Month: June 2016
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From Formula’s to Arguments
If I were asked to describe how I move from evidence to interpretations, I would have to first ask, “What kind of evidence?” This basically boils down to the fundamental question of who I am as a person, which is quite a complex and ultimately quite long story. To understand how I form my arguments,…
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Notes Reflection
I have always loved to take notes by hand. I believe that there is a connection between the hand moving the pen, the ink flowing on the page and the eyes transmitting those words to my brain that works for me personally. There is something beautiful in the hand written word. I also love books,…
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Annotation Style: Text vs. Film
Annotating a text and taking notes during a film are a very different process for me. My styles mostly differ in their main objectives. When taking notes during a film, I focus on how the effects make me feel and then connect my ideas to my feelings. When I annotate a text, I focus on…
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Film vs. Text Annotation
Reading a text and watching a film are vastly different processes; reading is active, while viewing is passive. When I am reading a Shakespeare play I can imagine my own version while when I am viewing a film I am immersed in the director’s version. Due to the obvious differences between text and film, annotating…
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Analyzing my Annotations; Film vs. Text
Film and text are very different mediums. It is thus only natural that my annotation practices should vary for the two mediums. I use a fairly straight forward and traditional approach when annotating a text. I like to work independently; I need to thoroughly ground myself in a text until I am secure enough to…
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Notes Reflection
For play-texts, I would read a few lines then stop and reflect on what I read. First, I would look for footnotes because there are words that I don’t understand and some words may have a different definition in the context. Once I have a better definition of most of the words, I would paraphrase…
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Notes Reflection
I will be reviewing my notes when analyzing the text entitled Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Zeffirelli’s film Hamlet from 1990. When analyzing the notes taken in comparison to watching a film and reading a play, there are many differences in the details that I take in. When reading a play, the reader usually takes…
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Annotation of Text and Film
It comes as no surprise that watching a Shakespeare film is inherently different than reading a Shakespeare play. The two mediums engage our minds differently. Thus, when we go to annotate the two, we approach from different angles. I personally am much more successful at annotating texts. The reason for this is two-fold; when reading…
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Note Reflection
By Amanda Faller Over my years in school, I have experimented with many ways to take notes, even using methods such as the Cornell system (link). However, time and again I always come back to the plain and simple lined notebook and just write what I think is important out. For films I write frantically…
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Notes Reflection
I am the first to admit that my annotation skills need some work. I tend to write very little when I annotate, and when I am annotating non-fiction or critical text I often rely on highlighters to indicate what I think is important rather than elaborate on what I think makes that particular passage important.…