Dreamless
For my capstone I made a music album. I played every instrument, and sang every song.
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BM4: Mysterious Second Option, Collapse Project
A fantastic choose-your-own-adventure game, where you play as a small society trying not to die out completely. Have fun!
(Lauf, if you want a reflection, just e-mail me some questions later.)
(Lauf, if you want a reflection, just e-mail me some questions later.)
Collapse Ratings: Colombia and Myanmar
Driver Review - Joshua Martin-Corrales
The first I heard of 'Drive' was on Conan O'Brian, where the only real thing they talked about was Ryan Gosling's jacket in the movie, and I wasn't exactly interested in it. When I heard all the buzz about it, I asked my sister, who had seen it in theaters, and she said, "I don't see why it wasn't nominated for anything." Now, I've seen the movie, and I can't help but agree, why the hell wasn't this movie nominated for best movie? Or best score? Or best male lead? Or best adapted screenplay? And why didn't it win sound editing? Needless to say, I think was the best movie I've seen all year.
First, let me talk about the music, as a musician myself, I take notice if a movie's score is especially good, and while some of the tracks were recycled from the Social Network, several themes and the main theme were completely original, and done by, oddly enough, by Cliff Martinez, the former drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The music throughout the movie uses the device of themes, which is extremely powerful, as opposed to modern scoring which is done to simply accompany the images perfectly, theme scoring creates recurring patterns indicating certain emotions and specific characters, and can be layered and edited to mean different things even as they repeat. Two things about the score's importance, in the all-important stomp scene, you hear two themes, which is Irene's, then a theme of violence, marking a powerful transition and sharp division between both, the track is called, "Skull Crushing". Another scene with powerful music is the scene early in the film, where The Driver is with Irene and Benicio, spending the day with them, as we first hear the track, "A Real Hero", which returns at the end of the movie.
While I'm on scenes, let me talk more about some other ones, the stomp scene speaks for itself, it shows the division of the character and his love, and his demonstration of a kind of truth, but enough about that. I also mentioned the scene where The Drive spends the day with Irene and her child, while nothing is said, the scene shows this instant kind of connection between them and him, and it starts the real relationship between them. While I'm on it, I should briefly mention dialogue, there's not much of it. Not at all. I love that. The movie didn't need it, and everything was perfectly silent, dialogue was usually thin and short, they let the scene tell you what was going on, and didn't make it obvious, which is something you don't see too often in film. Another important scene is when Bryan Cranston (who is always amazing) is telling Irene about The Driver and himself, in some of the only real monologuing in the movie, he explains much about The Driver's characters and goals. Another is where The Driver kills Nino by crashing into him, the silence of the scene is perfect, and the passing light make it unforgettable, not to mention good camera work, which applies to all these scenes of course, the movie's camera is always good, shots positioned perfectly make the movie's intentions covering for the lack of dialogue. The last important scene, is of course, the ending, where The Driver sits perfectly still, a kind of fake out to the audience, the scene is perfect, it makes us think he's done, then he blinks, and the music starts, the ending begins, this kind of, breaking out of death is explored, and the movie ends soon after, with a less than satisfying, though still powerful ending.
Now, the story, is a split one, we have the storyline of revenge for The Driver, his heist gone wrong, and the repercussions, the other is a love story with Irene. I think the love story is the better half of the movie, the love is pure and when Irene's husband returns from prison, he doesn't try to interfere, but makes himself available, and even as he is caught up with his other storyline, the heist and its repercussions, he still manages to act properly to her, and to tell her the truth even if it means losing her, right before he has to show her that he's deeply involved, in the all-important stomp scene. The story lines are interwoven so well, one might just say that it was one story, but the fact that they are so well put together, yet are still distinguishable is a definite bonus to the movie, you see two sides of The Driver, while you still explore this one cohesive idea.
Finally, let me talk about acting. Like I said, the dialogue in this movie is nearly nonexistent, even in the stomp scene, where an action line begs to come into play, the movie remains silent and lets actions speak louder than words. Which is my point, actions speaking louder than words, the lines are delivered perfectly, but the actors exist in this silence so very perfectly that it is incredible, Ryan Gosling's acting is through the roof, as the character who speaks the least, he had the most to say with his acting, and he spoke volumes. Then there's him and Irene, played by Carey Mulligan (whose accent does not bleed through at all and I'm totally jealous), the relationship half of the movie is focused on. Like I said, it's pure, they only kiss once, in the all-important stomp scene, and other than that, the most they do is hold hands. They barely speak, so like I said, action, the way they look at each other, the emotional in the barebones lines in their dialogue is so powerful we can tell absolutely that Irene is the most important thing to The Driver. Their music too, helps establish this relationship, and their closeness even without touching, they stand so close to each other, which is perfect to show more than what dialogue could tell us.
Overall, l think the movie is great, and you should see it and complain loudly to your friends about how it didn't get any academy awards.
Sound A+: Music, car noises, stomping, perfect.
Visuals A+: Shot so very well I go crazy, every scene is picture perfect.
Acting A+: Not one person is lacking, even the child actor, who are sometimes just awful.
Story B+: The only thing I don't think is perfect is the story, The Driver as a character is weakly covered by the story, and the pacing of it is sometimes just strange. It's still super good though.
Overall A: Super good, super super good, but not completely perfect, not many movies are though. (needs more dream sequences.)
First, let me talk about the music, as a musician myself, I take notice if a movie's score is especially good, and while some of the tracks were recycled from the Social Network, several themes and the main theme were completely original, and done by, oddly enough, by Cliff Martinez, the former drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The music throughout the movie uses the device of themes, which is extremely powerful, as opposed to modern scoring which is done to simply accompany the images perfectly, theme scoring creates recurring patterns indicating certain emotions and specific characters, and can be layered and edited to mean different things even as they repeat. Two things about the score's importance, in the all-important stomp scene, you hear two themes, which is Irene's, then a theme of violence, marking a powerful transition and sharp division between both, the track is called, "Skull Crushing". Another scene with powerful music is the scene early in the film, where The Driver is with Irene and Benicio, spending the day with them, as we first hear the track, "A Real Hero", which returns at the end of the movie.
