Agent of Change 3

AGENT OF CHANGE



For my final agent of change I decided to did 3 posters that really set the mindset of how smoking is bad for every human around the world.  When I first started this project I was going to do only children but I quickly realized after some research that it is not only the children that need help, the adults also need help with smoking because I pretty sure they do not realize the extensive and everlasting damage smoking puts on your body and your pockets. So what I did to spread some awareness around my school community was to put up several different posters that depict how smoking affects you and the people around you. My first poster was a picture of the words Ńo Smoking” and below that was multiple reasons and effects smoking has on You My next poster that I made was a picture a vertical cigarette that shows the different ages( to the max of 60). For my final poster I made was a pictures of  cigarette explaining the dangers and how. I realized a lot through these past couple of months the worst of smoking and the effets aren’t just made up, they are real and I learned that from multiple MDs about smoking and the dangers. From this project I also want and have been talking to my family that smokes and sharing this information with them. I believe I should do that because It shows how much I have learned from this project and I feel as though it’s my duty and my job that I try to make a change in people lives to stop smoking to one protect their health and two stop a trend that smoking is cool and I hope that I achieve that with my posters.


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Quarter 4 Advanced Art Reflection

Quarter 4 Advanced Art Reflection



The first project we did this quarter was figure drawing. With a regular mechanical pencil on white 8.5 x 11 paper, I sketched 8 figures from a useful reference image site. I then chose one of the sketches to draw on large paper. I think that the final product is kind of atrocious proportionally, but I am proud of it because I never do full figure drawings. I think this project really showcases how much I need to do more of it. The second project we did this quarter was line drawings. I really liked this project. I did 6 bust portraits in different colored pens on white 8.5 x 11 paper, using continuous lines. The final product looked better with some drawings than others, but I think that the overall effect was very cool.

The third project we did this quarter was digital drawings. I made two of them using google draw. For each drawing, I used a combination of lines of my own creation and pre-made shapes. I personally like the more geometric one I made better. The fourth project we did this quarter was an illusion of space drawing. I used pencil on  white 8.5 x 11 paper. To make the illusion of space, I made a vanishing point and made all the lines go into it. I liked the cool surreal world I made with my drawing.

The fifth project we did this quarter was a texture drawing. Before my final drawing, I used a website to practice many different textures I could create with my pencil. Then, I used pencil on white 8.5 x 11 paper to make a drawing of vegetables, showcasing what I had learned about texture. The sixth project we did this quarter was value drawings. These were very fun because I had a lot of freedom with what I did. I did some fun doodles with a number of different mediums on white 8.5 x 11 paper. The seventh project of this quarter and the final project of the year was an elements of art drawing. I used color, value, line, space, and shape to make a really cool drawing. It was really fun to combine all the skills I learned to create something of my own.


anchor printmaking (reflection and explanation)

I was assigned the element Silver, which is abbreviated to Ag on the periodic table. It's atomic number is 47. 

Upon research, I learned that Silver was used across multiple civilizations through thousands of years, up to today. It has been used for silverware, jewelry, and even on the ships of explorers (I'll get to that later). Silver is a reactive element, and is considered to be a 'malleable transition element'. 

I got the idea to make my design for silver an anchor because of how the ancient Phoenicians used it. When they first arrived to Spain by ship, they found so much silver that they needed to replace the lead in their anchors with silver. 

Making the three prints you see below took graitious trial and error. First, I needed to create the design on tracing paper. I actually went through two designs. My first design was a vertical anchor, but I decided against it. Anyway, with my final design, I transferred it to tracing paper, and after that I needed to transfer the design to the foam plate, which would allow me to print my design. It was a difficult process, but I think I did well transferring the design to the plate. 

I would make a cooler design if I could do this again. I would keep the anchor, but maybe do something cooler with it? Maybe with a pirate ship! 

I loved working with my classmates, sharing the paint, and coming up with ideas to make each others designs look cool. We helped each other make a fade in the print, get more paint out of the bottles, etc. This was my favorite art project in the semester!  
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Q4 Art Presentation

​Artist's Statement

This final quarter, I spent all of my time sketching to create each work of art assigned to me per week. I got my sources from either my own head and or Mrs. Hull's links to examples of the assignments. I usually chose something random, but there was a little outside influence on what exactly I chose to draw. I used a pencil, paper, and sometimes colored pencils. I learned new ways of showing an element that I had drawn before. Most of my studio time was spent on one work at a time. When I was done, I'd upload it for about five to ten minutes. I am happy that I have improved a little in my art quality this year. I recognize that hard work has gotten me to this point, not just talent.

Printmaking Blog Post

My element is Hydrogen. Its atomic number is 1, its atomic symbol is H, and its atomic weight is 1.00794u. Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe. It is a gas and is the fuel for stars that are in a plasma state. Hydrogen is one of the elements that make up carbohydrates, and it is also an important component in water.

