Film Studies Daily Log

Thursday, September 10

We began class by discussing two different ways of looking at film: (1) the simpler and more naive way of immersing oneself in the movie, suspending disbelief, and experience the film as reality, and (2) the analytical way of regarding the film as a film and paying attention to the themes and techniques of the film. We debated whether the second way ruins the experience, with Mr. Potratz advocating the negative.

After that we watched the rest of The Girl and her Trust, with students taking notes.