While I'm on scenes, let me talk more about some other ones, the stomp scene speaks for itself, it shows the division of the character and his love, and his demonstration of a kind of truth, but enough about that. I also mentioned the scene where The Drive spends the day with Irene and her child, while nothing is said, the scene shows this instant kind of connection between them and him, and it starts the real relationship between them. While I'm on it, I should briefly mention dialogue, there's not much of it. Not at all. I love that. The movie didn't need it, and everything was perfectly silent, dialogue was usually thin and short, they let the scene tell you what was going on, and didn't make it obvious, which is something you don't see too often in film. Another important scene is when Bryan Cranston (who is always amazing) is telling Irene about The Driver and himself, in some of the only real monologuing in the movie, he explains much about The Driver's characters and goals. Another is where The Driver kills Nino by crashing into him, the silence of the scene is perfect, and the passing light make it unforgettable, not to mention good camera work, which applies to all these scenes of course, the movie's camera is always good, shots positioned perfectly make the movie's intentions covering for the lack of dialogue. The last important scene, is of course, the ending, where The Driver sits perfectly still, a kind of fake out to the audience, the scene is perfect, it makes us think he's done, then he blinks, and the music starts, the ending begins, this kind of, breaking out of death is explored, and the movie ends soon after, with a less than satisfying, though still powerful ending.
Now, the story, is a split one, we have the storyline of revenge for The Driver, his heist gone wrong, and the repercussions, the other is a love story with Irene. I think the love story is the better half of the movie, the love is pure and when Irene's husband returns from prison, he doesn't try to interfere, but makes himself available, and even as he is caught up with his other storyline, the heist and its repercussions, he still manages to act properly to her, and to tell her the truth even if it means losing her, right before he has to show her that he's deeply involved, in the all-important stomp scene. The story lines are interwoven so well, one might just say that it was one story, but the fact that they are so well put together, yet are still distinguishable is a definite bonus to the movie, you see two sides of The Driver, while you still explore this one cohesive idea.
Finally, let me talk about acting. Like I said, the dialogue in this movie is nearly nonexistent, even in the stomp scene, where an action line begs to come into play, the movie remains silent and lets actions speak louder than words. Which is my point, actions speaking louder than words, the lines are delivered perfectly, but the actors exist in this silence so very perfectly that it is incredible, Ryan Gosling's acting is through the roof, as the character who speaks the least, he had the most to say with his acting, and he spoke volumes. Then there's him and Irene, played by Carey Mulligan (whose accent does not bleed through at all and I'm totally jealous), the relationship half of the movie is focused on. Like I said, it's pure, they only kiss once, in the all-important stomp scene, and other than that, the most they do is hold hands. They barely speak, so like I said, action, the way they look at each other, the emotional in the barebones lines in their dialogue is so powerful we can tell absolutely that Irene is the most important thing to The Driver. Their music too, helps establish this relationship, and their closeness even without touching, they stand so close to each other, which is perfect to show more than what dialogue could tell us.
Overall, l think the movie is great, and you should see it and complain loudly to your friends about how it didn't get any academy awards.
Sound A+: Music, car noises, stomping, perfect.
Visuals A+: Shot so very well I go crazy, every scene is picture perfect.
Acting A+: Not one person is lacking, even the child actor, who are sometimes just awful.
Story B+: The only thing I don't think is perfect is the story, The Driver as a character is weakly covered by the story, and the pacing of it is sometimes just strange. It's still super good though.
Overall A: Super good, super super good, but not completely perfect, not many movies are though. (needs more dream sequences.)
Requiem for a Dream: Film Review
Requiem for a Dream, what can I say that hasn't already been said? Well, actually probably a lot. Let me start off with my god honest opinion of this movie, it is a fantastic movie, but it is not an easy movie. I watched this movie twice, and the first time, it beat me senseless, the movie came across the room and it slugged me real good, so when I watched it a second time I thought I'd be fine, wrong, the movie beat me senseless again, completely remorselessly, and perhaps even harder than the first time. The movie is sharp, strong, and like I said, it hits you hard, not in an action movie way, but in a way that the movie beats on your psyche till all you can do is sigh and hope to feel better later.
Let's start with the title, going at it from the top, you might think, "Kinda a cheesy title." Well, let me break it down, Requiem for a Dream would mean, the song for the rest of the dead dreams, that's one hell of a title, it implies two things we see in the movie, dreams, and them being utterly and completely destroyed. The movie is divided into three segments, Summer, the beginning, Fall, the middle, and Winter, the end. Not exactly cheery, but neither is the movie.
The movie begins pretty weak, to the point where you might think that it could be (gasp) a bad movie. The first few shots are pretty cliche, and don't do anything for me, with several basic shots and possibly my least favorite, a cut down the middle shot that has two images displayed. However, the movie sets its tone so powerfully for that first part, in an opening scene where the main character, Harry steals a TV from his mother in order to pawn it for drug money, specifically money for heroin. Before we even see the title of the movie, we see most of this action, ending with the golden line from Harry's mother, Sarah, "As long it all turns out OK."
The acting in this first scene, once again, doesn't do much for me, the lines are delivered, but the movie starts so suddenly that it makes little sense to the audience. However, the acting throughout the movie is surprisingly good, even Marlon Wayans and Jared Leto manage to be very good, of course Ellen Burstyn steals the show as Harry's mother, Sarah Goldfarm.
The movie, as a whole, is about addiction, and how it ruins lives. Every character struggles with their addictions with a dream in mind tossed aside by their addiction. As the movie moves forward, these addictions become more and more extreme, culminating in frightening situations and an overall terrific ending. But let's not be too hasty.
