Assignment #3

1.         Every night I straighten my hair. I use exactly two flat irons, one that is wide and one that is skinny. I also use a hairbrush to brush out the tangled sections of curls. I begin by placing the curls in between the bronze colored plates of the skinny flat iron. As I glide the blazing flat iron over the curls, the section becomes as straight as an arrow. The radiant colors in all of the strands begin to glow. What once looked like a head full of snakes slithering all around now looks like a head full of beautiful, red pine straw. As the steaming locks fall on my neck, I feel warm as if the sun is beating down on my skin on a summer day. When all of the newly straightened strands come together as one, I feel that I am ready to begin my day. 

Head full of snakes.

Head full of pine straw.

2.         While listening to “Nessum Dorma”, I felt that there was sadness as well as passion being expressed in the song. The red and purple lines that I drew show the passion that I felt, with the thicker part of the lines showing strong feelings, and the thinner parts showing weaker feelings. The blue line stands out because it is the thickest line on the paper. The reason it is so thick is because he seemed to accentuate sadness at times and gradually fade of sadness. This explains the shape of the blue line. The yellow line is a sign of hope and bright feelings, which he also seemed to express strong and times and weak other times. The green and gray lines have interesting shapes, almost like mountains. These lines are simply formed by the way his voice gets loud and soft. I felt happiness, hope, passion, and sadness in the song and I expressed it in the shapes and colors of the lines that I drew.

3.         The establishing shot in a movie is perhaps the most important shot in a movie. The purpose is to tell the audience the setting of the film. The establishing shot may show a view of a city where everything is taking place. The audience can gather information about the weather and other parts of the setting from the establishing shot. I feel that establishing shot also captures the audience’s attention as soon as it shows up on the screen.