Monday, February 25, 2008
Work Progress Over Break....
over break i didnt post anything on my blog because i was away without computer, but what i did do was put all the revalation movies on my netflix list, and watched a few, and instead of putting up stuff on my blog i recorded stuff in my notebook to put on my blog when i got back in the city, but then i got sick so im doing it now,,, and as u can see i started already!
REVALATION'S CLASS
This semester we are basing out class around Revelations. In my opinion , a Revelation is something that causes a change in someone, a slogan that you live by. its a new insight that changes the world and how you see it. in some cases, its something that has been covered from the "divine". Some examples that i came up with about Revelations is; experiencing death, childbirth,Martin Luther king, and many more.
A Revelation that i experienced is... when my dad found out that he had skin cancer, it changed everything. the doctors told him that theres a huge chance that i am immune to get it too if I'm in the sun too much. so it changed the way i see my dad and the way that i am when i go to tropical places, or anywhere with sun. this changed my life , and the way i see things.
In most Revelation stories, theres a Trope. A trope is the element in a story that creates the story...it sets the tone... something the repeats itself.Some elements that build up for a revalation trope are; the reveler,the leader, the profit,the dumb masses...aka silent majority, the oppressor, the oppressive situation, the obstacles to the Revelation, the message, ETC. For example , in a movie Foxfire we saw a clip in class, and in this movie, Rita is the "silent one", she doesn't speak up for herself, shes the typical silent person that most movies have. Some other movies that have Revelation tropes are; Notes from Underground, Matrix, 1984, The Odyssey, Breakfast Club, most Disney movies, ETC.
Something that i would like to quote is, Andy's version of the key element of a Revelation trope... " the ignorant are in a unacceptable/oppressive situation when a prophet/reveler tries to share the message that connects the dots in a new way and offers a vision of a redeemed world but there is an opposition to the message/prophet drama occurs." I like this because it sets out everything and the elements in a Revelation trope in a simple way..that i can understand it .
RANDOM THOUGHT: In class when we talk about Revelations and tropes, its so weird to think about it. its weird to think about it because it makes it feel like the worlds changing so much and so fast. it makes it feel like that in a couple years who knows where we'll be. it feels like theres so many different Revelations popping up that slowing changes the way people view the world. i just hope that everything wont get TOO out of hand !
One thing that i noticed about profits , is that they are usually attractive, or look different, catches someones eye. i think they make the profits like this in movies and books, etc . because in real life, most people wouldn't exactly look up to an un-attractive normal person. [ as rude as that sounds ... its true :/ ]
I think that i look at the Revelation in THE MATRIX a little differently then others. i think that the Revelation in this movie , is just overall how Neo has to make the biggest decisions on his own . the fact that he had to pick either one or the other pills, which would change the way he saw EVERYTHINg in his life, was a huge decision that he had to make. Just watching him make that decision kind of made a Revelation in my mind. that part of the movie stood out to me because i tried to put myself in his shoes, and think "what would i do", to tell you the truth , i have no idea what i would do , i would be in a very difficult position. It made me realize that everyone around you are giving you SO MANY different opportunities to you, they are opening so many doors for myself, but i don't do anything about it, i don't make action . this reminds me of a quote in the MATRIX " I'm trying to free your mind from you, I'm showing you the door but you have to walk through it ...." this fits perfectly with the situation because hes giving him an opportunity but YOUR the one that has to take it in and walk through the door !
Another connection i made to Revelation tropes, is to the book THE WAVE. This book about a small town school, in this school theres a teacher that decides that he wants to do an experiment since the kids don't get the whole Nazi era. This experiment was called the wave, and it ended up going wrong. all the kids in this cult group named THE WAVE became like Nazi's and didn't know their way out. This story is a Revelation because everyone thought that its impossible to start a cult group as bad as the Nazi's , that it wouldn't repeat its self in history. But in the end, it did happen and everyone was shocked ! it was definitely a Revelation to everyone in the story, and even to me because it scared me , that it can actually happen , it was very realistic! in this book , Ben is Profit/Leader, Robert Billings is the silent masses/Outcast, Laurie is the popular one, and the rest of the school is the followers. I mention this because it shows that in most books its like this, theres the different characters and where they stand in the book, and most of the time is always the same!
In the famous story "Emperor's New Clothes" , its about this emperor who needs this amazing new suit of clothes made for him . These tailors tell him that " it is invisible to anyone who is too stupid and incompetent to appreciate its quality". They are talking about the fabrics of the clothes, if you cant see them , your stupid. So the emperor goes out to greet everyone, and he is naked. Only one little boy says something. he screams out saying "the emperor is naked! ". And that's when the Revelation starts. This was a revalation for the emperor because he realized in the end how stupid he was , and that he couldnt believe that he believed those tailors. This story opens up my eyes , and makes me realize that there are so many people that wont say anything, if its out of their place, or makes them look stupid. they would rather keep quite that save someone from embarressment or maybe something even worse.
MY REVALATION STORY IDEA:
In class you asked us ; what revalation story would make a good film? so we thought of different ideas. at first i thought that the story of The Wave would make an interesting movie, but then when i thought about it , its so chiche to make a movie about teachers and students, i wanted something different. i have another story in mind, but i'm not sure what exactally the revalation is going to be and the profit, but its deffinitly a story that would open up teenager's eyes. the story is about this small suberban high school, with the jocks and teenagers, and all the clicks. in the story there is this one guy who is the most popular of them all, and is a huge player. It turns out that he has HIV , but doesnt tell anyone . he continues to have sex with all the girls in the school , and gets away with it all . in the end the girls in the school come to find out that they had gotten HIV, and then thats where i am at . like as i said, im not sure what the revalation is , but if i saw a movie liek this it would really open my eyes and change the way i see things. because i feel that so many people these days are getting diseases and dieing at very young ages, sooner or later everyones going to catch something from someone , then we are goign to pass it on to our children, and everyone will be dieing at the age of 20 . i think thats a revalation right there.
