Hi there, and thank you for visiting my blog! My name is Fiona Delaney and I’m a student at Chapman University in Orange, California. I am a creative writing major and Spanish minor.
Reading and writing have been apart of my life since the third grade; I could not imagine who I would be today without the two. I have also been interested in film, but I always shied away from really learning and understanding it. This class – Film, Gender, and Sexuality – is one of the first opportunities I have taken advantage of to learn more about it. As someone who identifies as bisexual, I also want to explore more about gender and sexuality. These two topics intersect wonderfully for me, and I’m very excited to explore both more in depth.
I think what I hope to focus on the most in film are the visual aspects of it, such as scenes, camera angles, and more that are hard to mimic within writing. The way a story is formed and developed in film can be much different than those in books, but I find both equally as interesting. I know less about film, however, and would like to expand my knowledge and analysis of it. In terms of gender and queer theory, I am not too knowledgable, and sometimes I feel that this creates a disconnect for me with the LGBT+ community.
I hope you enjoy my journey throughout this learning process!
Fiona's Film Blog 