I got the idea of making a star for my print design while I was researching my element. Hydrogen is the fuel for stars, so I thought it would be fitting for a star to be my design. I had to incorporate the atomic number and symbol, so I decided that I would put the atomic symbol, H, inside the star. I drew the H in one-point perspective and I drew the atomic number, 1, under the star.

The process of making this print took me a while. I first had the idea of making drops of water on my print due to Hydrogen’s role in making up water. I then decided to go with a star design instead. When drawing the print onto the styrofoam stencil, I initially drew my design on regularly which was a mistake. I then turned over the stencil and redrew my design backwards, so that it would show up regularly on the print.

If I were to do this project again, I would probably try and create a more complicated design in order to challenge myself. My favorite part of the printmaking process was using the rollers to cover my styrofoam stencil in paint so that I could press it onto my paper to make the print. I enjoyed this because it was a simple process, yet it ended up making beautiful pieces of art. It was very cool to see. Hopefully I will be given the opportunity to do this again sometime in the future.


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Atoms & Art: Bohrium

Atoms & Art

Bohrium

My element for this project was Bohrium, with the atomic number of 107 and atomic symbol of Bh.  Bohrium was first discovered in 1976 at the Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia by Yuri Oganessian, and the element was confirmed in 1981 by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenber at the GSI particle  accelerator (Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung) in Darmstadt, Germany. It was created by bombarding Bismuth with Chromium in both labs, but since the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) said that GSI’s discovery claim was more credible than JINR, GSI were awarded the discovery despite JINR likely discovering it first.  The element was named after Niels Bohr, a danish physicist and Nobel prize receiver in 1922 for physics, who made contributions to our knowledge on atomic structure and quantum theory. Bohrium does not have any real life uses and it has only been produced in minute quantities in particle accelerators. Little is actually known about what Bohrium other than it is a highly radioactive metal and it is solid at room temperature,  as its half-life is only a few seconds long.

The idea I got for the imagery of my element came from the knowledge that it was created in a particle accelerator, so I decided to sketch up an image of two particles colliding and creating many new particles and elements.  To print the sketch, I first needed to trace the original sketch on tracing paper, then transfer that over to the foam board backwards and essentially etching the positive space. I would then roll the paint onto the brayer and roll it onto the foam board.  Then I would place a piece of paper on top of it and apply even pressure on the paper to transfer the ink. I would occasionally lift up the corner or the side of the paper to see where more pressure was needed to be applied and then the paper was removed and left to dry.  If I were to make the print a second time, I would’ve put more texture onto the motion trails of the particles as on the print, it is just solid color. I would’ve also printed multiple colors if I wasn’t already past the printing stage by that point. I enjoyed doing the printing the most, and specifically rolling out the paint as it was satisfying to do and it was the most hands on step of the process.  


Printmaking Post


My element was gold, and it has the atomic number of 79. Gold has many uses, including being used in computers and phones because it can conduct electricity. Gold foil is used in face masks, astronauts helmets and for coating Olympic medals. Because of how old it is, it's hard to get an exact date for when the very first amount of gold was discovered, but the first recorded gold coin was used in 700 B.C. 

I chose to make a calf with lightning behind it because of the golden calf in the Bible and because gold can conduct electricity, so I made it like the lightning was reaching towards the golden calf. I didn't have a lot of other ideas, so I chose this one more out of necessity than out of anything else. In order to make this print, I dug into the plate with different screwdrivers and tools so that the lines would be deep enough. I also got a screwdriver which had a starred point, which is how I made the background.

If I did this again, I would make my lines deeper and more exact so that my prints wouldn't appear so ruddy looking. My favorite part of this project was doing the printmaking, mainly because it was fun to use the roller thing.
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Printmaking - Cameryn Roach

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​My element is Scandium. Scandium was discovered by Lars Fredrik Nilson within the minerals euxenite and gadolinite in 1876. Nilson and his colleagues identified the element while they were searching for rare earth metals. Nilson also named the element after the Latin word Scandia, which meant "Scandinavia". Its atomic number is 21, the element symbol is Sc, and it's labeled as both a transition metal and a rare earth metal. Scandium is used by aerospace industry units and sports equipment companies for things like bicycle frames, baseball bats, fishing rods, and gold iron shafts. 

