Concept 19

2) In the concept, Joe wants to take Bonnie to the dance as his date. If I had to choose a character from the story it would be Bonnie, and it would be her at home thinking of different scenarios in her head of what could go wrong about the dance up until Joe knocks on her door to ask her to the dance.

Concept 18

1) This picture gives off a feeling of friendship and loyalty. The boys seem like they all came together to play baseball, but they are also making a pact of some sort. It inspires me to write a story about a group of kids growing up that never had someone to rely on, but then they always had the baseball field to go to. It reminds me of the movie Sandlot, but instead of having it in the 50’s it would be modern day, and the kids would be boys and girls from all different backgrounds.

Concept 15

Three stories that are based upon “United we stand, divided we fall.”

1) A sports team that would always argue and fight about who should be captain and what plays they should use, and then in the end they realize that they would win more games when they worked together.
2) Group of employees at a carnival that would never get any customers or profit, but they decided to collaborate and put aside their differences to fix up the carnival and get business back.
3) A community is suffering from a drought, but they don’t realize that if they all coordinate and get along they can get through the drought and save water. In the end they all work together to save water and their community is stronger than ever.

Concept 14 Story Beats

1) Setup: When Charles Foster Kane utters the words Rosebud in the final scene
2) Catalyst: Thatcher takes Kane to come live with him in
3) First major fly: Kane chooses to do Journalism as his career in life
4) Point of no return: Thatcher is disappointed in Kane’s success with the newspaper, so now he is on his own
5) Second major fly: Kane marries the singer, and spotlights her career
6) Kane loses his second wife Susan, and becomes unpopular with the newspapers and the media
7) Resolution: On his final days Kane sits alone reminiscing on his childhood days with his family, and the reporter realizes that Rosebud was the most important thing in his life

Citizen Kane Non-Linear Movies

I think the non-linear structure of Citizen Kane makes the movie more interesting, and it allows the audience and viewers to see the different perspectives and opinions of Kane from the people that surrounded him. The fact that the movie went back and forth through time and his life, made it kind of confusing and hard to follow at times, but all together the movie was easy to follow and understand.

I don't agree with the statement that Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time, because of the advancements in technology and knowledge that has been put into movies now. Citizen Kane was a really good movie for it's time, but I think many other movies are just as good or even better.

Charles Foster Kane

Everything I know about Charles Foster Kane so far.....

-he was married twice
-controlled big media and newspapers
-popular public figure
-caught in scandal that jeopardized his career and credibility

Freaks and Geeks Reflection

My favorite episode that we have watched so far is the episode called, "Kim Kelly is my Friend." I liked it because it showed a different side to all the characters that we haven't seen in the previous episodes. We didn't see a different side to Sam and his friends though, because the focus of the episode was more on Lindsay and her friends. Nick and Kim Kelly were kind of the focus of the episode, and they both did good performances. I also liked how Sam and Kim sort of made peace, because Lindsay and Kim bonded over Kim's family and boyfriend problems.