The movie is heavy on foreshadowing, every single line seems to reek of the stuff, and all throughout the first act, characters seem to allude to their ultimate fate, whether it be something slight, or almost overwhelmingly obvious. The beginning also works hard to establish motifs, the sudden and sharp cuts that signify drug use instantly get in your head, and leave a powerful effect. It also shows the style of camera work, no shots are completely steady, and the camera shakes slightly even in pans to set an on edge move, like I said, the movie is sharp. The score settles into the movie early on as well, establishing itself in the opening sequence.
What you notice, early in the movie is that the shots are warm, not very dark, they let in a lot of warm orangey light to reflect the season the movie begins in, Summer, but as the seasons progress, every single set the movie is in gets paler and less warm, almost colder as the seasons get colder and colder. The tone also changes with the seasons, while during Summer everything is handled fairly well in a relaxed matter, by the time Winter begins, the excrement has hit the fan. The lamer shots disappear, and the movie becomes the violently sharp thing that kicked my ass both times. The dialogue gets more tense too, you can feel the effects of the seasons changing on the characters as the stakes get higher and higher, while relationships between them get more and more strained. The movie's smash cuts pick up, and the transitions are less basic, even disappearing, the effects of constant drug use become painfully obvious in a terrifying scene involving Ellen Burstyn being attacked by a refrigerator. The movie doesn't stop there, it picks up to the point where everyone's dreams are ground into nothing.
The movie is a dramatic and powerful experience sure to entertain and absolutely destroy you. I end this review with a bit of dialogue I had with my sister upon finishing the movie, having never seen it, I asked, "So spring never comes?" To which she replied without missing a beat, "No one makes it through the winter."
Sound: A+, great score and snappy noise makes the movie feel completely real and totally adds to the feel.
Visuals: A, minus the very beginning, all shots are perfect for the tone of the movie, and the seemless transitions during dialogue make the visuals a treat. Not to mention some excellent special effects and make-up.
Acting: A, you can never take Jared Leto too seriously, but that just might be my problem. Besides that, amazing acting, Ellen Burstyn of course stealing the show.
Story: A+, like I said, the first half drips foreshadowing, and the second half drips tears onto my face. A fantastic story.
Overall Grade:
A+, would watch again if I'm ever too happy.
Let's start with the title, going at it from the top, you might think, "Kinda a cheesy title." Well, let me break it down, Requiem for a Dream would mean, the song for the rest of the dead dreams, that's one hell of a title, it implies two things we see in the movie, dreams, and them being utterly and completely destroyed. The movie is divided into three segments, Summer, the beginning, Fall, the middle, and Winter, the end. Not exactly cheery, but neither is the movie.
The movie begins pretty weak, to the point where you might think that it could be (gasp) a bad movie. The first few shots are pretty cliche, and don't do anything for me, with several basic shots and possibly my least favorite, a cut down the middle shot that has two images displayed. However, the movie sets its tone so powerfully for that first part, in an opening scene where the main character, Harry steals a TV from his mother in order to pawn it for drug money, specifically money for heroin. Before we even see the title of the movie, we see most of this action, ending with the golden line from Harry's mother, Sarah, "As long it all turns out OK."
The acting in this first scene, once again, doesn't do much for me, the lines are delivered, but the movie starts so suddenly that it makes little sense to the audience. However, the acting throughout the movie is surprisingly good, even Marlon Wayans and Jared Leto manage to be very good, of course Ellen Burstyn steals the show as Harry's mother, Sarah Goldfarm.
The movie, as a whole, is about addiction, and how it ruins lives. Every character struggles with their addictions with a dream in mind tossed aside by their addiction. As the movie moves forward, these addictions become more and more extreme, culminating in frightening situations and an overall terrific ending. But let's not be too hasty.
The movie is heavy on foreshadowing, every single line seems to reek of the stuff, and all throughout the first act, characters seem to allude to their ultimate fate, whether it be something slight, or almost overwhelmingly obvious. The beginning also works hard to establish motifs, the sudden and sharp cuts that signify drug use instantly get in your head, and leave a powerful effect. It also shows the style of camera work, no shots are completely steady, and the camera shakes slightly even in pans to set an on edge move, like I said, the movie is sharp. The score settles into the movie early on as well, establishing itself in the opening sequence.
What you notice, early in the movie is that the shots are warm, not very dark, they let in a lot of warm orangey light to reflect the season the movie begins in, Summer, but as the seasons progress, every single set the movie is in gets paler and less warm, almost colder as the seasons get colder and colder. The tone also changes with the seasons, while during Summer everything is handled fairly well in a relaxed matter, by the time Winter begins, the excrement has hit the fan. The lamer shots disappear, and the movie becomes the violently sharp thing that kicked my ass both times. The dialogue gets more tense too, you can feel the effects of the seasons changing on the characters as the stakes get higher and higher, while relationships between them get more and more strained. The movie's smash cuts pick up, and the transitions are less basic, even disappearing, the effects of constant drug use become painfully obvious in a terrifying scene involving Ellen Burstyn being attacked by a refrigerator. The movie doesn't stop there, it picks up to the point where everyone's dreams are ground into nothing.
The movie is a dramatic and powerful experience sure to entertain and absolutely destroy you. I end this review with a bit of dialogue I had with my sister upon finishing the movie, having never seen it, I asked, "So spring never comes?" To which she replied without missing a beat, "No one makes it through the winter."
Sound: A+, great score and snappy noise makes the movie feel completely real and totally adds to the feel.
Visuals: A, minus the very beginning, all shots are perfect for the tone of the movie, and the seemless transitions during dialogue make the visuals a treat. Not to mention some excellent special effects and make-up.
Acting: A, you can never take Jared Leto too seriously, but that just might be my problem. Besides that, amazing acting, Ellen Burstyn of course stealing the show.
Story: A+, like I said, the first half drips foreshadowing, and the second half drips tears onto my face. A fantastic story.
