The AJ & JR Show: There Will Be Blood Critique

In my elective course, Ollywood we focus on the components that makes a film come together. The second Action Project is a video critique about the 2007 drama film, There Will Be Blood. The purpose of this project was to give a general explanation of the plot, characters, framing, lighting, and also our personal experience of the movie in a video format with a partner. I'm proud of being with a peer, and to accomplish this assignment in this time frame we had. The most challenging part for my partner and I was the filming of the video, we had faced a lot of camera and tech issues while filming. Overall I would do it again with my partner! Below you can locate the rest of our project. I hope you enjoy it as my partner and I enjoyed making it.

Filming Info 

Movie Title: There Will Be Blood
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Main Characters: Daniel Plainview By: Daniel Day-Lewis and Eli Sunday By: Paul Dano
Number of awards: 55

AJ and JR Show: There Will be Blood

        

Slideshow seen in the video above:

        

Thank you for your view! Click here for link to There Will be Blood movie trailer!

My Model Stage: Stage Chemistry

For this action project we were assigned to build our blueprint that we were also assigned to do for the first AP of stage chemistry. My first AP I chose to measure Fasseas in Menomonee Boys & Girls club. I Basically Measure throughout card board and cut and built Fasseas Stage that I drew on my blueprint. What I am most proud of is to have my stage built before everything is due and well, because it was a fun AP. As a follow up with my previous Action Project (Link) I had turned my blueprints into an 3D model, that you can locate below in a series of moving pictures.

For my first motion that I chose was a trap door that I cut in the middle of my stage. I chose to cut it in the middle of  my stage because I thought  it would be cool to have a person go through it while performing to get the audience to react some type of way. This trap door is made for actors (people) to make a good way out of the stage more like disappear. While someone is going through their scene they will usually go through the trap door to not make a plain exit from the stage, and they will usually end up in the bottom of the stage. As you can see on these to examples of the trap door on my stage this person weighs 135 pounds and the force being made on the trap door is 600.507 newton's same as the upward force on the trap doors. The way I found out how much force was given up and down the trap doors, with the persons weight. The person weighed 135 and so I multiplied it by 4.4482 and got 600.507 newton's which is the exact force for both ways (up and down).

JR. Going Through Trap Door. 2014

JR. Side View. 2014

For my second motion I chose was a pulley. I put my pulley above my stage so it can look like a real pulley and for the people that will be using it. I added a chair on the left so that a person can pull the person up and down and make it look like the person is above ground. Usually the person will wear a belt and that belt will be attached with the pulley to bring the person up and down. To make this pulley I made a hole on the top of the roof of my stage and inserted a loop to put in the rope to give my pulley some action.

JR. Pulley In Motion. 2014

Trap Door Safety Rules:

• Make sure your on time to go through the trap doors.
• Be careful how you land.
• Make sure the trap doors are unlocked.
• Fall the proper way in case something goes wrong.
• Trap door must be clear from the bottom (besides something comfy to land on) and top.
• If done using the trap door, please lock it so no one falls through it while walking on stage.
• Make sure their isn't nothing blocking the trap doors on stage.
• Don't fall head first while going through the trap doors.

JR. Safety Rule. 2014

Pulley Safety Rules:

• Make sure that you belt is clicked on and working good.
• When above ground don't touch the belt or release the buckle.
• Don't pull or grab on to the pulley rope.
• Don't get distracted while your about to get pulled up.
• Make sure to get your harness on before getting pulled up.
• Don't perform a weird stunt that will get you tangled while above ground.
• Chair man has to be strong and not get easily distracted.
• Make sure your weight is checked before using pulley.

JR. Safety Rule.2014

I used my blueprint to build my stage because when I created the blueprint with the measures of Fasseas and I needed those measurements for my stage. I also included a roof and also made my stage hallow so that way I have a better view of my trap doors I put on the top of my stage.

My Mathematical Formula For The Trap Door:

JR. Trap Door Mathematical Formula. 2014

The Beast of the Southern Wild

For my class Ollywood I was assigned to choose between five films to watch and write about the production design- the sets,costumes, and props of the film as well as identify the protagonist, antagonist, and other plot elements. I chose to critique the film  Beasts of the Southern Wild. I really liked the movie because it showed the positive things a child can do. I think that is very interesting that the movie was directed by someone who got inspired of the Hurricane Katrina.

