I’m sure many of you are familiar with those lines. It is the theme song of the famous television series… Grey’s Anatomy. I’m a huge fan of that TV series coz’ I get to see “my” Mc dreamy! Haha… Just kidding! Anyway, I don’t really have time to catch it every Thursday night on studio 23 so I always make it a point to watch it every Saturday at home (DVD marathon). Just this morning, I had watched Episodes ten to seventeen of season 3. But for the sake of those who haven’t watched it YET, I would not babble about what happened in those 7 episodes.

Grey’s Anatomy is really addicting. I am obsessed with it. I love the story… Yes. And I think the characters are HOT. But aside from those, I like it because the story revolves around medical practitioners. They not only deal with their personal problems but also their struggles and adventures inside the hospital walls. Watching it makes me more enthusiastic with things that are related to medicine. As you can see, I plan to take up medicine proper after I’m done from my undergraduate course, which is BS PSYCHOLOGY. And I dearly hope to practice neurosurgery someday. I know that I need to work harder, not to mention study HARDER and LONGER for it will take me another 10 years to accomplish my goal. Well, what I’m trying to say is that, somehow, the television series Grey’s Anatomy inspires me to persist on my plan to be a doctor.


I did not write about my obsession on Grey’s Anatomy in this blog entry for nothing… It’s just that while I’m watching episodes ten to seventeen, I observed that what we learned last meeting are applied in the said episodes.


Last Friday, we talked about screening things in different perspectives. I am already familiar to the first, second, and third person perspectives but I had no idea that there are more. Ms. Jewel brought a book named “99 ways of telling a story”. She basically showed us a number of slides pertaining to ways in which one can present a story. It was really cool to know that one can create a unique and endearing story just by means of different POV.


We also talked about framing and basic camera positions. Framing is very vital in films. When directors frame something, it means that out of the objects/people in his surroundings, he chooses to focus on one particular thing. What does that entail? It entails that that particular object/person/scene is important. So, how does the director frame the world? There are a number of ways in framing the world one of it is through Camera positions. There are three varieties of camera positions. The long shots that intends to show the subject in relation to the environment. Medium shots that stresses the relationship between the characters is another one. And the close up shots that aims to show the emotions of the subject.

Close-up shots are my favorite because it captures the facial expressions of the characters. When you see them so close, it’s like you’re able to feel the emotions that they are feeling at that moment. I am a very emotional and overly-dramatic person. I love the scenes where people look so glum, solemn, and disheartened. Storyline that is heavy on angst and tragedy appeals to me. Apparently, Grey’s Anatomy has a lot of tragic stories. People dying, lost relationships and the likes… I am keen on scenes and stories that make me cry. Every time I watch Grey’s Anatomy, I always end up with an empty box of tissue and a very sore, not to mention – awfully red eyes. I feel satisfied every time I cry a bucket of tears just because Denny Ducat died of heart failure or because Meredith and Derek’s dog died of bone cancer… I don’t know how to explain this… but I just love to cry over tragic things. Heck! I even cry over simple matters!