Overall Grade:
A+, would watch again if I'm ever too happy.
Q2 Benchmark: Samson's Snake Oil
The product I sold for this project is snake oil, the thing people peddled back in the wild west, claiming it to have potency in curing all sorts of ailments. My snake oil is supposedly completely sincere, and the message is that it has a potency beyond all else. I wrote several ads aimed at several groups of people, and I hope that I hit everyone. I used print ads and a radio ad, and I believe these are effective because the immediate impact is greater. If I did this again, I would probably actually make a video ad, or maybe several radio ads, I just feel like I could've done a bit more.
Thomas Edison in Fiction
Thomas Edison is a strange creature when it comes to his portrayal in fiction and nonfiction, while most classic nonfiction praises him as a genius inventor, fiction seems to portray him as almost anything but. In this project, we take a look at Edison's strange portrayal in fiction, and how it compares to his historical rival, Nikoli Tesla. Due to the nature of the presentation, most of the information in the slideshow is in presenter notes, which I have transcribed here below my introduction.
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You know Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the creator of the motion film camera, godfather of funk, however, do you know Thomas Edison the cultist? The ghost? The violent thief? The ever feuding scientist?
Thomas Edison is oft portrayed as a hard working inventor, who overcame a lot in order to become the most important inventor of the 20th century. You can decide if he was hard working, or had to overcome anything on your own. But I'm not here to discuss what he was, I'm here to tell you what he looks like, do most of you agree that Thomas Edison is usually seen as a good guy who's inventions did a lot? Well, fiction would disagree, before I get into these examples however, here are some facts,
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Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb, he invented a filament to make the lightbulb last longer.
Thomas Edison was for most a businessman, most of his inventions were small patents that made big changes to already existing inventions.
Thomas Edison once hired Tesla to work at his lab, and tricked him out of $20,000, Tesla continued to feud with him until his death.
He shocked animals to death in order to scare people from using alternating current, against his direct current.
Thomas Edison did talk about inventing a machine to talk to the dead.
Slide 4:
Edison, in movies, comics, and other fiction, is very much not the prominent young inventor he is in non-fictional biographies. Like I said earlier, Edison is portrayed as the opposite, he is portrayed a s weirdo, a psychopath, and a number of things, here are a few examples.
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In the manga, that's japanese comic for some of you, The Lives of Eccentrics by Hirohiko Araki, Thomas Edison is portrayed as an inventor for sure, however his methods are viewed as impractical, and he is violent towards lab assistants, and in general cruel. This is dramatized in a fictional scene where Edison attacks Tesla for building an alternating current generator instead of a direct current generator, and another where he kills an animal with electric current to show that alternating current is dangerous. Here's what's important, the viewpoint is skewed, the manga focuses on Tesla, as many choose to do, and therefore must show Edison as a negative force, however, the manga gets most of its facts straight, and was fairly well researched.
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In other comics, Edison is not only shown for his scientific prowess, but also with a talent, and even an obsession for the occult. For example, in Matt Fraction’s Five Fists of Science, Thomas Edison is shown to be deeply into the occult, summoning demons and such through human sacrifice, and owning an extensive collection of mythical animals, such as the yeti we see so prominently featured on this slide.
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For a lighter example, we look at Brian Clevinger’s all ages comic Atomic Robo, which features a similarly occult based Edison character. In this comic however, his focuses are still science based, and he tries to combine the occult with the scientific, using the odic force in an attempt to create immortality. In this, it not only makes Edison a thief, who steals both technology and mystical items for his purposes, but also as someone obsessed with his idea of something. It also makes sense of his plea for direct current, saying the reason he was so strongly for it, was because it could easily conduct odic force. Atomic Robo’s Edison is similar to Five Fist of Science’s, though there are differences simply because of target audience.
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Here's another example, which is from a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, in the story, Edison is a genius, inventing a device to measure the intelligence of a person or animal, this leads to him finding out that his dog was much smarter than even Edison himself, and in order to keep it a secret, the dog gave him the secret to the filament in his light bulb. This is a different fictional side, because while it does show Edison, it does not show him as a villain or as opposed to Tesla or any force of good, in fact, he’s still a genius. The difference is that like most of Vonnegut’s work, this is a comedy.
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So, Edison is portrayed as bad, Tesla is portrayed as good. Why is this?
The main reason is because Edison lived a life of happiness, while Tesla slowly became more miserable, if you look at that, it's easy to understand exactly why Edison is portrayed as bad, his effect on Tesla's life was negative, and since they were known to feud it slowly becomes more obvious that Edison is not a good person, or at least, it becomes a more prominent viewpoint. And since Tesla was an eccentric as opposed to the fairly straight-laced Edison, he becomes a more interesting person to write about to a fiction author, not to mention that Edison's work was practical, while Tesla's involved "death rays" and "automatons capable of destroying cities" and "earthquake machines".
I think, that another part is about the attraction of Tesla, while Edison was a methodical worker, Tesla was creative and ingenious in his methods, something writers often find interesting, or find themselves connecting to, while no fiction writer can compare to the dreary Edison, working bit by bit in a completely organized pace, obviously the somewhat crazed Tesla is more fun to write about, and Edison is easily put into an antagonistic role.
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Not to say Edison is bad in all fiction, but he is almost always a villain of some kind, however, in non-fiction, it's interesting that not only do they portray him in a positive light, they completely eliminate the negative things Edison did, like electrocuting animals, or messing with Tesla about the money.
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To finish, I'd like to examine, perhaps one of the most critical points of Edison's life, his death. When he died, newspapers were filled with friends and companions' words of praise, all but one quote talked about his genius, and that was Nikola Tesla's himself.
Slide 12:
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Slide 2:
You know Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the creator of the motion film camera, godfather of funk, however, do you know Thomas Edison the cultist? The ghost? The violent thief? The ever feuding scientist?
