Karenina Nouveau September 2 , 2020 From a friend, this seems important now more then ever. " One of the key concepts of film school is the idea of suspending your disbelief. This is what’s strived for in entertainment by creators, to allow you an escape where you enter into the fantasy presented as though it’s real for a time. For students of film making and theory, it’s like breathing to ask who’s telling this story, what they have to gain from it, and how it may influence perception of the world and move culture if taken as true. From feedback over the years, many people would find it a bummer to apply this as rigorously to your sources of entertainment. But it is highly advised that all of us apply this to purported sources of factual information to avoid being manipulated. Can you tell when an article or video is meant to persuade? Do you notice when there’s verifiable evidence presented versus authoritative opinions that sound convincing? Can you see when correlation is said to be causation? Do you know who financially benefits from you believing certain information?" Karenina Nouveau September 2 , 2020
