Digital Presence

In the article it talks about how social media is being used as a negative influence to teens in high school or college. It talks about how now colleges are now looking at teens social media accounts to see what people do out side of school. Kids trying to get into college have been denied because of there outside social activities. if you dont post anything bad on a social media website then you shouldn't have to worry about anything. Colleges have the right to look on peoples social media accounts and i think they should continue to do so.

Looking Hard

What scares you?

Why do we like scary movies? I think we like scary movies because it stimulates our brains and keeps us on edge. I know from watching horror movies that this does this to me and i know my friends have said that scary movies do this to them to. Scary movies have been around for a long time and have gotten scarier over time as have the after effects to make a movie scarier. If you compare the music from horror movies from then to now the music has changed for the better and another huge reason for this is the timing and editing of music. If movies did not add suspenseful music or good after affects i don't think a movie would even be that good. Try watching a movie without sound, i guarantee you will not get scared at all.  That shows how important music is to a film and it needs to be good in order to make a movie good. A example of good music in a horror film is Insidious, that movie had such great music that at certain points the music would give you chills. I think music can make or break a movie so if it does not have good music, it will not be a good movie.

All Dressed up

Edith Head holds the record for the most oscars by a single women, 8. She gained these mainly through costume design. Most of these came during the 50's and she became a very popular costume designer. She designed many stand out dresses and clothes and whenever a movie she designed came out people would look for the clothes she designed or made. A costume on a character can change the audiences view point of that person or thing. They can make a character look interesting, good, funny, bad, evil, and can make the audience think differently of that person. The costume design will obviously change when the current year or time has changed so the costume can match that era. if you don't match the correct costume with the correct time the movie wont have a good look or feel to it. Colors in a costume can also show the characters mood or tone in a movie or it changes the characters role or how the character can stand out from the rest of the characters. And finally certain clothes will show a characters certain belief or certain culture that they are in. Costumes are one of the most important things in a film and if they are done right they can make or break a movie.

faithfulness to What?

When books are translated into a different language a translator will face many problems in doing this. The translator has to tank in effect the slang language for that particular language and also abbreveations for words. Different languages in the world have different slang language and different short term words for example has'nt is a short term word for has not, and other languages do not use short term language a'lot they use the whole word. In the book of the great gatsby i think that the movie did a better job at showing the first big party at gatsbys house than the book did at showing the party. I say this because the book didn't describe the electric atmosphere that the movie did show and the book also did not show the whole party as a whole while the movie did. Overall i think that the movie is better than the book.

Stephen King the Shining sequel

In the article about Stephen Kings new book about the Shining sequel, Stephen king talks about being nervous on how the critics will critique his new book.  The first part of the series was published when
he was 28, now he is 65. King is nervous about his new book because he is putting horror into his book and he has never really done that before. King said that he wants to make a more adult version of the book because over time as the book has gotten older so has the original audience of the previous book. King wants the audience to fall in love with the characters and be scared when the characters become scared. King has published over 50 novels over his time and admits the critics are kinder to him then we he started his career nearly 50 years ago.

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Adaption or Translation

I think a book is usually better than a movie, but i have seen movies that are better than the book. I have seen more movies than books read but the book that i think is better than the movie is the hunger games. I think this because i think that the book was well written and that the movie was rushed and did not go in depth to the characters and rushed to the games. The hunger games itself i think was well filmed but the movie did not include enough background information. The book did include all the things the book did not, it included everything before the fighting and was well written. Another book that i think is better is the Hobbit. I read this about two years ago and i have read it twice since. I think that the movie was way better than the book because i think that it is hard for books to describe intense fighting scenes making the book sound confusing and sometimes the reader can get lost in the book. In the movie though the fighting scenes were a lot better and more intense and in to it than the book. However the book did go into the characters thought and feelings more than the movie. So overall i think that books are usually better than movies.