“This is the story of girls and boys connected through their wounds.” Kiznaiver is a story of six individuals who are so unalike they would’ve never been friends without the “Kizna” experiment. Kiznaiver is a person bound to comrades through pain. The “Kizna system” is an experiment, using these Kiznaiver in hopes to bring world peace through people sharing pain. We begin this tale with the six Kiznaiver being tasked with missions that are part of this experiment. This anime is set in the…
has been effectively represented in several films. In the most recent film version, The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 2013, Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, and Daisy Buchanan are brought back to life in the 1920’s, but with a modern music soundtrack. In the 2011 film Midnight In Paris, directed by Woody Allen, modern characters reflect the themes and symbols of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in a variety of ways. Both films bring to…
For centuries, music has been used to tell stories and express emotions all over the world. No matter what language you speak or country you live in there is the beauty of songs. Sometimes when I come across a song I can relate to, I am able to translate the lyrics and unravel the mysteries that the melody holds. I am able to associate with the lines of the song and then immerse myself into the lyrics to fully understand the meaning, without the need of dissecting it with a scalpel. One song…
popular culture's construction of mothers. In many ways, Mrs. Hastings serves as a red herring—a mode of femininit}' to mock and against which to paint a picture of the film's heroine—^but the mom's point of view is never really a pressing factor in Viola's growing self-identity. Mrs. Hastings proves ineffectual soon after her first on-camera appearance and wields very little authority over her children—one of whom escapes out the window of her domestic domain for a trip to London and the other…
Melancholia x Antichrist For prologue of the Melancholia and the original soundtrack, which is the Prelude to “Tristan und Isolde”, may be considered as they are fitting since the main focus of the first part of the movie, Justine, is suffering from depression and thinking that only way out of the evilness of the world is for it to end as we can see from how much relieved she is after she learned that Melancholia is going to hit the world. And in a relatable way (I mean it is not my opinion, but…
featured in the 2000 action hit Romeo must die, co-staring martial arts star jet li. Jet Li said “she was a wonderful and talented artist who will be missed by everyone whose lives she touched.”Aaliyah performed her hit single “try again’ off the soundtrack off the movie which she was also the executive producer. Aaliyah third album “Aaliyah” was released in July 2001. It reached NO. 2 on the billboard. In 2001 Aaliyah played the title role in queen of the…
Gatsby Centered and Related Lana Del Ray’s soundtrack “Young and Beautiful” did not necessarily target the entire Gatsby as a whole, although it did strike a chord regarding the relationship between Jay and Daisy. However, when you put the song into perspective with the specific mentality of Daisy, it’s very ill-fitting and not suiting her character. “Young and Beautiful” could easily be labeled as an artistic success because of its rich, haunting tones, but whether or not it matches up with a…
Stranger Than Fiction is a movie that mixes comedy with tragedy and adds a touch of drama to spice things up. In the movie, Will Ferrell (Elf, Bewitched) portrays Harold Crick, an IRS agent who counts nearly everything, and lives a pretty ordinary life. That is until he begins to hear a woman’s voice inside his mind narrating everything he does. Oddly enough, the voice seems to always be right, this startles Harold, especially when the voice reveals that he will die an “eminent death” after he…
Holly sees the change of heart in her boss and they end up adding a romantic element to the movie. The film provides viewers with shots of the cast spending countless days in an office supply room practicing. The film also includes a christmas soundtrack made amazing thanks to its variation. The songs include The Twelve Days of Christmas and Oh holy Night, both performed by Tia Mowry. Still, it includes a contemporary song called Burnin’ Love made by Jonathan Patrick Moore. All in all, each…
da Ashley Reflection #1 Portrayal of City through Film This course had four learning outcomes attached to the class. These outcomes included discussing the evolution of cities through film, having the ability to evaluate how filmmaking can convey messages about the past, present, and future urban space, identify key issues facing urban region, and lastly be able to communicate my analysis thru written medium. The first outcome was performed through discussion at the conclusion of each movie.…