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of your seat with fingers crossed. The film was released in October 2012 and brought a tremendous amount of light to a tragedy that several people never knew about thirty four years prior1. This film is a masterpiece at using techniques such as Mise- En- Scene, sound, and cinematography in a way that draws people in, making the audience feel anxious and heart racing. From the very first scene of the film, the audience is drawn to the chaos and the viewer’s adrenaline already starts pumping.…

The mise-en-scene in Elster’s office leaves the impression that Elster is well off, making it plausible that he could afford to have his wife followed in an attempt to help her. In accepting that Elster wants to assist his wife, it makes it easier to accept that…

This section of the reading focuses on Jim Kim’s life describing his aspirations and the development of Socios en Salud program in Peru. I liked the idea how his mother exposed him to the real issues around the world such as famine and war. Since his life was decent in America, it doesn’t mean that people around the world live in the same conditions and have the same opportunities. This experience motivated him to help others in need and sympathized with people in worse conditions than him. Both…

Mise-en-scène analysis of “It” It (dr. Andrés Muschietti, 2017) is a film that explores the horrors and nightmares of children and brings them to reality. “It”, a clown that consumes children with fears, kills Georgie known as Bill, the main protagonist’s brother. This starts the journey of Bill and his friends to find the truth about Georgie and all the missing kids in his town. The first five minute of the film is one of the most popular scene of the movie that spread on social media. This…

It Follows combines coming of age with horror in an unsettling, almost claustrophobic tone. The film explores the inevitability of death as well as sex and adolescence using a creature they call "it". This film is about a teenager named Jay who has been told that she is the recipient of a curse that spreads through sexual intercourse. Only those who are infected can see the being that is following them. The opening image of It Follows captures the tense tone of the film perfectly; starting with…

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is primarily in charge of controlling most of bowel and gut movements and is a relatively new concept. The ENS is made up of multiple ganglia that function organs including: the small and large intestines, stomach, liver, gallbladder, appendix, and pancreas. Hirschsprung’s disease can result from a mutation of the ENS. Hirschsprung’s disease is a condition where the colon partially forms due to the mutant genes that have preceded it during the development of the…

EN 281 Setting and characterization It was about 6 a.m. Saturday morning and it is an extremely beautiful morning; one of the mornings that makes you stop and realize just how amazing it is at that particular moment in the world. Everything from how nice the summer breeze felt on a freshly shaved face, how the cool water felt as it ran between the toes and bottom of your foot, the smell of fresh cut grass in air, the sounds, or lack of sound, that summer brings in when it is perfect outside. It…

In the four text types Basketball Diaries (Movie) The Otherside by Macklemore (Song) Looking For Alaska by John Green (Book) and Skins S2E7 - Effy (TV Series) the idea that drugs and alcohol can influence your decisions and have negative outcomes is clearly shown but each their own way. In the movie Basketball Diaries the main character Jim Carol revolves his life around basketball and he dreams of being a famous sports star one day or at least that was the plan, but with his best friend, Bobby…

A example of mis-en-scene in the movie was when Amelie and her father eating lunch together at the dining table. In this particular shot one of the props that stood out was Amelie’s green shirt, the lettuce, the red fabric in the bread basket and a red pot hanging on the…

“Next Day. Same Time. Same Place.” Thus, with an assertion of uniformity, begins the second act of the play, titled En Attendant Godot, in English, Waiting for Godot: a Tragicomedy in Two Acts. The play was written by the French dramatist Samuel Beckett and was first performed 1953. One of it’s defining characteristics is it’s complete lack of plot, so much so that the second act of the play is almost an exact replication of the first, wrought with repetitions in the dialogue and stage…