All About Me

 Dearest Reader,

I figured like all good friends, we should get to know one another, so here's some basics. My name is Sarah, this is my first year in film studies. In college, I want to study agricultural engineering. Currently, my dream schools are tied between the University of Alabama and the University of Florida.

 My favorite movie is Wedding Crashers directed by David Dobkin. Others tied for favorites include Enola Holmes 2 directed by Harry Bradbeer and The Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson.

 The majority of my inspiration is drawn from Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson is my favorite director. Features of Wes Anderson's style that I enjoy are his color pallettes and his humour. 

The best development of a character in film in my opinion is Padme Amidala. I admire the way that George Lucas created a character that is strong and yet very feminine. Feminitity is something that is close to my heart because it helps me be myself. Throughout watching the Star Wars series I learned a lot from Padme's capability to be kind, graceful and feminine while still being respected. 

Wedding Crashers became my favorite movie from the second I watched it. I was in St. Augustine for spring break one year and my dad insisted I watch it. While my sister did not enjoy the sense of humor, it turned out to be the kind of thing me and my dad understood. The part of Wedding Crashers that never fails to take my breath away is the transition from a roudy comedy to a heart-warming romance. There were two types of tears experienced when I watched this movie: tears from laughing too hard and tears from "Sparks" By Coldplay playing while Owen Wilson realizes he has real feelings for the girl he is being phony to. 

Overall I would say that while I may love Wes Anderson as a whole, he has not directed something to fill every part of my heart like Wedding Crashers did. However, I do love studying Wes Anderson's style and creative thought process so please see below a definitely not staged photo of me, my cinnamon roll, and my Wes Anderson textbook.


Sincerely,

Sarah

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