Friday, October 18, 2024

Representation

 Breaking bad masterfully combined the complex character arcs with themes of morality, power, and identity. At the heart of this narrative are Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, two characters whose trajectories reflect the series' exploration of the human condition, choices, and the consequences that arise from them. Their evolving representations not only highlight their individual struggles but the rest of the economic system like in the world we live in.

Walter White begins as a seemingly sympathetic figure—a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer. His initial motivations stem from a desire to secure his family’s financial future. However, as the series progresses, Walter’s descent into the criminal underworld transforms him from a mild-mannered educator to the ruthless drug lord Heisenberg. This transformation illustrates a crucial representation pattern: the corrupting influence of power and the moral decay that accompanies the pursuit of ambition. Walter embodies the classic anti-hero, demonstrating how desperation can lead to ethical compromises that dehumanize him and makes him just prioritize money and making better product.

In stark contrast, Jesse Pinkman serves as a counterpoint to Walter’s ambition. Initially portrayed as a small-time methamphetamine manufacturer, Jesse’s character development throughout the series is marked by a growing awareness of the moral implications of their actions. While Walter becomes increasingly manipulative and morally ambiguous, Jesse grapples with guilt and remorse, reflecting the internal struggle between right and wrong. This juxtaposition highlights a significant representation pattern: the impact of environment and choice on personal development. Jesse’s journey illustrates the possibility of redemption, even in a world rife with corruption, as he seeks to break free from the cycle of violence and crime.

The relationship between Walter and Jesse is central to understanding these representation patterns. Their dynamic evolves from mentor-mentee to adversarial, showing themes of betrayal and moral disintegration. Walter's manipulation of Jesse reflects a toxic paternalism that underscores the series’ critique of power dynamics within relationships. Ultimately, Breaking Bad offers a nuanced exploration of character representation, challenging viewers to confront their own perceptions of morality, responsibility, and the complexities of human nature. Through Walter and Jesse, the series masterfully dissects the cause and effects of guilt and regret, revealing all the bad choices that define us and how people have regret and second thoughts about it after and feel guilty about themselves.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Sound project

 What I learned doing the sound lessons were honestly really interesting to me especially the part when I found out everything in movies use Foley throughout the whole movie if you don't know what Foley means its: a sound recreated with objects or even vegetables to replicate a sound they need for a part of a film. 

The directions of the sound project were that we had to create a audio describing a realistic situation that could happen in 1-2 minute time period but the thing is we were only able to use sound and  no pictures or videos and we had a maximum usage of 7 words which was optional and we had to create 4 of our own sounds which is “Foley” and edit all the sounds together to make it sound good.

My approach to this project was being interested, i thought it would be a little hard cause it was with editing different sounds but I thought it would be really fun to make foley and use different items to make certain noises so it really caught my attention.

 During the brainstorm me and my partner were deciding what story we should do and started saying our ideas and both decided to pick a car chase as our story so we started off with finding audios of cars speeding and drifting and we started saying all the noises the viewers would be hearing when listening to it.

 The outline helped me imagine how the story was gonna go and helped me pick out certain sounds and what I should use for the foley.

I used premiere rush for editing.

I feel like the foley was done very well but what I would like to improve was the editing of our sounds I feel like we could’ve found better sounds to replicate certain sounds but other than that I think we did really good.

The link for foley: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yjwNtHL7WayFexTkOZoC3XpvBOnYDJ-a/view?usp=sharing

The link for the whole video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bs3Vklm8BUAe5xnElwO1ZKSnGkQZiRF9/view?usp=sharing


Camera equipment

  Hey again! Today we will be talking about my camera equipment that I am going to use throughout the rest of my filming.   For starters I ...