 I picked up the thought to create a lightbulb for my print because I saw on a website that Scandium iodide's applied in mercury vapor lights to help duplicate sunlight on a television or movie set, which is used in the film industry. For the process of getting to my final product, first I had to make three rough draft sketches of things I might want to use. Second, I had to pick one and trace it onto a small rectangle of tracing paper. Then I had to flip the tracing paper over so that the letter and numbers would be backwards when I copied my design onto our printing square. After that, I got to pick out of four colors to roll onto our square, and once I finished covering it with the right amount of paint, I placed it face down on a blank sheet of paper. I had to press the blank piece of paper down onto my square with a wooden spoon to get all the paint onto the paper. I redid this process four times to get all the prints I needed. During the next class when the prints were dry, I used a ruler to help get rid of the white area around my print, and then I used a colored piece of construction paper for my 1-inch border.

If I did this print a second time, I would change my design to something else. It would still be of a light bulb, just different in some way. I enjoyed the final stages of the project the most (everything I had to do after the print dried). I liked this the most because it seemed to be more relaxing and chill than everything else. 
 

Quarter 4 2018 Artwork Maya Kohl

For quarter four we were asked to complete a figure drawing, a line drawing, a digital drawing, a space drawing, a texture drawing, a value drawing and an elements drawing. For the figure drawing I had been getting really into playing frisbee, I remember when that assignment was given I had been having so much fun so I was inspired to make my figure a female frisbee player, inspired by SLA’s team itself. For the line drawing I enjoyed using shading. I chose a butterfly because I think they’re so pretty and they represent spring and I was also just so happy for it to be warm. For my digital drawing i had never done any type of art using technology in such ways so it was all pretty new to me, it took me a while to figure out how to make the website that was provided. I chose circles because they’re my favorite shape, they have no end, and I chose some of my favorite colors to overlap and create diversity within them and I really enjoyed that. For my space drawing I went simple for a depth illusion, I wanted it to look like it was going deeper and deeper, I used a sharp black so the color shading of the pencil grey would create depth. For the texture drawing I chose to draw my favorite flower, which is a rose. I loved shading the petals to give the rose more realistic aspects. And for the value drawing I chose to draw a pear including its shadows and shading, and a drawing of a dead bird I had seen on the street, I thought it looked at peace. For the bird I also enjoyed shading. For the element drawing I wanted to include some of everything we learned this year combined into an abstracted piece of work. I used color and shading and value for depth. On the side I included a texture pattern that looks like fish scales. I learned a lot this year in distinguishing what type of drawings are what I wouldn't have ever thought before there was much of s difference in texture then shading or just regular lines with a pencil. I thought the assignments were very nice. I enjoyed almost all of these assignments i felt as if i could explore while being specific.

2fer #7

Darlenny Rodriguez

English 2

The Obesity Epidemic: What's Causing it?

Obesity has become a rapidly increasing issue in America, with more than one third of adults being obese. This is an issue because of the serious health problems it can lead to. They range from gallbladder disease, strokes, diabetes, and many other diseases. Many things can factor into the cause of obesity, such as non sedentary living, but one of the leading causes is processed food.  In a country where the majority of the food is process, obesity has become inevitable.

Processed foods are foods that are commercially prepared foods that aim to ease consumption, usually foods that have already been prepared. Shape.com highlights the different levels of processed foods and its negative impact on the human body. According to their article ¨Why Ultra-Processed Foods = Obesity¨, there are three levels of processed foods, minimal, semi, and ultra processed. They highlight the issues of ultra processing, stating ¨they tend to be calorie packed per bite, readily available, often super-sized, and heavily marketed; which all add up to overeating by throwing off our normal appetite, hunger and satiety mechanisms.¨  Food that doesn’t provide people with the needed nutrition might make them feel full but soon you will be hungry again because their body will be asking for nutrients. This becomes a process, which becomes harder to break after it is made a habit. Processed foods may seem great at first, but slowly they are harming the human body and their consumption should be minimalized.

Another reason why processed foods should be considered the leading cause of obesity in America is because of how accessible and marketed they are. Big companies are mass producing unhealthy items, ignoring the negative effects it has on people's health. Myfoodandhappiness.com speaks about this in an article explaining the correlation between obesity and processed foods. They state ¨They [processed food] are created to allure you, excite you and addict you to become a consumer of their product. The food companies’ goal, just like any other company, is to make more money. The way they do it is by designing products with a perfected taste with the help of people that have been hired to serve the role of guinea pigs.¨ Unlike many healthier foods, processed foods prioritize making money over keeping americans healthy. In addition to this, they are extremely easy to obtain. Restaurants, supermarkets, etc. are all around and many companies make them extremely affordable. These foods are marketed in a way to appeal to the general public, because of how easy it is to get them, making processed foods the main cause in obesity .

Obesity has became a bug issue in America due to the severe health problems it can cause. Many factors play into this, such as people not getting enough exercise, or genetics, but processes foods and its tactics that make you want them are reasons why the obesity epidemic should be blamed on processed foods.

