The bursts of multi-coloured lights in the sky are
the annual indicator that a new year is upon us. It’s hard to believe that a
whole year has already whizzed past in the blink of an eye and what a
stupefying year it has been.
I’ve always loved the idea of a new year- its full of
promise and fresh starts. Usually it begins with me vowing to steer clear of
all cake for the rest of the year… followed two minutes later with me eating
New Year’s cake (for good luck, of course!). In all seriousness, I have a
really good feeling about 2017. I am not one to divulge in the tradition of
writing my New Year’s resolutions purely for the fact that I never saw the
point in the whole concept. I am the kind of person that uses the mentality of-
you want to do/accomplish something? Why wait for the new year? What is the
point of New Year’s resolutions when there is a new day to start tomorrow?
Pushing aside my thoughts of a New Year’s resolution,
I decided to write one for the New Year. Over the festive season, and for the
majority of my schooling life, I developed a fascination for film and the
cinematic experience that a moving picture can create. So, I have made the
resolution to explore film in the new year; to take some risks and discover the
hidden gems that are within the film industry.
My relationship with film began in film club where
the teacher informed us that we were going to watch a Charlie Chaplin film. As
soon as I heard the words ‘silent film’, I was almost certain that I was going
to snooze through the entire film. I remember sitting and watching the movie
project onto the skidded surface of the whiteboard, tears streaming down my
face and a smile stretching ear to ear. My initial thoughts and presumptions
were proved wrong and I was elated with the realisation that the purpose of
film was indescribable and purely magical.
With this in mind I am so excited to take on my new
year’s resolution and delve into the world of film.
Leave us a comment with your New Year’s Resolutions.
Love, Maria
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