BCM320

Rea(L)ove and Japanese Relationship Culture

Our presentation slides are below available to download: By James Zhara, Ella Russell, Ben Floyd and Verity Morley

GAME ON

This week our film to watch was Hi Score Girl, a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rensuke Oshikiri. This film had a separation of sorts to the recent films we have watched in class, most likely it was the unique animation style and strange voice overs I haven’t experienced before that made itContinue reading “GAME ON”

Music Eases Our Pain

In my opinion, humans are hardwired to respond to music emotionally. Music is a form of art that conveys emotion, sentiment and perception without using language. Music is very important to me – it helps me relax, it lets me be sad, and sometimes a really good song will even give me butterflies. It’s all myContinue reading “Music Eases Our Pain”

We Are Family

At the beginning of this year I was fortunate enough to travel to Vietnam for the second time – a definite favourite country of mine. During my travels through this stunning country, I saw jutting green mountains, to rice fields, to bustling cities. I have ridden a motorbike through half of the country and justContinue reading “We Are Family”

Love, Sex, Religion?

While watching Andibachtiar Yusuf’s film ‘Love For Sale’, I couldn’t help but notice many cultural differences between myself and the cast. There were certain parts of the film that portrayed relationships very differently to what I would usually expect. Some key scenes that demanded my curiosity occurred when Richard started reflecting on his past relationshipContinue reading “Love, Sex, Religion?”