1. editors, shape.com. “Why Ultra-Processed Foods = Obesity.” Shape Magazine, Shape Magazine, 25 July 2013, www.shape.com/blogs/weight-loss-coach/why-ultra-processed-foods-obesity.

2. Kriner, Matthew C., and Monika. “Processed Food and Why Is It the Main Cause of Obesity.” My Food & Happiness, 16 May 2017, www.myfoodandhappiness.com/processed-food-and-why-is-it-the-main-cause-of-obesity/.


Element Print

 My element is manganese, the element number is 25. Manganese is used in cans and glass to decolorize the iron impurities. I printed a steel railroad for my element because manganese helps harden and strengthen the steel allowing trains to safely ride on the rails. 
To make my print, I first drew out my idea on a piece of 4 by 6 paper. After I finished drawing the railroad, I went on to indent the drawing into a piece of styrofoam. Next, I painted the styrofoam with printing paint and pressed the styrofoam onto piece of paper, allowing it to print my railroad drawing. I did this repeatedly until I came up with three prints that I was proud of. If I were to ever redo this project, I would try to be more creative with my print and use different colors. My favorite part was learning about the element since I've never heard of the element, manganese before.
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Element Print

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​My element silicon its atomic symbol is Si and its atomic number is 14. Silicon is the 8th most common element in the world. Jöns Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist founded Silicon in 1782. Most silicon that is used today isn't pure. It can be found in computer chips, batteries, clay, silica sand, and stone. I chose to draw a laptop because when I think of a computer ship I think of a laptop. The process of making this took several steps:
  1. Draw image on tracing paper
  2. flip the tracing paper over so it is backwards. Then begin to draw on the stencil with the tracing paper.
  3. Place the printer paint onto a tray then roll out to get an even layer
  4. Cover the stencil with the even layer of paint
  5. Place the stencil on the paper then press down
  6. repeat this at least 3 times
  7. Wait to dry then rip off the access paper
  8. place the image of construction paper
  9. Create an one inch boarder
If i did this again I would add more paint because some of them turned out blotchy. While doing this assignment I didn't have a favorite part.

Social Media 2#fer

Genero Accooe

4/22/18

English 3

Larissa Pahomov



Due to recent events, many people are questioning the safety of what we  humans call, social media. About 2 week ago, Facebook's creator, Mark Zuckerberg went on trial on Capitol Hill as Facebook was caught dealing information to Cambridge Analytica which is a company hired by President Donald Trump which deals with data mining and storing, and strategies for elections. The reality of all this is that this data can all be accessed from each and every Facebook account on the planet which begs the question, do we really care about the actual information or the just the assumption that people/ companies make out of that data? People often care about consent when it comes to information, and many people be upset if they found out that their info was being used or studied once it was too late. People The data is misrepresenting and goes against what they themselves choose to portray online.

The grilling on Capitol Hill was long and awkward to most as Mark Zuckerberg  answered many of the senators questions, some of which seemed obvious due to their nature. One quick question that Senator Blumenthal had asked Mr. Zuckerberg had made it clear that even Zuckerberg did not fully agree with people invading his privacy. Blumenthal asked the CEO of Facebook if he would care to tell the senators were Zuckerberg had stayed the other night and had his beliefs on privacy confirmed when Zuckerberg refused to reveal that info. It goes to show that even someone like Zuckerberg who created the website which has abused others personal information wouldn’t like their own info used. Like most people, Zuckerberg wouldn’t want complete strangers to know where he’s stayed due to the probable dangers that could come from people that would like to do him harm. It seems that it is only specific information that Zuckerberg would have liked to show since due to the image he would like to convey to the media. If Zuckerberg were to have had his location known at almost all times then he would come off as a vulnerable person which can be a damaging trait to people in power and if they had the choice, they would certainly not allow such information to be put out into the media.

Even though Mark Zuckerberg was the main focus of the grilling on Capitol Hill, it still leaves people to question the thought process of those over at Cambridge Analytica. Aleksandr Kogan, the app developer for Facebook said that his actions were justified due to the companies so called “(“The belief in Silicon Valley and certainly our belief... was that the general public must be aware that their data is being sold and shared and used to advertise to them," - Kogan) In response to the interview, Cambridge Analytica said that they assumed that the data they were given did not violate data protection legislations and even began to ask consent from other users. This change of actions shows that the company saw some sort of problem with the way they gathered information and ultimately proves that they saw it shouldn’t be their choice to do as they please with others information but also shows that people often .

People often forget the risks of social media when it comes to their own privacy and take many of their choices lightly. They come in the form of blindly accepting the user agreement terms papers, posting or liking things that may end up damaging their own image, but the one thing that separates the two is that when humans do things against their will they revolt and become angry. Humans constantly battle for their free will, and constantly fight to make sure they are in complete controll of their lives and the ways in which thoes lives are percieved. The problem was not that Cambridge used data, it’s that it was against the will of thoes it came from.




