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Snoopyland, Jeju, South Korea
Welcome ~
I'm Addison
I am a senior at North Central College. My major is in Chinese language and culture, and my minor is in International Business. I chose my major so that I could finally learn Chinese and speak to my grandparents in their native tongue. It isn't going too well, as I really don't know how to learn languages. I am enrolled in FILM 100 because I've always had an interest in film, and always wanted to take a film class, and now I have the opportunity to do so.
My love for film and media definitely started in middle school. I really enjoy watching animated series and learning about voice acting. From there I delved into the world of voice acting in tv shows, movies, and video games. I loved seeing how they were different from on-screen actors.
My high school dream was definitely to become a voice actress but I realized I don't quite have the acting talent for it. But I would love to be somehow involved in the industry someday.
My love of film definitely grew from my interest in voice acting, learning about how camera lenses can shape a scene, or editing and cutting can relate to a movie's pace in an animated movie just the same as a live-action movie. I think a big credit to a huge movie interest is Guillermo Del Toro who is my biggest movie inspiration. I love how he has child-like magic and horror in his films, creating whimsical masterpieces.
Overall, I'm really excited about this class. I feel like Abed from Community if anyone knows who that character is. As sentimental as it sounds, it feels nice to take a class for fun. I don't think I've been able to take any classes for personal enjoyment since I started my college journey. It gives me a very large sense of relief to just be able to talk about movies, animated or otherwise.
First of all, I love snoopy and I wish I had a picture like that! It is so cute! I loved how you talked about your interest in voice acting and just film in general. I could tell that you truly have an interest in it as well as a passion. I personally love the art in animated films. Art is one of my biggest hobbies and has been since I was three. I believe this has led me to admiring animation. The creativity behind each character, object, and scene is intriguing. I never thought about the voice acting, but that definitely brings the animation to life!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you! I'm also a senior taking this film class just because I also wanted to try one! I think it is cool that your desire to voice act has led you to this class in particular, I also thought about wanting to voice act for a while but I never actually tried to put any effort into it. I tried to learn Korean for a while but I also don't really know the best way to learn a new language, I tried multiple apps but I could never make myself be consistent with them. I hope you find this class interesting too!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to meet to another Community fan! Someone like Abed would totally enjoy this class, so I feel like you will too! I'm taking this class for fun too. I've definitely always been interested in any sort of movies or TV, so this class seems like a great fit to me too. Also I've always been interested in language learning, so I wish you luck with that too!
ReplyDeleteI think it is so cool that you are majoring in Chinese language! Props to you for that because I don't remember much from my 4 years of Spanish in high school. I also am very impressed by your interest in voice acting. I think many people skip over that role in movies. I also think this is going to be a fun class talking about films and how they are created and the depth behind them as well.
ReplyDeleteI think that it's great you decided to major in Chinese language and culture to be able to communicate more with your family. I also love that you mentioned community, as it is definitely one of my favorite shows. I'm glad that you're able to embraced your inner Abed in a way by being able to finally take a film class!
ReplyDeleteLONG LIVE ABED! His enthusiasm and lowkey humor were everything! I'm so glad you are in the class, Addison. I feel your interest and see you responding in ways that model true engagement. Yay!
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