Introduction to my Blog!

Why hello readers! I am Sarah Lillian, Brock University student from Canada. I am in second year of Film Studies. I love film, which is my passion. I hope to pursue it as a career once I graduate. I also have a love of books! Both were slowly introduced into my life. I always loved princess movies growing up, but the films I watched never surpassed romantic-comedies until first year of university when I did not know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I happened to take the general Film Studies first year course, which exposed me to the world of film outside my little box that my parents created growing up as protection. Thinking throughout high school I wanted a career in visual arts, but discovering there was no future in that other than becoming a teacher (that was definitely not for me!) with shocking innovation for my love of film. I knew this was something I had to be involved with. Films, for example, Strangers on a Train (Hitchcock, 1951) and Une Femme Est une Femme (Godard, 1961) were just a couple of films that were shown during this course and instantly inspired me. I was giddy almost every time I left the theatre.

Until high school I was never interested in reading, however, a friend of mine introduced me to a teen romance series (that shall not be named! Twilight [Meyer, 2005] I am ashamed to say) that started this waterfall where I almost could not stop, book after book. One of my favourite novels is The Fault in Our Stars (Green, 2012). The characters are witty, interesting, and have cancer. By the end of the book, I was crying, feeling like I have a better understanding of others situations, and how they handle it. Today, I am working through a series for the second time for the latest book was just released. Since I love the books so much and worried I forgot what has happened so far, I decided to reread the series. Within a couple of days I finished the first book, and now I am onto the second book of the series.

The topic of discussion will be Literature in Film with many subtopics that I look forward to addressing. For years, literature impacted and very much improved the films released. Filmmakers have been inspired by the words and stories that the author describes which the readers see through their own imagination. The images unlocked by the filmmaker turn the beautiful words to images. Although it is impossible to exactly match the events in a novel, especially with that much detail into a film. This blog will discuss literature; it’s impact, where it has succeeded and where it has not. Also, a little history in film, potentially great films from great books, also rumours of films in production inspired by books.

Please return to my lovely, humble blog where new posts will be coming regularly! Please leave comments for me, and lets get a conversation going!

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