Thomas Edison is oft portrayed as a hard working inventor, who overcame a lot in order to become the most important inventor of the 20th century. You can decide if he was hard working, or had to overcome anything on your own. But I'm not here to discuss what he was, I'm here to tell you what he looks like, do most of you agree that Thomas Edison is usually seen as a good guy who's inventions did a lot? Well, fiction would disagree, before I get into these examples however, here are some facts,
Slide 3:
Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb, he invented a filament to make the lightbulb last longer.
Thomas Edison was for most a businessman, most of his inventions were small patents that made big changes to already existing inventions.
Thomas Edison once hired Tesla to work at his lab, and tricked him out of $20,000, Tesla continued to feud with him until his death.
He shocked animals to death in order to scare people from using alternating current, against his direct current.
Thomas Edison did talk about inventing a machine to talk to the dead.
Slide 4:
Edison, in movies, comics, and other fiction, is very much not the prominent young inventor he is in non-fictional biographies. Like I said earlier, Edison is portrayed as the opposite, he is portrayed a s weirdo, a psychopath, and a number of things, here are a few examples.
Slide 5:
In the manga, that's japanese comic for some of you, The Lives of Eccentrics by Hirohiko Araki, Thomas Edison is portrayed as an inventor for sure, however his methods are viewed as impractical, and he is violent towards lab assistants, and in general cruel. This is dramatized in a fictional scene where Edison attacks Tesla for building an alternating current generator instead of a direct current generator, and another where he kills an animal with electric current to show that alternating current is dangerous. Here's what's important, the viewpoint is skewed, the manga focuses on Tesla, as many choose to do, and therefore must show Edison as a negative force, however, the manga gets most of its facts straight, and was fairly well researched.
Slide 6:
In other comics, Edison is not only shown for his scientific prowess, but also with a talent, and even an obsession for the occult. For example, in Matt Fraction’s Five Fists of Science, Thomas Edison is shown to be deeply into the occult, summoning demons and such through human sacrifice, and owning an extensive collection of mythical animals, such as the yeti we see so prominently featured on this slide.
Slide 7:
For a lighter example, we look at Brian Clevinger’s all ages comic Atomic Robo, which features a similarly occult based Edison character. In this comic however, his focuses are still science based, and he tries to combine the occult with the scientific, using the odic force in an attempt to create immortality. In this, it not only makes Edison a thief, who steals both technology and mystical items for his purposes, but also as someone obsessed with his idea of something. It also makes sense of his plea for direct current, saying the reason he was so strongly for it, was because it could easily conduct odic force. Atomic Robo’s Edison is similar to Five Fist of Science’s, though there are differences simply because of target audience.
Slide 8:
Here's another example, which is from a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, in the story, Edison is a genius, inventing a device to measure the intelligence of a person or animal, this leads to him finding out that his dog was much smarter than even Edison himself, and in order to keep it a secret, the dog gave him the secret to the filament in his light bulb. This is a different fictional side, because while it does show Edison, it does not show him as a villain or as opposed to Tesla or any force of good, in fact, he’s still a genius. The difference is that like most of Vonnegut’s work, this is a comedy.
Slide 9:
So, Edison is portrayed as bad, Tesla is portrayed as good. Why is this?
The main reason is because Edison lived a life of happiness, while Tesla slowly became more miserable, if you look at that, it's easy to understand exactly why Edison is portrayed as bad, his effect on Tesla's life was negative, and since they were known to feud it slowly becomes more obvious that Edison is not a good person, or at least, it becomes a more prominent viewpoint. And since Tesla was an eccentric as opposed to the fairly straight-laced Edison, he becomes a more interesting person to write about to a fiction author, not to mention that Edison's work was practical, while Tesla's involved "death rays" and "automatons capable of destroying cities" and "earthquake machines".
I think, that another part is about the attraction of Tesla, while Edison was a methodical worker, Tesla was creative and ingenious in his methods, something writers often find interesting, or find themselves connecting to, while no fiction writer can compare to the dreary Edison, working bit by bit in a completely organized pace, obviously the somewhat crazed Tesla is more fun to write about, and Edison is easily put into an antagonistic role.
Slide 10:
Not to say Edison is bad in all fiction, but he is almost always a villain of some kind, however, in non-fiction, it's interesting that not only do they portray him in a positive light, they completely eliminate the negative things Edison did, like electrocuting animals, or messing with Tesla about the money.
Slide 11:
To finish, I'd like to examine, perhaps one of the most critical points of Edison's life, his death. When he died, newspapers were filled with friends and companions' words of praise, all but one quote talked about his genius, and that was Nikola Tesla's himself.
Slide 12:
None.
Q4 Benchmark, "La musica bruta y fuerta"
"Salir de aqui! No quieremos tu ecutilo de musica!" el hombre se dice cuando Francisco fue tirado de el clandestino.
"Es bueno!" se dice Francisco. "Yo puedo obtener un trabajo en cualquier lugar!" Esto no es verdad, Francisco fue un guitarrador muy bueno, puede tocar cada canción en existencia, pero una día, Francisco no quiere tocar las canciones vieja mas, quiere tocar algo nuevo. Entonces, Francisco toca música por siete días, tratando que crear una nuevo tipo de música. En la fin, el encontra una nuevo tipo de música, el tome la guitarra y toca muy rápido y las acordes muy fuerte, que hacer una sonido muy áspero y muy cherva, pero, cherva solo por Francisco, desde que crear esta nueva música, no clandestino, o club, o nada mas quiere el toca la guitarra.
Todos de ellos tienen la queja mismo, "El sonido no es bueno, es muy dolorosa. Puede toca flamenco o, música para acompañar una cuplé." Cuando cada persona se dice esto, Francisco se dice la mismo palabras, "Tu eres una idiota la talla de una elefante, pero, tu no se que un elefante es? Eh? No puede ver algo bien que están cagando a tu cara!" Y, después el dice esto, la propietario hace la mismo también. Se sentabe, y mira a la ventana, después tome una respiración profunda, y dice, "Securidad!" Y los hombres que guardia la club o clandestino venir a la cuarto y tome Francisco afuera, y la propietario venga a la cuneta que los hombres se tiran Francisco, y se dice que la historia comenzó con.