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film directed by Benh Zeitlin. The movie was filmed in Louisiana and released in the year of 2012. Young Hushpuppy lives with her father Wink in a little community on water with a small group of neighbors. Hushpuppy is only six years old and is curious about her mother who is missing, but is maybe alive somewhere. Wink is the only thing she has right now, but he’s extremely sick and is an alcoholic Hushpuppy is the protagonist of the film, and one of the quotes that best represents her character is when HUshpuppy says, “The whole universe depends on things fitting together just right.” I liked this quote because for her to be six and actually speaking this is pretty impressive; she seems to know a lot like an adult. The antagonists of the movie are the aurochs and the storm.It clearly has the residents on edge, as one. The little boy warned the others“ The storm is coming, the storm is coming, the storm is coming.”

Hushpuppy wants to find her mother and spend more time with her father, Wink. She tries to understand why her father acts the way he acts and what’s wrong with him. She questions herself about why her father doesn’t seem to want to be with her and pushes her away. She tries to understand him and talk to him but he’s always busy drinking and barely has time. She wants her father to stay healthy and be there with her. But, there’s a problem that happens. The storm get overly aggressive and floods the town, affecting a lot of the people in their own households. This storm infected most of the animals, leaving the people in the town to starve.  Hushpuppy’s desire is to leave on an adventure to find her mother. She wants to find out if her mother is still somewhere alive. She carries the hope with her even when her father tells her that she’s dead.  Meanwhile, the antagonists - the aurochs and the storm -  lead to the destruction of people, houses and constantly threaten the other characters and take over of Bathtub make Bathtub as their environment the entire community of the Bathtub.

The director, Zeitlin, was inspired to make the sets of Beasts after the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. That hurricane struck the Bahamas before passing to Southern Florida, then to the Gulf of Mexico and the southeast of Louisiana in late August of 2005. It caused severe destruction and left a lot of people injured, dead, and homeless. Beasts shows the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina through the sets and costumes. For example, the houses in the Bathtub were destroyed, garbage was floating on everywhere on the water, there weren’t enough animals to feed on just everything was a disaster from the beginning of the film . The characters who lived in the Bathtub wore the same clothes again and again -- often they were ripped, worn out, too-big boots and shoes. The outfits that the characters wore actually fitted with their personality it makes people think about who the person is.

Hushpuppy now knows that her father is ill and is soon going to die. The only way to not stay alone is to go on an adventure to find her dead mother. Hushpuppy and her friends, leave the hospital and make her company as she tries to find her mother.The scene that most stood out to me was was the ending of the film. The scene is when Hushpuppy’s father dies and Hushpuppy sets him on fire on the car boat onto the water. It really shows the courage, bravery and strength to actually do what she did. She now has to face the real world, being an orphan, also with the Aurochs taking over is a big deal for her. Not only that she’s an orphan but she also has her fathers neighbors that were his close friends. Hushpuppy now is on her own with no family.

Stolz, Kit. Meet the future, little girl. 2014.

The Famous Theater

For this class Stage Chemistry I was told to pick an available space, to create my own theater. I measured the space that I chose which was Fasseas from Menomonee Boy & Girls club. I thought that picking Fasseas will be a good idea because I go to school everyday, might as well pick a place where it’s big and enough people can fit in. Fasseas is part of Menomonee where GCE staff and student usually meet for morning meetings. As, I measured I had to create a scale for the blueprint I had to create for Fasseas, and this is my explanation of my blueprint and micros.

JR. Fasseas Blueprint. (2014) Issuu 

Stage
The stage is located inside of Fasseas, in which is accessible to a lot of outlets, and the light and sound box that isn’t going to be a problem with a lot of cords in the way. The performers won’t trip on their way in to the stage. The viewing angles of the seats are very good, no matter what seat you choose to sit at.

Snack Bar
The Snack Bar at Fasseas will be located inside of by the seats and stage inside. Any beverages or any other snacks will be purchased before the start of the film or performance. After film or performance is starting, there will there will no longer be a Snack Bar. When film/performance is finished the Snack Bar will re-open again. There is also permission to take beverages and snacks in the theater only, if you bought from the Snack Bar after purchased.

