Five weeks ago, I entered the course THE LANGUAGE OF HOLLYWOOD: STORYTELLING, SOUND AND COLOR due to the great interest I am experiencing for the cinema.

As an performing actor since I was 8, and after studying Media Communications, the interest persisted, so as the technology is helping I will keep on auto-educating myself and expect on day to be a Caribbean – Oscars Award winner just as in 1963, Sidney Poitier, an American-born Bahamian actor, who became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field.

The teacher of the Language of Hollywood course is Scott Higgins, an Associate Professor of film studies at Wesleyan University, who received the Wesleyan University’s “Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching.”

The course is divided into three main themes: Introduction, Sound and Color. It lasted five weeks. Through the introduction of the elements such as sound and color to the cinema I will be able to know how they could influence the directors’ expression in certain genres and in specific times. Among the materials of study, a few movies and several readings are included.