well, this is what should have happened...
wake up with enough time to enjoy oatmeal and make it to school for my 9:30-12:30 old testament class. enjoy peers in an academic setting. diligently take notes on the exhilarating lecture. get out of class to have a nutritious lunch with fellow graduate students. exchange kind stories and encouraging words over lunch. then have the rest of the day to study and or socialize.
in reality, this is what happened...
mmm yaawwwnnn, what time is it? oh no! 1:30pm! I FAILED MISERABLY FOR THE SECOND TIME! MY PHONE WAS ON SILENT!! youre right martha, i need to get a real alarm clock....one that is not my stupid silent phone.
ohhh man, i cant believe it! oh well, its the first week and the OT class is a huge lecture. im sure i didnt miss much. plus pete emailed me the notes that he took. YAY GOOOODY! anyways, i get to campus to do a little hebrew homework. while there, i hang out with fellow students and one asks me if im going to the CTC movie night that evening at 6:30. the purpose of this movie night was to be a way for students to watch a movie and pick out the theology in the film. sounded right up my alley so i opted to go. of course, thanking them for reminding me of the time.
the movie night ended up lasting about 2 hours but it was AWESOME. the first meeting was more or less a intro lecture on what the movie night was going to be about. the speaker was a film maker/professor of theology in film at regent...he talked about the art in film making and how a lot of film makers want to paint a picture within a picture. creating themes that can be found personal to the viewer. he also talks about finding the theology in movies that didnt have overtly "christian" images. he said that movies with more subtle parables and seemingly unrelated messages were often the most influential and effective. the film maker creating art in the secular sense, using images and themes that all humanity can relate to, can tell a story thats inside a larger story. he spoke fast and i didnt take notes so im missing a lot of his interesting points. (no test or anything)
at the end of the class he wanted to talk about the basics of dissecting a scene to find the deeper meaning of what the film maker is trying to express. he played a scene from citizen kane....which is apparently the best movie ever made. he said that it wasnt necessarily the most entertaining movie but it was the best made. he played the scene all the way through without saying anything. it was an interesting scene, the scene where kanes mom is basically signing guardianship over to this banker. the dad sorta refuses a bit, the mom is firm in her decision, and the kid (kane) is kinda pissed but goes anyways.
then he replays it and pauses on every important part to discuss what is going on. he paused it like every other second. and it was so cool how when you really dissect it, the film maker is A GENIUS. all the tricks to create a message......camera angles, camera movements, actors movements, camera focus, actors positions in the world around them, sounds..both volume of actors voices and background music, edits, costumes....literally everything! it was so rad and it took the scene to a whole new level. a couple cool techniques about the scene was:
1) there was one edit to another camera angle where the mom was the prominent figure in the shot and the dad and banker were in the background. and the way the camera was angled, made it seem like the dad and banker were the little angel and little demon on the moms shoulders...having opposing views and the mom has to choose. and it was perfect for the context of the scene.
2) costume choices. between the kid and the banker...it was almost exactly the same as in charles dickens' oliver twist. the professor explained that at the time of the movie, people really connected with such an image (sort of reminded nostalgia) and sparked a deeper emotion in the viewer who was familiar with oliver twist. also there is a part where the costume choice for the mother was very similar to the way the virgin mary always looks in traditional art. it was really cool.
3) there was a shot of the scene where you could see the ceiling and this was the first time you could see the ceiling in a movie. (or one of the firsts) the professor said that this was very innovative because where were the mics?? well apparently the ceiling was made of fabric (even though it looked like wood) and the mics were right above the fabric. sweet PIES!
im excited about this part of CTC. its optional but ill probably be there every time.
well thats pretty much it for day 2. since this is kind of a short post, i can talk about the new friends that i have made....
pete - finding nemo, tons of energy, solid dude but i will forever clown him on his hollister zany one-liner t-shirt
eugene - mr vancouver, wants to reshape the asian church, solid bro
paul - down with music sceeeenne, push mosh lets go! wwwwheres the circle piiiiat
branden - super smart, a lot of biblical background, somehow a first year and already in exegesis, rooms with jason
jason - super smart, a lot of biblical background too, loves philosophy, just turned 29 so we went out to PARTAYYYY, rooms with branden
mike - i call him donkey, super cool, rock climbs, loves arrested development and wet hot american summer, YES
makana - ultimate frisbee dude, hawaiian, loved my airbrushed 'graham' shirt
josh - australian who always wheres jean shorts, hilarious (but hes the only person in the world that is allowed to wear jean shorts)
andy - dans roommate, they lives really close to me, we share very similar tv/movie taste, we already watched ren and stimpy together
dan - karibbean was right....he IS dreamy
luke - i have a feeling me and him are going to have some amazing conversations, hes also a rugby player who is smaller than me
iain - scottish dude who laughed really hard when i told him i was going to open a restaurant chain called flanagans funtimes....'ello sire, here are your potatoes and a punch in the face! he also wants to massage my body
susie - iain's wife who hates that he wants to massage my body
sam - super chill dude
ian - english dude who has some fuuuuuutbol skills
nerida - 33 year old australian babe dog who will have a MDiv at the end of the year....we are getting married (she doesnt know it yet)
eva - lives with like 8 other girls in "the nunnery"....div school humor hardy har har
kathy - COFFEE LADY!! regent student who works at the coffee shop. shes rad
ghita - looks young but apparently has already finished med school and just took a break from her residency to come study jesus for a year. has one more year left in her residency? shes cool AND in my tutorial
and MILLIONS MORE!
YAY FRIENDS!
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