ELEPHANT

“When watching Elephant I paid much attention on the director use of sound, silence and dialogue. It was very interesting how she overlapped sounds and conversations. Elephant was a very emotional movie even though much of it was silent or had little sound. Each room of the school had different types of sound, for example […]

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY

  I chose a house to represent this reading becauseĀ it is where most of it takes place. A home is the foundation of a family’s experience and is a significant setting in ones’ life. The story is happening in all different rooms of the house, inside and out. The writing flows through the house taking […]

YEAR 2002

This was the first time I felt insecure. The first time it affected me enough to want to change my outfit completely. It was Halloween and I was looking forward to wearing my Jasmine costume (Disney princess from Aladdin). I wore it with confidence until a fifth grade boy yelled out, ” I could see […]