Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
đLiterature & Writing (B.A)
đFilm & Writing (M.A)
đSecondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
đBirmingham, UK
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A Filmmaker's Guide to: The Post-Modern Plot
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
5 Great Books by Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood was born in the early 1900s in England. He lived through both World Wars. He not only lived through the wars, but he also befriended a bunch of great people in Hollywood. Christopher Isherwood was friends with the likes of W.H Auden and Truman Capote. He wrote a ton of great books and the more I read Christopher Isherwood, the more I have come to appreciate the writing style of his place and time.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The House of a Hundred Whispers" by Graham Masterton
You have probably heard of the haunted house stories - we have got everything from the book that scared yours truly as a child, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James all the way to the subversively chilling "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. We have all read the stories of children being gone in the night with a kidnapper somewhere far away. But then you take the crux of these two stories and you combine them to get Graham Masterton's "The House of a Hundred Whispers". A chilling and eerie masterpiece filled with descriptions of old, creaking staircases that throw you back into classic horror until you realise that the child that has gone missing never left the house. He went missing inside the house.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Horror
Top 5 Paris Review Interviews
I made a habit of reading each interview in the four available volumes of the Paris Review Interviews and I came out with great insights into the writings of some of the world's most revered authors. Not just the writing though, there were great insights into their contexts and lives, the kinds of injustices and changes that were taking place during the time that they were writing their most noteable works. There are five main interviews I want to go over as being my favourites and honestly, it was difficult to choose because I was so in love with them all.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Establishing Shots
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
- Top Story - February 2021
Book Review: "Selected Essays" by George OrwellTop Story - February 2021
Georgr Orwell is probably best known for his works "1984" and "Animal Farm." My personal favourite book by him was always "Down and Out in Paris and London" because of the realism involved and honestly, I wish more people read it. This book is somewhat like my favourite Orwell novel in the fact that it is based within various truths and has a criticism on a number of things. Including Orwell's work on Charles Dickens and his famous essay entitled "Shooting the Elephant" - George Orwell attempts to reason with us whilst showing his readers that these things are perhaps linked in a wider web of economics and class systems.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: The Extreme Close-Up
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Young Hearts Crying" by Richard Yates
Richard Yates, author of "Revolutionary Road" and "Easter Parade" once wrote an emotionally disturbing book called "Young Hearts Crying" and I am not going to lie, it was pretty upsetting to read. The book is about a woman called Lucy and her husband, Michael. Michael wants to be a writer after becoming one of those disillusioned young people after the second world war. Lucy is a second generation rich girl who has millions in the bank that she is saving for her children. When Laura is born as their daughter, their lives become emotionally unstable as Michael tries to justify his behaviour as a sexist, classist and often a racist whilst also practically ignoring his wife's emotional needs. So they divorce. But the story does not end there. Not for Michael anyway - who goes on to suffer emotional breakdowns amongst other losses.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: The Top Down Shot
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
What Are You?
Ever since I was in school and leading right through to my postgraduate degree and beyond, the one question people tend to ask me once they begin talking is 'what are you?' and this is normally stated by white people. I have been honestly ashamed of myself for taking so long to answer the question, or even answering it at all. With social media, this has happened more often than I like to admit. I have even gone as far as to put 'what I am' in the short 'bio' sections of some of my accounts in order to minimise this question even coming across in an interaction. Have I been successful? Not entirely. But why do I have a problem with the question "What Are You?" - It seems harmless, doesn't it? But it isn't. It's dehumanising and it is a question I have never seen asked to a white person. It seems to be a question reserved for people of colour.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Humans
Book Review: "Satan in Goray" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer is probably best known for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature and writing novels such as "Love and Exile", "The Penitent", "The Family Moskat" and "Enemies: A Love Story". But there is another book that I have read by him in my attempt to read his entire bibliography - that novel is called "Satan in Goray". I have to say that this book is like none that I have ever read by him before and has seriously surprised me through its incredibly influential use of religion. Normally the Jewish identity is not as religious as we see it in this novel and honestly, it is a great turn for the author who now, writes a novel about religious hypocrisy and moral panic.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: God's Eye View Shots
In this chapter of âthe filmmakerâs guideâ weâre actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the âfilmmakerâs guideâ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how youâre doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmakerâs guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks