Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

wonder, “What would Paranormal Activia be about?” This adaptive short film works in two ways to adapt two sources into a singular film. I took the comment and combined it with a similar story structure to Paranormal Activity to make a satirical short film. It plays on many of the tropes Paranormal Activity uses to be scary; making it funny. I’d never seen the actual movie, so I spent a few hours watching, writing about, and enjoying the film. Whenever…

Everybody has that friend that ends up dragging everyone along when they’re dead set on something, for me that person was my best friend Lexy. The summer after my senior year was when Lexy and I decided to make a list, well she decided to make a list. It was like a bucket list, and we wrote down all the things we wanted to do together that summer before we started college. We were finally graduated from high school and excited to finally be adults and have some freedom. It’s the friends you have…

The President’s Barber is a fiction film that tells a story of a barber and his family through many decades of Korean history, specifically focusing on the political aspect. Although the film is fiction, it uses real South Korean figures and events throughout the movie as a way to get the audience more engaged for which they may have known those figures or events in their time as citizens. For those who were not around during the time that those figures or events have occurred, the film was able…

How much information should doctors have to give their patients before a procedure takes place? It seems that when you go to a doctor that they should tell you about the disease you have, and how it will affect you, and how long you can live or the expected duration of treatment. However, this is coming from a white middle class girl in 2014. Looking back, Henrietta was a black woman born in 1920 and…

backgrounds. This also instilled in me the wants in learning new cultures by traveling. As stated before, I am 16 years old, so I have not seen as much as someone older than me would. I have seen a man get shot in the stomach. This was actually a scary experience. I was in the house when I heard a gunshot. The sound of it vibrated my whole block and so I ran to the window to see what happened. I look out the window and see a man slowly falling down onto the street and people surrounding him.…

your remembered for what you contributed to the lives of those around you. It took her many years, and many mistakes, to learn this lesson. So I asked her, what single piece of wisdom would you give to a young person regarding life? She said she would tell them, “everyone makes mistakes; learn from them and move on; you will never be perfect except in the eyes of God. We are given one precious life to live and you don’t want to waste…

many different rituals of war and symbols of rituals that are portrayed throughout the story. While many rituals and superstitions are apparent throughout the novel, the ones that will be discussed in this paper will be focused on Mitchell Sanders and his yo-yo. Mitchell Sanders is a steady character throughout the novel and while his yo-yo is only mentioned in one chapter, it can relate to many different stories and parts of the books. The yo-yo that Sanders keeps with him can be seen as a…

The bell rang at two-forty-five grabbing his books, Justin rushed to the bike rack, getting his bike he started home when Kenny ran after him yelling, “Hey, Justin. Wait up!” “What do you want?” Asked Justin as he waited for his friend. “Mark and Chuck want us to go with them,” Kenny said, his voice filled with excitement. “Sure, where’re they going?” “They’re going to the on Putney Mountain, they want us to go with them.” “Well, are you going? Do their parents know about it?” Justin asked…

At a very young age, his parents knew that there was something different about him. He showed his creative side by writing stories and producing videos. At age eleven, Washington was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and two years later in 2009, he tragically suffered a shunt malfunction. After the shunt malfunction, his recovery involved months of physical, occupational, and speech…

Life is a roller-coaster that everyone get on regardless of their age, nationality, height, or wealth. Some people are afraid of height just like people who struggles in life whether with family, emotional, physical, or social problems. Some people loves the height and it signifies those who have a smoother life by having more access to sources. Everyone have their ups and downs in the roller-coaster. All the twists and turns will eventually end when the ride is over. These ups and downs and…