Teddy Sheets
12-2-09
Eng 103 3:30-4:45
2001 reaction
2001: A Space Odyssey
The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey is a Science fiction movie that I truly was bored by. This wasn’t the typical movie I would watch for fun and I wasn’t giving it much of a chance. It starts out with the beginning of man and the development of the “1st tool” and then all of the sudden it shift to the year 2001, I really dislike Kubrick’s vision. I really don’t think the start of man is needed, and just adds to the two and a half hour movie.
But when I had to watch the second half of the movie with two kids on my floor who particurally enjoy and respect this movie.
They began to explain to me that this movie was broken up into four parts. One being the apes, and then to show where mankind has gone from the first tool discovered by man to space ships connecting different people and traveling to different planets. And, if you read deeper into this second part you find out that Stanley Kubrick set a bar for all the rest of science-fiction film makers. As we learned in class that he brought in legitmate engineers to work on the special effects for him and he had no such thing as computer graphics back in 1968 and before that while this movie was being put together. All these effects were taking a tremendous amount of work and money. Then when you take into consideration the ideas that went into the interior of the spaceships and how Kubrick portrayed zero-garvity it is all the more impressive.
Then when it gets into the third and fourth parts or acts of this movie, I feel like it is even a deeper look into the future. When the robot, HAL 9000 enter into the picture, I feel like it is set even out of time from even part two. In Parts three and four man and machine are working hand and hand. Then the trip to Jupiter and other planets etc, These are the parts I enjoyed the most about this movie because, It is still something that hasn’t exactly been done yet. This was just Kubrick’s imagination taking over in filmmaking and I think that’s pretty cool.
The final thought that I would like to touch on about 2001: A Space oddeseey, is a statement that a kid on my floor said to me while speaking about this movie. And it was this “2001: A space Odessey was made before we had even put a man on the moon”. That statement right there is one that certainly makes you think. And, when you think about that statement, it leads you into wondering how it was all done. And the truth is, this was all Kubrick visualizing what his perception of Space looked liked, the ships, the planets, zero gravity. It was all a vison. Kubrick had no prior knowledge on how space would feel or what you could or couldn’t do, it was his vision and it makes this film that much cooler, to think that this film wasn’t as much a movie as it was a piece of art and a way to try and get people to look deeper into the details of the future.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
12-0-09
Teddy Sheets
12-2-09
Eng 103 3:30-4:45
2001 reaction
2001: A Space Odyssey
The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey is a Science fiction movie that I truly was bored by. This wasn’t the typical movie I would watch for fun and I wasn’t giving it much of a chance. But when I had to watch the second half of the movie with two kids on my floor who particurally enjoy and respect this movie.
They began to explain to me that this movie was broken up into four parts. One being the apes, and then to show where mankind has gone from the first tool discovered by man to space ships connecting different people and traveling to different planets. And, if you read deeper into this second part you find out that Stanley Kubrick set a bar for all the rest of science-fiction film makers. As we learned in class that he brought in legitmate engineers to work on the special effects for him and he had no such thing as computer graphics back in 1968 and before that while this movie was being put together. All these effects were taking a tremendous amount of work and money. Then when you take into consideration the ideas that went into the interior of the spaceships and how Kubrick portrayed zero-garvity it is all the more impressive.
Then when it gets into the third and fourth parts or acts of this movie, I feel like it is even a deeper look into the future. When the robot, HAL 9000 enter into the picture, I feel like it is set even out of time from even part two. In Parts three and four man and machine are working hand and hand. Then the trip to Jupiter and other planets etc, These are the parts I enjoyed the most about this movie because, It is still something that hasn’t exactly been done yet. This was just Kubrick’s imagination taking over in filmmaking and I think that’s pretty cool.
The final thought that I would like to touch on about 2001: A Space oddeseey, is a statement that a kid on my floor said to me while speaking about this movie. And it was this “2001: A space Odessey was made before we had even put a man on the moon”. That statement right there is one that certainly makes you think. And, when you think about that statement, it leads you into wondering how it was all done. And the truth is, this was all Kubrick visualizing what his perception of Space looked liked, the ships, the planets, zero gravity. It was all a vison. Kubrick had no prior knowledge on how space would feel or what you could or couldn’t do, it was his vision and it makes this film that much cooler, to think that this film wasn’t as much a movie as it was a piece of art and a way to try and get people to look deeper into the details of the future.
12-2-09
Eng 103 3:30-4:45
2001 reaction
2001: A Space Odyssey
The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey is a Science fiction movie that I truly was bored by. This wasn’t the typical movie I would watch for fun and I wasn’t giving it much of a chance. But when I had to watch the second half of the movie with two kids on my floor who particurally enjoy and respect this movie.
