We had the second WEST SIDE STORY rehearsal today! We've put in over 20,000 hours total into it, and we are practicing till 10:30 everyday now, so if you can make any of the days... i highly recommend going! It'll be a blast!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Prediction for All My Sons
I predict that chris is going to be outraged by his father and move to New York with Ann. Kate Keller won't be able to take the thought of her son Larry being dead so she will go crazy. George will be happy and the neighbors will have their rumors confirmed.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
All My Sons
This book infuriates me! i can't stand Kate. She is the exact type of a person that I hate! Kate tries to force her beliefs (in this case, Larry's alive) on others. It's apparent that it bothers the other too because when she is grilling Ann to say that she still believes that Larry is alive, they show discomfort for what she is doing.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Cheating
For the previous week, which was short because of M.E.A, we have been working with flow maps and reading articles on such things as cheating. The cheating article really brought to my attention all of the cheating the people do to get ahead. The one type of cheating i cannot stand is sports, and i have 2 reasons. 1) little kids often look up to athletes as role models and dream to be like them one day. 2) they are payed ridicules amounts of money for their talent, and if they are going the cheat for the money, they don't deserve it.
Memorable Ending
Today i finished Memorial Day. It was a thrill ride for the last 300 pages. I couldn't put the book down, and i literarily read the last 300 pages in 2 days. The terrorist planed to explode a nuclear bomb on washington, but Rapp snipes the terrorist from a helicopter and the gets the bomb. what can't mich rapp do?
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Class
Thursday we wrote our Reviews for the movie 400 Blows. I spent much more time than normal on the essay and i believe it's really good. I tried to incorporate a bigger vocabulary in it also, getting my true feeling of the scenes across. Friday we got to spend all day posting on blogs, but i was way to distracted by Homecoming to get any work done. That's why i'm writing this today.
Vince Flynn
Mich Rapp has is awesome! He has some hostages, and to make this guy talk he shoots him in the knee. To give him further agony, Mich give the guy a tiny dose of morphine so when it died off he would be in more pain. This all worked to get the hostage to give important intel that terrorists were going to bomb Washington D.C.
400 Blows Review
400 Blows
400 Blows is a wonderful rollercoaster ride with twists and turns. The film begins with a heart-warming song while panning the streets of France, setting the tone of a light and cheerful experience. This is one of many fantastic scenes directed by Francois Truffaunt. Also working as the writer and producer, Francois created a glorious movie using multiple aspects of film
Truffaunt used numerous aspects of literature in his film. Similar to literature, symbols were used to create depth in 400 Blows. When walking on the beach, the ocean washed Antoine’s footprints in the sand away. Thus symbolizing his past life leaving, and starting fresh. Another feature parallel with literature is characters. The mother (played by Gilberte Doniel) was portrayed as a cold-hearted woman, and as the film progressed she became suspiciously caring, almost as if she didn’t care about Antoine at all.
The things that separate movies from books are dramatic aspects. The various actors in the film played their parts exceptionally well. The teacher was very notable as a great actor. Guy Decomble’s performance was so good that I felt like he was scolding me when yelling at Antoine. In additional to characters, props are an important aspect of drama. Henri Decaë did a fabulous job through the film. I especially liked his placement of shabby rags in the house as Antoine and his father discussed how they had little money.
Last but no least are Cinematic aspects of film. 400 Blows uses mixes and matches of long shots and camera angle to enhance the scene. As the boys ran through the streets, the camera view slowly drifted upwards to give a whole shot of the streets and stores that the boys hid in, creating a brilliant shot. Another instance is when Antoine runs away from the correctional center. The shot lasts for over a minute giving the viewer a feeling of how long he has to travel, and serious he is about running away.
400 Blows and Black Boy have similarities and differences. Both Richard and Antoine are considered Rebellious. Richard doesn’t accept whites “supremacy” over blacks, and Antoine steals (milk, typewriter). They also believe it’s morally wrong to steal. Antoine steals a typewriter, but feels poorly about it and tries to return it. Richard noticed that is friends would all steal, but he said that wouldn’t get him anywhere. A difference between the two is how Richard craves to learn more and more but he couldn’t afford school most of the time. Antoine stops going to school and starts stealing when his family can take the burden of him going to school.
In my personal opinion, 400 Blows is a film that everyone ought to see. The literary aspects like characters and symbols create a fantastic and beautiful story, as the dramatic aspects draw a vivid picture of each scene for you to witness. The cinematic aspects enhance every scene in the movie to a point where I felt I was in the film. 400 Blows is a must see.
400 Blows is a wonderful rollercoaster ride with twists and turns. The film begins with a heart-warming song while panning the streets of France, setting the tone of a light and cheerful experience. This is one of many fantastic scenes directed by Francois Truffaunt. Also working as the writer and producer, Francois created a glorious movie using multiple aspects of film
Truffaunt used numerous aspects of literature in his film. Similar to literature, symbols were used to create depth in 400 Blows. When walking on the beach, the ocean washed Antoine’s footprints in the sand away. Thus symbolizing his past life leaving, and starting fresh. Another feature parallel with literature is characters. The mother (played by Gilberte Doniel) was portrayed as a cold-hearted woman, and as the film progressed she became suspiciously caring, almost as if she didn’t care about Antoine at all.
The things that separate movies from books are dramatic aspects. The various actors in the film played their parts exceptionally well. The teacher was very notable as a great actor. Guy Decomble’s performance was so good that I felt like he was scolding me when yelling at Antoine. In additional to characters, props are an important aspect of drama. Henri Decaë did a fabulous job through the film. I especially liked his placement of shabby rags in the house as Antoine and his father discussed how they had little money.
Last but no least are Cinematic aspects of film. 400 Blows uses mixes and matches of long shots and camera angle to enhance the scene. As the boys ran through the streets, the camera view slowly drifted upwards to give a whole shot of the streets and stores that the boys hid in, creating a brilliant shot. Another instance is when Antoine runs away from the correctional center. The shot lasts for over a minute giving the viewer a feeling of how long he has to travel, and serious he is about running away.
400 Blows and Black Boy have similarities and differences. Both Richard and Antoine are considered Rebellious. Richard doesn’t accept whites “supremacy” over blacks, and Antoine steals (milk, typewriter). They also believe it’s morally wrong to steal. Antoine steals a typewriter, but feels poorly about it and tries to return it. Richard noticed that is friends would all steal, but he said that wouldn’t get him anywhere. A difference between the two is how Richard craves to learn more and more but he couldn’t afford school most of the time. Antoine stops going to school and starts stealing when his family can take the burden of him going to school.
In my personal opinion, 400 Blows is a film that everyone ought to see. The literary aspects like characters and symbols create a fantastic and beautiful story, as the dramatic aspects draw a vivid picture of each scene for you to witness. The cinematic aspects enhance every scene in the movie to a point where I felt I was in the film. 400 Blows is a must see.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Nuclear Bomb
Mich Rapp has just tortured someone into telling him that a Nuclear Bomb was going to be exploded on Washington D.C. Even though this is just a book, that seemed very real to me. This book is about the war in Iraq against terrorist, just like what is going on in the world right now. So a thought that this could really happen in my life hit me hard. So now i'm zooming through the book trying to figure out what is going to happen.
The Art of Film
I have really enjoyed this weeks film unit. We get to watch great films and learn at the same time. Also, i see aspects of film that i never paid any attention to like camera angles and costumes. I was just watching the Astronaut Farmer and i saw how they used camera angles when filming the Rocket to make it seem huge, a distant thing.
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