Esto club en particular fue el dicimonoveno club que Francisco fue a tratar para obtener un trabajo, o obtener una grupa de otros músicos para tocar una serie de canciones. Es innecesario que dice, pero Francisco fue abajo en suerte. Entonces, Francisco fue a la calle, para toma una caminar cuando toma todas tiempos cuando abajo en suerte. Pero, desde el guerra, la calle no tiene la música que tiene en la pasado, posible de Franco, posible de el efecto de guerra sobre gente. Esta día la calle fue muy animado, gente fue caminando a no lugar en particular, y durante esta día, Francisco esconda la elemento que completo la tipo de música que el hace en las siete días cuando el hace nada pero tocar. El esconda la voz.
Ella se llama Catarina, y desde ser una chicita, tiene una forma de cantar que no otro chicota tiene. Cuando los otros chicitas fue cantanda la canciones muy preciosa, y cantanda muy suave y con las notas, pero Caterina fue cantanda notas bruto y fuerte, el sonido de música como Francisco, pero, solo en voz. Pero, nadie te gusta la voz de Caterina, todo de la vida de ella gente se dice a tu que, "Parate cantar chica! No puede cantar para cada canción, no tiene una voz suave como nosotros, tiene una voz muy bruto, y nadie te gusta!" Pero, Catarina no tome esto palabras a tu corazón, y todos días ella fue a la mercado cantanda para todos personas escucha. Esto es la día que Francisco y Catarina tienen caminos que cruz.
Francisco mira circo de el, "Que es esta sonido muy bonito?"
Una persona en la calle pregunto a el, "Que sonido, solo que me escuche es la sonida de Catarina gritando."
Francisco negó con la cabeza, "No es una grita, es una sonido perfect, con la tono perfecto para mi guitarra."
La persona tome una reír muy alta, "La voz de Catarina, bonita? HAHAHA! Tu eres una comediante increible."
Francisco ignore que la persona dice, y camina a Catarina. "Hola señorita."
"Quien es tu? Un violador o otro criminal?" Se dice caterina.
"No no no, yo no puedo hacer nada pero disfruta a tu voz magnifico."
"Mi voz magnifico? Señor, tiene una problema con tu oídos? Todo de mi vida personas se dice que mi voz es horrible, mas bruto y fuerte por gente es que se dice."
"No no no, tome ulna momento, y escucha a mi guitarro." Y Francisco toca la musica con el tono muy bruto y fuerte.
En una instantanea la ojos de Catarina comenzo a brillar. "Es la musico que yo estan cantando! La musica de yo!"
"No no no, es la música de nos. Y con tu, puede hacer esta música y hacer muy famoso." Y Catarina fue acuerdo, entonces Francisco usa todo de la dinero que obtiene en todo de la tiempo cuando tener un trabajo, para alquiler un club, y hacer publicidad.
En la día de el rendimiento, el club fue agotado, y todo la personas fue interesando en la nuevo tipo de música que Francisco prometio. Cuando Catarina y Francisco fue a la etapa, todo el club será silencio. Cuando ellos comenzaron tocando, todo el club te gusta el sonido. El noche tiene la rendimiento mas increíble que todo otro rendimiento que pasar en la historia de rendimientos.
Después la rendimiento, Catarina y Francisco fue a la bastidores, y hablar de que pasar, cuando esto están occurando, una hombre vestido en todo negro entre, y detenidos ambos y poner en cárcel, porque Franco no aprobar esto tipo de músico con los sonidos bruto y fuerte. Entonces la música de Francisco y Catarina fue perdido, hasta que la invención de punk en 1974 en la UK. Pero, esto es una historia por un otro tiempo.
(End)
La tema de mi historia es opprecion en general.
"Es bueno!" se dice Francisco. "Yo puedo obtener un trabajo en cualquier lugar!" Esto no es verdad, Francisco fue un guitarrador muy bueno, puede tocar cada canción en existencia, pero una día, Francisco no quiere tocar las canciones vieja mas, quiere tocar algo nuevo. Entonces, Francisco toca música por siete días, tratando que crear una nuevo tipo de música. En la fin, el encontra una nuevo tipo de música, el tome la guitarra y toca muy rápido y las acordes muy fuerte, que hacer una sonido muy áspero y muy cherva, pero, cherva solo por Francisco, desde que crear esta nueva música, no clandestino, o club, o nada mas quiere el toca la guitarra.
Todos de ellos tienen la queja mismo, "El sonido no es bueno, es muy dolorosa. Puede toca flamenco o, música para acompañar una cuplé." Cuando cada persona se dice esto, Francisco se dice la mismo palabras, "Tu eres una idiota la talla de una elefante, pero, tu no se que un elefante es? Eh? No puede ver algo bien que están cagando a tu cara!" Y, después el dice esto, la propietario hace la mismo también. Se sentabe, y mira a la ventana, después tome una respiración profunda, y dice, "Securidad!" Y los hombres que guardia la club o clandestino venir a la cuarto y tome Francisco afuera, y la propietario venga a la cuneta que los hombres se tiran Francisco, y se dice que la historia comenzó con.
Esto club en particular fue el dicimonoveno club que Francisco fue a tratar para obtener un trabajo, o obtener una grupa de otros músicos para tocar una serie de canciones. Es innecesario que dice, pero Francisco fue abajo en suerte. Entonces, Francisco fue a la calle, para toma una caminar cuando toma todas tiempos cuando abajo en suerte. Pero, desde el guerra, la calle no tiene la música que tiene en la pasado, posible de Franco, posible de el efecto de guerra sobre gente. Esta día la calle fue muy animado, gente fue caminando a no lugar en particular, y durante esta día, Francisco esconda la elemento que completo la tipo de música que el hace en las siete días cuando el hace nada pero tocar. El esconda la voz.
