My Favorite Movie

When reviewing a film, one cannot just state "this is bad because I felt" and then leave for the day. They must explain the film with reason and examples that make strong argument for their point. This is what my class, Ollywood, has been learning since the beginning of the course. Certain prompts are within the realm of post-production such being editing, music score, sound effects, and much more within the film. We also went to certain locations such as Gene Siskel Film Center, MorningStar, and many more. Each experience gave the class and me a better understanding on how to interpret the medium.
What we had to do for a project was to create a review and use certain production techniques in order to invest the audience within the video.We also had to talk about interpreting the film with a perspective such as feminism in order to find implications of the film. What made this review hard to do was the edits from recordings limited enough to follow the exceptions of the instructor and audience. However, I am proud of this film and am hopeful that the challenges faced were won over.
The film Wrinkle in Time was directed by Ava DuVernay, produced by Disney, and includes actors such as Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, and Deric McCabe. It is mostly from the fantasy family genre and was released during the year of 2018.

Patty Felt

I wasn't really expecting any improving qualties of the largest brand of America when it comes to recycling, but I should have realized better. After all, it is a company that has millions of people buy burgers from them everyday, so it wouldn't be impossible that a group of people would question how so much consumerism is affecting the natural world around them. That is something my class, Biomimicry, and I tried to find out. For this project, we had to understand certain lessons such as closed loop systems, biomimicry, and what scientist are doing right now to solve the amounts of landfills in the US. We had also went to certain trips to different organizations such as The Plant and Interface, as well as meet representatives from Healthy Soil Compost.
For this project, we had to research a large company or item to see what practices were used to create the item. Once found, we would try to think of solutions in order to tie loose ends of the project. This wasn't an extreme project like others, but I am still proud of the solutions I had created and I had trouble finding exact statistic/numbers for the project. Still, I would highly recommend anyone else to research so they can conclude their own findings.

When looking at it, I really do believe McDonalds could create these factors within their plan, and please more people. However, there are parts I hadn’t taken into account that would be the reason why they couldn’t do these things, so I myself ignorant about closing the loop of a world wide company. Still, I wish I had more time (for myself) to add more interesting visuals within the project like the last two. I also wished McDonalds would state their statistics rather than myself gain an estimate from a secondary source. Still, it’s always fun to wonder what something could do to improve.

Palette and Chisel

Within the year of 2018, I (JN) had attended an organization called Palette and Chisel for only two class. Both of these classes were called "Figure Drawing with Elements of Portrait" and help myself learn fundamental art skills that improve my own work. The class demonstrating important criteria such as proportions to scale, different styles/correcting shading, and following bone structure. However, there was also a level a personal growth within these classes.

GCE is a school that I am attending to the present day. It focuses on two main ideas. These being how to teach/learn certain information without processing it by absorbing data and how to use said information to improve your community. What I learned to these lessons was my own perfectionism, or how that trait had failed me during this class. I would have to accept the flaws with my drawings rather then try to fix them (for they would never be perfect). Though this lesson isn't grand does bring weight upon me.

Both classes were between September 14th to December 18th, and continued on for Tuesdays between 6:30 to 9:30 at night. Both taught by Jim Hiajick, the total hours where 36 within the two courses.

JN "Made through help of Jim" no website, Jan 2, 2019

Marwen

Marwen has been considered an art organization that has been help young people throughout the years to express their creativity in new and exciting ways. This is what I had been doing for 2018. Within this year, I have been going to multiple art programs within Marwen in different periods with different subjects. What I had learned was introduction to the human figure, different technics within photoshop, and learning certain history within the arts. Though, the greatest lesson would be of introduction of arts, which fit well within the standards of my school.

GCE has been a school I have the pleasure to attend up until the present day. It focuses on two main ideas. The first being that one should not absorb information but rather process and conclusions to it, while the second being to help your community and contribute the best way you can. How these classes demonstrate this is through the introduction of arts, and the unlimited creativity used within them. The arts could also be used to unified under the same message .

JN "Work within Marwen" no website, Jan 1, 2019

There were multiple classes I had took within Marwen. A class called "Exploring Marwen" was from January 31st to April 11th on Wednesdays between 5pm to 7:30 and was taught by Andra Helton. This equaling to the total time of 25 hrs within the span of the class. 

Later on, I took a session between May 3rd to 24th happening on Thursdays from 5pm-7:30. The class called the "May Intersection Artist Studio" and was taught by multiple artist. This class equaling to a total of ten hours. 

The next two classes were on taught on July 9th to 20th and was through Monday through Friday.  "Figure Sketching for Comics" taught by Meredith Liench between 10am to 12:30, and  "Hand built Animation" was taught by Andra Helton between 1:30 to 4pm. These classes equaling 50hrs in total. 

Finally the last class was taught by Jesse Aniva between the months September 26 to December 5th and having the total hours of 25 hrs. The class was called "Impossible Dreams" and was between 5:00 to 7:30. 

When added up all the hours, we gain the answer of 110hrs spent at Marwen.