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Final Words

My favorite film this semester was definitely West Bank Story. It was so fun to see my childhood memories recreated. Something that I loved about this class was how it made us think. As a thinker and processor, I found it very refreshing to have new ideas. Well, until next time! Merry Christmas!

last post before deadline

this semester has been something ill never forget i have met interesting people doing this the way i see films has changed drastically i thank you Steve leeper for a wonderful semester i hope i can continue my education in this class and maybe get a chance to talk to you and get your opinions of life!

See Y'all Soon!

Hey Guys!

So, this is probably going to be my last blog. I just wanted to say thank you to you all for being such great classmates, and people to learn with. Thanks for making my first semester of college better then I could have ever hoped. I want to give an especially special thanks to the friends who kept up with me outside of the classroom. Y'all were such a blessing, and didn't even know it. Thanks for being awesome! See you Tuesday!

~Katy

Blogging

oh the fun times i have had blogging! this was my first time i thought these thing where stupid and pointless at first but then as time progressed i realized that blogging has a huge impact! at first my blogging sucked agreed it still does i made a few blogs im not to proud of but i think i straightened myself i thank you leeper for showing me the joy of blogging ill be doing it for the rest of my life!

My thoughts on the class.

Well this class has been… interesting to say the least. My thinking process is definitely different than it was upon the beginning of the semester. I think I have a better idea of what I want to do with this major. Also, I have a new appreciation for many types of films, literature, and art.

I am definitely purchasing, “The Gospel is…” because I learned so much from that book about story-telling. I’m sure I will read that more than once time in my life.

I loved the section that we did when we just looked at painting after painting, and I also loved the literature that was included. This really broadened my interest and my knowledge about what affects art.

Every single reading that I read taught me something that I never knew before, and then I continued to learn when discussing it in class.

The best part of the whole class was watching the film. I mean, how many classes do you get to have that the majority of it is watching good films and animations that you have never seen before. I still remember watching World of Glory, and thinking about the future class consisting of darker videos. Fortunately this did not happen.

Overall, I am Extremely grateful for this class and wish it lasted the entire year.

Gaming: Character Design

Something that I have always loved about watching my brother play video games was the character art. I loved the belts and buckles that Sora had all the way to the kinds of swords Cloud yielded. Needless to say, I hated when characters were poorly done. Detail work is important to a good character. If you are working with 16 bits, then that's fine that Mario is pixelated; one can still see his mustache, blue overalls, and red shirt and cap. It is very important for character designers to take special advantage of the level of detail that their game can handle.

George Lucas in Love

i love this film it really showes you being in a pblic surrounding can give you the best ideas sadly in this film it didn't Walt Disney trying to buy his script lol. i would like to see something like this for star trek aswell i think it would be interesting to see!

Blogging

I’ll have to admit, blogging was super beneficial to me in this class. Although, I personally do not really like to blog, I am learning to like it more. Sure, writing blogs was helpful and caused me to really focus on my thoughts, but the main thing that was influential to me was the blog discussions that we had before class. I did enjoy reading everyone’s blogs on the site, but there were always just so many different points and topics, and typically I always thought that they were good points of view and that the writer had something valid to say. But then when we discussed the particularly good, controversial, or conversation-related blogs in class, I was always very challenged. I was force to think and decide what I though about each controversial issue. I found so many interesting clips and sited from those blogs. I often times ended up re-reading many of the blogs that we discussed in class.

I left this class with a whole lot more insight thanks to the blogs and the discussions. I know that blogging had helped me a lot in this class, and I hope to someday become better at it, cause I think it serves a good purpose.

Merry Christmas

if anything should calm us down i say its christmas every yar when i see those lights on the tree i get a warm fuzzy feeling i think we all need to calm down and take 5 n just look at your christmas tree, and relax all these finals are coming up not to may of us has had time to celebrate. m

Steins;Gate

Recently, I watched the anime Steins;Gate, and I have a few things to say about it. First of all, the drawing style was very interesting in that it was not entirely traditional for an anime series. It took a little bit of getting used to, but in the end, if it was going to be an off style, I wish it had been more the style of Death Note. Next point is that the concept of time travel that they imagine is absolutely unique and fantastic, and the plot is so very intriguing that if you are not careful, you will end up watching half of the series in a day or two (don't ask how I would know). Finally, it is one of the best animes out there. The second half, in particular, is so mind boggling, that you do not really know what is happening until it's all over. Since I personally LOVE "think pieces", this was absolutely fantastic. If you liked live action films such as Inception or Looper, you probably would like this show a lot.

psychological thrillers

i loved this topic because it was from a fellow ps3 gamer (just kidding) lol but seriously i love these movies aswell because their so abnormal i love the psychological horror movies such as "The Killing Room" or "The Cube" and seeing the mental capacity of peple and what they'll do to survive it kind of like
"Saw" in a way whereas they had an option to save themselves maube im blowing this way out of text but i enjoyed it either way thank you!