Ticket Booth
The Ticket Booth will be held beside the entrance of Fasseas doors. Each ticket will cost more if closer. The VIP seat tickets are $25 dollars, 2nd row is $20 dollars, 3rd row is $15 dollars and 4th row is $10 dollars. Every person who purchases a ticket, they will get a 50% discount for children ages 3-7 years old (If they have children). The children are free to watch film or performance.

Coat Rack
The Coat Rack is located further to the left of the Ticket Booth. For every ticket a person buys they will get a 50% discount on the coat rack for children ages 3-7 years old. Now, all adults coats, jackets will cost $1.00. Their will be a person in charge of taking all coats, they will punch a hole in your ticket to let them know they have your coat so their responsible because your paying for your coat to be put away.

Light&Sound Box
This is the Light and sound box located inside Fasseas close enough to the stage. The Light and Sound box is basically the the electricity box. The Light and Sound box will power all the lighting and sound while film or performance is being done in session. This box will give the light that they audience will need such as the sound also so people won't have trouble listening or watching anything on the stage.

Preparation Hall
The preparation Hall is the hall beside Fasseas other exit door. I chose to have this part on my stage so that the performers or film takers can get settled and ready. This is a huge opportunity for all actors and and film takers, since their isn't curtain to block the stage in the front, just like most stages. This is also a better way to make a good exciting entrance to grab the audiences attention. Preparation Halls can also be to practice your roles/scripts whatever that needs to be done will be set in Preparation Hall, even for taking deep breathes before starting.

J.R Comparisons.2014. Photography

Poverty

For this course, Populations last unit on if/then was based on over population and how it effects the world. I was assigned a project, to choose a topic on which applies to population growth and how that will also reflect on it's symbiosis. I chose poverty because I am more familiar with this topic and I like talking about it.

The symbiosis that will apply to poverty and the two interacting parties will be competition. The reason for choosing competition as the symbiosis is because United States and Congo are in competition of lack of jobs. The more the population grows the lesser jobs people have, which will make it harder for people to look for one.

Here is a picture of how much of the population growth will be in 2050.

JR. "Human Population Growth In A Geometric Sequence". 2014. Photography.

Right now the human population is 7,125,000,000 billion people. As a result of the prediction of the human population growth in 2050, is 10,715,465,520 more billion people

Here is also a script of Kevin and Cynthia conversing about the lack of jobs because of poverty and over population.

Kevin: Hey Cynthia! do you know any places where they’re hiring?

Cynthia: Certainly NOT! Good luck finding one.

Kevin: What do you mean?

Cynthia: Well, there aren’t enough jobs offerings for the amount of people here.

Kevin: Really? How do you know?

Cynthia: Look at the population and economy right now! Do you really think we have job offerings

for 7,125,000,000 people?

Kevin: Woah! that’s a lot of people

Cynthia: Did you know that the population in 2050 will grow to a maximum of 10 billion people, which people would want jobs and be in competition for jobs.

Kevin: I never knew that? tell me more.

Cynthia: it’s true and now people are going to struggle because of the lack of jobs that is going to happen from then to 2050. If I was you I would start researching and looking for jobs quick.

Kevin: Thanks, I will.

Spider Man The Ultimate Hero

For my Stories course, my class and I were assigned to pick a fictional hero and a non-fiction hero. We are to write a story about the 8 steps of a Hero's Journey and a non-fiction hero. The purpose of this action project analyze the journeys of both characters.

                                                    

Spiderman is a fictional hero, a superhero who appears in comic books that are published by Marvel Comics. I picked this hero because there was an episode of Ultimate Heroes on Netflix that caught my attention. I started to watch it, and I liked it a lot and chose Spiderman as my fictional hero.

For my non-fictional hero, I picked E.B who I met probably 3 years ago as a volunteer at a program called Inner City Impact (ICI). She became the discipline leader of the high school program on Fridays, which then i started to attend. I got very attached to her, we became very good friends. I chose to interview her because she is like a second mother to me.

 Hero's Fictional Journey

Call To Adventure

Spider man is at school one day, when the principal gets kidnapped by four frightful villains. Spider man has to rescue the students and principal and defeat the villains in order to bring back safety.

