Last Class

The whirlwind of final papers, presentations, surprise birthday parties, "clearing out the cupboard" dinners and one extremely late night dancing like an undergrad at the Bra train station and suddenly it was March 4th.  Last day of class.

Film-making seemed a rather anti-climatic way to end the year, but then the whole day smacked of surrealism.  After an interesting morning lecture on techniques and styles, we reconvened after lunch with a challenge: create a 30 second film highlighting the crispness and freshness of a salad.

Thus Sex and the Salad was born.  It might not have been the most originial concept, but the uproarious laughter that marked our planning and filming was a fitting end to the year.  From the simple slow chopping building to the final "crunch" and flying tossed salad set to Prince's "Kiss", our faces hurt from grinning.

In the end, if you can't have fun with food studies, what's the point?