Ella se llama Catarina, y desde ser una chicita, tiene una forma de cantar que no otro chicota tiene. Cuando los otros chicitas fue cantanda la canciones muy preciosa, y cantanda muy suave y con las notas, pero Caterina fue cantanda notas bruto y fuerte, el sonido de música como Francisco, pero, solo en voz. Pero, nadie te gusta la voz de Caterina, todo de la vida de ella gente se dice a tu que, "Parate cantar chica! No puede cantar para cada canción, no tiene una voz suave como nosotros, tiene una voz muy bruto, y nadie te gusta!" Pero, Catarina no tome esto palabras a tu corazón, y todos días ella fue a la mercado cantanda para todos personas escucha. Esto es la día que Francisco y Catarina tienen caminos que cruz.
Francisco mira circo de el, "Que es esta sonido muy bonito?"
Una persona en la calle pregunto a el, "Que sonido, solo que me escuche es la sonida de Catarina gritando."
Francisco negó con la cabeza, "No es una grita, es una sonido perfect, con la tono perfecto para mi guitarra."
La persona tome una reír muy alta, "La voz de Catarina, bonita? HAHAHA! Tu eres una comediante increible."
Francisco ignore que la persona dice, y camina a Catarina. "Hola señorita."
"Quien es tu? Un violador o otro criminal?" Se dice caterina.
"No no no, yo no puedo hacer nada pero disfruta a tu voz magnifico."
"Mi voz magnifico? Señor, tiene una problema con tu oídos? Todo de mi vida personas se dice que mi voz es horrible, mas bruto y fuerte por gente es que se dice."
"No no no, tome ulna momento, y escucha a mi guitarro." Y Francisco toca la musica con el tono muy bruto y fuerte.
En una instantanea la ojos de Catarina comenzo a brillar. "Es la musico que yo estan cantando! La musica de yo!"
"No no no, es la música de nos. Y con tu, puede hacer esta música y hacer muy famoso." Y Catarina fue acuerdo, entonces Francisco usa todo de la dinero que obtiene en todo de la tiempo cuando tener un trabajo, para alquiler un club, y hacer publicidad.
En la día de el rendimiento, el club fue agotado, y todo la personas fue interesando en la nuevo tipo de música que Francisco prometio. Cuando Catarina y Francisco fue a la etapa, todo el club será silencio. Cuando ellos comenzaron tocando, todo el club te gusta el sonido. El noche tiene la rendimiento mas increíble que todo otro rendimiento que pasar en la historia de rendimientos.
Después la rendimiento, Catarina y Francisco fue a la bastidores, y hablar de que pasar, cuando esto están occurando, una hombre vestido en todo negro entre, y detenidos ambos y poner en cárcel, porque Franco no aprobar esto tipo de músico con los sonidos bruto y fuerte. Entonces la música de Francisco y Catarina fue perdido, hasta que la invención de punk en 1974 en la UK. Pero, esto es una historia por un otro tiempo.
(End)
La tema de mi historia es opprecion en general.
Josh's Music Blog #2
Well, for guitar, it's easy to understand how the sound is made, by hitting the strings of the guitar, you transfer energy and the strings vibrate to make specific pitches depending on the string played and the fret held down. To change the pitch, you have to use the frets, each fret down, starting from the top, changes the pitch by one half-step, so the first fret on an E string would give you an F note, and the second would give you an F sharp. The most important physical characteristic of a guitar is the hole in the body that lets the sound actually come off of the guitar. I'll be using wood, of course, and probably nails to help me make the little things that tune the strings, and I'm not sure of what to do for the frets. I'm going to be playing it with my fingers, as I think a pick is more or less unnecessary. I really just wanna know what I have to turn in when it's due.
La Construccion de Genero
A Pedro Almodóvar le gusta subvertir las definiciones más convencionales
del género en sus películas. ¿Estás de acuerdo? ¿Por qué?
Si, porque, como mujeres es muy loco en telenovelas, en su película, es loco, pero es mas real, los reacciones es muy real, y en telenovelas y otros cosas, mujeres es una poco falso.
En tu opinión y en tus experiencias, ¿cuál es el género de tomar acción y hacer cambios? ¿y según Almodóvar? ¿y según tus telenovelas?
Es películas mas de telenovelas, porque en películas no es una formula como telenovelas, y en rolas de genero, esta es muy importante, por que, cuando usar una formula, no es muy cambio o muy diferente de otros programes, pero, cuando usar la imaginación, puede cambia el mundo.
¿Cómo son diferentes las representaciones de género en Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios y la telenovela popular que miras en clase?
Las mujeres es mas real, los mujeres en mi telenovela no fue muy real, es muy falso y no actuar como personas real, en los reacciones y otros cosas de personalidad, en esta película, mujeres actuar muy real, y los reacciones es mas verdad como mas personas puede actuar.
Si, porque, como mujeres es muy loco en telenovelas, en su película, es loco, pero es mas real, los reacciones es muy real, y en telenovelas y otros cosas, mujeres es una poco falso.
En tu opinión y en tus experiencias, ¿cuál es el género de tomar acción y hacer cambios? ¿y según Almodóvar? ¿y según tus telenovelas?
Es películas mas de telenovelas, porque en películas no es una formula como telenovelas, y en rolas de genero, esta es muy importante, por que, cuando usar una formula, no es muy cambio o muy diferente de otros programes, pero, cuando usar la imaginación, puede cambia el mundo.
¿Cómo son diferentes las representaciones de género en Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios y la telenovela popular que miras en clase?
Las mujeres es mas real, los mujeres en mi telenovela no fue muy real, es muy falso y no actuar como personas real, en los reacciones y otros cosas de personalidad, en esta película, mujeres actuar muy real, y los reacciones es mas verdad como mas personas puede actuar.