"spider man off to his adventure"

Mentor

Nick Fury is a secret spy who helps heroes improve their skills of responsibility and safety. He helps train Spider Man to fight villains and combat). Fury trains Spider Man to not be messy and to fight quickly against other villains.

'spider man and the frightful villains"

Threshold

Spiderman gives up after training and thinks that he can be responsible to and train himself to be fast and not messy. The four frightful villains capture Spiderman and Nick Fury’s four trained hero’s.

"Nick Fury telling Spider Man about the training"

Growth

Spiderman and Nick Fury's four heroes all now go to the same school so they can keep an eye on  Spider Man since he didn’t know how to properly and quickly fight against of fighting with villains

Ordeal

Spider man fights with the four frightful villains. He fights with the villains because they try to take him to kill him.

Reward

Spider man goes to Nick Fury for training and his heroes now go to Spider Man's school to protect him.

Atonement

Spider man uses Nick Fury's advice which was to give him a chance to be more quick and responsible while fighting as he trains

Return

Spider man now fights villains fast and not messy and responsible.

Hero's Real Journey

The Call

It is hard to say exactly what other people see in me, but from what others have said before, I believe that I am compassionate and really love deeply those who are in my life. I thrive from being available, loyal, and intentionally invested in the people I come to know. I believe that people and relationships are worth working for, which leads me to be quick to forgive and show grace to others.  I also feel very strongly about my convictions and faith, which is an area that causes some people to respect me.  

Mentor

I hope so! That is my goal at ICI! We desire to be as available as possible and build real relationships with kids, so that if/when a kid is looking for a mentoring relationship, we are available to fill that role! There are some kids that I spend more time with others, the ones I really connect with, and I would say that a few of them would think of me as their mentor! It was a combination of trial & error, and God opening and closing doors. I went to school for Social Work, and it was during grad school that I realized that as much as I loved social work, that there was more that I wanted to do and God opened a door for me to work at ICI.  Even though I wouldn't have expected to be here, I am so glad that I am!

Threshold

This is my first full-time job since graduating, but this environment is different in a lot of ways.  In this environment, I am surrounded by more people through my job that have the same passions and beliefs that I do, which allows me to feel supported and encouraged in the convictions and passions that I have. And Chicago offers way more diversity in people and culture than the areas I lived in before.  I love being able to learn from and be stretched from being in community with people from other cultures!

Atonement

One of the biggest challenges I ever faced was actually moving to Chicago.  I had never been to the city, and I moved here without really having any idea what I was getting myself into! It definitely required a step of faith and had lonely moments, but it was worth it!

Rebirth

Through that year of being in a new place and having to make new friends and reestablish myself, I really got to know myself in a new way.  I had more moments of being on my own, and not depending on others for my happiness.  I also saw that the plans God had for my life were better than what I could pick for myself! And like I said before, being in Chicago has allowed me to learn about other cultures first-hand, and understand my culture better, too.  

Return

It has allowed me to be more comfortable doing things on my own and knowing who I am. Which in turn, allows me to be a more sincere friend and truer to myself. It also allowed me to see that taking risks can sometimes be a good thing! Instead of trying to control every aspect of my life, I can trust that all things happen for a reason and be more open to go with the flow! If I had not been willing to take the risk of moving to Chicago and work for ICI, my life would look so different today! I wouldn't trade this season of my life for anything! 

Baelfire and The Book

For this unit lessons, I was assigned to make a fable with no human characters. We have also learned the different types of characters and what are fables meant to be and say. We were also assigned to read fables in order to get perspective to write one. Every fable has a story or message behind it that will inspire or will not inspire a person who reads it.

Once upon a time there was forest that was possessed with Horrible Creatures. There was a rabbit called Baelfire and a cat named Macho. When Baelfire was in the woods he found himself a book titled the "The Possessed Forest" and as he read everything to him seemed so real. The book had a pathway into the forest but no way out. It also had signs, pictures of rocks and trees, and weird creatures of the forest but no way out. So, Baelfire wanted to know more about this possessed forest and how it became and why it became that way. Baelfire and Macho were strong enemies, they didn't talk or bare to look at each other. While Baelfire was walking down the street looking for something to eat he saw Macho, walking down a path that Baelfire didn't know that was the way to the possessed forest. Well, Baelfire stood shocked because it was Macho and because they were best of friends. Baelfire started thinking about the book and what it said, he started to walk faster to see if he can catch up with Macho. While hiding through doors and buildings so Macho would not notice. finally Baelfire catch up to Macho and confronted him and told him to tell him everything about what this possessed forest is all about.

