Blog Assignment #3

The Critique of Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2 World Premiere Trailer

            I want to discuss this scene in two parts, and they are space and time. First of all, this scene used some mutative voice to display difference of space. For example, when the giant gorilla monster threw the smaller monster from dark entrance, the voice grows from a small beginning into mighty to show the distance between the protagonist and smaller monster is from far to near, and the mutative voice also show the movement of the action that giant monster threw the smaller monster. In addition, there also have the one strong and one weakness scream voices to discriminate two different monsters’ sizes of big or small, and perception of ferocity or cowardice. Also, the scene has the dissimilar. On other hand, when Yoda argue with Darth Vader in the protagonist’s mind, the speed and loudness is incremental. It can result audiences feel the situation was becoming more intense. And it also can make audiences to expect some antagonistic scenes will come out later. At last part, when the protagonist fight with the giant gorilla monster, the tonal center became very fast and intension that can give audience a feeling that there is no enough time to think anything without the fighting between the protagonist and the monster.

Blog Assignment #2

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          I think the “howl” just means for animal’s wild nature. This article is about a red wolf who uses to be one of the captives’ offspring, Mumon. Captivity give all the offspring freedom to experiment if they still have there original ferity, but almost all the offspring seemed like prefer the life that be imprisoned except Mumon. Mumon wanted to be more like a wild animal. He was blank to kill a deer because he felt shame about that, but a raven gave him some useful guide.  Finally, Mumon got his howl back and get freedom to his pack.

"Man's dearest possession is life, and since it is given to him to live but once, he must so live as to feel no torturing regrets for years without purpose; so live so as not to be scarred with the shame of a trivial and cowardly past; so live that, dying, he can say: "All my life and all my strength were given to the finest cause in the world - The liberation of Mankind"

---Ostorovsky

            When I only was a young boy, I watched a lot of Japanese Tokusatsu TV shows everyday. At that time, in my opinion, save world is too easy just like that kind of TV shows showed me until I read the book The Making of Steel. In this book I got the information that how hard to protect the country from enemies. It is a cruel war that make innumerable people who included army and innocent populace dead and innumerable city and civilization was broken. In this book I also saw a lot of great spirits and idol who lead people pass the hardest time even though this book is only a fiction instead the documentary. And I this quote from the author, Ostorovsky gave me a big shock of my life’s value.

            First of all, Ostorovsky used protagonist’s voice to tell us a truth that we always know that is the most important thing for each person is their own life because every one only have only, so it is an invaluable asset for every one. Therefore the first sentence give me a resonance that I agree his viewpoint. Then, he said people shouldn’t fool along frigaround loaf of their life. I also agree this viewpoint since I think if I waste my life, I will feel guilty and shame for myself. I think every one want their life enrich and with a lot of magnificent moments.

            Then, he said he wished when he looked back the past, he could say that he paid all his life in saving the world. Even though I was not 100% agree his opinion for this part since we can’t judge who is the completely justice side of the warfare, who save the world or who is will to destroy the world. However I am really appreciate of his light heart and his nerve. For his country in WWII, he did the correct things, and I think he definitely have right to say that sentence. Actually, my favorite part of that quote is “he must so live as to feel no torturing regrets for years without purpose; so live so as not to be scarred with the shame of a trivial and cowardly past”. For me, that is the central theme, and I have tried to do that way since I read that speak. I think I kind of made it, I chose game design as my major and go aboard to study, and it is not really popular to Chinese. Therefore, I see Ostorovsky as one of my idol because his sentence has changed me a lot in a positive way.

            In addition, Ostorovsky make this speech run through whole book that when I read some part of that I would consider about the sentence that I prefer. It always give me a feeling that the protagonist leads me in a positive mood. Even at now, more than ten years after I read The Making of Steel, I still remember that don’t waste my life since that is the most important thing for myself. I did and do and still will do that way because I know that have a lot benefits for me, and help me a lot. So, I post this quote at my blog since I want to share it with you.

Blog Assignment # 1

I plan to call my character “Shadow Poison”, but actually he is a good guy, and there are three pictures:

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                First of all, for color, I choose this Dior’s ‘Poison’ perfume as my reference, and I chose dark purple and black I think this two colors can make people connect criminal in the mind, but in some fantastic story, this two colors also can stand for magic medicine. Therefore I want to show to people my character looks like a criminal, but actually he is justice inside. This two analogous colors’ saturation will be high in my character picture because I want to show he is hard-working to his job—use his own way to punch criminal. For value, I think I will use darker to show his Dark-Hero’s characteristic.

                In addition, for light, I plan to give my character a dark front light and a bright back light. I think because he is a Dark-Hero who is just like Spawn, Deadpool, and Batman, people who live in the same genre world only can see his darkside his outside which is his criminal look, but nobody will be conscious that he do some justice things on night. Therefore, the bright back light is just like the area that people always guess so. In addition, the dark front light is stand for the area that “Shadow Poison” really is, and it’s the area only he knows himself.

                Finally, for shape, I decide to create him as a dried tree, very thin, warping, and very scary for normal human. Because I think that shape can make people think about bad guy or criminal at the first time, and it also can show the character’s “poison” element since I think in a lot of scary movie, the poisoner and wizard live in the dried forest. Therefore, I decide to design my character has some deformed bones on his back, shoulder, arms, legs, rib, and head. When I put light on him, his shadow should be like a dried tree.

I plan to call my character’s antagonist “Alligator Tail”. He is a big one of the city, his underling in everywhere, and there are three pictures:

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First of all, for color, I choose analogous gold and orange because gold stand of rich, position of society, power, and orange stand of warm. For this character, I use this gold and orange because I want make a false impression to people that he is a successful businessman, politician, philanthropist outside, but actually he is an evil guy inside. He used the illegal way to win everything. For saturation it also will be high just like “Shadow poison” because he needs bright color to show his big-one position. For value, I will do medium since medium is the best way to show how wasteful gold is.

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In addition, for light, I chose the light from floor to give enough shadow on his face. In general, the light should be very bright, but it’s a gradual change that strongest on feet, and lowest on his face. I want to show that citizen only know a little bit about him, just like they only know his feet, and there is only a few people know who he really is, so I am going to put a little light on his face. Because his main color gold is very easy to reflection, his picture will be very blink.

Finally, for shape, I am going to design him like a strong and heavy alligator or a bear because it can show his high position, he doesn’t need to care eating problem. The heavy shape also can give people a feeling as slow for moving, and we also can put alligator skin’s keratin element on his suit, because that kind of tough texture can make people to be afraid to close to him. I wonder should I make his suit’s hem seems a heavy tail because it could make him more like a giant guy.