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  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 2001 J.K Rowling.        In this scene the sorting hat is, well, sorting people into the four different houses. For the most part the sorting hat takes a relatively short time before announcing to the entire hall the placement of the child. However once we get to Harry, this changes. The hat states that placing harry would be difficult. It starts to name the qualities that make Harry good suit for gryffindor but then following it up with his qualities the resonate with slytherin. While this is happening the camera is panning around Harry, front facing when talking about gryffindor, back facing when talking about slytherin. I think this stuck with me because it shows that though Harry is showing great aptitude for the values of gryffindor, he also posses the qualities that make a great slytherin even if he himself rejects the idea. Harry is seen pleading that he doesn't get placed in slytherin while that hat is making s...

  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Study Questions 1. The story begins with our perceived narrator telling another man about an event that happen within the town seemingly a couple years ago that resulted in his "fiancé" acting rather strange. A Dr. Caligari entering the town and suddenly a series of murders occur. We learn more about the murders leading up to the end when we find the secret identity of Dr. Caligari. 2. It tells us this story in a flashback format almost. The story is all in our narrators perspective and this is shown when ever he's on screen he tends to solely face the camera. We also pop back into present day where he starts dramatically tell the story, alluding to some of the details being potentially exaggerated. 3. They use a sort of fish eye perspective to limit the information that we may be given at a time at certain scenes which helps build suspense, they also incorporate this on singular characters that make you question their innocence and intention...

 This picture was taken at the Sneem River in Ireland. It was the sort of realization point in my trip abroad that I fully grasped that I was in fact no longer in America. It also was a very pivotal moment in my trip where I made an extremely difficult decision that even to today, I am affected by. And I wouldn't want it any other way.