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Printmaking Blog Post & final steps for the element print

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​My element is tin. The atomic number of tin is 50 and the atomic symbol is Sn. Tin is used in multiple things such as utensils, phones, and tin foil. But the most common is food and soda cans. Tin was first found in the beginning of the Bronze Age around 3000 BC. Tin has no major known functions for humans.

I came up with the idea of making a soda can pouring out a liquid because when I hear tin I automatically think of a tin can. But I thought it would be boring if I only made a can so I decided to add the liquid. To make this print I had to draw it, trace it, and then print it multiple times. If I could do it a second time I would probably use a little more ink. 

I enjoyed the printing part of this assignment the most because it was the first time I ever did that. I had to spread out the ink evenly and put it on my print. Sometimes it came out right and sometimes it didn't.

Isabela Curtin Final Ecuador Update

If you are reading this post then you know that it's the final one. I have done two in the past two semesters.The first one was just a beginning analyzation of the Ecuadorian Oil Crisis. I talked about how oil has a huge impact on the Economy. Then on my second post , I went even more in-depth about how much oil as actually spilled and added an interview from an Ecuadorian Native.

There have been many ways this Crisis is being helped. There was a documentary called Crudo. I have talked about what I have learned from it, but I never talked about the positive impact it had on raising awareness. During Crudo the lawyers that were trying to raise awareness and gain a following. Sting's wife was one of the main supporters of this movement. She even went to Ecuador and brought reporters to spread the word. After that Sing organized a huge concert that helped fund money for the lawyers back in Ecuador.I think that when you are able to engage a crowd and make it a fun way to raise support, more people will give to the cause.

Of course, you want the public support but you also need changes in laws and government officials. In Ecuador we are currently getting major changes in our government and people are actually speaking out and voting for change. I mentioned this before but in Yasuni park has been an important part of the fight on Oil.  6.1  million Ecuadorians voted to reduce exploitation in that area. The bill passed and exploitation is now in the works. Now that the public is fighting back we must make sure it stays that way.

                                           Me presenting my slide show to my advisory,


I wanted to make a change here in Philadelphia also. Thanks to this project I had an incentive to organize an event. I had two ideas for my agent of change my first one was to do a screening of Crudo followed by a discussion. I wanted to do this but I could get in contact with the Crudo Organization so I could send the donations. I then went to my back up plan which was to do a slideshow about this problem. To do this I had to make my presentation first, I then got in contact with my Advisors and set a date. Finally I presented to my Advisory. I thought that raising awareness and educating people about a topic that they probably didn’t know would exist would be a great start.I was very nervous because I'm not that confident during presentations. One I got into a rhythm though  did well.  I do believe that I was able to start a good conversation with my advisies.


I really enjoyed this project. The You and the World Project forced me to keep pushing for one end goal and not flake out. I am very thankfull that I was able to learn and teach out this topic so close to my heart. I do belive I could have push the CRUDO orgniatation to see if they needed donations. I think I summarized what we still need to do for change.  “This injustice of explosion isn’t just one thing happening in Ecuador. There are so many countries that are dealing with the same  issue that Ecuador is dealing with. There are big companies all over the world taking people's land and resources and not paying for it. What we have to do is open our eyes. We need to be look at all these problems and learn to not just ignore them. They may seem big and whatever you do is insignificant. It may sound cliche but no action is too small. Vote for someone you know will stand for the issues you care about, educate yourself about topics that are important in today's society so you are able to have a conversation about it. Find what you are passionate about and fight for it with every fiber of your body.”. Before you go here is the link to my bibliography.


Love Tames Juno

English 3

Larissa Pahomov

4/23/18


Taming of The Shrew is book that centers around courtship and love, a man named Lucentio and his suitor Tranio arrive in Padua on their way to study when they see a lovely woman named Bianca. Lucentio finds Bianca to be beautiful in feature but he cannot marry her until her older sister Katharine is wed, they plan to marry her to a man named Petrucio who is a bit raw mannered. In the end, both parties get married but Katharine and Petruchio are the couple with a stronger bond than that of Lucentio’s marriage. The film Juno, which aired in the year 2007, was about a high schooler named… Juno!, who finds out that 3 months after her first and only sexual encounter, she’s pregnant! Juno decides to find a family to adopt the baby and go about her life as if nothing happened but this wouldn’t be much of a movie without some drama. The adoptive parents ended up divorcing due to the love between the two diminishing, while the two teens somehow come to a conclusion that they were meant for eachother.