Macho said to him "This isn't possessed what are you talking about?". Baelfire stood very confused and kept asking question about it. Baelfire asked him "then why are you walking into the forest?" Macho answered "I'm trying to find some berries for the pies that I'll be making for the pie contest later." But, Baelfire didn't believe him one bit, staring at Macho weirdly. So Macho told him “Enough with your pathetic made up stories of yours” Baelfire got so angry that pushed him away and kept walking. Macho yelled and said “Okay and why are you asking about that possessed forest theory?”. Baelfire said "I was walking in the woods and found a book that said everything about a possessed forest here". Macho said "Let me see?" Baelfire "handed the book to Macho softly". Macho was so mad when he was reading everything. He said to Baelfire "you really think this is real?, this is a fable" Baelfire didn't care and tripped on a rock making him bleed so much that he panicked and fainted and eventually he woke up knowing at the end it was all a dream.

JR. Baelfire and The Book. (2014)

Jr. Baelfire and The Book. (2014)

The moral of the story is to not believe everything you see or read.

Murphy On Mars

For this class "Population", The unit From/to was based on the difference characteristics of animals and about natural selection. I was assigned to choose an animal that will be able to live in Mars. While I searched on the Anti-cruelty website, I thought to myself I will need a pet that will be furry and have long legs. As I scrolled down the page of dogs I saw a male dog named Murphy. I picked him because he had a somewhat thick coat and large legs. He is a Terrier/mixed and 9 years old. The purpose of doing this project was to chose an animal that best suits to be in Mars and so I did.

Mars is a planet made up of a iced rocky hard surface all around it. Freezing cold and dusty, it's also the fourth planet from the sun and the second smallest planet in the whole solar system. Mars can also be described as the "Red Planet" with a thin atmosphere.

I made a good and bad list of what is good to have and what's not good to have in a dog in order to survive in Mars. Murphy is a Terrier which means they are typically developed in Great Britain and Ireland. Some Terriers have large legs and bodies which are used for hunting badgers. Long ago, Terriers were crossed with hunting dogs, fighting dogs and others Terriers. They were mostly breed-ed with Hounds which is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animals being hunted.

Here is old handsome Murphy

Murphy. 2014. Anticruelty.org

As you see here, Murphy has a lots of fur, large legs and medium size body. Which was something I was looking for in a dog. All these great features that Murphy has can really help him live in Mars. Having lots fur can keep him warm, large legs can help him run and heat up his body and from predators, and medium size body can also help because he's not to huge or too small an probably won't get tired fast. What I was not looking in a dog was no fur, short legs and no small body.

I took data from another 15 mixture of dogs on the website and collected all the years and found Murphy's Standard Deviation.

Standard Deviation Data

JR. 2014. "Standard Deviation Data". Photography.

The Aye-Aye

In this class, which is called "Population" a combine science and math course. We are studying the natural selection, the theory of Charles Darwin, and Taxonomy. Learning the scientific names of animals that we chose and their kingdoms. The purpose of this project was to create a collage of scrap paper or magazines to create your mammal or reptile and caption their kingdoms and know their scientific name. What was difficult was trying to get the right colors for the animal to make on the poster.

The animal that I chose for this AP1 for Population was an Aye-Aye.  I researched it and found out its kingdoms and scientific name. This animal lives in forests in large jungle areas. It's scientific name is Daubentania Madagascariensis.

J.R (2014). Venn Diagram

J.R (2014). Set Theory Math Language.

The Mysterious Temple

In this class, "Stories" two in-twined classes with literature and history. we have learned about creation myths and ways to dive deep into stories using icebergs. The purpose of this action project was to use my imagination to make a fable story with a imaginary place, creative creatures, an descriptive features. I am proud to use my imaginary and descriptive skills, to create a super great story for people that like fables.

J.R. (2014). The Mysterious Temple.

