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Hi Everyone,
I join Creating the Crafty Life( http://creatingthecraftylife.com/ ) hosted by Misty Busby. There is many things to see and do; like weekly challenges, swaps, and so much more! Please check it out! I'm glad I did^.^. Soon I post videos of my craft( which I'm still new at it). This is a card I made for this challenge.

This is the inside of the card.

Please feel free to leave me a comment in how I did in my card( no matter if it good or bad comments).^.^ See you soon

Weekly Update for December 30, 2011

Hi everyone,

It's been some time since I posted a weekly update. One, my laptop has not been working well( it was slowing down too much so I been making on it) and two, my dad's mother was in town and she is very nosy. So I'm happy to say I'm re-starting my update for this blog and the LAMC Book club I started some weeks ago  (yay). I'll post an update next week, for now have a happy and safe new year everyone!!!! Remember stay young^.^

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Blog#12 The Mystery of Rosebud

Before I saw Citizen Kane in my Cinema class, I heard the word "Rosebud" when I was younger from a cartoon or two. I never thought that word would mean something in a movie called Citizen Kane from 1941. Once I saw this movie I felt sad for the main character played by the late Orson Welles. You can feel the sadness by his eyes and body movement and I thought of a Bruce Wayne type in the character as well. He also directed, produced, and wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz for this film. That's a lot of power for a man that worked for the first time with RKO Pictures and this film is also know as the "greatest American film of all time". The other movie that is similar to this one is The Social Network (2010) ( I have not seen that The Social Network, I heard from a few people who have seen both films.)

The two scenes that really got my eyes and got me thinking in the first scene were his parents sold him( or was forced). The second scene when he was talking to his first wife once they were newlyweds. When the main character Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) went to live with Thatcher, he was given a sled( I thought nothing of it at first when I saw it but that sled was a clue for the end).

In the second scene I well talk about is when they are having breakfast as newlywed. They are seating close to each other with so much in love in their eyes. Then the camera zooms in to just see their faces and going to his wife then to him when they were talking back and forth within each other for a minute or two. Until they end their discussion the camera zooms out you notice the two characters are now apart showing the years they were growing apart from their love.


Like I said before I feel sad for this main character and I even hear even this film is close enough in how Orson Welles's real life came out to be. Now I would say what the sled mean in the film but it's not fair. If you haven't seen this great movie. Let's just say if you loved one period in your life what would it be in your childhood or as an adult?

The semester is coming to an end sadly, it was a fun ride to start a blog even if I had no idea what it was at first and I'm still learning. I still want to continue my blog but in making background and other things like I said in my last blog. On Fridays I will give weekly updates, I'll be remodeling my blog to have it ready for the first week of January to start the new year right. Good luck in your finals and thank you so much for the comments. Remember stay young^.^.

Weekly Update for November 23, 2011

Hi everyone,

One more blog left to go for the semester sadly. I still want to continue my blog but design background for scrapbooking and other things I have in mind. I'm going to post my last blog for the class this Friday to have that out of the way.

Yes I'm a fan of Citizen Kane movie! I was hoping someone of the group would know that line (Yay Jessica!!). That's the last movie I will review on blog #12. See everyone on Friday, remember stay young^.^

   

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone

(good luck and be safe on BLACK FRIDAY if you go!!)

Blog#11 Metropolis:A Movie that Would Have Be Lost Forever

Metropolis is a German silent film of science-fiction genre which was directed by Fritz Lang but was uncredited. I saw this film in my Cinema 003 class back in fall of 2006( I been at Mission College since fall 2005 as a full and part-time student). The professors at the time with Stan Levine( he was a sweet man). Metropolis was the first silent movie I have seen and enjoyed. Even if at times I don't read the subtitles when they came up to tell about the missing scene that were late years ago. The version I saw was missing 30 minutes to an hour more or less of the footage. Metropolis is a long movie but I have not seen the update version yet. The film was re-release on November 16, 2010 on DVD and Blu-Ray with 25 minutes of restored footage. Also, the film was seen at the TCM Classic Film Festival.

The background was unreal, beautiful, and dark to me and that really catch my eye. It's was just like a master drawing that can not be replaced with anything of our time( I can be wrong, but the scene were hard to explain with my point of view.).

What would you think of this scene once you when it for the first time? Would you like how it looks now or can the scene be better in some other way?


Even in this scene were the cyborg is going to transformation into the female in the movie, the female name is Maria played by Brigitte Helm. This made my mind think in how were they able to make that scene came to life in my eye. You should see this scene for yourself if you have not yet.

Another thing is the actors and the actress in this film were great even if they don't talk. The movement in their hands say it all, when they are mad, sad, in love, happy( in a good and an evil way as well), scared, and so much more that went along with their face movements.The cast and crew from this film is in the TCM website, http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5892/Metropolis/ check it out to know more about the film and others films as well.

I know there is so much more I can say about this film but I only seen it once sadly. Next week, I will talk about another film I also saw in my Cinema class( I really enjoyed this class. But Rodriguez Aviles is a good professor as well.). I'll see everyone on Wednesday to find out which movie I will talk about next. Remember stay young ^.^ Rosebub

Weekly Update for November 16, 2011

Hi everyone,

The fall semester is over in a few weeks.Yay!!

This Friday on blog#11 I will be talking about a movie that Adolf Hitler don't agree with. The name is Metropolis from  1927 by Fritz Lang. I know that is other movie with the same that is anime from 2001 by  Rintaro but these two movie don't have the same plot.

I'll see everyone on Friday to tell you guys more about this film. Remember stay young^,^