Here is the link to the ending for paranormal activity.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCXmk4QAcUc I use to not watch horror movies until my friend showed me this one, and i remember after I watched it how scared I was and how I could not get to sleep. I just kept remembering this very last scene. However as I got over it (after a few weeks) I decided to give another movie a try, and soon I began to understand why people watch horror movies. It is not because we enjoy being scared, but because we enjoy the thrill and rush of adrenaline that comes from watching it. I realized after a few months that I had become addicted to the thrill and rush of my adrenaline after getting scared by horror movies such as this one. It is something that makes you remember certain parts of movies such as this one because they scare you so much that they get stuck in your head and will not go away. So I choose this scene since it is where it all began many years ago and is still stuck in my head.  hope you enjoy watching it.

Blog 5

    I choose this one,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvAAYjmqkE&list=PLlwbO6p7sGMj1gFnFLKjUOcxm-Lahpb8b, which is the clip of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi's ending.
    I choose this one, is because among all the films that I saw, that all the clips of films I can remember, this one is the one that means so much to me now. I think it may be seen as a very normal ending, but after I reviewed it, I can bring lots of things from the normal surface, to the deep potential meanings.
    I think many endings would have some sort of so called meaningful endings, but few of them can be remembered by the audiences years later after watching the film. However, this one is different, because even forty years after the original version was released, people can still remember the film story, and this ending.

Andrew Bergman Blog 5

Andrew Bergman

ENGL 1105

Professor White

11 November, 2013

People Help People

            Art is a fundamental piece of humanity.  It’s a tool we use to send messages, express ourselves, and to show beauty as well as destruction.  It is something that, if taken away, would leave a gaping hole in all of us.  Everything we have, and make is art, and it all sends different messages.  A great artist named Greg Stanforth once said, “If art did not exist, man would be sitting butt naked in an open field.”  This is true, but what truly is the greatest part about art is not the beauty of a painting, but instead the message it leaves with the viewer, whether that was the message the artist intended or not.  Street art, normally known as “graffiti,” is seen in every major city around the world.  It is meant to be seen by many so it can send messages to the common man.  One great example lies in Artotale, Germany, where a bold message of few words is presented.

            Graffiti is designed to be graphic and strange so that its image and message stays in the viewer’s memory for a long time.  The work of an artist named Herakut is no different.  Herakut’s most famous piece lies in Germany, and is famous for the message it sends to people.  The imagery itself is highly complex, and the meaning of the piece is hard to pull out.

            Physically, the art work is a spray painting on the side of a building, similar to most common graffiti.  However, this piece is much larger, in fact, it takes up the entire wall of the building, which is two stories high.  Portrayed is a girl, with a strange combination of clothes.  On her head, she sports a red beret that is in the shape of a sea creature.  The sea creature could be described as a squid or a fish.  Along with this headgear, the girl is wearing yellow and pink striped socks and a grey jumpsuit.  Kneeling, the girl holds an old style ink pen, which she uses to pen in a simple message on the wall.  “Art doesn’t help people.  People help people.”  It is also important to note the girl is not looking at what she is writing.  Instead she is looking out from the wall, as if she were looking at a person standing in the distance.  Her face, which is disproportionate, produces a scowl.  

Brian Doyle Blog 5

            Many visuals either photographs or paintings cause the viewer to stop in awe and reflect on that image for quite a long time. Other visuals are not very impressive and people tend to look and just walk by them. The image I chose to write about is a painting by Albert Bierstadt called Among the Sierra Nevada, California. I first saw this painting my junior year in an Art History class, and I will never forget it. It is a beautiful piece of art that I can look at for hours on end and not get bored of it. There is so much going on in it and it all flows very well together. I love being outdoors in nature especially in the mountains or woods and this is an ideal location for me. The waterfall in the background along with the mountains that seem to be going up to heaven are breathtaking. I would love to have a printed version of this art in my house when I am older and have it be one of the first things I see every day. When I look at this art I am instantly at peace and feel very relaxed. Bierstadt was a very talented man and I am eager to look at some of his other work.

Jake Apostoles Blog #5

The saying “A picture is worth a thousand words.” is put to use in the genre of visual analysis. A picture can provide deep meaning to some individuals and mean something completely different to someone from a different viewpoint. The painting of an eggshell split in half with the sun in between was created by surrealist painter Vladimir Kush. The painting takes the classic style of egg cooking, called sunny side up, into the world of surrealism. The egg is incredibly large, the height of many humans at its most wide, and is split straight down the middle. The egg sits on a beach with an ocean behind it. The suns placement and appearance infer that the painting is made to capture the time period of sunrise, so the painting is facing east if the rules of the earth still apply in this surrealist world. The sun sits right above the water, making the rays of light stretch and reflect in the style that is described as god’s fingers in Homer’s The Odyssey. The egg itself is so large that it must hold an animal that is the size of a building even at birth. This animal could grow to be even bigger, so it may terrorize the people depicted in the painting like Godzilla. The people shown in the painting are on scaffolding working on the eggshell, possibly inspecting or repairing the egg. A single person can be seen walking away from the water that comes in between the eggshells like the runny yolk that comes when you cook an egg sunny side up. The man is walking away from some sort of old fashioned canoe, which appears to be filled with water. The man is not clothed, so the civilization that he is a member of may not be very advanced, or have a belief that clothing is necessary.

Vickie York Blog 5

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl5fM24mfRk

Directors use many different ways to manipulate their audience. Camera angles, lighting, and music can trick an audience into thinking one thing is going to happen when, in reality, something unexpected happens. These concepts keeps people waiting on the edge of their seats in anticipation.

In the ending scene of Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme, Clarice Starling is wondering around Buffalo Bill’s house. The killer, Bill, has cut off all the power. The house is pitch black and Clarice can’t see her hand right in front of her face. The scene switches from Bill to a third person’s point of view looking at him head on. Bill is looking through night vision goggles and can see Clarice’s every move. She has one hand stretched out in front of her and the other hand is holding a gun. As Bill is coming close and closer to Clarice, he reaches out his arm. He is clearly close enough to grab her or cover her mouth but he doesn’t. If he had the perfect opportunity to catch her while she was the most vulnerable, why didn’t he? Why wouldn’t he grab her while he was ahead?

Caitlin Rudy Blog 5

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I chose this visual because first off I love Disney World and all things Disney. Disney World is such a happy place and I knew that a visual involving Disney would be something I could write about and easily interpret its meaning. This painting has both Mickey Mouse and Cinderella's Castle which are the center points of Disney making the meaning to be easily understood by all.