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Blog 4 Loh
I chose the film clip “1.21 Gigawatts – Back to the Future”. In this particular scene, the main protagonist, Marty Mcfly, is stuck in the past with his only friend scientist Doc. As Marty Mcfly and scientist Doc watch television, the future scientist Doc explains how a necessary 1.21 gigawatts is needed to power the […]
Blog 4 Hoq
In the opening scene of the movie “Get Out”, an African American male, Logan, is wandering alone at night through an affluent and primarily white neighborhood. Logan is lost and struggles to figure out the directions to his destination. In the meantime, he is on the phone with his friend and begins to complain about […]
Blog 4 Azad
The opening scene of Get Out (2017) begins with a young African American man, Logan, who is walking by himself in a white suburban neighborhood. While searching for an address on Edgewood Lane, he is also on the phone with his friend. He complains to his friend by saying how he sticks out like a […]
Rutkowska Blog 4
In the movie, “Back to the Future” (1985), the film takes place when the main character, Marty McFly, has been time traveled 30 years back to the past, accidentally by Doc Brown, the scientist, with his invention of the DeLorean. As they have been accidentally been settled back to the past, the movie shows McFly […]
Blog 4 Raj
The video clip I chose is from the movie “Apocalypse Now (1979)”. The clip’s description as per the admin of an online site, Vidnews.Org said as “Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) attacks a Vietnamese village from the air while the music of Wagner rings out as a battle cry and intimidation tactic”. So, at […]
Blog 4 Peltonen
The opening scene of Get Out portrays a black man walking through a white neighborhood late at night. The man is uncomfortable and even says to his friend on the phone how the neighborhood is creepy and confusing. He is also aware that he sticks out in the prominently white neighborhood by referring to himself […]
Prompt for Blog 4
Pick one of the following film clips: Opening Scene from Get Out (2017) Ride of the Valkyries/Helicopter Attack from Apocalypse Now (1979) 1.21 Gigawatts from Back to the Future (1985) If you aren’t already aware of the story for the scene you picked, look it up online; in a few sentences, tell us what’s going […]
Blog 3 Ponce
A particular musical technology I chose to emphasize on is the guitar. When you think about Guitar, personally what comes to my mind is jazz, rock, metal, etc. But rarely do I happen to hear music hip hop music with guitar playing in the background, but it’s becoming a bit more common amongst many different […]
Blog 3 Khayumov
One piece of musical technology I chose to focus on is sampling. Sampling is usually considered to be the foundation for hip- hop. “Sampling is the process of taking a sound from one recorded medium and inserting it into a new one” (570). Ultimately, this piece of technology can be played around with and compromised […]
Blog 3 Corrales
The example of technology I chose is the guitar. The guitar is an example of a lute, which is known to be “one of the world’s most common instrument types.” It is actually in the same family as banjos, violins, and mandolins (which is the string instruments, also known as chordophones). String instruments are typically […]
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