Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
đLiterature & Writing (B.A)
đFilm & Writing (M.A)
đSecondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
đBirmingham, UK
Stories (1992/0)
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Nietzsche's Philosophies
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: "In the Making" by G.F Green
âIn the Makingâ by G.F Green is one of those novels you just are not used to, and never will be used to, coming across. Why? Well, in detail, it describes the torment of a childhood that can only really be equated with the haunting of the two children in Henry Jamesâs âThe Turn of the Screwâ and the murderous rampage of Susan Hillâs âThe Woman in Blackâ. The book is fairly uncomfortable as it describes these [what are] basic human emotions in detail as the child [Randal] grows up in a school to become more and more aware of who his friends are and who are not his friends. Meeting a boy called Felton may prove vital to the story, but there is also a lot of stuff that happens before that which should ring alarm bells if anyone were actually watching this child properly. His strange obsession with certain people, his imagination which is sort of like a self-inflicted wound as it opens at inappropriate times, refusing to heal over and throw him back into reality. But as these lines draw parallel and become evermore blurred, I think it is safe to say what we are actually witnessing is a slow descent into madness. And he starts as a child so it makes it worse.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide: The Transgender Experience on Film
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: "The Foundation Pit" by Andrey Platonov
âThe Foundation Pitâ by Andrey Platonov is one of the best books Iâve read in a while. A depiction of the life of people in the pinnacle of Soviet Russia, it stands as a metaphor for what the government tells you as opposed to what they are actually doing. âThe Foundation Pitâ is filled with images of heartbreaking violence, of torment and existentialism. The main characters find themselves losing all sense of autonomy in a society which deems them fit to work as their mental state spirals out of control. In this book we are faced with the fact that even when the government thinks they do what is best for us, in reality it is an entirely different situation altogether. The government does not, will not and will never give a shit about you or me. That is the message of this book. We may as well be digging our own graves - it would make better use of our time than to work in a society where the top five percent work the ninety-five percent to absolute death. At least we would be doing something for ourselves. Platonovâs realistic and anti-establishment view is so raw and filled with hatred for his governing body and yet, it is so understandable because unfortunately, we still live within the confines of that reality. Timeless and brutal, it seeks to build us an alternative to listening to our dictators but our own tragedies would be far from over even if we did succeed.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: 75 Facts About Filmmakers
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
The Best Books I Have Read This Year
When it comes to literature, I love to read it all. I'm not going to lie to you, I spend more hours reading than everything else. I spend a few hours in the morning, a few hours at night (and when I say a few I really mean a lot) and I enjoy whatever I'm reading. If I don't like it, I don't buy it. I really know what I like when it comes to literature and I binge read certain things that I want to read. For example: sometimes I like to binge on true crime, sometimes I want to read paperback horror and other times I love modern classics (which I'm binging on as we speak).
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Woman in the Dunes" by KĹbĹ Abe
âThe Woman in the Dunesâ by Kobo Abe is often described as one of the most important, moving and existential Japanese novels of its century and honestly, I have to agree. Not since Mary Shelley has man felt as powerless yet believes himself still to be powerful in the grander scale of things. And though this is not Sci-Fi, it tells a tale of a man forced to monster himself in order to survive. A man forced to exist rather than live and through this, we get the survival - which is absolutely shocking in some respects. From being enslaved and trapped to eating bugs and the sorts, Kobo Abe makes it clear that this man will refuse to perish in the dust. He simply refuses to die. This hits the very essence of man itself - someone who exists believing in their own existence as important or if more so, than everyone elseâs on the planet. In reality, it is one person out of millions and would it really matter? In the narrative it does, but how do we know the same thing is not going on right now somewhere deep in the deserts? We never will.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: The Southern Gothic
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: "The Key" by Jun'ichirĹ Tanizaki
I have read quite a few of Tanizaki's novels in the past. These include books such as: "The Makioka Sisters", "Some Prefer Nettles" and even "In Praise of Shadows". So I imagine I have a good holding on what to expect from this author and yet, I am still rather surprised. In a style more befitting to DH Lawrence's novels such as "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Women in Love" - this book seems to, more than others by Tanizaki, cover the aspects of traditionalist love that leads to almost this mental breakdown of the main characters involved in it. An almost Battle Royale of superiority and getting what they want out of a seemingly loveless and rather strange marriage dynamic, Tanizaki tells us a story through first person diary entries about how one tries to take down the other through manipulation. The character of Ikuko is one of Tanizaki's greatest since the time I read "The Makioka Sisters" as she too, struggles with the morality of a woman and the argument around what she should and shouldn't do - believing in some respects that her modesty is for her own good without very much reasoning behind it. This book is a total invasion of deep, personal secrets that prove that this marriage was not built on love, but instead on the management of society and its views of a married woman with a child in comparison to an unmarried and childless one. But can you say the ending is happy? This is the question I will continue to ask myself until I can properly decide for what cause these acts were committed.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks
A Filmmaker's Guide to: The Speculative Genre
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
A Filmmaker's Guide to: Nonfiction Novels
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: "My Life" by Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall, artist and innovator, writes his life story in a naturally artistic way. Including images of vast history and modernism, it has often been considered one of his most endearing pieces of art and to this day, many people still read, review and study the book in hoping to find some more understandings between Marc Chagall and the wondrous artworks he created. When I read this, I already knew who Marc Chagall was but I had no idea that this book was going to be so intense and incredible in its attempt to link man and art by this historical setting that is completely dismembered by war and has been put together in a story that is so harmonious that you could never think he was not a writer by trade initially.
By Annie Kapur3 years ago in Geeks