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After reading Chapter 1, I am reflecting on the importance of translating emotion through visual clues regardless of spoken language. Sander describes his language barriers with his grandmother and how he would understand the meaning of her actions through emotion rather than words. This is an important lesson to utilize in visual storytelling especially when movies are such a universal enjoyable experience for all different people. It reminded me of a lesson I learned last semester in my Intro to Film course of the rise of immigrant population at movie theaters due to the accessibility regardless of language barriers that movies have. 

Link: "Early Movie Audiences", Mary Pickford https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pickford-early-movie-audiences/ 

This article helps further explain the history of early movie audiences and how the theaters were populated. It adds onto the importance of immigrants towards populating movie theaters since it is a culturally synonymous experience. Immigrants went to movies to see characters' struggles, stories, and relatable life without needing an understanding of English. They could also use films as a way to deepen their understanding of American life and culture and to learn pieces of English language. This bit of film history is a clear example of how culturally important visual storytelling in films is.