They began to explain to me that this movie was broken up into four parts. One being the apes, and then to show where mankind has gone from the first tool discovered by man to space ships connecting different people and traveling to different planets. And, if you read deeper into this second part you find out that Stanley Kubrick set a bar for all the rest of science-fiction film makers. As we learned in class that he brought in legitmate engineers to work on the special effects for him and he had no such thing as computer graphics back in 1968 and before that while this movie was being put together. All these effects were taking a tremendous amount of work and money. Then when you take into consideration the ideas that went into the interior of the spaceships and how Kubrick portrayed zero-garvity it is all the more impressive.
Then when it gets into the third and fourth parts or acts of this movie, I feel like it is even a deeper look into the future. When the robot, HAL 9000 enter into the picture, I feel like it is set even out of time from even part two. In Parts three and four man and machine are working hand and hand. Then the trip to Jupiter and other planets etc, These are the parts I enjoyed the most about this movie because, It is still something that hasn’t exactly been done yet. This was just Kubrick’s imagination taking over in filmmaking and I think that’s pretty cool.
The final thought that I would like to touch on about 2001: A Space oddeseey, is a statement that a kid on my floor said to me while speaking about this movie. And it was this “2001: A space Odessey was made before we had even put a man on the moon”. That statement right there is one that certainly makes you think. And, when you think about that statement, it leads you into wondering how it was all done. And the truth is, this was all Kubrick visualizing what his perception of Space looked liked, the ships, the planets, zero gravity. It was all a vison. Kubrick had no prior knowledge on how space would feel or what you could or couldn’t do, it was his vision and it makes this film that much cooler, to think that this film wasn’t as much a movie as it was a piece of art and a way to try and get people to look deeper into the details of the future.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
12-1
The reading for today's class is one that i feel is finalizing the class, in forming a portfolio. This has been reviewed with me in other classes, but i thought some points could be highlighted from this reading. For instance the drafts are to be saved to, and if you think of it, it makes sense to see the changes that you have made. Which is most probably why we have been saving all of our work in this class the entire time. The last thing that is notable is the self assessment, it is one point of a portfolio that I had never really thought of.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Nortons field guide to writing pgs. 120-126
This lesson in Norton's field guide to writing fits in perfectly in this week, because all the tips on pages 122 and 123 will certainly help me write the evaluation for Space Odyssey 2001. I do feel at times that i go too in depth and it hurts the persuasion of my story to my readers which is why point number one on giving a brief description was food for thought to myself.
The second point that i am fond of is a knowledgeable discussion of the topic. I say this because at this point in the movie I will admit I am a bit confused and have kinda been judging the movie when we are not even halfway through it. This brings another point of "a balanced and fair assessment" because I truly can't write my assessment of this movie if I have immediately labeled it stupid.
The second point that i am fond of is a knowledgeable discussion of the topic. I say this because at this point in the movie I will admit I am a bit confused and have kinda been judging the movie when we are not even halfway through it. This brings another point of "a balanced and fair assessment" because I truly can't write my assessment of this movie if I have immediately labeled it stupid.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday 15th OCT
Chapters 47-48 on Media design is one that I am a bit rushing because i wasn't aware of a post today with the final over my head. But, as I was reading a lot of the stuff was being rehashed from my news classes. Notable parts that i find useful though are how you approach different audiences and what the headlines read etc. Wither that be to adults, businessmen children you need to stylize different headline and text different ways. And the last this is cropping photos just to put the individuals involved in the story on page 461.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Thursday (Chicago Tribune)
by Rohan Sullivan of the Associated Press
In the final day of covering the flooding in SE Asia, and once again the death toll in the Philippines climbed once again to 331. This article was just updated from earlier from Wednesday so the story line hadn't changed much from the day before. But, with the number of deaths rising again it shows that this story ranks high on news values, due to the fact that the death toll increased every single day after the initial flooding. Magnitude is higher once again and should continue for the rest of the week since more deaths come in everyday. And now Impact is maybe a tad bit higher to Americans as Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner announced that his men will be assisting the recovery effort with truck bulldozers and forklifts etc. Now that there are Americans aiding the effort and more deaths come in everyday, I believe that this will still be on the news for a while. So Once again Magnitude and Conflict are high, and Names in News and Impact have increased, along with Proximity now that Americans are involved in the cause.
In the final day of covering the flooding in SE Asia, and once again the death toll in the Philippines climbed once again to 331. This article was just updated from earlier from Wednesday so the story line hadn't changed much from the day before. But, with the number of deaths rising again it shows that this story ranks high on news values, due to the fact that the death toll increased every single day after the initial flooding. Magnitude is higher once again and should continue for the rest of the week since more deaths come in everyday. And now Impact is maybe a tad bit higher to Americans as Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner announced that his men will be assisting the recovery effort with truck bulldozers and forklifts etc. Now that there are Americans aiding the effort and more deaths come in everyday, I believe that this will still be on the news for a while. So Once again Magnitude and Conflict are high, and Names in News and Impact have increased, along with Proximity now that Americans are involved in the cause.
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