A Revelation that i experienced is... when my dad found out that he had skin cancer, it changed everything. the doctors told him that theres a huge chance that i am immune to get it too if I'm in the sun too much. so it changed the way i see my dad and the way that i am when i go to tropical places, or anywhere with sun. this changed my life , and the way i see things.
In most Revelation stories, theres a Trope. A trope is the element in a story that creates the story...it sets the tone... something the repeats itself.Some elements that build up for a revalation trope are; the reveler,the leader, the profit,the dumb masses...aka silent majority, the oppressor, the oppressive situation, the obstacles to the Revelation, the message, ETC. For example , in a movie Foxfire we saw a clip in class, and in this movie, Rita is the "silent one", she doesn't speak up for herself, shes the typical silent person that most movies have. Some other movies that have Revelation tropes are; Notes from Underground, Matrix, 1984, The Odyssey, Breakfast Club, most Disney movies, ETC.
Something that i would like to quote is, Andy's version of the key element of a Revelation trope... " the ignorant are in a unacceptable/oppressive situation when a prophet/reveler tries to share the message that connects the dots in a new way and offers a vision of a redeemed world but there is an opposition to the message/prophet drama occurs." I like this because it sets out everything and the elements in a Revelation trope in a simple way..that i can understand it .
RANDOM THOUGHT: In class when we talk about Revelations and tropes, its so weird to think about it. its weird to think about it because it makes it feel like the worlds changing so much and so fast. it makes it feel like that in a couple years who knows where we'll be. it feels like theres so many different Revelations popping up that slowing changes the way people view the world. i just hope that everything wont get TOO out of hand !
One thing that i noticed about profits , is that they are usually attractive, or look different, catches someones eye. i think they make the profits like this in movies and books, etc . because in real life, most people wouldn't exactly look up to an un-attractive normal person. [ as rude as that sounds ... its true :/ ]
I think that i look at the Revelation in THE MATRIX a little differently then others. i think that the Revelation in this movie , is just overall how Neo has to make the biggest decisions on his own . the fact that he had to pick either one or the other pills, which would change the way he saw EVERYTHINg in his life, was a huge decision that he had to make. Just watching him make that decision kind of made a Revelation in my mind. that part of the movie stood out to me because i tried to put myself in his shoes, and think "what would i do", to tell you the truth , i have no idea what i would do , i would be in a very difficult position. It made me realize that everyone around you are giving you SO MANY different opportunities to you, they are opening so many doors for myself, but i don't do anything about it, i don't make action . this reminds me of a quote in the MATRIX " I'm trying to free your mind from you, I'm showing you the door but you have to walk through it ...." this fits perfectly with the situation because hes giving him an opportunity but YOUR the one that has to take it in and walk through the door !
Another connection i made to Revelation tropes, is to the book THE WAVE. This book about a small town school, in this school theres a teacher that decides that he wants to do an experiment since the kids don't get the whole Nazi era. This experiment was called the wave, and it ended up going wrong. all the kids in this cult group named THE WAVE became like Nazi's and didn't know their way out. This story is a Revelation because everyone thought that its impossible to start a cult group as bad as the Nazi's , that it wouldn't repeat its self in history. But in the end, it did happen and everyone was shocked ! it was definitely a Revelation to everyone in the story, and even to me because it scared me , that it can actually happen , it was very realistic! in this book , Ben is Profit/Leader, Robert Billings is the silent masses/Outcast, Laurie is the popular one, and the rest of the school is the followers. I mention this because it shows that in most books its like this, theres the different characters and where they stand in the book, and most of the time is always the same!
In the famous story "Emperor's New Clothes" , its about this emperor who needs this amazing new suit of clothes made for him . These tailors tell him that " it is invisible to anyone who is too stupid and incompetent to appreciate its quality". They are talking about the fabrics of the clothes, if you cant see them , your stupid. So the emperor goes out to greet everyone, and he is naked. Only one little boy says something. he screams out saying "the emperor is naked! ". And that's when the Revelation starts. This was a revalation for the emperor because he realized in the end how stupid he was , and that he couldnt believe that he believed those tailors. This story opens up my eyes , and makes me realize that there are so many people that wont say anything, if its out of their place, or makes them look stupid. they would rather keep quite that save someone from embarressment or maybe something even worse.
MY REVALATION STORY IDEA:
In class you asked us ; what revalation story would make a good film? so we thought of different ideas. at first i thought that the story of The Wave would make an interesting movie, but then when i thought about it , its so chiche to make a movie about teachers and students, i wanted something different. i have another story in mind, but i'm not sure what exactally the revalation is going to be and the profit, but its deffinitly a story that would open up teenager's eyes. the story is about this small suberban high school, with the jocks and teenagers, and all the clicks. in the story there is this one guy who is the most popular of them all, and is a huge player. It turns out that he has HIV , but doesnt tell anyone . he continues to have sex with all the girls in the school , and gets away with it all . in the end the girls in the school come to find out that they had gotten HIV, and then thats where i am at . like as i said, im not sure what the revalation is , but if i saw a movie liek this it would really open my eyes and change the way i see things. because i feel that so many people these days are getting diseases and dieing at very young ages, sooner or later everyones going to catch something from someone , then we are goign to pass it on to our children, and everyone will be dieing at the age of 20 . i think thats a revalation right there.
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