Final Essay (Take Home) Due Sunday 12/19 10am

Let see… if I were to look back over my own work for this class, I would have to say “THAT MAKING A TRAILER IS NOT EASY!” it’s harder than it seems with all the time put in, alongside dedication and of course charisma that's needed to make an interesting film.(Which me and the guys had no problem with because were full of it). Now even though I said it’s not easy, it’s sure is lots of fun and cool experience where a lot of creativity and ideas burst out of nowhere. To be specific the annoying part about making a filming would have to be traveling to certain locations and having to re-visit those places time after time again especially if the weather sucks!. The fun part would have to be acting a fool while running around and having fun with a purpose and letting your creative side take over.

Now if there’s a blog that I found useful and valuable, it would have to by Will Bik from the other ENG 102 class. His blog on archetypes was really useful to me, due to the fact that he had the same archetype as me. He pretty much explained his archetype in different perspective, in one which I over looked in a big way which made me realize what a warrior archetype would mean to many others and myself. He went into full detail providing a history on the warrior he provided and how it related to him, in one day wanting to become a fire fighter, which would make perfect sense on how he described the whole thing.

Never the less the whole experience from this course was great, which I already knew it would be due to the fact that I had one of Dr. Jason Smith class before. Which is the reason, I decide to take his class once again. Sadly to say Dr. Jason Smith doesn’t teach any other class that I need. I wish he did because I would be more than happy to take it. Especially with projects like making a trailer, you can't go wrong.

OUR TRAILER!!!!

The update report

- On Saturday, November 27th we went around for looking for a place to shoot for our trailer and talk over some specific scenarios, we found a pretty good pretty isolated location in the Bronx.

- Then on Tuesday, November 30th we went to our selected area in the Bronx where our trailer takes place and started filming a couple cut scenes.

- Then yesterday, Saturday December 4th we started doing a couple action scenes.

Blog Entry: 4.1

So far we've gathered our equipment and planned to start filming either this friday or saturday. There isn't much to say besides what you dont already know. As you can see from my Blog Entry:3.4 which is exactly what the team and i, hope for everything to look like at the end. Just maybe on a short budget with the whole, special effects things.

Blog Entry: 3.5 (In Class Essay)

My primary archetype is being a Warrior, and this archetype to me resemble a lot of things good and bad I mostly look at it as being a good thing. Some would say the warrior archetype is more of a negative archetype, rather than a positive. Just simple because, one would say or think that having a warrior archetype is more about being violent and filled with aggression, in a sense that a warrior would only be built for self-destruction. I find that having a warrior archetype is made to my advantage it makes me competitive adds more fuel to the fire, makes me really want to get what I want as well more enjoyable after getting it. The warrior archetype resembles someone who is loyal; fights for what they believe in, and have a tendency of overcoming adversity with the strength and courage to never give up, pretty much imposing their will and dominance with the heart and desire of getting what they want. Now with that being a positive also adds a negative side to it. Having all those traits, can most of the time blow up in your face, as well leave you at big disadvantage, especially not knowing when to give up can just ruin all your hard work and leave you with nothing.

I myself saw these traits of being a warrior in Coraline, in chapter six when she’s looking for clothes to put on and finds nothing but costume’s in her cupboard and one of the costume’s was a future warrior costume. That alone to me was a sure sign that she has a warrior archetype in her. In chapter seven coralline warrior archetypes, really starts to come out when she makes her deal with other mother that if she could find her parents she has to let them all go but if she does not complete the task that’s at hand, she is forced to stay with other mother forever. Now Coraline is willing to be courageous enough to fight for what she wants as well be willing to be ready to sacrifice herself for her parents. She is also fighting for what she believes in which is living with other mother is not the life for her and is not what she wants. While trying to complete her goal by any means necessary she gets past the obstacle of the other father as well running into the children that other mother used to love. Additionally Coraline realize that this might be her fate if she does not defeat other mother.

However, even after rescuing her parents. Coraline still decide to fight to rescue the three children. Nevertheless, the journey does not end there even after defeating other mother. Coraline steps up to the challenge of keeping other mother severed hand as well as the key away from the door to the other world by dropping it down a well. Therefore, Coraline then accept her life for what it is and goes back to living a normal life with no complaints. Having Coraline accept the role of being a warrior made me understand what she has to do and why she is doing it. She fights to be keep her original family that she love and does not want to lose them, so it’s like not having a choice really and just stepping up to the challenge and of course being brave.

Now I don’t really know if other’s knowing my archetype helps them understand the story better because the story starts off with Coraline being a wanderer and an innocent it’s not really towards the end of the book starting from chapter seven, that I see Coraline warrior archetype really show.

Blog Entry: 3.4

This is what me and the lost boys hope for our project to look like when we are finished and ready to present.

Blog Entry: 3.3

For my group presentation final, were going to make a trailer that represent our archetypes, were sort of making it a transitional video of each archetype evolving into the next archetype.