We just finished watching the movie, Carnival of Souls. The movie was a very early horror movie that was made on a small budget with a considerably small crew to work with. The writer set the story around the setting of an old, abandoned pavilion. The plot is based upon the main character, who is a lady who died in the beginning of the movie and is dead throughout the whole movie but does not know it. On many occasions throughout the movie the lady sees a dead man, and when she moves due to her work as a organist. This is where she spots the old pavilion, and is drawn to it. When she goes there she sees the dead man again. There wasn't very much action or violence, because the movie was supposed to be a normal horror movie. There is very little dialogue throughout the movie to make it more creepy and dramatic. The film was actually filmed in Lawerence, Kansas and somewhere in Ohio.

Rocky Paper Scissors

This short film was one of the most cliche short films i have ever seen. The plot was a parody of the movie series 'Rocky'. It begins with a 'has been' RPS(Rock Paper Scissors) player, and is offered to be trained to be the best RPS player in the world. There were parodies of the training the real rocky went through, and the camera angles were actually pretty decent. The plot ends with the main character facing the best RPS player in the world, and beats him and he himself becomes the best. Through out the short film they use many filming techniques to show different things. They occasionally used close up to show emotion, and long shot to show scenery, and tracking shots to show the main character and his trainer exercising. Even though this was a short film the filming techniques were pretty good, and they did a good job of which ones to use and when.

Life Of Pi Podcast

Welcome Home

In this photo I learned that photographers don't simply take just one or a couple of photos, but take as many as possible to get the best picture possible. I also learned that photos ca be inspiring in happy or tragic ways. I also learned how important a simple photo can be It showed me photos can capture moment of pure happiness: in this photo many families welcomed their husbands or fathers home after 6 years in Vietnam.

Boston Fire

In the, "Boston Fire" photo I learned how a photo can motivate and influence many things. Some of those things are that from this photo fire laws became more strict due to the photos influence. Another is that how the photo influenced the world can also motivate photographers. This photo surprised me, and excited me how something so small like a photo could do these things. What struck me about the photo's influence was how it was able to influence photographers worldwide.

Photogapher's "Code Of Ethics"

I think that in this situation the photographers had no right to post this photo to the public. One of the rules in the “Code Of Ethics” for photographers states, “Treat all subjects with respect and dignity. Give special consideration to vulnerable subjects and compassion to victims of crime and tragedy. Intrude on private moment of grief only when the public has an overriding and justifiable need to see.” I think that the decision the media made was completely against this rule of their own view on ethics. Therefore, in my opinion the photo of the injured marine should never have been posted. The family in the injured now deceases soldier specifically stated that they did not want the photo to be posted to the public. The media disregarded the family’s wish and posted it anyway. I think the decision the media made was below the standards the “Code Of Ethics” held.