Once, there was a mysterious temple for the greatest goddesses of Africa. Over time, people abandoned the place, except for a girl named Flair, who moved into this temple in the mountains near a strange village which no one knew of. Flair was new to the place and her surroundings. As she was getting help from some men with her belongings, up and down the road Flair looked around her, cluelessly paying attention to the trees and bushes and the path home. This was a new experience for her. After the men settled her items in her new house, they left. She started unpacking and putting things away.

By the time Flair was done, it was sunset. While she stared out the window she saw lots of leaves blowing in the wind. There were plenty of creatures coming out of the trees and bushes. She went outside to get a closer look at these blue spiky squirrels and zombie armadillo witches that she had never seen before in her life. One of the zombie armadillo witches flew toward her and stared at her very creepily while touching her on her forehead. Flair was shocked and terrified. As it touched Flair on her forehead the zombie armadillo witch said, “you belong here!.. You ARE MINE!”

Flair ran inside upset and worried. She locked her doors, windows, and everything in the house. She put all the shades down and kept herself locked in her bedroom. Flair grabbed her journal and started descriptively writing about the things she had seen and done the little bit of time she had been in Africa. While Flair was writing she felt kind of dizzy and sleepy, but didn’t know why. So, she took a nap. The next morning, she got up feeling better, but was still thinking about what had happened last night. She thought to herself, maybe it was a dream, while walking to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

Flair screamed loudly, looking at herself in the mirror. She had turned purple through the night. She thought to herself again, “It wasn’t a dream if I’m turning purple. She went outside and yelled, “you ugly creature what are you turning me into?” Flair waited and waited to get a response back, but nothing happened. It was just a beautiful, silent morning with the sun rising and the chilly breeze of nature. But, she hadn't thought of what the zombie armadillo witch had said while touching her on her forehead, probably making her turn purple for being in their village. To clear her mind, she went for a walk and looked around to see if she could find what this creature had done to her so she could fix it.

She repeatedly yelled, leaving herself with no voice. Now, all Flair could do is whisper. She walked so much, she couldn't feel her own legs. Flair slowly noticed that her hands were turning purple. As she looked around, there were bushes near her shriveling and falling apart. Since she couldn’t talk, she ran towards the bushes, but as soon as she got closer they disappeared like dust. She was losing her mind because so many unusual and scary things were happening to her for no reason. She was very startled and started to cry. She just didn’t understand why!

A Chinese wizard appeared and explained to her what these creatures were and why they were torturing her. He reminded her of what the zombie armadillo witch had told her and let her know, “these creatures were created like this because of the war that happened in Africa 105 years ago. In 1774 the zombies had a conflict with armadillos and witches because they would put curses on anyone who would move in to this temple. Zombies were very friendly with the people who lived in the temple and got so mad because they were moving out because of the curses and bad things that were happening to them. The zombies were done with the armadillos and witches doing this to the people. So, they went to the armadillos’ and witches’ villages and destroyed their homes. To get revenge, the armadillos and witches cursed the squirrels to be blue, spiky and poisonous because they hated the zombies. This was very harmful to the zombies since squirrels were their favorite snack of the day. The blue spiky squirrels were turned into poisonous creatures, so the zombies would starve and had to eat humans as they still do now. Many zombies, armadillos and witches died in their war.

The goddess of the temple was so fed up that she cursed all of them to get along and look a little more like each other. She gave the zombies the magical power to only change someone's skin color, which is what happened to Flair, who stood there listening to the wizard quietly and confused. She asked him, “what do I do now?” The wizard said the only way you can get the purple off of your skin is if you fight the polar dragon bear and kill it. If you do, you will break the curse and take away all power of the zombie armadillo witches and blue spiky squirrels, and cure all the people whose skin color was changed. Flair stood there shocked. She asked him, “when can I do this,? What time do I have to go and fight this dragon?”

The wizard answered, “You have to go after dawn and defeat the polar dragon bear. With that, Flair left to her temple high up in the mountain, where she waited for dawn to come. When it arrived, Flair was all ready to defeat this beast. She was bundled in pillows and blankets. She walked and walked up and down mountains to get to the polar dragon bear. Flair was so shaky, she didn’t have any idea what to do but follow what the Chinese wizard had said. She climbed into the lair and saw the huge polar dragon bear sleeping. But, the only thing she had brought to defend herself with was a fork. Flair screamed at the top of her lungs, “AHHHH!” while running towards the big beast with her fork. The polar bear dragon awoke and roared at Flair. She got so frightened that she aimed the fork as hard as she could at him. While he was roaring, the fork landed in his throat and the polar bear dragon took his last breaths before dying.

