Chapter 8 - Cinema

Forrest Gump (1994)

Comedy - Drama

Forrest Gump is a narrative, which is a fictional movie that tells a story. Forrest Gump is a slower person than most, but never thought of himself as slow. Forrest Gump is played by Tom Hanks. This is about Forrest Gump's life growing up as a young boy and all the accomplishments he has done.  He is very inspiring to everyone he meets, but the one person he cares for the most is his childhood love Jenny. 

This stood out for me because I have always loved this movie. If it ever playing, no matter what I may be doing, I have to stop and watch it. Just makes you smile. A few lines from the movie are very memorable, where someone who might not have seen the movie has heard of the line from the movie.

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

"I love you Jen-Nay"

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

"Stupid is as stupid does."

"That's all I have to say about that."

The Restaurant Bubba Gump Shirmp is from the movie as well.

The clip I posted is from the running scene from the movie and is told from Forrest Gump's point of view to random people that sit down next to him on a bench. In this scene you can see the different camera angles and lighting that adds effects to the movie. The clip starts out with head shots of Forrest and Jenny and you can clearly see a rock hit Forrest's head. Instead of watching Forrest fall to the ground it shows you his feet and the braces on his legs to portray that he feel even though you don't actually see it happen. They show Forrest running from the back and then keep going back and forth between the kids chasing him and himself running. Then it zooms in on his legs and braces to show it in slow motion which I feel brings you to the point where you know something is going to happen. Meraculously his braces break off and he begins running perfectly fine. Then back up to Forrest's face to show how happy and shocked he is to see himself running without the help of his leg braces. He out ran the boys on the bikes and ran into a large field as the camera zoomed out to show the amazing hurdle that Forrest just overcame.

Chapter 7 - Theatre

Footloose - The Dance Musical

I chose Footloose as my theatre performance because when I was younger I saw it live. I had never seen the movie before but after watching the performance I immediately went and saw the movie. I really enjoyed the musical and dance aspect of the play. You could tell everyone, actors and the audience, were all having a great time. This performance has some comedy involved along with a representation as a MELODRAMA. These performances are prmarily with situation and plot. This particular play has real life situations. For example: This is about a family who lost their kids in a horrible car accident after a dance. The town then says dancing is evil and makes it illegal. When a new teen comes to town he pushes the town to understand that there is nothing wrong with dancing.

Chapter 6 - Literature

"All or Nothing" by Lang Leav

This poem stood out to me because it stems from my favorite saying, "If you can't love me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best." 

If you love someone for what you see it won't last because appearances change.

If you love someone for what you have heard, talk is cheap.

If you love someone for their heart and mind, it is great but what about the flaws??

Everyone has them and when you can look past them, then you have true love.

This is a dramatic poem. Dramatic poems usually involve life or conflicts and emotions. 

There is a bit of rhyming but not a lot and not exact rhymes, sometimes assonance is used.

Chapter 5 - Music

Alan Jackson - Sissy's Song

This song was originally written for a funeral for a friend of the family of Alan Jackson's that passed away. Once it was heard everyone pushed Alan to record it for the world to hear. I chose this song because on March 7th, 2015 my grandmother unexpectedly passed away. This will be one of the songs that will be played at the funeral service on March 13th, 2015. This song really gets to me every time I hear it. 

As far as the music itself goes, it is part of the country genre. This song consists of an acoustic guitar and the vocal talents of Alan Jackson. The tempo is a very slow and at times Moderate. The Harmony between Mr. Jackson's soothing voice and sweet strums of the guitar have such a soft feeling. There are very noticeable times of the song dynamics. If I were to look at the sheet music for this song I would definitely see crescendos and decrescendos. I believe that the texture to this song is Homophony, because there is a main melody that the song revolves around but at times there are different lines playing that compliment each other and then eventually come back to the same melody again.