i was sick today, so i couldnt make it to class so im very sorry to have missed the discussion on the first readings in the text. i just wanted to say that already this class is taking an effect on how i watch films. i had taken a film class in highschool with a great teacher, and i am an english major, so i always scrutinize films as well as texts, but since this class has begun its gotten worse (or better?). i just watched one of my favorite movies again, Ravenous, about cannibals who gain power from those they eat, and simple things like camera angles, shadows, camera cuts, and placement of characters found new meaning in a movie i imagined i knew by heart. it happened again when i watched Stand By Me for the first time…i feel like im in for a surprise now, even when i watch my favorites.