My Java Smiley
Contrapublicidades de Joshua Martin-Corrales
Me eligió esto contrapublicidad por que es cómico cuando un anuncio de Hummer tiene una foto de el mundo, cuando Hummers contamina el mundo. Hummer es un carro que manufactura de General Motors. Esta compañía, se dice que valúan las hombres que necesita volver su masculinidad, o mamas de fútbol, también valúan fuerza, y amplitud de los carros. Hummer trae a hacer publicidades a SLA estudiantes por que trae hacer publicidades a todos hombres por que se usa una anuncio que apela a hombres. En esta anuncio especifico, se trae apelar a gente que viajar y también la individualidad, los valores de una imagen de el mundo es estos también. Vía muestran la mundo, se dice personas que comprar Hummers puede ir todo el mundo. Con el subtitulo, “Like Nothing Else” se trae muestra una sentimiento de individualidad, por que como nada otro, es similar que dice, un algo solo. En esta anuncio no incluido que Hummers hacer a la mundo. Tiene una millaje de gas muy terrible, y emisiones ecológica muy terrible tan bien. También es mas grande de la calle, es muy peligroso para mucha gente cuando una Hummer esta manejando.
En mi contrapublicidad, me incluyo información de la efectos males de manejando un Hummer, que culmina en mi capción, “Una mundo sucio y muerto es también varonil.” También me cambio una poco de la estética para hacer la mensaje de la contrapublicidad mas fuerte. Esto cambies es como la pintura de la mundo, me cambio de una pintura típica, con los colores verde y azul, y pone una sombra de café en todo el pintura, para hacer la mundo mas muerto y sucio en apariencia. La anuncio original se conflicto con la valores de SLA, por que SLA se promovía una ambiente muy bueno, y los Hummers solo quiere ser varonil, o ser muy fuerte, y se ignora efectos posible en la ambiente, que es muy mal en esta tiempo cuando polución es una problema muy importante. Para mi, yo pienso que cada acto de una compañía o persona, que no pienso de los efectos es muy mal, y puede causa problemas muy horrifica y mal para todos. Hummer es una compañía que ignora las problemas es posible que causa, y los efectos es mal. Yo tengo nada de personas que quiere ser varonil, pero, es formas que puedo ser varonil que no necesita comprar una machina muy dañazo por la ambiente. Mi contrapublicidad será muy efectivo porque, no es solo una capción que me cambio, pero la pintura de la mundo, y yo pienso que ver una pintura de la mundo muerto es una imagen muy fuerte. Yo voy poner esto imagen en la café, a la derecha de la ascensor en la próxima de la entrada principal, por que es en la dirección de la estacionamiento, por que yo pienso es muy comico que pone la imagen de una carro en la dirección de muchos carros.
Me eligió esta anuncio, por que es una anuncio muy simple para convertíos a una contrapublicidad, y también es una producta que no es bueno. El producto en esto anuncio es “Diet Dr. Pepper”, una bebida de dieta que se manufactura de la Coca Cola compañía. Esta compañía, o mas importante esta división de la compañía, se valúan la sabor de la bebida original, y también eliminan los calorías de la bebida. Entonces, por que valúan la eliminando de calorías, valúan la perdían de peso, y entonces la imagen de personas muy flaco. Entonces, valúan consumadores que quieren perder de peso, pero quiere bebían una bebida muy delicioso. Se objetivo los niños de SLA con los colores y la grafica muy interesante, también se ofrece una Diet Dr. Pepper para gratis, que es importante de niños, por que nadie quiere pagar para nada. El anunció se representa una vida muy moda, con el colores y la grafica que trae ser muy chevre y con el tiempos moderno. La anuncio no se dice como los efectos verdad de Diet Dr. Pepper, como cuando beber bebidas de dieta, es muy peligroso, por que tiene mucha dulce que no es bueno para la cuerpo, también, bebidas dieta tiene carcinógenos que es muy peligroso beber también. También estudias se mostrar que bebiendo bebidas de dieta no ayuda perdió de pecho, y es posible ganar de pecho cuando beber. Diet Dr. Pepper solo se dice tiene la sabor como el Dr. Pepper normal, y entonces, no es representando la verdad de su producto.
Mi contrapublicidad se incluyo mucho que no es en la original, pero el mensaje mejor es como, cuando Diet Dr. Pepper tiene sabor similar a Dr. Pepper, no es verdad que Diet Dr. Pepper hacer perder de pecho, y también puede causa efectos males de salud también. En mi contrapublicidad, me cambio la capción de todo la anunció, y cambio “Get Your Free Coupon” a, “Diabetes Libre”, por que la dulce que pone en esta bebida. Tambien me incluyo que bebiendo Diet Dr. Pepper no ayuda perder de pecho, en facto, como Diet Dr. Pepper ayudan ganar de pecho. Me cambio nada en el estético por que no es mucha para cambiar, los capciones es la parte mas importante de el anunció, no es la pintura. SLA se apoya todo personas de todo tamaños, y entonces se conflicto con esta anunció que dice muy básico que necesito ser muy flaco para ser bonito. Yo pienso también que no es importante que ser muy flaco para ser bonito, pero, me suporta la idea de perder de pecho muy excesivo por que no es muy saludable. Me pienso que esta contrapublicidad será efectivo por que la mensaje es muy simple, y es poniendo muy claro también. Yo quiero pone mi contrapublicidad en la línea de la café para gente que viste como esperando para su comida.
Es Dificil
Nuestro grupo hizo un poema de tres partes que convertimos a un podcast. Jaccar fue el voz de Negi, Jhonas fue el voz de Yolanda y Josh fue el voz de Superman.
Jackie Garcia
Jhonas Dunakin
Joshua Martin-Corrales
Jackie Garcia
Jhonas Dunakin
Joshua Martin-Corrales
