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I’ve been to Paris and London before but it was nice to visit again as an adult (a small adult, but an adult nonetheless). I loved interacting with both cities and having a greater understanding of their cultures now that I’m not 13 or 17. I was only in Paris for three days at 17Continue reading “Post Paris Thoughts”

Today we tried to go to the Louvre only to find it had been shut down by protesters. I was thrilled by this, as I have been thrilled by all the protests I have seen around Paris. I love that they still care so fiercely and they aren’t letting their government get an inch onContinue reading “Paris Day 7”

Today was the free day. I had all sorts of grandiose plans for the day including crepes, Oscar Wilde’s grave, the Musee D’Orsay, and the Musee Rodin. I did one of these things. That being crepes. Everything closed after five and we got lost looking for crepes, (good crepes, not the thick tourist nonsense crepes)Continue reading “Paris Day 6”

Today we watched Blackmail, directed by Hitchcock. It was super cool to see a film where they had to change the reels in the middle. It was also interesting to see the differences in pacing in an older film like that. It hit every beat that it needed to in order to set up aContinue reading “Paris Day 5”

I liked walking around the passages. They were the magical little shops that you imagine when you think of Paris. I wished I had a whole day to get lost there amongst the weird dollhouse furniture and music boxes. But alas, my body betrayed me as it usually does when I walk for too long.Continue reading “Paris Day 4”

Today we walked around on the Agnes Varda tour. Honestly, I’ve never heard of her, but I’m always down for some feminist cinema. It was also rather fitting that we were touring Varda’s Paris at a time when there were so many feminist messages scrawed across the walls and monuments of the city. I thoughtContinue reading “Paris Day 3”

Today we went on a tour around Paris looking at various movie locations. We saw the inception bridge and the tourist locations in most movies about Paris. I noticed a pattern in the movies we saw. They all took place partly in Paris. Unlike London, there wasn’t any transformation of locations into something entirely differentContinue reading “Paris Day 2”

Today was a travel day and there wasn’t much having to do with film besides a short walk around Paris at night where we saw the Midnight in Paris stairs which were cool, and I liked seeing how the street where the car came around the corner was crooked. It’s interesting the thought that getsContinue reading “Paris Day 1”

Today was our free day, so we as a group got a lot of our filming done. Initially I assumed I would end up being the editor, since I was the only production major, but I ended up writing and acting in it. I’m not an actor, but our piece was a mockumentary so IContinue reading “London Day 7”

The British Film Commission visit was very important for me because it opened my eyes as to the real differences between the British and American film industry. Chiefly, Britain invests a certain amount of taxpayer money into the arts, which America doesn’t do. Britain wants to bring film overseas to create jobs for British crews,Continue reading “London Day 6”