Personal Statement: If You Like French Bulldogs By Wes Anderson

Sometimes I go to the movies to become completely brain dead, and just enjoy the visual aesthetics. Other times, I analyze the shot selection, the editing, the lighting, and the visual effects. I concentrate on how I can emulate certain film techniques. Another hobby of mine is watching sports, especially the National Football League. I am Cardinals fan, and I believe the Cardinals are Super Bowl bound this year. Although, Seattle is looking intimidating after they demolished the Cardinals, 36 to 6. Lastly, I enjoy reading. I read books and comics. Some of my favorites, are The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner Series, the Euthyphro, Planet Hulk, and Marvel

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In Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, I believe the movie's design has a unified feel. By understanding Anderson's approach to cinematography, we can tell that the costume and visual designs ensemble a true Wes Anderson's film. In fact, he is indulged with patterns and lively colors. His plot mainly reflects an old- fashioned, nostalgic feel and he is a bit playful with camerawork. On the other hand, the Grand Budapest really feel like a lively, happy hotel. The use of colors and contrasting hues made the setting almost looks like a painting. For example, the frame narrative where the Grand Budapest Hotel became the setting, the mise-en-scène and the lighting of the film become almost too symmetrical and mannered, especially during the

I grew up throughout my life with a strong musical sense.When I was a little boy every night before bed, I would put on a classical music album and listen to it until I fell asleep. I loved and continue to love music. I was first chair in the 8th grade honor band playing french horn, and attended All-State 8th grade Band also playing french horn, while continuing to do jazz band, and my church youth group band on the side. My other hobbies include lightly gaming, hanging out with my friends, and attending Sundays and Wednesdays at my church. I have been blessed with many great friends and opportunities.

But if I have to declare a single variety of cinema as a favorite, "cinéma d'auteur" is my pick. It hardly defines a concrete genre, but this is where fine artists typically forge their own distinctive genres or vocabularies. These offer the most authentic, enriching and indescribable experiences. Andrei Tarkovsky and David Lynch exemplify

I enjoy filming and editing videos, boxing, writing, and swimming. I feel at ease and relaxed when I am doing those things.

Today’s society is essentially powered by consumerism, capitalism, and the media; supplying people’s thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and lives. The psychological novel, Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, uses a man’s need for a male role of identity to fit in into society as a way of showing how consumerism can be threatening a man’s identity and masculinity. Palahniuk explores the life of a man who in an attempt to break free of a capitalist society forms a clandestine “fight club” as a form of rebellion towards society. Palahniuk illustrates in, Fight Club, a character that, challenged by today’s consumerism culture, struggles to find his true self-identity and express his masculinity.

My biggest two interests are stocks and music, specifically Kanye West. If you were to ask me why I like stocks I wouldn't have an answer for you because even I don't know. All i know is that they interest me for some reason. I love Kanye's music mainly because it's catchy to me and not the same as other rappers and the music just clicks with me for lack of better words.

Those of Generation X found themselves born into a unique situation that generations before had not. They were born into a society fueled by rampant consumption of material goods, accelerated by the constant advertising of corporations. Many of Generation X found themselves drawn to the idea of rejecting this culture of consumption and the practice of identifying themselves through what they buy. Instead they look to find themselves in different, sometimes violent ways. In Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, the unnamed narrator begins as someone living the perfect consumer life, letting his Ikea furniture define him as an individual. As the novel progresses however he develops an alternate persona of Tyler Durden who rejects the consumer culture, like many of Generation X. They are outright disgusted with the society they were born into and as a result reject the blatant love for material goods and the idea of one’s worth or identity being defined by what goods they have accumulated and instead seek a new way to self identify and find happiness but find more problems along the way.

Napoléon proved that Greenblatt's essay is true. That there are pigs in every society, he wanted all the power and be the center of everyone's attention. Napoléon didn’t like snowball's idea about the windmill, when it was snowball's idea. However, he really did like the idea. So Napoleon chased snowball out of the animal farm. Once that was done, he took all the credit for the windmill idea. During this the animals were building the windmill, but Napoléon was sitting back and doing nothing. It became necessary to elect a president. There was only one candidate that wanted the job so Napoléon who was elected.

My hobbies are rather diverse. First, I love to bake and cook. I am always baking brownies or cookies to share with friends and family. Often I cook meals for my family and on occasion, I will make up my own recipes. Another hobby I have is shopping. I love to shop mainly because I enjoy creating new outfits for myself. Shopping also allows me to see the latest streetwear trends. I frequently read fashion magazines or watch videos of runway shows to know how to style complex clothing pieces. Next, I love to read books. Growing up I spent a lot of time reading and still do. I tend to prefer to read modern texts written by people my own age, but I do also read nonfiction to remain

The movie I have chosen for my review paper is Schindler 's List. The film was directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. Schindler 's List is an American made movie although it was filmed in Poland. I chose this movie because I am interested in history and in World War 2. The setting takes place primarily in Krakow, Poland during World War 2 (1939-1945). Poland was under German occupation at the time. The setting of the film shows us the Holocaust and the mistreatment of the Jews. This makes it of historical importance in understanding its social stratification value. It was especially important to Steven Spielberg because he is also Jewish and his family has direct ties to the Holocaust. The social stratification concepts I chose are social differentiation, social inequality, and the stratification systems. Specifically the slave and social class systems. Social Stratification is defined as “A form of inequality in which categories of people are systematically ranked in a hierarchy on the basis of their access to scare but valued resources.” (Thompson, Hickey 199). Concepts of social stratification revolve around inequality, differential treatment, and unequal access to wealth, power, and prestige. The plot of the movie revolves around these concepts with the differential treatment of the Jews by the Nazi Germans. This is what makes these stratification concepts sociologically important. The plot shows how the Jews were stripped of their wealth, power, and prestige.

Aside from that, I like video games, I’m a huge Pokemon fanatic, I’m a big crafter, with a lot of sewing and painting, and mainly I love to cook! I hope one day to own a restaurant here in my home town, with tons of burgers, the king of food.

My favorite hobby is longboarding, I never get tired of the adrenaline and free spirit I feel while cruising down the road. I started longboarding about 3 years ago and since i started i've never wanted to stop. I choose to longboard more than I chose to ride in the car due to the fact that I just find it very relaxing and entertaining. I have influenced a few of my friends to start longboarding and lately its just getting better and better cause I get to ride with my friends as well.

First you probably need to know a little bit about me, I love watching sports mostly just football and basketball, I like playing video and I love watching movies especially from the 80s, for example some of my favorites are the back to the future trilogy, the first three Indiana jones movies, Ferris Buller’s day off and the Breakfast club, just to name a few. I remember the first time I watched all those movies. I remember me, my dad and my brother went to blockbuster and we rented the Indiana jones movies, the first time I seen them I was terrified, then in grade eight me and a few friends had a movie marathon and watched all of them at once, we also did a star wars, lord of the rings, and Rocky movie marathon. The first time I watched the breakfast club and Ferris Buller’s day of I was in my basement with my brother. I know that sounds like it has nothing to do with me and who I am as a person but I love watching movies and watching those kind of started my love of movies.