By Gan Chin Lin (17A01B), Vice-Chairperson
There is something about the sensation of gathering, in the complete darkness of a theatre, with a bunch of complete and utter strangers. That is the magic of film: the need to experience meaningful narratives unfolding on the screen. Combining virtually every definitive art form – music, literature, visual and performing arts – into one chimeric, cinematic experience is what film allows us to do. The roaring head-toss of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer lion, the flashing beams on the 24th Century Fox monument, the ripples that spread from the Dreamworks fishing-boy, the parabolic bounce of the Pixar lamp – these are all hallmarks of an experience that left you with something new, whether it’s a mass of sodden tissues, a surge of adrenaline, or a dread of the dark.
