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I have visited this museum several times and walked by the exhibits many times without stopping to really understand what each exhibit represents. "Feral Fount" has always been a favorite of mine, it was the one exhibit I would make sure to visit every time and every time I am taken aback by how easily my eyes are fooled into seeing drops of water turn into slime. Prior to this exhibit, we discussed simpler illusions and how our eyes are able to put together a scene from the little breaks our eyes take in between each image, allowing us to combine the images into one. With this in mind, I went in to look at "Feral Fount" with a different perspective and remained just as perplexed as I have always been as to how my eyes were able to see a completely different image than the one that was in front of me with the lights turned on. The tour guide went on to share that Barsamian came up with the idea to create this exhibit in a dream, leaving me in awe of his creativity a...

"Bridget Jone's Diary" - The Fight Scene  The camera follows behind Daniel and switches between views of Daniel’s back to Mark’s back to exaggerate the tension between the opposing sides. As Mark throws the first punch, the camera follows the movement of his fists to Daniel’s face, the second punch is followed by the camera in the same way where this time the blow is correlated to the reaction of Bridget and her friends. Going from instances of low angle to eye level, the screen settles on an eye-level panoramic view as both men fight. The scene moves into the restaurant where the disagreement between the two men goes on to interrupt the celebratory nights of innocent bystanders. The scene comes to a slow end as the two fly through the window and end up on the ground. The camera focuses on Mark as he is the first to stand up but then shows an unfocused image of Daniel standing behind him, calling him a wanker to which the camera follows...

Screening of "The Girl": "The Girl" was a film that was easy to follow, despite it being predominately in Spanish with no English subtitles. The story-line was interesting and took a very unique perspective on the border issue. The protagonist was a Caucasian woman that was fluent in Spanish, people most commonly separate the Spanish from the White, but in this film the two were combined into one character.  It seemed as if when she stepped into the white world, she was seen as inferior, but was seen as the latter when she was on the other side of the border. The switch between the two was something i couldn't help but notice; the ending of the film, while it was unsatisfying, gave off the idea that it didn't matter which side she was on, she was going somewhere with her life in her own world. I found the ending unsatisfying because she started off the film with one child, then with two, and seemed to end up with zero, it was unclear which direction she w...