step4 Jenn: FILM

Films take a huge part of my life. When I was little, I loved drawing cartoons. My dream was to be an artist who draws pictures for children all around the world. As I watched children’s films, I dreamed that I could create images with my own animation techniques and special effects. I used to watch various kinds of animations and cartoons analyzing the techniques used and the story plots. The male characters always fascinated me as a little girl, who liked dresses and the color pink. I was little, and as a gullible child, I actually believed that cartoons could happen in real life. Films helped me with growing and developing my imagination. I imagined cities underwater, me flying fifty feet above the earth, or the world with only two colors.
One of the biggest reasons why people watch films is that they feel vicarious satisfaction. Watching a love story makes one feels like he/she is in love, and an action movie makes one feels like he/she is to save the world as a crime-fighter. As a child, I also wanted to grow old faster so that I could do what the main character of the movie did. It is one of the functions, or powers, that films hold.
Watching movies is one of the most favorite activities of almost everyone in a dorm. As a dorm student, I watch movies frequently with my friends. Every weekend dorm parents borrow a movie to let us watch. It is a time to spend with my friends. Talking about the movie and finding common interests afterwards, we can develop our friendship as well. Among the sources of media, films are influential to my life for the longest period as far as I remember. That is why I think films have the most impact on my life.