Study in the Starbucks

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So, I did my library assignment on studying in the Starbucks. Basically, I picked pictures that correlate to studying and to the Starbucks and made them into a poster. I added sketchy blurbs because I felt that they were a little casual and related more to young adults than a straight forward blurb that looked really serious. You will notice that I also added random splotches of black. I did this because honestly, it reminded me of spilled coffee. But that's just me. The poster is pretty chill and casual and I feel that it doesn't make the Starbucks look like a place to just drink coffee and leave. The atmosphere is welcoming and attracts people in with all the tables and accommodations for studying. I personally love the Starbucks in the Hodges Library and I really wish more people would appreciate the space they give students for studying.

Persepolis (after I researched it)

I'm not a history person so doing research on the film was really difficult and boring to me. Go figure! But, I found a lot of interesting information about the Islamic Revolution and the time period. Now, I'm not going to go on to explain what I found since I still don't like history, but it made the film more intersting to me and made me want to watch the rest of the movie. But, the internet wasn't working when I wanted to watch it so I didn't really get too far past where we stopped in class. But from what I did see, it's actually an interesting movie. And with the way Marjane set the tones and moods in the film were without a doubt amazing. In my opinion, the audience could really connect with the emotions in the film. And in the beginning, when she puts the veil on, it really set up the rest of the movie and was a good way (in my opinion) to introduce a flashback. I don't know, I'm not into history or cartoons or anything like that, but I think the movie is actually interesting and is quite informative.

Persepolis

This is a late post I was supposed to do last week before I researched the movie for my paper. So here are my initial thoughts: Honestly, this movie didn't look interesting to me at all. Like, at all. I'm not into cartoons or even history for that matter. And after we finished watching it, I had no clue what to even think about the movie. All I knew was there was Marjane and her family and she wore punk clothes. That's about all I understood. Why everyone was so scared and everyone was dying was beyond me. I can only guess that the government wasn't what everyone thought it would be and everyone is freaking out about the economy. I say that because of those two women fighting in the grocery store over some food. I don't really know. But I think the director did a good job with the different moods played in the movie. I feel like I could really feel the emotions going on in the movie. Whether or not I understood it was irrelevant I suppose because I could connect with the characters in time where they felt scared or upset. I'm not too sure what was going on, but I think it was kind of interesting.

Children of Men (part two)

Now that the movie is over, it does create a little more clarity on what was actually going on in the movie. Still, there are a lot of things that are unclear, yet that was up to the director. I would still like to know why the human race couldn't have any more kids and why people wanted to kill the baby. Yet, towards the end, everyone was in awe of the baby and the fighting ceased for a few moments to stare and appreciate the life that was created. That surprised me a little. Also, what was going on in the rest of the world? And did the baby and its mother end up getting to a safe place? So many questions, but no real answers. That's okay, though. I feel like being able to guess and use my own imagination works just as well as not really knowing what happened.