The thing about love is that it's an uncontrollable thing, it doesn’t actually manifest right away as we can see from our two couples [ In Taming of the Shrew, and Juno] Juno and her partner Paulie were friends they weren’t actually in love with each other, one day Juno is really bored, and she gets the idea to make love with Paulie. Throughout the movie Juno makes it clear that she has no actual interest Paulie which could be tied back to the way that Katerine speaks to Petruchio after he reveals his motives (to marry her)

PETRUCHIO

For patience she will prove a second Grissel,

And Roman Lucrece for her chastity.

And to conclude, we have 'greed so well together,

That upon Sunday is the wedding day.

KATHERINE

I’ll see thee hanged on Sunday first. (Shrew, lines 258)

This quote may not be an exact parallel to the scene of Juno and Paulie bedroom chat but it has some similarities in which i could point out: In this scene, Juno goes over Bleekers house to talk about the adopted family she plans on giving the baby to, Paulie is accepting to all that is happening in response to this accident which shows us a very warm side that Paulie has for Juno despite her more rough and over stepping nature when it comes to taking care of issues. The talk leads to Paulie making a comment on the nature the couples faint but somewhat relevant love for each other, suggesting that he’d indeed like to get serious;


Paulie - “I mean we-we could always get back together too… that’s an option.”

Juno   - “...Oh-uhh-w-were we together?”

Unfortunately Juno strikes down the comment, suggesting that whatever they “might” of had together was barely there suggesting once more that Juno has yet to accept him as a partner. See, the two quotes may be on different levels due to the fact that the Shrew characters are dealing with marriage rather than BF & GF relationships and shows a little more seriousness as they are adults doing adult things… But Juno and Paulie are kinda doing the same although the seriousness comes from the fact that they have already created a child which lies in Juno. Both soon to be couples have one side which wants to make something official while another wants to deny any possibility of it happening… in the beginning.



The second quote has to do with the actual arguments that the two couples have as well as the one thing they both have in common, embarrassment. Throughout the book Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio pulls many psychotic pranks on Katharine, making her almost ashamed to be alive, let alone being married to a man. Petruchio’s most daring prank in terms of embarrassment, making his way to their wedding in garbs ridden with rot and stenches and has the whole audience shocked. His arrival gives Katharine a near heart attack, sending her running off in fury:


Juno may not have as much reason/ fury to bring to Bleeker but it is definitely juxtaposed. Due to the obviously pregnant Juno becoming larger in appearance, coupled with the fact that Bleeker is not taking her to prom puts her in a worse mood than before about the pregnancy. The two show the humiliation that the woman in the story faces due an action made by the male in the relationship. Even if Paulie’s negligence to protection wasn’t totally his fault it still left Juno with the feeling of loneliness when going through a situation of embarrassment. The outcome of the two love scenarios may have seen both couples triumph in the end, the conflicts they had may have only been loosely tied together but they ultimately show that love can bloom from damaged or complex relationships.

If Cinderella Was A Horror Film

https://youtu.be/k0ABvwW3fQw 

We all know the fairytale Cinderella, and how it was always told to be this magical love story of how she met her Prince. But, in this quarter 4 benchmark, we decided to convert the original film to a horror/thriller film. We decided to do this because we wanted to put a different twist on it. To show how we did this, we created a movie trailer with different aspects of the film to show how it would look like a horror. In a horror movie, there’s always some type of dark lighting, creepy music, creepy sound effects and more.      

We chose to darken up the filter of the clips to make the trailer look more spooky. Although trailers are more catchy when there's voices, instead of making the video talk, we decided to add words. We did this because since we chose to use the older version of Cinderella, we wanted to make the trailer have sort of a vintage look to it as well. 
(Lexi and Tatiana)

Mean Girls: A Spike Lee Joint

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A long shot in the first scene should be used to show power in Regina's actions, the camera would the begin to start panning downward as she walks forward dropping the papers. This would give the audience a clearer image to show that she is in power and has control over the situation. A close up shot is needed in the next scene because it shows the emotion Gretchen is trying to convey to get Principal Duvall to believe she has nothing to do with the burn book. She is trying to free herself of the inevitable explosion of tension by playing dumb. This establishing shot is really important in the scene because it is the beginning of the climax of the scene where people are finding the papers and realizing what the burn book was really about. This is where the tension build-up begins. The color for the entire movie would be more reds, oranges, and yellows; more bright, warm colors would give it more of a vibrant vibe.
Mean Girls was mostly shot indoors while Do The Right Thing was more outside and into the community. Showing the unity of everyone while also showing the tensions between major characters. The tensions in the Mean Girls  would be more intense about the same issues like the Burn Book or Regina getting hit by the school bus while also building up pressure throughout the whole movie. The fight scene in the hallway of the school would be more realistic and some main point would be the climax like Radio Raheem being killed because of police brutality.

