Author: anjadoerfler

  • Anja Dörfler: Notes Reflection

    I am an annotation lover! But there is a significant difference between my note-taking while close reading a text and my annotation while watching a film. When reading a play-text my pens are the most important utensils. One pen is not enough – I need several colored pens and highlighters. I have to admit that my…

  • Anja Dörfler: Scene Comparison – Hamlet

    For my Blog Post I´ve chosen Act 3, Scene 1 from Olivier´s Hamlet (1948) and Zeffirelli´s Hamlet (1990). This scene shows one of the most famous Shakespeare soliloquies. The reason why I chose these two directors is because they each use very distinct approaches. Olivier, as a man of the theater, defines his productions of…

  • Film music

    As I´ve read through the passage where Crowl talks about music playing a much larger role in film rhetoric (p. xvi/xvii) than we would assume it reminded me of one example our Professor back home showed us in the lecture on Dark Romanticism and I thought I could just share it with you. I´m sure you´ve…