Flair defeated the huge creature and saved the village, becoming their queen. Her skin color changed back to normal, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Beloved Polar Bear Dragon R.I.P <3

Born Date: 1856

Death Date: 1879 

The Resilience

For this unit P'arts Of History I created a lino-cut drawing and made clay walls around my lino-cut and poured cement over my lino-cut drawing. The reason for creating a drawing and making this was because we wanted to see what in Chicago shows resilience. I found a symbol that meant change, life's dynamics for what I think shows resilience to Chicago. I drew this symbol because of the gun violence and shootings happening in every neighborhood in the City. I think that we can all stop the violence and keep


The main purpose of making this drawing was to create, a symbol that shows resilience to Chicago.
The guiding question is "How may you visualize Chicago's resilience today?"

How I identified this guiding question was by drawing a unique symbol to show others how I visualize my Chicago, which means change, Life's dynamics. The causes and effects would be that Chicago does have a lot of bad and good things about it. There is a lot of things that shows resilience to us about Chicago and that's a cause and effect about Chicago. A way that Chicago shows resilience is the new artwork that is being placed in many neighborhoods to show their artwork. Something that can make things better than what they were like when the Chicago fire happened in 1871 by building better buildings for people to use. What Chicago can do to show resilience is help violence, teenagers get good education expand the learning for many people and keep them from joining gangs and using drugs and just violence.

The Skyline View

In this course "P'art Of History" my class and I are learning about the history of Chicago and who claims Chicago. Today Chicago tells us about the discoveries that happened back in the early years in "Chigagou". Chigagou the "wild garlic place" where there was lots of Native Americans. This image shows how I see Chicago today from my perspective.

Jamilet Rodriguez

From My Perspective

Lino cut and linoleum cutter

6"x6"

July, 3rd 2014

The main purpose of my art piece is to tell my story about who claims Chicago from my visual that I drew. My guiding question was who lays claim in your Chicago?

My guiding question was who lays claim to your Chicago and I answered by saying that everyone claims Chicago, we all have something part of Chicago that lays claim. Chicago is very huge and many people live here and one and each person takes a stand to make something happen in there city of Chicago. Its whether try to stop the violence in neighborhoods, keep children safe and busy away from problems, teach children in their early ages  what’s right from wrong, and just everything that isn't going to get you anywhere in life.

A experience that I have had with Chicago, would be walking with my class to Lincoln Park to see the different statues that were settled there back in the early years. In 1673 Marquette and Juliet were the first Europeans that saw Chicago. In 1779 Du Sable was the first settler that settled in Chigagou with the Native Americans, he was known as a traveler and a trader, pretty wealthy, and who drank freely.

My art piece is a visual of how I see Chicago myself, its a view from right from wrong of the skyline. Neoclassical Art is different types of ways to create/draw a drawing or building a sculpture and these types of ways are emotionless, clean lines, symmetrical, heroic figures, and simple. How I created my art piece was drawing a visual for my story/poem and putting the image on a lino cut tile used with carving tools ( Linoleum cutter ). What I will do with my carving is when I am fully finish put cement over the lino cut tile that I put my drawing and will come out on the cement.

Drawing

In our final unit, Birth, the freshman class was assigned to create a poster symbolizing the food system and how it affected, affects, and will affect us, and the environment. My group decided to create an art piece symbolizing the third unit Decay, which explained how technology has affected the way people eat. With that we also chose 3 keywords that explained this time of history well. The most challenging part for my group was drawing it out, but we overcame that when  we realized that we don’t necessarily have to have a lot of drawing talent in order to show our hard work and understanding. We all are proud of how our art piece came out. We all helped each other when one needed help. When the class is finished we will put all posters together, to represent the four units, Life, Death, Decay, and Birth. When we put them together, it will represent the new understanding we have about the food system.

GS(2014).Food for thought.