In the first confrontation between Principal Duval and the girls, we would use low angle, front-facing zoomed in shots as each different character speaks. The audience would be able to see the tensions and rising arguments that lead to the ultimate fallout scene. This allows a deeper understanding of the cause of the tension buildup and why the characters feel the way they do.  Like in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, because of the camera angles, the audience was able to clearly understand just how the tensions got to the point they did. We would use a wide variety of longshots, pans, and zooms so that the angry and fed up explosive emotions of the characters can clearly be seen throughout the duration of the film.


Ethan's Element Print

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My element was Cadmium the atomic number 48.   


Cadmium was first discovered by a German chemist name Friedrich Strohmeyer in 1817. He was studying calamine and when he heated it some of calamine glowed with a yellow color. He did more research and experiments when he determined that he found a new element. Cadmium can be found in Earth's Crust along with zinc so it mined out by humans. The problem with Cadmium is that it is very toxic to humans. Although Cadmium is toxic, it is still used in rechargeable batteries. Cadmium is used in alloys for bearings. Cadmium can be used for control rods for nuclear reactors. Cadmium can also be found in solder with silver.


When I started to do the print, I research about the what Cadmium is use for and the history behind it. When I find out what it does, it made three separate designs in my sketch book. One was batteries inside of a charging station because cadmium it is on of the uses in cadmium. Another design I had was a nuclear plant and then there is an inside view of the control role that have cadmium in it. My final design was drawing a alloy bearing and solder. I decided to do the the recharging station one because I felt like that was my best work out of the three. Then , I trace the drawing over the foam plate with pen. Finally, we got paint and I decided to try out all of the colors. The class we had, I pick out one of the three best prints out of the 8 prints I made. I measure what the matted out and glue the two prints onto my matt.   


What I would want to change if I do this the second time was to try to press hader so there is no white spots on the parts where it should be fill with color. I also felt like I could improve the drawing like drawing the insides of a battery to show it charging. I enjoy printing it because it fun painting over your plate and seeing it being printed on paper.  


Kayla Kelly-Technetium

  1. ​My element is Technetium. atomic number 43
  2.  My element, was founded, by emilio segre and carlo perrier. It is radio active, the first man made element, and can last up to an hour and can be used on x-ray procedure on bone cancer, technetium -97m, can last up to 91 days, technetium-95m can last 61 days, and technetium-99m can last 6.01 hours.
  3. well it is radio active, can find bone cancer, and I thought well I can put the number, symbol, and name in the sign.
  4. copied the design on parchment, put the parchment back wards copy design on the plate, put plate in ink, put inked plate, on paper, rub paper so ink is fully on paper, and dry.
  5. put more ink, and make sure there is so the print is more visable. 
  6. putting it in ink and paper was my favroite part.

Q4 BM - "Big Bird in China Directed by Quentin Tarantino" by Nat and Lyle

For our conversion we chose to have Big Bird in China directed by Quentin Tarantino. We thought the juxtaposition of a children's film with the grittiness of Tarantino’s style would be both interesting and comical. Quentin Tarantino has a very distinct style, but unlike Wes Anderson, it can be diverse and used differently across many genres. It is hard to pinpoint but you can always tell what is a Tarantino film. Looking closely, many of his films involve long takes, dialogue driven scenes, intense violence, and suspense. Goriness seems to be the end goal of many Tarantino scenes and the suspense acts as the journey there. Tarantino is also very character focused, he takes from the Western film ideal where the characters are larger than life or have extremely unique elements to their persona. In terms of writing, Tarantino uses a lot of dark comedy and multiple storylines. The storylines tend to combine and conflict and reach a large finale. In terms of cinematography, Tarantino uses a lot of long takes, shots of feet, 360 degree shots, and trunk shots. When looking at Tarantino’s films, his core influences come from spaghetti westerns and samurai films. He tends to enjoy intense cultural influence and vibrant camera movements.

We incorporated Tarantino's style into our storyboard in a number of ways. We took Big Bird In China, an innocent children’s movie, and transformed it into a dark comedy with a lot of influences from the western genre. In our take of the movie, Big Bird and his dog friend Barkley are two grizzled characters going to meet the Monkey King in a restaurant, and have a confrontation that breaks out into a violent fight scene. This takes influence from two of Tarantino’s most popular films, Inglorious Bastards, and Kill Bill, both of which are full of scenes that include high tension confrontations with villainous characters, which always breaks out into an extremely destructive and violent fight scene. It’s not a Tarantino film if isn’t full of blood and gore. We also included a number of cinematic techniques that Tarantino uses very often. There are multiple two-shots, which are shots that include two characters in the frame, there is a trunk shot which is a type of shot included in almost every one of his films. High and low angle shots are used a lot to show which characters have power in a scene, which we use in a comedic manner between Big Bird and Barkley. Lastly, the final shot of the scene is a blood splatter wiping across the screen, coming from the Mexican standoff happening between all the characters in the scene.
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Q4 BM - Big Bird In China as a Tarantino film - Lyle & Nat

