August Rush is the musical journey of a young musical genius who grew up with everyone telling him he was an orphan, but knowing that his parents were out there. All he had to do was follow the music that he heard with his ears and his heart and eventually he would find his way home. Throughout the movie he continually shows his belief in this fact and he risks everything to find his parents and on the way finds friends, enemies, and a realization that music connects everything. My teacher asked us if Evan (a.k.a. August Rush) believes in anything and I think he does and I think he believes in music and the power it has to join groups together and he uses that belief to try and draw his family together. Many of the people at the orphanage thought that Evan was crazy and that he'd never find his parents because they didn't want him, but he didn't listen to them and strove to find them through the one thing he knew about, music. Throughout the movie you get to see Evan's amazing talents and how he feels the music and projects it through whatever he is playing (guitar, piano, organ, and directing an orchestra). This is a great movie and I encourage everyone who hasn't seen it to get it because as August/Evan says, "
For those of you who haven't seen the movie Friday Night Lights I will try not to spoil it for you. For our class with Mrs. Brinkman we are supposed to reenact a scene from a film, or make our own scene, then use different types of music to project a different feel to the video. We (Eric, Austin, Hayden, and I) decided to do the inspirational speech at the halftime of the teams highest and most challenging game of their career. The speech is given by Coach Gaines, played by Eric, and the prayer at the end is led by Roger, played by Austin. The basis of the speech is that it isn't about winning or loosing, but about being perfect. Which isn't about the scoreboard but knowing that you did your absolute best and you didn't let your teammates down.
Why are scary movies scary? I believe that what scares people the most is not knowing what will happen and also the music that adds a lot to the mood of the movie. If you listen to the sounds of the movie, the music and background songs, then you will be able to tell when "something" is about to happen. One example of this is when our class watched Cher Noble and right before a huge grizzly ran through the group of people and freaked everyone out, there was a long pause in the music that led me to believe that something was going to pop up and I wasn't as scared by it as some people were. . .Logan. Why do some films make you cry? I personally try to keep my emotions in check and don't usually cry even if a film is sad because the films are usually fictional and didn't actually happen. The reason that most people cry at sad or emotional films is that they draw you into the story and make you feel as if you are a part of the actors' lives. The Soloist is a movie about a man with amazing musical talent and another man from the L.A. Times Newspaper. They help each other out by Making each other realize what being a real friend is and also bringing each other out of the darkness of their past lives. Our teacher Mrs.Brinkman asked us to answer certain questions about the movie. . . 1. What does it take to make us happy in this world? Being happy in this world doesn't take money, fame, or a perfect childhood and family. All it takes is one person or group of people that take the time to help you out when you are down or love you unconditionally no matter what is going on in your life. 2.Why do you help others? I help others because it is the right thing to do and if you want to have a good life you should be kind to others even if they aren't kind to you. 3.What do we gain from helping others? We gain a better perspective on others lives and how we can affect them in a positive way. 4.What do we lose? We may lose things that aren't really useful in the long-haul of life (money, cars, house, food) but you gain so much more in the end. 5.Is there an "effective" way to find inspiration? Whatever gets you inspired is the most effective way to get you inspired. 6. How do you find inspiration for writing, music, or creative pursuits? I find inspiration in words or speeches that people give, music that I hear, and by the actions of people who help others with what they do in their life. 7. To what extent can music help and/or heal a person? Music has been scientifically studied as a healing agent in some forms of treatment. I think that even for the everyday person music can heal or help them get through the day or unwind after a long hard day. I enjoy listening to music while I work because it helps me focus on the one thing that I am doing instead of listening to what others are doing and distracting myself. "All he cares about is the moment and music. It's peace for him, it's sanity, it's his home." ~Los Angeles columnist Steve Lopez on Nathaniel Ayers- (Quote from the actual people which the Soloist is modeled after.)
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Ben Black
I was born on May 4th 1997, I am attending Mountain Lake High School. I am on the Football, Basketball, and Baseball teams and I attend choir and band. Archives
April 2015
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