Blog #3- Dazed and Confused- Emporium entrance scene

 Great movie, great soundtrack. If you haven't seen it you probably live under a rock.

This is one of my favorite scenes in this movie. I would like to discuss time first because its a big part of what makes the scene interesting. I particularly the way they use subjective time. They put the scene in slow motion as Randal, David, and Mitch make their entrance. As the door opens the loudness of the music turns up, and the speed of the scene slows. I would also like to talk about the way that space is used. The slow motion gives the scene an emotional feel. As they walk through the pool hall and look around, you can't help but feel how cool they think they are. It might also try to illicit a nostalgic emotion from a viewer who might have lived through the 70's and hung around a similar place in their youth. The movement is my favorite park about this scene. Though its not choreographed exactly, the movement of their slowed down walking seems to go along to the beat of the music. There is a sort of rhythm in the way everyone is moving in that goes along with the song really well. Overall the scene just has a natural flow to it that makes it memorable.

Blog assignment #2- Finding your Howl

http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/51.01.YourHowl

One of the stories that Flaum tells is a story about a tiger trapped in a cage at a zoo. He is not satisfied with the life he is leading so he jumps the cage wall to escape. The only problem is, is that he keeps waking up in a new cage every time he escapes from the last. Flaum uses it as a metaphor for life. He asserts that superficial attempts to escape from ourselves will never leave us satisfied. In order to find our own “howl” we cannot run away, we must dig deep within ourselves.

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things. “

-Steve Jobs

I really like this quote from Steve Jobs because I think it is a good way to look at creativity. Creativity is not some elusive talent that only certain people have. It is simply being able to think about things in a different way. It's being able to question things that others assume and take for granted. The most crucial thing is to be able to take your own experiences and incorporate them into something new and interesting. This quote also makes the valid point that most of the time the greatest and most creative ideas aren't ones that have been sought after extensively. They are ones that have been stumbled upon by those who are paying enough attention to life to notice. Another big part about being creative is having confidence in what you are doing. In my opinion believing that you can be successful is half of the battle.   

Blog Assignment #1

I will be naming this blog "My thoughts" because I will be using it to express my thoughts on our media assignments. I would like to include elements that help whoever might be reading this to get a better idea of who I am. The previous post from the first lab class is a quote from Mark Twain that I really connect with because I think its a good way to look at life. I chose the background design because I love the contrast of the bright colors against the black background, and I just think its a cool design. I would like this blog to express my thoughts about the things we are learning about. What I would like this blog to say about me is that I am a creative person with interesting insights on all of our different assignments.