Throughout history, the word entertainment has taken on many forms, ranging from plays, music, and screenplays. Today, we view entertainment as a way to escape the stress we experience in our day to day lives, whether it's shocking news report or a tv show we binge watch for hours. While entertainment may just be for amusement and enjoyment, it can also be a valuable source of information that keeps us updated with the current media. In the popular tv show 13 reasons why created by Brian Yorkey,…
Narrative & Composition The Incredibles Film Analysis Portfolio The reason I chose the 2004 Pixar Animation film The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, as my independent film analysis is because of, despite it being a children's film, there is so much more meaning to the computer animated superhero movie than it simply being an entertainment for toddlers. Some qualities the film explores are the way the public interacts with people who have amazing extraordinary abilities; it demonstrates…
Fictional dystopia or future reality? To the present day tales and predictions of our future has played a big part in pop culture. Dreams about hovercars, spacecraft and other mysterious machines has been leading the technical evolution forward for years. There has been hope, and happy excitement about what’s to come. But during the last decade things have most definitely changed. Holographic cellphones have been traded for deadly weapons and the hovercars developed into horrendous war tanks.…
my first tournament. At my school alone there are 10 people that i know of that play. I have played in over a hundred tournaments, but after long last my drive to win led me to victory. In the beginning of my high school career i had one hobby, video games, well one game, call of duty black ops 2. I would spend countless hours after school playing that game. at this time the English teacher was out because of a baby, so a sub was brought in, Mr. McCormick.…
Everyone knows that you need exercise to survive. The most common stereotype of exercise is that it is hard, painful, and/or boring, but really, it is often more enjoyable than sitting on your sofa, watching TV. That’s why I want you to come to the pool. “That’s not exercise!” You say? It is a lot more exercise than sitting on your sofa watching TV! First of all, swimming is fun! You get to hold your breath underwater, jump off the diving board, and do cannonballs into 3’ foot water…
Our first main target audience is office workers. Office workers involves in lots of paperwork and important document during working hours. Our mug prevent these important document and paperwork from getting wet because it has a special feature to be attached to the tables. For example, if an employee’s workplace is full of papers and documents, even if he accidentally knocked over the mug, he does not have to worry about the documents getting wet or ruined because the mug can prevent such…
When I made the transition from St. Joes to the high school, I had to become familiar with 109 brand-new faces. Before the high school, I had 20 people in my class. Whether your moving schools or just coming into the bigger school in town, it’s going to be crammed with new faces. One of those faces happened to be Brett Hippler. I’m not sure whether we had our first class together freshman year or not, but since then, I have come to get to know Brett on a personal level. Throughout the…
followed by the MTV theme song. From the very first song video killed the radio star by the Buggles MTV had set in motion a clever marketing ploy to make a generation want their MTV. Music videos became a vehicle to revive a failing career or to promote new acts. The five original VJ’s Mark Goodman, JJ Jackson, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn were a powerhouse of personality’s that drew in almost as many viewers as the videos with their quick wit and easy freestyles. MTV’S style of…
Connections was the second act to ACAA’s spring show performance. It included all of the ballet classes that are taught at the school. My class was in opening, closing, and two variations. We watched the video for both nights to help give an evaluation of our performance. This is my evaluation for my performance in the show, class, and rehearsals. First, is my evaluation of my performance. My performance as a whole went well. There were few mistakes, but some parts could have looked better. The…
she is blunt about her beliefs, Lady Gaga crafts her perceptions in her music videos that are multifaceted escapades in her ideologies. Poker Face is from Gaga’s debut album The Fame, and it catapulted her to global stardom. The song was number one internationally and became one of the leading selling singles of all time with over 10…