Aquarion

Aquarion Opening Theme Song:

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=JLIYEW0G

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

Aquarion pics

http://www.nanoda.com/public/wallpapers/sousei-no-aquarion-robot-big.jpg

Gen Fudo's quotes from Aquarion

Remember what you are standing on. The ground, yet not the ground you are standing on. - Gen Fudo
Don't just connect your fists. Connect it to something beyond your thoughts.
- Gen Fudo
Yes, three arrows together ARE better than one, they are almost invincible. But, everything has a weak spot. If you Apply enough pressure to the weakest point, they will break!
- Gen Fudo
A team is only as strong as it's weakest member. If that person falls, they all will fall.
- Gen Fudo
How can he hope to stand back up, when he is still in the process of falling? Let him fall, all the way to the very bottom before telling him to stand up again.
- Gen Fudo
Idiots! Can none of you see? Are all of you blind? You may see a boy making a fool of himself, but what I see is a young boy, trying to live up to all the expectations others have set on him, the whole time trying to cope with being the Head Element for the first time! TRY to see what I see! If you cannot, you are truly blind!
- Gen Fudo

Anime: Aquarion

THIS ANIME IS AWSOME!! so, one time, when I had no homework, I decided to look for anime to watch, and I found this one that looked promising, so I clicked on it. It's name was Aquarion. I started watching it, and the first episode got me hooked on it. I tried to watch it whenever I had the chance, and finished it in one week! XD. Although it only has around 26 episodes, they were the BEST episodes so far!!

here is the link to the site I got the episodes from:

http://www.animesfuel.com/aquarion.htm

and here is Episode 1:

http://www.animesfuel.com/aquarionepisode1.htm

Chinatown Story Analysis

Story Analysis

* Narration. Who’s telling the story? Is it a voice-over narrator? Why him or her? Or does the story “tell itself,” like most plays?
* Who’s the implied narrator of such stories, the guiding hand in the arrangement of the narrative’s separate parts?
* What do the spectators supply to the story?
* What information do we provide in order to fill the narrative gaps?
* How is time presented- chronologically or subjectively rearranged through flashback ad other narrative disjunctions? Is it realistic, classical, or formalistic?
* What genre, if any? What phase of the genre’s evolution?
* What does the movie say about the social context and period that it was made in?
* What does the narrative embody mythical concepts or universal human traits?


Well, my answer to the first question is: In Chinatown, I don't think anyone told the story. I think the story basically told itself. It didn't really need a "story teller".
My answer to the second question is that I think, usually, the main character is the narrator.

Chinatown Presentation

Write a reflection that the addresses the following:

1. Reflect on what you felt where the strengths of your presentation:

* Quality of research question and definition of characteristic
* Choice of Examples
* Connection to Film Noir
* Use of key terms/ filmic langauage

2. Reflect on what you felt you could have improved or needed clarification on.

* The design and presentation of your material
* Your understanding of the concepts and Film Noir and Chinatown

3. Reflect on your overall understanding of Film Noir and Chinatown.
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My reflection on the strengths of our presentation is that I think our definition of our

Short film

So, I went on YouTube to look for animated short films, and I found this one called: Grocery Store Wars. It's a short playoff of Star Wars (obviously you can probably tell from the name) and all the characters are vegetables and dairy products. XD. Instead of "star ships" there are grocery baskets and shopping carts shooting at each other with laser beams. Luke is called "young cuke" (short for cucumber), and Obi Wan is called Obi Wan Kanollie...? (i have no idea what that is...), instead of "The Force", it's called "The Ways Of The Farm". The story is that the market has been taken over by the "Dark Side of the Farm", "an empire of pollution and pesticides".

The URL for the short film is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E

Hide and Seek

Ext.-Street
A couple are walking down a dark, lifeless street. Once they reach the curb to cross the street, a man jumps out of the shadows and stabs the boyfriend. The girl flees the scene screaming.
Int.-House
Exactly a year later, the girl hears a knock on the door of her house. It's a detective asking about the the incident of a year ago. The traumatized girl explains, and the detective agrees to help her find the killer. He then notices a camera hidden in a bush, and come to the conclusion that the killer is stalking the girl. He looks outside to find a black mustang with no license plate driving away at that exact moment. The detective tells the girl to lock everything.
Int.-Office
He leaves to check out the tape in his office. He then pulls up a list of stolen black mustangs in the area. He hears a rustling outside of his window and he checks it out. There is a man in black clothing walking casually on the sidewalk
Ext.-Street
The detective goes outside to interrogate him. He says "Let's take a walk." The "killer" agrees. The killer drops a can that rolls into a dark alley. The detective asks if he's heard of anyone by the girl's name as he goes to pick up the can. As he says this, the killer says "Why yes, I have," and knocks the detective unconscious.
Int.-House
A few minutes later, back at the house, the girl tries to call the detective, but the power goes out. She turns to see a shadow creep across the floor. She hears a knock and, thinking it's the detective, she opens the door. A man in similar clothing (the killer) turns around and walks inside, smiling. The girl screams and runs upstairs, into a closet, and locks the door. The killer picks the lock and, just as he opens the door and is about to knock her out, the detective comes up behind him and slams his head into the wall.
Int.-House
The cops come and put handcuffs on the guy. The girl hugs the detective and says, "Thank you so much" and pecks him on the cheek. The detective leaves, following the cops, and the girl shuts the door, sits down, and looks fondly at a picture of her boyfriend, lost in her memories of him.
Int.-Basement
The girl wakes up from a dream staring at a picture of her boyfriend. She asks,"What happened?" The killer faces her and says,"You fell asleep," He puts a gun to her head and says, "Time to go to sleep again." ~The End.~