Artist statement

Our poster represents the third unit, Decay. In this unit our class learned about the industrialization of food, the American diet, and the food industry. The unit is called Decay because we studied how technology has influenced the way people are eating. We illustrated the American diet, the food industry, and the Green Revolution. We represented the American Diet by drawing a globe and a conveyer belt. The globe symbolizes how most of the world relies on fast food, or more specifically McDonald’s. The conveyor belt represents our food system, and the distribution process that animals and our food have to go through. We then drew a factory where our food is processed. The man outside the factory is not actually planting flowers, but painting them out. He represents how the nation puts a “band aid” to cover the truth on how our food gets to our table. The truck shows how the final step in the food industry is to finally ship out all the food. From the factory the truck is pulling out with boxes in the back, which is the food. Each box represents a fast food chain, to show how that food gets to a restaurant. We then drew a tractor connecting with the food system by having the conveyor belt as a wheel. The tractor is on road that connects all four units together. We drew an average American fast food meal, walking its way to the globe, or to its home McDonalds. We represented the Green Revolution by drawing the “Father of the Green Revolution”, Norman Borlaug, injecting fertilizer and chemicals into wheat. To represent the harm these fertilizers and chemicals do to crops, we drew an empty bottle of poison on the ground. We wanted to capture all the elements of this unit so when people look at it they get a sense of what is going on.

AMK(2014). Food for thought.

anti-GMO

For this “Food Class,” a combined math and science course, we have been learning about Genetically Modified Organisms and Plant Genetics, and about how GMOs are used in fruits, vegetables, and also in humans. We have learned the reason that GMOs are being inserted into products. But this speech will tell you about why you shouldn't eat products with GMOs.

 GMO stands for genetic modified organisms means is an organism whose genes have been changed by scientist by a purpose.

I am anti-GMO. I want my community to be healthy. I want nature to take control of itself, because we are experimenting on ourselves when we eat these foods. Other products that we use, like cars and prescription drugs, must be tested, sometimes for years, before they can be sold. But GMOs don’t have to be tested, or even disclosed. I believe that GMOs shouldn't be allowed to be sold until they are proven safe for our health. This is the least we can do. 

I am anti-GMO because GMOs are not proven safe. They’re not that nutritional compared to organic fresh products being grown in a garden. GMO products into which genes have been inserted to prevent bugs from eating them that then we eat may cause health problems. These GMO products are not good for us because they are less nutritious. Yes, GMO products in the stores are less expensive but dangerous for our bodies, therefore organic foods are Non- GMOs which is way better for us because (One) it’s naturally grown and fresh (Two) Reduces health risk (Three) They taste great (Four) Conserves water resources and (Five) Farmers build healthy soil. This is why you should switch to eating organic products because of these top five reasons.

This graph shows the maize supply between France, a non-GMO country and U.S.A, pro GMO country.
France: 2007 - 2008 and 275 grams and 293 grams = 6.5%  Increased maized production.

Be Anti- GMOs to help the community build a healthy place. Gm foods are not proven safe, which will not cause immediate health problems. This is important for us to know and be aware of all the things we are eating that are GMOs.

Any GMO products should contain a label to let people know what are they eating and putting in their bodies. GMO products are bad because they’re less nutritious, purposely made cheaper, and GM crops kill genetic diversity and promotes monoculture.

Arguments

Argument 1: For this argument, GM foods might have health risks for people. It is unnatural to put fish genes in a tomato plant. When you do that it creates potential allergies that might not be there if you ate an organic tomato. The effects of these foods are not known to us. Eating these food might upset our stomachs

Argument 2: For this argument, GM crops kill genetic diversity and promotes monoculture. Genetic diversity is a variety of genes within an organism's species. Monoculture means one crop being grown over and over. Monoculture is bad for the environment because the crops become vulnerable to diseases and pests.

Argument 3: For this argument, GM farmers become slaves to big corporations. Monsanto is suing farmers for using their patented GMO seeds without paying as result these small farmers are in debt and can’t afford to keep their farms.

These are some reasons why GM foods are not beneficial to humans. GM products are being inserted with genes that are capable of hurting plants and humans. These are fake chemicals that are in these fruits and vegetables that we eat nowadays.

Vote For anti-GMO!