Grease - Compare and contrast

Grease is a classic musical from the 70's, that almost everyone has seen. They recently made a remake, only it was live. It's obviously got it's differences, but for the most part they are pretty similar.

One of the most noticeable differences is the casting. Since the original Grease was made in the late 70's, the cast probably wasn't up for a remake. Therefore it was an all new cast, but the casting was pretty accurate for the most part. The grease live cast was more ethnically diverse than the original cast, which was a good choice because you have actors like Vanessa Hudgens  playing Rizzo. I really liked Vanessa Hudgens in this role because she really makes the whole "I don't care" attitude come alive, which is very reminiscent of the original.

  

Another difference is that because Grease live was airing earlier in the night, they had to make it family friendly, so they had to cut out curse words and change song lyrics. There was also the scene where they changed an entire song, so that Carly Rae Jepsen would have her own song. But I did actually like the song change. I just wasn't really expecting it.

Overall I really liked both films. I think they did a really good job capturing the 50's time zone, but making so it's still interesting for younger people.

German Expressionism

  Karl Friedrich Lippman - Mother and Child (1920)

 Kathe Kollwitz - Death and Tragedy (1925)

Kathe Kollwitz:

1. She was born in Russia, and was the fifth child in her family.
2. She enrolled in a Art School in Berlin.
3. She witnessed the death of many of her siblings, and therefore suffered from anxiety, a theme that greatly influenced her work.
4. Her first home she brought was bombed in WWII.

1. She started as a naturalism artist, but changed to expressionism. She painted about the victims of WWII.
2. She used wood cut techniques a lot in her work, and wanted to help less fortunate people by painting about them.   

Geometry

1. What were the main mathematical concepts or ideas that you learned about in class? We learned about angles, Pythagoras theorem, and shapes. 
2. What questions do you still have? Why did we have to work with year 9's?
3. What new words or terms were introduced? Pythagoras theorem.
4. What is similar or different? This question is confusing.
5. What are you strengths and weaknesses? My strengths are angles, adding and identifying them. My weaknesses are everything else (:   

History of Geometry

Angles of Geometry

Little Shop of Horrors analysis

Genre and Satire:

1. What is Satire? The use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose or critique peoples stupidity or vices.
2. In what ways does 'Little shop of horrors' satirize Science Fiction? By making horror more family friendly, and almost playful. They made it so that it wasn't exactly scary, and more focused on the musical side.
3. In what ways does 'Little shop of horrors' satirize  conventional musical comedies? I feel like they purposely made the characters kind of ditsy, and a little bit stupid, to mock the stupid and "funny" actions of a lot of characters in musicals.  
4. In what ways does 'Little shop of horrors' satirize Faust? Seymour keeps this plant even though it drinks all his blood, just because it's bringing good business into the store. Much like how in the Legend of Faust Dr. Faustus makes a deal with the devil to bring him good things, even if it means he will only live to 24 years old. 
5. In what ways does 'Little shop of horrors' satirize 'B' movies? A 'b' movie is a low budget movie. I can't really see any ways that this musical satirizes 'b' movies. 

Monsters:

1. Describe the monster. The monster started as a little green plant, kind of like a Venus fly trap, but them Seymour started feeding it his blood and turned into this giant man eating plant. 
2. Who is the monster in 'Little shop of horrors' ? The monster is primarily the plant, because he is trying to take over the world, but you can also say the Dentist could be the monster, since he's a really mean person who abuses his patients and his girlfriend. 
3. Is there more than one monster? Yes, the plant and the dentist. 
4. What's the difference between a good monster and a bad monster? A monster isn't necessarily a bad person, because anyone that is different may well be called a monster some time in their life. A good monster probably wouldn't hurt anyone but a bad one would.

 Critical analysis:

I personally don't like musicals but I didn't hate this one. I thought the characters were a bit too ecstatic, but I do realize that they may just be because this movie was made in the 80's. I also think this movie wasn't at all scary, and that it was almost like a kids movie. But I do think the songs fit in well to the script, and the lead women had a really good singing voice. for the most part the dialogue was interesting, although there were some dry places. The costumes fit in really well for the time it was set, and the actors did a good job trying to make themselves a bit more ditsy. I think that even if you don't think you'll like it it's still worth seeing just to get your own opinion.   

Film Techniques

Techniques             Definition                Example

Establishing shot	A shot that establishes a scene. Used at the start of a scene.
Extreme long shot	A a very far away shot, often used at the beginning of a scene to show the area they are in.
Long shot	A far away shot, often used to show an entire person or object, from a slight distance. This shot is good for showing body language.
Mid shot	A shot taken at a medium distance, often used to show the upper half of someone’s body.
Close up	Close to the camera, often used to show a very emotional scene, by being close to a person’s face.
Extreme close up	A shot that only shows a certain feature of a person’s (generally) face. This is also used to show emotions.
POV shot	Showing a scene from the person’s perspective. Often used to show what the person is looking at.
Over the shoulder shot	When a shot is taken from over a person’s shoulder, often used in interviews.
Bird’s eye view	This shot is taken from above, as if it were a bird.
Low angle	A shot taken from a lower angle than the subjects face, used to make the subject look more powerful.
High angle	A shot taken from above the subject, used to make them seem vulnerable or powerless.
Tracking	A shot where the camera moves along side the subject.
Panning	When the camera sweeps across the scene.
Fade	A gradual transition from one scene to another.
Wipe	When one shot is replacing another shot for a transition.
Zoom	When the camera gets closer to the subject.