My favorite photo essay is the Lunar Eclipse of December 10th 2011. Here is a link to the essay. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/12/lunar_eclipse_of_december_10_2.html
This one's my favorite because the pictures are very beautiful. I love how they are taken at different locations where the moon looks different. It gives other people's perspectives. I also like how photos of the people watching it were added too.
Comparing this one to other photo essays about eclipses, I learned that eclipses occur around the same areas of the world and about the same times of the year. I also learned many people in other countries are amazed about a lunar eclipse. This essay makes me want to have seen it myself, so I hope I can see the next one!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Life in a Day
The movie Life in a Day is a documentary film where people all around the world submitted videos of their life on a single day: July 24th 2010. They were uploaded to Youtube, then clips were put together to make one full length movie showing all of the submitted videos. There was 4,500 hours of footage from all the videos submitted from 192 countries. Life in a Day is free to stream on Youtube, too. It is funny at some parts, sad at others, but overall it is a really great film.
There were a few scenes that were most memorable to me. A few parts is when they showed clips really fast together that had to do with eachother, like the sunrise and breakfast getting ready. Also, I remember the really pretty clips of nature like bubbles on the water. I remember the sad stories too about poor people in deprived countries, like a little boy who had to work despite how young he was. The last one I remember was a reoccurring person; the man who rides his bike around the world.
Scenes with positive emotions were scenes where people were smiling and singing and looking like they enjoyed life, like the African women making food. Some negative emotions though were videos where people looked upset and also videos where people were dealing with a lot of bad things in their life, and other bad situations, like the event in Germany where there was a lot of violence.
Patterns of humanity I noticed were that many people from the poorer parts of the world, no matter how hard there life was, still appreciated their life and were happy about the small things they had. Even people from richer countries said things like that too, even though they have more than poorer people. So, it means that almost everyone in the videos enjoy life, no matter what.
There were many juxtapositions where it showed a poor country to a rich country, or a sad story to a happy story, but I only remember one. In this one, a family in Africa were searching for food and making their own shelter. One woman was even drinking water out of a leaf! The scene right after that showed a sprinkler. It shows that some people need water, and others have a lot to spare.
I liked this film because it really made me think about what life is like outside the U.S. and other richer countries. This also all happened in one day, which is amazing. The only thing i didn't like about it was that it was sort of boring at some parts. It also jumped to different scenes at others. It even could be too much to handle for some people. Overall though, it was a very good movie and I would recommend it to a friend because it was fun to watch and has a very deep meaning to it.
There were a few scenes that were most memorable to me. A few parts is when they showed clips really fast together that had to do with eachother, like the sunrise and breakfast getting ready. Also, I remember the really pretty clips of nature like bubbles on the water. I remember the sad stories too about poor people in deprived countries, like a little boy who had to work despite how young he was. The last one I remember was a reoccurring person; the man who rides his bike around the world.
Scenes with positive emotions were scenes where people were smiling and singing and looking like they enjoyed life, like the African women making food. Some negative emotions though were videos where people looked upset and also videos where people were dealing with a lot of bad things in their life, and other bad situations, like the event in Germany where there was a lot of violence.
Patterns of humanity I noticed were that many people from the poorer parts of the world, no matter how hard there life was, still appreciated their life and were happy about the small things they had. Even people from richer countries said things like that too, even though they have more than poorer people. So, it means that almost everyone in the videos enjoy life, no matter what.
There were many juxtapositions where it showed a poor country to a rich country, or a sad story to a happy story, but I only remember one. In this one, a family in Africa were searching for food and making their own shelter. One woman was even drinking water out of a leaf! The scene right after that showed a sprinkler. It shows that some people need water, and others have a lot to spare.
I liked this film because it really made me think about what life is like outside the U.S. and other richer countries. This also all happened in one day, which is amazing. The only thing i didn't like about it was that it was sort of boring at some parts. It also jumped to different scenes at others. It even could be too much to handle for some people. Overall though, it was a very good movie and I would recommend it to a friend because it was fun to watch and has a very deep meaning to it.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
3 Influential People of 2011
On Time Magazine online, there is a list of the 100 most influentual people of 2011. All of them were great, but I chose three that stuck out to me.
The first person is Takeshi Kanno. He is a 31 year old doctor in Japan. The thing that he did was he helped patients at his hospital stay safe during the horrible earthquake and tsunami that happened last spring. When helicopters came to rescue him and the patients, he refused to leave until all the patients were out. I chose him because of his selflessness and his bravery in helping all those sick and injured people out of a deadly disaster.
The next person is Nathan Wolfe. Wolfe, who is 40 years old, is the CEO, founder, and director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative. That basically means it is a team that tracks infectious diseases all over the world. He made it to try to reduce the amount of life- threatening illnesses in the world by catching them in early stages. I chose him because his actions could save so many people all over the planet from dying from infectious diseases.
Finally, the last person I chose was Gabrielle Giffords. I remember hearing on the news about how she got shot in the head in Tuscon. Giffords, 40, refused to give up. She still fights everyday to recover from her severe brain injuries, even though she is doing a lot better. I chose her because she is so brave and hardworking in trying to recover after the tragic massacre.
So, there were so many people who made big impacts on the world in 2011, but these three really stood out to me with their bravery, determination, and kindness to others.
Here are the links to the people I chose:
Takeshi Kanno: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066313,00.html
Nathan Wolfe: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066265,00.html
Gabrielle Giffords: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066454,00.html
The first person is Takeshi Kanno. He is a 31 year old doctor in Japan. The thing that he did was he helped patients at his hospital stay safe during the horrible earthquake and tsunami that happened last spring. When helicopters came to rescue him and the patients, he refused to leave until all the patients were out. I chose him because of his selflessness and his bravery in helping all those sick and injured people out of a deadly disaster.
The next person is Nathan Wolfe. Wolfe, who is 40 years old, is the CEO, founder, and director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative. That basically means it is a team that tracks infectious diseases all over the world. He made it to try to reduce the amount of life- threatening illnesses in the world by catching them in early stages. I chose him because his actions could save so many people all over the planet from dying from infectious diseases.
Finally, the last person I chose was Gabrielle Giffords. I remember hearing on the news about how she got shot in the head in Tuscon. Giffords, 40, refused to give up. She still fights everyday to recover from her severe brain injuries, even though she is doing a lot better. I chose her because she is so brave and hardworking in trying to recover after the tragic massacre.
So, there were so many people who made big impacts on the world in 2011, but these three really stood out to me with their bravery, determination, and kindness to others.
Here are the links to the people I chose:
Takeshi Kanno: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066313,00.html
Nathan Wolfe: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066265,00.html
Gabrielle Giffords: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066454,00.html
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