation about a "romantic food." His surprise answer was "popcorn" because he noticed how he and others would eat it on a movie date. So yes, movies---and popcorn--- can help us fall in love. What's not to like? Thanks for a nice list, some classics and a recent film. Casablanca is on my current list. Regards.
--mike
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