Moshel, Adam FMX211

As soon as I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on his blog post, I had to see the excerpt of it from the blog. The Broadway production of it is an entirely new adaptation of that story perhaps maybe the styling and a couple of the songs. I feel that this production is definitely more Americanized. The show features a child playing Charlie and four adults playing the other kids which might have been the reason why it was much more humorous than the films themselves. The show also seemed to have a much darker tone to it rather than the 1971 version which was genuine and realistic while the 2006 version was so dark where it seemed most of the characters lacked any sort of personality. I’m typically not a big fan of musicals, not to say that I hate them, but musicals are just not my cup of tea. However, Guys and Dolls created a different atmosphere just like it did with the film. Thought the plot seems to be more about crime rather than gangsters, the choreography was pretty coo...

            Prince Igor is an opera written and composed by Alexander Borodin. The opera is based off the libretto from the old Russian epic of The Lay of Igor’s Host. This epic tells the tale of Russian prince Igor Svyatoslavich’s encounter of the invading Cuman tribes in the year 1185. Along with this story, Borodin also incorporated material that originated from two medieval Kievan chronicles. One particularly interesting fact to add is that the opera was actually unfinished upon Borodin’s passing in 1887 and was subsequently completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. St. Petersburg, Russia is the home of this compositions first performance in 1890. It was because of is fellow composers that Borodin decided to focus on his talent of music rather than pursuing employment as a chemist, researcher, and professor.             Originally, Lev Mei’s The Tsar...

            I’ve been interested in the topic of stop motion picture animation ever since my first viewing of the Wallace and Gromit British clay animation series. Though Madama Butterfly and Wallace and Gromit have nothing to do with each other whatsoever in terms of storyline and characters, they are both stop motion picture animations that involve lifeless objects. Also, Wallace and Gromit does contain dialogue as well which does require more effort and time obviously. However, both animations are very smooth when it comes to the flow of the visuals. Additionally, although Madama Butterfly seems more of a film for a mature audience unlike Wallace and Gromit, the different techniques used in Madama Butterfly to get some sort of message across to the audience with the lack of any dialogue is something I do applaud.             I admit that I do think it was somewhat humo...

Subsequent to a minor discussion in class about video games, the new Spider-Man video game came to mind, specifically because of a new Spider-Man design model of the PlayStation 4 that was just released. Now, not the game itself let alone Spider-Man, but with the topic of this artwork being to merge two objects/images together, my attention was drawn to the simple yet complex webbing system of spiders in general. To me, personally, the look of a strand of webbing resembles to that of a chain. Each strand of webbing produced is then linked and connected to create the design of the web itself. Similarly, chains connect to each other to create a functioning structure. In conclusion, I simply replaced the webbing with chains and created a chained web.

            Raul Cuero is an African Colombian professor of microbiology. I personally look at Cuero’s ideas and intentions as great views emerging from the use of higher thinking. His idea to observe and break away and explore the world presents the thought of unlimited possibilities. Observing or experiencing things to gain new knowledge or expand one’s level of knowledge. This could result in changing the observers perception, improve their ego or self-esteem, even using the power of communication to spread information.             He also shared his reaction to criticism growing up. Rather than being pushed down by criticism or judgement, he looked at it as empowerment and opportunity to learn and further expand his perception of nature. This could help with one’s own willpower and confidence with any sort of obstacle that may come. Instead of taking everything with e...

            In all honesty, my feelings of this class are not quite clear. As the name suggests, I did expect more technology to be integrated into the course. I am far from an expert at creating things by hand when it comes to drawing, painting, sculpting or any sort of hands-on work. However, that does not mean that I will not try to the best of my ability on any required assignments that involve anything like that. I did not really have any expectations for the course either. As with any course, I do not carry any intentions with me but instead wait to be present in the class with an open mind. Like most of my other courses, I do appreciate the organization of the class with the completed and well-structured syllabus. With the syllabus I have access to the course information and the weekly schedule so I am not blind-sided by anything. Additionally, the weekly schedule provides the important framework and topics that this c...