September 1
Dear Diary,
Hi my name is Sarah. I am thirteen years old and I guess you could say I'm an average eighth grader. I have brown, short hair and wide clonking feet. I am right handed adore peanut butter sandwiches. I know I'm no one special in the world.
My mother doesn't agree with me. She says I'm special, but who would agree with someone who thinks slugs are special too. That's right my mother studies slugology at the local University of Brooks. She wears green overalls and carries a little Tupperware case around in case she finds any "rare" specimen that she could study in the lab.
I look exactly like my mother with my mousy brown hair and googly green eyes. My oldest sixteen year old sister, Bridgette on the other hand is a teen supermodel. With her brunette head on on long five foot seven body she walks around the school like she owns the place. Which in reality is true. I mean she is like thee queen bee. She's good at everything: school, fashion, boys. You name it she's good at it. I feel like such a goofball standing next to her. She always tries to give offer me advice. I try to follow it and even do it myself, but I always end up looking like a total loser. She tried plucking my eyebrows once, but had to stop because I "accidentally" kicked her in the head. I mean it hurt so much I couldn't help myself.
My sister Bridgette and me get along pretty well. My second oldest fourteen year old sister and my relationship is a different story. If you were to imagine Brianne and my relationship then you would have to imagine a full fledged war because we fight so much. I seem to do everything wrong. Like for instance, today she said that I hogged the bathroom too long. I mean she's in there for at least an hour every morning and I only ask for ten minutes to brush my hair, put a little deodorant on, and brush my teeth. It's not that much to ask for! Brianne, like Bridgette, is the total opposite of me. She has natural bleached blond hair and bright blue eyes. She's as skinny as a pole and has pearly while never braced teeth.
Have to go. I'm almost late to watch my favorite show, CSI!!!!! Write more later.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Rear Window Essay
Alfred Hitchcock was probably one of the greatest movie directors of all time. He was known for his technical and artistic genius and was clearly ahead of his time. Rear Window, one of his most notable movies, is an intriguing story about how a man who is stuck in his apartment observes what he believes to be a murder. From his observations through his ‘rear window’ of his apartment he proceeds to solve the murder. Alfred Hitchcock uses many different techniques in his setting, characters and story line that keep us in suspense.
Hitchcock uses the story line to keep us guessing about what is taking place in the story. Many unusual events take place during the beginning of the film. This keeps you wondering what the events mean as well as what’s going to happen next. For example, early in the movie a business man goes out three times in the middle of the night. He wears a long jacket, a hat, and carries a suitcase. This makes me wonder what he’s doing. Then we discover that his wife is missing which leads us to wonder if his strange activities the night before have something to do with her disappearance. Another example of this is that in the film there is a cute innocent little dog. The owners let him out in the day and bring him inside in the night. One night his owners find that someone has broken his neck and killed him. Before this event happened, the dog was observed digging the in the tulip patch. This episode makes you wonder who killed the dog and why. He also presented many different types of characters that may have had their own reasons to kill the victim, it kept you guessing.
The setting that Hitchcock uses also creates suspense in the story line. The music especially adds to the suspense of each scene. When the character Lisa is sneaking into the suspect’s apartment the music is very scary and suspenseful. He also uses the darkness and shadows a lot and much of the action takes place at night. The character Mr. Jeffries has to hide in the shadows so that the suspect does not see him spying on him. In one scene his girlfriend is sending him a signal and the suspect sees her do this. The suspect then knows he is being watched from Mr. Jeffries apartment. You then wonder if the suspect will come over to retaliate. He also used the weather to create suspense. In the most suspenseful parts of the movie there is thunder and rain.
Hitchcock also used interesting camera angles and inferences during the movie as well. For example, when the suspect is trying to strangle Mr. Jeffries we see Mr. Jeffries from the same angle as the person strangling him. It makes you feel as though you were the one strangling him. Mr. Jeffries is confined to his apartment with a broken leg, so he is watching out his window all day. We start to see the scenarios unfold through his eyes. We cannot hear what his neighbors are saying, but are left to infer what is going on. When we see the suspect and the victim having a heated discussion we infer they are fighting. Miss Lonelyheart takes a number of pills out and puts them on her dresser, we are led to infer that she is going to commit suicide. When we see the small dog digging in a spot in the suspects garden and then later the dog turns up dead we infer that there is something there under the soil that the suspect does not want dug up. In another scene the suspect is wrapping a saw in newspaper and we are led to infer that he is trying to get rid of or hid it.
It was fun to watch Rear Window and look for ways that Hitchcock used his skills to create suspense. Many of the movies today are much more graphic and instead of implying that something has happened it is shown right on the screen. Sometimes not much is left to the imagination. I think that it is much harder to create suspense the way Hitchcock did. Rear Window is a movie that is timeless and will be enjoyed by audiences now and into the future because of the genius of Hitchcock.