Big Bird In China

For our conversion we chose to have Big Bird in China directed by Quentin Tarantino. We thought the juxtaposition of a children's film with the grittiness of Tarantino’s style would be both interesting and comical. Quentin Tarantino has a very distinct style, but unlike Wes Anderson, it can be diverse and used differently across many genres. It is hard to pinpoint but you can always tell what is a Tarantino film. Looking closely, many of his films involve long takes, dialogue driven scenes, intense violence, and suspense. Goriness seems to be the end goal of many Tarantino scenes and the suspense acts as the journey there. Tarantino is also very character focused, he takes from the Western film ideal where the characters are larger than life or have extremely unique elements to their persona. In terms of writing, Tarantino uses a lot of dark comedy and multiple storylines. The storylines tend to combine and conflict and reach a large finale. In terms of cinematography, Tarantino uses a lot of long takes, shots of feet, 360 degree shots, and trunk shots. When looking at Tarantino’s films, his core influences come from spaghetti westerns and samurai films. He tends to enjoy intense cultural influence and vibrant camera movements.

We incorporated Tarantino's style into our storyboard in a number of ways. We took Big Bird In China, an innocent children’s movie, and transformed it into a dark comedy with a lot of influences from the western genre. In our take of the movie, Big Bird and his dog friend Barkley are two grizzled characters going to meet the Monkey King in a restaurant, and have a confrontation that breaks out into a violent fight scene. This takes influence from two of Tarantino’s most popular films, Inglorious Bastards, and Kill Bill, both of which are full of scenes that include high tension confrontations with villainous characters, which always breaks out into an extremely destructive and violent fight scene. It’s not a Tarantino film if isn’t full of blood and gore. We also included a number of cinematic techniques that Tarantino uses very often. There are multiple two-shots, which are shots that include two characters in the frame, there is a trunk shot which is a type of shot included in almost every one of his films. High and low angle shots are used a lot to show which characters have power in a scene, which we use in a comedic manner between Big Bird and Barkley. Lastly, the final shot of the scene is a blood splatter wiping across the screen, coming from the Mexican standoff happening between all the characters in the scene.

Element Printmaking - Ethan McLeer

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My element is Helium. Its atomic symbol is "He" n the atomic symbol is "2". Helium is one of the most basic elements in the universe. It has 2 protons, neutrons, and electrons. Helium is lighter than air so it will float. Helium is commonly used in balloons for this property. Helium is also used in welding. The helium will protect the fresh weld for a moment so it can cool off enough for the weld to be functional. In my prints, you have a welder that is in the middle of welding. There is a lot of chaos in actual welding which is accurately depicted in the print. For the process of making the print, I started off with a sketch and then transferred that to tracing paper. I then put the tracing paper on a foam plate and traced the image onto the foam. From there, I put ink on the foam and put that on the paper. If I were to do this again, I would try to find a better tool for making lines in the foam. The lines I have now are a bit too thick. The part I enjoyed the most was the sketching. I liked being able to see what worked and what didn't. It was helpful for the result of my final prints.

Quarter 4 Art Work

For this quarter in art class, I created a figure drawings, line drawings, digital drawings, a space drawing, a texture drawing, a value drawing, and an elements of art drawing. I gained inspiration for some of these art pieces through different settings, images, and existing art pieces. For the figure drawings I used a pencil and eraser for both the smaller sketches and the final large piece. For the line drawings, I used black pen. For the digital drawings I used google drawings on my computer. For this assignment I was inspired by settings of the ocean and the desert, as well as cool colors in general for two of the drawings. For the illusion of space drawing I was inspired by an image of a light bulb. For the texture drawing I recreated a still life of vegetables using a pencil and an eraser. For the value drawing I was inspired by an image of a conch shell. Lastly, for the elements of art drawing I was inspired by a vibrant palm tree that had a calming pink and blue background.

My favorite material to use this quarter was colored pencils, because they look nice when doing shading to give off the illusion of texture, space, and value. Some techniques I used often this quarter were shading and blending. I made the pencil drawings appear as if the lead went from very heavy to very light, through blending and shading. I did the same for the colored pencil drawing. During this quarter I used different sized paper, pencils, erasers, pens, and colored pencils. I utilized my studio time by completing some art assignments during class, and even ahead of time by starting other assignments earlier than I had to. I also utilized my home time by working on some of my art there, too. Overall, this quarter I was able to practice more elements of art and different techniques that I don’t often use, and my skills in these areas became more advanced.