The Screwtape Letters

One of my favorite books of all time is C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters” I would recommend that everone read this at some point in their lives because it literally will change their outlook on life, God, and Satan. It makes the spiritual war between God and Satan so much more real. 

The Screwtape letters is all about demons and how they try to hide what is true and what is right from humans and how they try to lead them down the way of sin and destruction. It takes the reader through experiences that each person can relate to and challenges their  faith through every letter.

The story begins with a demon named Screwtape who is writing to his nephew, Woodworm. Like the other demons, Woodworm has a human, who’s life he is trying to corrupt, and his Uncle Screwtape is there for him and gives him advice about the ways to do so.Woodworms human, known as “the patient”, is converted to Christianity. Woodworm is of course punished for this, but uncle Screwtape reminds him that there is still hope. If he goes about it the right way, he can bring “the patient” back to their side. 

From then on Screwtape writes woodworm many letters about how to get to the patient. Screwtape is sly, and suggests using clever  little techniques that will add up in the end, rather that using a few big temptations like Woodworm wants to do, saying that "the safest path to hell is the gradual one." 

 Screwtape knows that it’s the little lies and sins that slip by that gradually destroy morality and wins over souls. One of Screwtapes greatest strategies is hiding the truth, making it difficult for the patient to see the enemy. Scretape knows that distracting the patient from the enemy is the best way to destroy a soul.  

This book definitely caused me to really think about how hard Satan tries to get us to turn away or not accept God. It definitely got me to put my guard up and turn to God for the strength to overcome Satan’s attacks

Micro Art

So, this is kind of way off subject of animation, but for a few minutes, I would like to advert y'all's attention to something that I love, and that I am fascinated with: micro sculptures.

What I love about micro sculpting (or carving in some cases) is that it makes you see something that you know should not be. For instance, a pencil is a pencil, not a saw or a key. In the same way, we do not expect a piece of metal less then an inch high to be a pair of lizards.

I love the fantasy of these sculptures. They make me look at the impossible and instead of thinking how impossible it is, I can try to figure out, instead how to achieve what I am seeing.

Another micro art that is going around right now is micro photography. The photo below is 100% real. This photographer named Andrey Pavlov uses a special super micro lens, and uses ants as models. He has a whole bunch of pictures up, and his name is a link.

I have always loved fairy tales, and this micro art makes anything possible.

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

I know it’s been awhile since we talked about children’s film and television, but I just wanted to bring up one of my favorite childhood television shows. This was Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.

I sort of wished I would have posted about this when it was relevant to the conversation, because I think that  he entertained and challenged children with out crossing any lines. By “not crossing any lines” I mean that there was really nothing that happened where a parent would potentially question if their child should be watching that or not. I think that protecting children’s innocence is important and that these sort of shows need to exist. After all it people should decide for themselves what their children should watch, so if a parent wants their child to not be exposed to unpunished deviance, profanity, ect, then Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood is a good option.

Another great thing about Mr. Rogers was that he provoked creativity in children everywhere. Mr. Rogers always seemed to be a warm, kind, and genuine man with a enormous imagination. This is what I saw in him as a child at least. But I also saw a man that was able to show me a whole other existing world. This is so important for children shows.

The YouTube Presintation

i really thought the YouTube presentation was great and its a perfect example of starving artists making their mark on society. i hope Google doesn't screw YouTube up so far i have loved the changes and hope they keep using it for the better i would like to see other examples i think Shane Dawson has a similar life he was just a nobody on YouTube and now he recently had an offer for a TV show! same way as the annoying orange but he has a show now! its amazing the power of YouTube and i loved the presentation good job!

I'll figure out a title for this later....

Procrastination.... All college student goes through the "Aw, it's not due till the end of semester... I'll just do it later!" syndrome. There is nothing that inspires someone to get something done like a looming deadline.  Procrastination is the vice of the college campus that breaches across campus', nationalities, race, age, and gender.  Why do we do it? Or rather, why do we NOT do it? We can't seem to find the inspiration to get things done. In accordance with Freud, the Pleasure principle may be responsible for procrastination; humans do not prefer negative emotions, and handing off a stressful task until a further date is enjoyable. The concept that humans work best under pressure provides additional enjoyment and motivation to postponing a task.  Some psychologists state that such behavior is actually a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. Other psychologists indicate that anxiety is just as likely to get people to start working early as late and the focus should be impulsiveness. 

Welcome to college. 

THE FINALS

Whose ready for this!? .... Not me. lol this is my first finals in an actual public school! I think it should be multiple choice just so I can keep my sanity! I hope I don't let you down leeper ill try to give it my best! And I wish I could express how much this class has meant but I wish you all good luck!