German Expressionism was a European art movement that utilized highly stylized framing and stark, symbolic lighting to create a mood. Murnau ( Nosferatu) inspired The Lodger's aesthetic. It's fitting that leading German Expressionism directors like Robert Wiene ( The Cabinet of Dr. (One can imagine Hitchcock chuckling in delighted abandon.) The Lodger inches a step further out by providing very few dialogue breaks, essentially demanding that its audience exists in a constant state of discomfited uncertainty. There are interstitial dialogue screens, of course, but cues from the cinematography, editing, and an actor's facial expressions and body language become an equation. Hitchcock was a man who prioritized visual creation and its execution thereof, and a silent film automatically forces a viewer to figure out a scene based on context and implications. Her two upcoming books are due out in 2016.As a silent film, The Lodger allows Alfred Hitchcock to run wild with the mechanics of what he defined as "pure cinema," aka, everything captured by a film camera. Lu Hanessian is an award-winning science journalist, author, speaker, educator, former NBC anchor and Discovery Health Channel host, and the founder of WYSH wear your spirit for humanity and. Nearly 200 students from high schools across South Jersey convene for a week of powerhouse activities and guest speakers, profound connection, positivity, and bold new ideas about community-building what it means to be leaders in those communities. They want to change the way we see - from narrow to expansive.Įvery year, I’ve had the privilege of keynoting at RYLA, the Rotary Youth Leadership Association’s end of school year conference, run by South Jersey educator James Puderbach. I’ve worked with teens, in workshops, classes and conferences, and spent time in I can say with conviction that when we invite our kids into a place of daring, generosity and engagement, they show up. We can choose to see the audacity of adolescents as their infinite power to change the world. Insolence, presumption, bad manners, nerve, gall, defiance rude or disrespectful behavior impudence. They have spirit, grit and courage.īut, too often, we see their audacity through the lens of the second, curiously contradictory definition:Ģ. Our kids, younger and older do have audacity, by the definition above, to take bold risks. We need audacity to question and overturn our perceptions. MORE DRIVING LESSONS: Read more blogs by Lu Hanessian When teens are perceived as moody, rebellious, crazy and rude, we put up our own wall and respond with the same defensive stance. When toddlers are thought of as mischievous, demanding, and resistant, we react negatively and treat them accordingly.
It’s not only counterproductive for our relationships, but unintentionally destructive to them as growing human beings. We harbor some of the most rigid stereotypes about children and teens. When we’re willing to look at ourselves and others with audacity, in this sense of the word, we can arrive at bold, fresh conclusions that lift us all up to higher levels of awareness, connection and belonging.
It take guts to look a false belief in the eye - our own - and call it what it is.ĭaring, fearlessness, bravery, courage, heroism, grit spirit, mettle Because you have taken the time and effort to truly look at it and assess it and maybe come to a realization, with compassion, clarity and conviction, that your previous ideas about it may have been, not only limited, but false. Not necessarily a “courage” kind of guts but the kind that comes when you make a choice, clear-eyed, intentional choice to see something a certain way because, well, you really believe in it. It takes guts to calm down and see straight. TEENS UNPLUGGED: What happens when young people go off the grid Not only is this not a good long-term arrangement, it messes with our capacity to see clearly right now. We’re distracted liken ever before, increasingly overloaded with information from all angles, chronically stressed out and unable to exhale. Not just little details, an appointment or message, but important personal things, like what we’re feeling, thinking and believing about ourselves, our lives and those around us. In our busy lives, it’s easy to miss things.
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