Monday, February 24, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Character Caricature
Alyssa Zelman
February 18, 2014
MDIA 1020
p100166851
Character Caricature
Vincent Price:
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Known for acting in a multitude of B Horror
movies
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Did voice acting in a number of animated films
and cartoons including as a caricature of himself in the Scooby Doo series The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby Doo.
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Trademarks include his pencil mustache, slender
frame, cartoonish expressions and distinctive atmospheric voice.
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Some of his best known movies include The Fly
and House of Wax, both of which got remade.
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Started off as a character actor, not getting
into horror until Tower of London.
Ellen Degeneres
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Had a television show called Ellen where she first came out as a
lesbian
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Is married to Portia De Rossi.
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Has produced several audio books.
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Did the voice acting for Dory in Finding Nemo.
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Dances every time she introduces a guest on her
show.
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Likes making weird noises. Most people would
know that she spoke whale in Finding Nemo
but there’s also a chapter in one of her books where she says something along
the lines of “well since you’re listening to the audio version this means you
get to hear me, so you get a treat that readers don’t and that’s me making a
variety of noises.” And then she makes whale noises and other such sounds.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Your Hamartia is Showing
Alyssa
Jane Zelman
P100166851
February
9th, 2014
MDIA
1020
For years now i've been writing The Witch and
the Unicorn.
A young witch runs away from her abusive parents
to live alone in a meadow. A unicorn frequents the area. She becomes enamored
with the beast. The unicorn is oblivious. A mysterious black-eyed man befriends
the witch and offers to help her impress the unicorn. Eventually, the witch realizes
that she had been holding the unicorn up on a pedestal and ceases her pursuit. The tale could at first be mistaken
for a love story, but it is closer to a coming of age story. The witch gains
self respect and stands up for herself. I haven't finished it yet.
The witch's fatal flaw, or Hamartia, is the fact
that she puts too much of her self worth into what other people think of her.
Back in her village her parents neglected her. In a fit of postpartdum
depression, the witch's mother strangled her, permanently damaging her voice.
Another time her mother and father used magic to transform her into a cat and
tried to sell her at the village market. As a cart she befriended a rooster who
helped her transform back into a girl. Upon bringing the rooster home, it
didn't take long for her parents to kill and eat him. The villagers scorn
her and her family for being magic users. Despite all this, the witch does
not hold resentment towards her family or the village for doing so. Her
initial reason for running away was because she believed it would help her
parents to not be burdened with her, not because she would be escaping an
unhealthy situation. To call her low self esteem a character flaw is a bit mean
but it's true. Her innocence and naivety only serve to further her down a bad
path. I should hope readers pity and empathize with her.
The major turning point, or Peripetieia, in the
story is after the witch almost accidentally kills herself. She is bathing in a
pond, in a daze after a strange conversation with the black-eyed man. The
unicorn arrives early, and, embarrassed, the witch sinks down in the water so
that only her eyes are exposed. Her eyes have been strange ever since she was
turned into a cat, so when the unicorn notices them, he mistakes her for an
alligator or some such beast. He kicks mud at her and runs off, spooked. The
witch has a panic attack and forces herself down to the bottom of the pond so
she can scream without disturbing the area and nearly drowns. It is after she
regains consciousness that she decides pursuing the unicorn is no longer worth
it. This is a big step for her. She finally puts her own wellbeing above
somebody else's approval.
The Anagnorsis, or the big reveal, is of the
black-eyed man's true motivation, which is hinted at in his and the witch's
strange conversation. He's been nice to her throughout the story, but the
reader is supposed to always feel vaguely creeped out by him, so the fact that
he turns out to be devious won't be too much of a surprise. He's sort of like
an evil plastic surgeon, but with magic. He's always been a bit pushy when it
comes to helping the witch change parts of her body. First he compliments her
and makes her feel adored, then says something like "oh what a shame you
want to get rid of your voice, i'd be happy to have it", planting the idea
in her head that she can change. It's revealed that her changes weren't free
(foreshadowed by the witch using her magic at a cost earlier in the story), and
that the black-eyed man intended her to pay with her heart. The witch finally
stands up for herself and calls him out on manipulating her, which jumpstarts
the rest of the story wherein she must figure out how to reclaim the parts of
her body that the black-eyed man has taken, and return to the village with her
new attitude.
The major turning point, or Peripetieia, in the
story is after the witch almost accidentally kills herself. She is bathing in a
pond, in a daze after a strange conversation with the black-eyed man. The
unicorn arrives early, and, embarrassed, the witch sinks down in the water so
that only her eyes are exposed. Her eyes have been strange ever since she was
turned into a cat, so when the unicorn notices them, he mistakes her for an
alligator or some such beast. He kicks mud at her and runs off, spooked. The
witch has a panic attack and forces herself down to the bottom of the pond so
she can scream without disturbing the area and nearly drowns. It is after she
regains consciousness that she decides pursuing the unicorn is no longer worth
it. This is a big step for her. She finally puts her own wellbeing above
somebody else's approval.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Alyssa Jane Zelman
P100166851
MDIA 1020
February 2, 2014
Storyboard a Joke
2: The doctor enters the waiting room and clears her throat to get their attention, as they are clearly far away in their worry. SFX: sounds of throat clearing.
3: The sitting woman looks up, alert.
4: The laying woman sniffs and looks up. SFX: sniffling.
5: The man looks up and straightens his back. He sighs. SFX: impatient sigh.
6: The doctor explains that "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, semi-risky, and you will have to pay for the brain yourselves."
7: The sitting woman covers her mouth and quietly says "dear god." SFX: woman's voice.
8: The laying girl begins to panic and cry, trying her best to say quiet. SFX: heavy breathing, whimpers.
9: The man grimaces and swears. SFX: man's voice saying "shit" or "Jesus"
10: The doctor has an apologetic expression.
11: The man sighs and thinks for a moment.
12: The man says "okay well what does it cost?"
13: The doctor explains that a male heart would cost $5000...
14: however, she goes on, a female heart would cost only $200 SFX: doctor's voice
15: the man snickers and covers his mouth to stifle the noise. SFX: snicker.
16: the sitting woman glares at him and makes an annoyed noise. SFX: grunt.
17: the man looks at the sitting woman innocently.
18: he snickers again, turning his face away.
19: the sitting woman rolls her eyes.
20: the man covers his face, continuing to stifle laughter.
21: the sitting woman groans "Just ask already."
22: The man happily asks the doctor why a female heart costs less. SFX: man's voice.
23: the doctor smiles at his childish question.
24: the doctor, her voice full of snark, replies that "It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because they've been used."
25: the man looks embarrassed
26: the girl, who up to this point hasn't said a word, suddenly flips over and, in the vein of Regular Show, goes "OHHHHHHH"
27: The sitting woman laughs, her mood brightened.
28: The doctor, pleased with herself, points with both hands and says "ayyyy"
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