Rear-view mirror

Look & Feel Everything we do visually with this film needs to look great, cinematically beautiful, and with a beautiful premium gloss across it, like a sequence out of a high end feature film rather than a commercial, to raise the production value. Saturated colours, rich textures and an articulated visual language of shots and angles that keep us close to the action along with underlining the human side of the characters reactions to make it as colourful as possible; where everything feels,…

Due to Confucianism’s view that women are to be submissive to men in all levels of the social hierarchy, coupled with early text that shed negative light on the idea of female rulers. It made the idea of powerful women seem stranger and often unnatural since they would have challenged the authority of men. Rulers and influential women, similar to hens, represented dynastic decline. As a wife, Wu also broke standards set by Confucius followers regarding marriage. Chinese women could not have…

It started has another rainy day in Norfolk, Virginia. Nash had just gotten home from a long, boring day at school. “Mom?” Nash’s family life was, let’s just say, not the best. His mom works 50 hours a week and isn’t home very much at all. Monday is her only day off. His dad, for all that Nash could know, is in China. He is home maybe 2 days a year. The only thing that Nash does know, is that he spends most of his time in an office in D.C. “ Nashy, come grab some dinner” said a woman with a…

happens. "I don 't have a game today, so I can take the bus," Nix says, grabbing his notebook from the floor in front of him. I don 't have it so easy, I still have work after school. "Liam, what about you?" Mom asks looking at me through the rear view mirror. Her eyes wrinkle sadly when she sees me. "Sure," I say, before she can decide…

Back in 2012, there were nearly 36 million licensed drivers ages 65 and older in the United States (Motor Vehicle Safety). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population 70 and older is projected to increase from 30.9 million in 2014 to 53.7 million in 2030 (U.S Census Bureau). The escalation in the senior driver population are leading many people concerned about the possible effects on driving safety. Unfortunately, the risk of being injured or killed in a motor vehicle accident escalates…

were inside. I led the way clearing the store with my ax. In the storeroom was a zed that looked like he had been living there before turning. Bashing them is harder when there’s no room for maneuver but he went down finally. Yuri started working on the big door to the loading ramp and the others followed me back inside. The shopping crew grabbed carts and I started pointing. Somewhere along the line we quit looking at sizes and just started grabbing all the jeans, all the shirts and all…

might honestly take me to a magic island full of scientists and free of the pollution that plagued our world, raising our oceans daily. After a few minutes from beneath the gross blanket, I saw an island come into view. It appeared to be man made, disguised as remote from a bird’s-eye view, like a hobbit hole. Transparent glass allowed me to see inside, a busy workshop of people, working hard to experiment with each vial. Little vials were scattered amongst the tables, some tilted dangerously…

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day, especially the day of a robbery. I was going to need it because this is the only day in my life that I have ever felt alive. It started with steak and eggs, and I ate as our group of thieves planned the route that we were going to take to get in, even though I was to anxious to really pay attention. As I sipped my coffee, looking at that beige cup, the only thing I could think about was my share. My share, why do I get so little and they get so much…

Life has a way of continuing, of moving on without you, if you let it. Time keeps ticking, the earth keeps spinning and somehow, you keep breathing. Even when the world falls around you and buries you, you still breathe. Eventually, you get back up or face the alternative. Once upon a time, I wanted the alternative, but it wasn’t meant to be. And now I knew why. She was beautiful. Simply beautiful, as if that one single word could even come close to describing what I felt when I looked at her.…

hands are cuffed as I start to quickly realize what is going on. Frantically I panic as my eyes finally adjust to my surroundings. I see that I'm clearly in the back of a cop car. I observed that the police officer is periodically looking in the rear view mirror, watching me, then back to the road. Irrationally I start to spit out nonsense before I solidly ask him in a shaky voice, “w-w-whats going on, why am I in here?” He looks back at me, giving out a quick chuckle, “oh, you clearly know what…