Hitchcock uses the story line to keep us guessing about what is taking place in the story. Many unusual events take place during the beginning of the film. This keeps you wondering what the events mean as well as what’s going to happen next. For example, early in the movie a business man goes out three times in the middle of the night. He wears a long jacket, a hat, and carries a suitcase. This makes me wonder what he’s doing. Then we discover that his wife is missing which leads us to wonder if his strange activities the night before have something to do with her disappearance. Another example of this is that in the film there is a cute innocent little dog. The owners let him out in the day and bring him inside in the night. One night his owners find that someone has broken his neck and killed him. Before this event happened, the dog was observed digging the in the tulip patch. This episode makes you wonder who killed the dog and why. He also presented many different types of characters that may have had their own reasons to kill the victim, it kept you guessing.
The setting that Hitchcock uses also creates suspense in the story line. The music especially adds to the suspense of each scene. When the character Lisa is sneaking into the suspect’s apartment the music is very scary and suspenseful. He also uses the darkness and shadows a lot and much of the action takes place at night. The character Mr. Jeffries has to hide in the shadows so that the suspect does not see him spying on him. In one scene his girlfriend is sending him a signal and the suspect sees her do this. The suspect then knows he is being watched from Mr. Jeffries apartment. You then wonder if the suspect will come over to retaliate. He also used the weather to create suspense. In the most suspenseful parts of the movie there is thunder and rain.
Hitchcock also used interesting camera angles and inferences during the movie as well. For example, when the suspect is trying to strangle Mr. Jeffries we see Mr. Jeffries from the same angle as the person strangling him. It makes you feel as though you were the one strangling him. Mr. Jeffries is confined to his apartment with a broken leg, so he is watching out his window all day. We start to see the scenarios unfold through his eyes. We cannot hear what his neighbors are saying, but are left to infer what is going on. When we see the suspect and the victim having a heated discussion we infer they are fighting. Miss Lonelyheart takes a number of pills out and puts them on her dresser, we are led to infer that she is going to commit suicide. When we see the small dog digging in a spot in the suspects garden and then later the dog turns up dead we infer that there is something there under the soil that the suspect does not want dug up. In another scene the suspect is wrapping a saw in newspaper and we are led to infer that he is trying to get rid of or hid it.
It was fun to watch Rear Window and look for ways that Hitchcock used his skills to create suspense. Many of the movies today are much more graphic and instead of implying that something has happened it is shown right on the screen. Sometimes not much is left to the imagination. I think that it is much harder to create suspense the way Hitchcock did. Rear Window is a movie that is timeless and will be enjoyed by audiences now and into the future because of the genius of Hitchcock.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
I don't have a title yet! :(
Hey this is a story I made up. I hope you like it!!!!
Chapter 1
The sea air blew on me, calming my mind and thoughts. My dog Skamp ran a little ahead of me as I walked on the hard wet ground. "Why was everyone so mean to me?" I thought flicking a grain of sand off my hand. I pulled on my short red bangs trying to pull them over my eyes. I knew I was sort of an outcast with my non designer gray sweatpants and my huge torn up multicolored sweater.
The wind blew a little more urging me forward. Some of the wind got into my mouth and tasted like a fresh batch of frenchfries. My dog was happily playing in sea water splashing and chasing the fish. The clouds split a little apart casting a white light on the water.
My dog stopped splashing and ran out of the water as fast as his legs could carry him. "Must have seen a shark," I said aloud jokingly. I looked towards my feet and saw a beautiful white seashell, that looked as if it had been bleached from the seawater. I pulled the shell up to my ear and heard the sounds of the sea. Carefully I stuffed the delicate shell in my pocket and continued on my way.
My dog ran up to me wagging his tail. He put his paw on my knee and turned his head towards the bank as to coax me to follow him.
To be continued....
Chapter 1
The sea air blew on me, calming my mind and thoughts. My dog Skamp ran a little ahead of me as I walked on the hard wet ground. "Why was everyone so mean to me?" I thought flicking a grain of sand off my hand. I pulled on my short red bangs trying to pull them over my eyes. I knew I was sort of an outcast with my non designer gray sweatpants and my huge torn up multicolored sweater.
The wind blew a little more urging me forward. Some of the wind got into my mouth and tasted like a fresh batch of frenchfries. My dog was happily playing in sea water splashing and chasing the fish. The clouds split a little apart casting a white light on the water.
My dog stopped splashing and ran out of the water as fast as his legs could carry him. "Must have seen a shark," I said aloud jokingly. I looked towards my feet and saw a beautiful white seashell, that looked as if it had been bleached from the seawater. I pulled the shell up to my ear and heard the sounds of the sea. Carefully I stuffed the delicate shell in my pocket and continued on my way.
My dog ran up to me wagging his tail. He put his paw on my knee and turned his head towards the bank as to coax me to follow him.
To be continued....
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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