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Light Scene

In order to portray the change of light in a scene, my friend and I braved Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall in a way that few do -- in total darkness -- and hunted ghosts. The experience was truly, incredibly terrifying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruD2A4t44yw

The Scene That Scared the Living Daylights Out of Me

Scene (if the URL is working properly): https://www.netflix.com/watch/70260293?trackId=14277281&tctx=0%2C0%2C0aabcd72-c62d-4952-9dfd-26f1ba8c5892-57890467 One of my favorite scenes in a TV show is "Halloween Part 1" in American Horror Story: Murder House. This episode, available on Netflix, running from 20:06-22:45, is one of the most psychologically terrifying scenes I have ever seen in my entire life, right next to the exorcism scene in The Conjuring  that still terrifies me even after my third viewing. But I want to talk about this lesser known scene, this overlooked masterpiece. The scene contains Tate Langdon's story about the Montgomerys, the first owners of the "Murder House," as the locals in the show have dubbed it, the very owners who started the house's grim reputation. As the story unfolds, there is a seamless transition into the world of Dr. Montgomery, dimming the colors like an old-fashioned horror film. The camera sweeps dizzyingly fro...

I'm not emotionally ready for Avengers: Infinity War and I never will be (Introduction to Danielle Bosma)

My field of study is Media and Culture with a double major in Creative Writing and Marketing minor. Media and Culture deals with my passion of learning about all kinds of media, specifically film. I'm required to double major in the MJF Department so I chose my next passion, creative writing. It's my life's dream to become a film screenwriter and director, with a successful career as an author on the side. My minor in marketing is honestly to please my parents who want me to have the potential to get a "real job." But on the bright side, Dr. Kleiman told me that a marketing minor could help me market my creative ideas to film studio executives and rise above the competition. My cinema preference is the horror genre. I follow annual horror movie releases and count down the days until they come out in theaters because I'm really cool. Some of my favorite movies are in the horror genre, like The Conjuring , John Carpenter's The Thing, It (2017), Insidious, ...