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 1 - The  essential story follows a man who tells a story of a traveling carnival that comes to his town and Dr. Caligari and his companion who sleepwalks. His companion is able to predict the future and is used by Caligari to commit murders in the town. As the detective investigates the murders, he discovers that Caligari is actually the director of an insane asylum, and that his companion is a patient under his control. In the end, it is revealed that Francis' entire story was a hallucination brought on by his own insanity and that Caligari is actually a kind figure. 2- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari tells its story through a combination of visual style, set design, and performance. 3- The conventions of cinematic story telling it uses is b ody language, facial expressions, v isual symbolism, music, and sound effects. 4- The final plot twist is the entire story was a hallucination experienced by the protagonist. 5- The final plot twist comments upon cinematic storytelling by hi...

 Chapter Overall  Overall, I thought the chapter was very interesting and did a good job explaining the history of cinema. To see how far film has come from only one person at a time being able to view movies through a kinetoscope to projecting incredibly edited films on a screen I found very intriguing. Also, the way photography was invented from some guy determined to win a bet and ended up inventing series photography which would essentially influence photography as a whole. Now we have Hollywood and even a New Hollywood which produce action packed blockbuster films has all came from just something that seems so simple.  Suspense I watched the clip Suspense made by Lois Weber and I wasn't expecting it to be great, but I was shocked. The film wasn't hard to follow, and I understood the story pretty well which is normally difficult for me to do with silent movies. A woman seems to leave her child with a caretaker without notice and a man notices the women leave and ...

 Hello, my name is James Ruzicka, and I am a junior at North Central College. I am from Darien, IL which is nearby, and I went to Hinsdale South High School. I study finance and hope to work in financial services. My hobbies include working out, snowboarding, watching tv, and listening to music. My favorite show of all time is breaking bad, and I listen to all types of music, but I would say my favorite genre is house music. I am more of an outgoing person, and I like to watch movies, so I am excited to discuss the movies we watch.  A movie I recently watched was "21" which is about a group of students who learn how to count cards and make millions of dollars from the casino. I enjoyed it and found it quite entertaining. I like playing blackjack, so the movie appealed to me instantly and I thought it had a great plot. It is kind of an underdog story and shows how blackjack saves and ruins his life at the same time. Overall, it was definitely worth the watch.