Bree's Lit and Media Stuff

One thing that I have always worried about was the state humankind is putting the Earth into. This beautiful land that we all have the honor to live on and mankind decided to invent cars to pollute it and factories to poison. I grew up being told that as a guest, I had to leave a place better than when I came to it. And I always did. Cleaning up hotel rooms, never littering, cleaning up constantly after my tracks as so to be respectful of the space I had used. Yet here I watch the grass of this earth being paved over so there's more parking for those polluting cars. If I had to choose the path of a dedicated activist I would fight for the state of the earth. I would push to teach and inform about it, since being aware is the most important tool of change.

If I had to choose a something important to share in the course i'd say it's important to be informed on the reality of how nutrition appears in media. Body Image is a very touchy issue in society, with different diseases becoming more dangerous noticeably in the US such as anorexia, bulimia, obesity, diabetes, ect. In the media you see many different types of people but most are actors. Thin, beautiful people whose entire profession is about appearing as desirable and ideal. It inflicts harmful eating disorders on influential mind. For example take the Kardashians affect on their crowd. I, personally, never actually understood the point of the show, but I've heard people talk about it. I always wonder what's so special about the Kardashians to create such the following that each member of the group has, when I realized it was their image. People are in love with the idea of the Kardashians for how they're portrayed in the media, such as their show or different maga

I remember reading Bone when I was in middle school, I loved reading it again for this assignment. Bone is an adorable graphic novel, something I think people of all ages can enjoy from the more mature humor and cute illustration style. Bone is such a sassy main character it's easy to get sucked into the stories of his side characters instead.

For this assignment I focused on films made with the wonderful directing vision of Wes Anderson. Specifically the films of his I watched were "Fanatastic Mr. Fox", "Moonrise Kingdom", and "The Grand Budapest Hotel". The first thing I notice when I watch a Wes Anderson film is the certain way his actors behave. Everything is very serious and one tone, as if each character has the same quick and to the point personality. It's actually one of the most entertaining parts of his films, and his signature. The way the characters talk seems to be a way for the dialogue to instead support the film rather than drive it. Actions speak much louder than words in his films. I find it very interesting how Wes Anderson switches between Stop Motion made movies and regular style films. Yet between these two different methods his characters still have the signature attitude of Wes Anderson. I noticed his decision of color as well. None of his films are bright or neon, b

What is television? Television is a series of images, sound, and color coming together to create a visual media enjoyed by many. It's quickly become a staple in the life of many in America and of course other cultures. An appeal of it is the underlying experience of seeing difference situations from another's point of view, watching stories actually play out instead of reading them in a book. -Visual -Often in Series -Moving Images, motion, sound -Time -There is amore set view on the story -Often involves commercial -Has been a aprt of our lives at one point or another -Can be education -Unreal expectations of life -Is mostly shorter than moview -Often more than one protagnonis -Involved -Extentialism -Something to do to pass time/Get away from regular life The Handmaiden's Tale I watched many of the series on Steiling's list, but the one I chose to watch for the assignment was the Handmaiden's tale. It was a book adapted to a series on hulu. In

The topic of controversy in this novel is virtual reality, a rapidly developing area of technology that some say take people closer to technology than humanity these days. In a way it's correct, you start to disassociate more with real life when you spend most of your time in a place that is actually non existent. Virtual reality is amazing because it take the appeal of escaping real life to a whole new level in which you actually escape your reality, entering a controlled environment of which you may have a say in. Yet if you can do that you may want to spend less and less time in your own life, which can mentally really mess with a person. Imagine living in such an exciting virtual environment for so long that you decide your own life is simply a bore. Ready player one was honestly a grueling read for me. I've never been much into video games, but I know the feeling of drifting off into a daydream where nothing makes sense but I am the superhero. This books story seems like

I decided to read the script for Bamboozled (by Spike Lee) and feel after reading through the most of it I would love to tell it's story through the part of the directing photographer. As this contribution to the script I would take a lot of shot focusing on a single person instead of 2 even during a conversation. It feels as though the writer wrote this making the characters feel as though they may be monolouging. There's a lot of breaking the 4th wall, such as in the very beginning when Delacroix introduces himself to the camera instead of another person. It makes the viewer feeling as though they're being directly spoken to by the character, so it would make sense in the shot photography that each scene would have a certain closeness to the character speaking at the moment. Or the character with a specific focus at the time, rather than focusing on multiple people in a shot. It's very one on one, personal.

This book was very personal to me, not only because of the personal connection of the characters in it but because our class had the pleasure of listening to the thoughts of the incredible author herself. I enjoyed this book because it shows the daring of doing something for someone else. The main character in a way sacrifices herself in marrying a gay man, an act that can put her in a tough place. She of course is free to see her lover, even if it is as a friend to the onlookers, and not be afraid of people suspecting their truth. However it means she is married, and not to her lover. This is an important part of life to many, marrying the person you love because of how much you want to share your life with them. But in this case the marriage is a fraud, a cover, not an act of commitment in a consensual way. This can be very tough on everyone involved. It hurts so much to see the two lovers split apart by society's cruel way of relations. It broke my heart to watch her lover settl

In my reading of the book and watching the movie I got the sense of incredibly strong privledge from the lifestyles demonstrated. We see the viewpoint of a man with so much money that he can afford a casual ride in a limo, something normal people can only do for a highly important occasion. We witness his carelessness of other people and how he has an incorrect sense of self importance due to his high wealth. I personally have seen this in real life from time to time and see the utter annoyance it can set on a person. Throughout his journey to simply get a haircut, we see the annoying, the infuriating, and the truth. Ending with his humble background of course, we see he's lived his life from each side of the glass, not that it makes his privilege anymore understandable.

If I were to design a themed ride for the sake of Wonder Woman, it would probably be more of a history lesson than a ride. I once went on a ride in Universal Orlando that was themed around older movies. You were led into a cart much like the one in Indiana Jones, the cart then followed a track and showed you around the history of these movies. It was boring at my age, but I found these interesting action packed movies that I'd never even sneezed at before because of the date it was made. I feel as though I could do something the same with Wonder Woman for the sake of delivering her message...perhaps while still providing a thrilling experience one expects from a theme park. Wonder Woman's whole message has to do with feminism and equality. She was an amazon from a world without men who entered a world where men ruled. I mean actually ruled, as in woman were considered to be lesser than a man. It's 2018 and I find it unbelievable that could be real, but we do still live in

I find the True Grit really hit the mark when it comes to American greed and instinct. It addresses the greed of man when it focuses on Chaney, the outlaw who killed Mattie's father along with other illegal actions. He's a man who drinks and spends his money on what he wants at the moment, things that don't often matter. When he and Mattie's father, Frank, are at an impasse, he simply murders him and takes anything valuable off the body before fleeing. He lives well up to the stereotype of an American outlaw, down to the point. In the end even when he's been beaten and hurt, instead of sucking up his pride he instead laughs at Mattie's misfortune and his own victory of taking out Lebouf. Of course it's short lived when Rooster takes him out.  Rooster is sort of between greed and values. He cares about Mattie in a way, enough to humor her endevours of joining their manhunt enough to believe she earned to join them. Of course he's still a drunk, he draws

I admit it's a shame I don't find the time anymore to read, but it used to be my favorite passtime. These days I still read, mostly when someone else suggest a book to me every now and then or I have a reading for a class. It's by no means boring to me, I love to read. I espeically love long series, where you're along for this thought out adventure. In the past few years I've read The Hobbit, Harry Potter for the 9th time I think, and right now I'm starting Game of Thrones. So of course it's fair to say my favorite genre is fantasy but graphic novels are also a favorite.