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A Clockwork Orange - Nadsat

In the novel and movie "A Clockwork Orange," a dialect is used called Nadsat. Many of the words have a Russian background in them. They either are spelled exactly the same way as their Russian counterparts or only have a letter or two different. A few examples of this include "droog" which is Russian for friend and "zhena" which is Russian for wife but in Nadsat is zheena. Other words are completely made up by Anthony Burgess. An example of this is "staja" which is a combination of the words "state"and "jail." Some more words have roots in English words, French words, or slang.

More Stop Motion

More stop motion things that I did not think about until later. It comes from South Park. The first things Matt Stone and Trey Parker ever did for South Park was a stop motion short introducing some of the characters and a small story about Christmas. The first ever episode is also made by stop motion. Each frame is made of construction paper and it took 3-3 and half months to complete.

Stop Motion

Below are a few links to examples of stop motion videos. The first link is the one that was seen in class. This video took an incredible amount of time, effort, and talent into making and because of that, it became an incredible video. The next video is also a very amazing video. It relies heavily on actual people to be part of the story rather than drawings or inanimate objects so getting every part of it to flow can be a little harder. But it pulled it off brilliantly. The creator of this video mixed several different scenes together into one piece to make for a very great story. The third video I just found to be a fun video with a neat little twist that I was not expecting. Although it was done with animation, it was made to resemble action figures and did this very well. Because they resembled action figures, stop motion was used to make it look like they were real and it became an entertaining video to watch.

http://vimeo.com/993998

http://vimeo.com/robinking/tenthousandpicturesofyou

http://vimeo.com/3784524

A Trip to the Moon

Wow, what a weird video. The video itself was very odd, but the soundtrack that was added to it was completely out of place and did not seem to match the style of the video. The soundtrack seemed more like something that you would find in a video game rather than an older movie like this. Also, I think I would have preferred to have seen this in black and white rather than in color. The way that the color was added to films like this is pretty fascinating, but I think it takes away from what it could have been. For the video, it is crazy to think that this was something that they thought of as a possibility for what is on the moon since nowadays we actually do know. To come up with something like this would basically have to come from a child who does not know anything about the moon.

The Great Train Robbery

This video is truly amazing considering it is 110 years old. It really shows the great capabilities that filmmakers and actors had back then even though their technology was very simplistic. This is one of the films that definitely led to films becoming a huge part of our daily lives and directly led to movies such as "The General" which was made about 23 years later. The soundtrack to this film was somewhat out of place, which makes me curious as to what the original soundtrack would have been like. Also, it was sort of odd how only certain things were put into color including the woman's dress during the dance scene.

Abelardo Morell's Camera Obscura

http://www.abelardomorell.net/photography/cameraobsc_49/cameraobsc_57.html

Some of these "pictures" are truly amazing. This is something I really had no idea about but the simplicity of it along with how great the pictures come out is remarkable. The fact that you can do this anywhere is great so any beautiful landscape or architecture can be captured for a little while. I like how at the beginning of the pictures he shows you the camera obscura and the simplicity of it as well as how he is able to flip the images. Two of my favorite images though I put below. To me, these are just great examples of how clear and beautiful the images can be.