Beyond Watching a movie, Journal Number 2

After Watching, " Looking at Movies: Film Analysis" my eyes were opened to the many aspects of film. This Video really caught my attention, occasionally I catch a hidden meaning in a movie, however this video opens my eyes to the great meaning beyond almost every movement of a film. The great importance of the simple frame of the film, closer to the subject far away, or into their vision, was never obvious to me. I also found the contrast of films between directors and writers and their gender interesting. There was a relativity clear difference between these. The example of the abortion clinic with the tapping of finger nails in “Juno” was the example that was the most eye opening to the meanings beyond words in movies. Until watching this I would have just wondered why she keeps looking at people’s nails, now I understand that the film is going into more of a psychological view for Juno and her knowledge that her baby has finger nails already and that this is causing her a large amount of stress and contemplation.

How to make Puppy Chow

So you just finished an online assignment and you look at your watch and sigh.  It is 11:00pm which means the campus dining facility has just closed. While your stomach is rumbling with hunger you desperately search your room for something to eat, preferable something sweet and close to homemade. As any college student you are pressed for money, so that takes out the option of take out or delivery. Closing the fridge in frustration you begin to wonder what you could make in your dorm with only a microwave. Searching through your dorm you start to find things like peanut butter, Chex cereal, and chocolate chips. All of a sudden a memory from home hits you-- Puppy Chow the familiar go to treat! Puppy chow is an easy to make sweet and salty combination snack. It also is an inexpensive and easy snack to make that only requires a microwave. Your hunger problem is solved by knowing how to make puppy chow, by giving you an alternative to campus dining with the limited resources you have as a college student.

Paranormal Activity 3, the new sort of scare

After reading "Cool?... Or Calculated? The Ad Campaign for 'Paranormal Activity 3'" By Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman and actually seeing Paranormal Activity 3, the subject matter of the blog, I both agree and disagree with the authors ideas of the film and its Ad Campaign. The authors use the example that the ad campaign uses visuals in the campaign that are not in the same sequence or even in the film. The authors allude that this makes the film appear to be more frightening that they really are. I saw these ad's and was frightened from just those, needless they impart intrigued me to go see the film, however it was not in full, I also went to see the film because of the other Paranormal Activity movies. Although I did notice that the advertised visuals were not all used or in sequence I did not think that this made the movie any less scary, or that the advertisements made the movie seem anymore that it really is. The article says that they are "hideing" the actual "jolts" of the movie by their "fake" ad campaign and deem it as "unfair". Rather I find this rather smart, they producers of  Paranormal Activity have simply mastered the ability of marketing without giving the "jolts" of the movie away.

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How to train for Cross Country Season

In order to become prepared for the Cross country season one must develop a strong base endurance. This base endurance is subjective to the length of the race that a runner would be running in. The training individual would need at least 3 months to develop this base endurance. Once this is determined one can begin just run 3-5 mile runs at an enjoyable pace. Weekly mileage should be between 10-20 miles a week for the first month. The 2^nd and 3^rd month is when speed work outs such as a farlik or a hill work outs begin. These should be done twice a week. Weekly mileage should increase in this time but not succeed over 35 miles a week. A long run of 5% of the weekly mileage should be added on Sundays.