Raymond Ambros

Beyonce Book Project

David Blane is insane. He pushes his body to incredible limits. Throughout his Ted Talk, Blane goes on to state the sequence of events that allowed him to accomplish such feats.
I have no idea how He managed to stay in that little box in London for so long. I would have been so bored and hungry. The glass box would have made me so paranoid.
Hearing him talk about holding his breath underwater for so long was riveting. Drowning is a huge fear of mine, which makes no sense  at all because i was on the swim team in high school. At one point during the video i stopped and asked myself “Why? What is the purpose of all of this.” I honestly have no clue to why he does these things. But i have a feeling that its about pushing limits. whether physical or conceptual.
Blane experienced many obstacles when trying to break his record. All of these obstacles were idiotic things that he was made to do by various networks. He could have prospered easily if they had just let him do his own thing, but who wouldn’t bend over backwards for Oprah?
Conclusively, Blane does incredibly stupid things in order to find out if we as humans bear the potential to gain control over matters in which we feel we have no control. The Medium is the message. xoxo

Wow. Why does a movie like this even exist? The entire thing seems a bit excessive to me. The movie was executed well, but i couldn’t take a liking to it. I didn’t like the whole out of sequence thing. I felt it was more of a confusing thing than an aesthetic appeal or approach.
I wasn’t sure if the purpose of the movie was to show the importance of sequence, or to show how something could be cohesive out of order. I was very confused for a large portion of the movie. I didn’t appreciate how everything came together at the very end.

In this film we are able to see Schindler, a member of the nazi party save an incredible amount of jewish lives. Schindler opens up a factory in order to make a haven for the jewish people he saved. This movie reeked of familiarity to me. I can’t quite place my finger on it, but the story line seemed incredibly familiar to me.
I feel as if the music used in the movie is far too casual and soothing. It’s a huge contrast compared to the overall weight of the movie. In Schindler’s introduction scene we are able to see how incredibly persuasive he is. He gets what he wants without any real struggle.
Schindler does need to keep a convincing  profile. He ruthlessly orders people to be shot and attends many raids.
As the film progresses we are able to see that he does in fact have a heart. He allows many jews to escape as he “attempts” shooting a man for an underproduction of hinges. I found this scene hilarious. we are able to see people scurrying behind the officers scene. however, the scene is drawn back to a serious note as the man being prosecuted is hit on the  back of the head.

Schindler comforts a woman he saved from a camp earlier as she is inconceivably scared of impending death. He continues on making a list. As the list grows, so does his anxiousness. He constantly questions the numbers, watching them grow. He is reassured of what he is doing as he is told “The list is life.” I can tell that Schindler is experiencing conflicting emotions. I cannot tell immediately, what he feels in this scene. I wish to know what and how he feels. I am deeply upset by the fact that I cannot go more in depth into his thoughts.

The scoring for this film is amazing. I cannot seem to get over the song that plays at the scene where he is given the ring. The composer for this movie, John Williams, is known for his work with Spielberg. However I could not recognize his work in this movie, as the overall undertone of the music seems completely un-American. The classical style of music can easily be differentiated by country, especially American and many asian ones. I admit i was confuse a bit because of the similarities between Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson.

Edited Photo with Beyoncé song title for visu book project. This book project features all songs on Beyoncé’s self titled titled album, Beyoncé, The visual album.

Jimmy Lou: Jimmy Lou questioned the digital  concept of viewing . He questioned a print only design, and the overall necessity of physical touch.

Alex Robinson: Alexs first works focused on journeys taken. She then turned to the medium of cause and effect: If i do this; this will happen. As her children entered her life she began to explore the ideas of excess and gross beauty.

George: George is very into production design. He deals with everything within a frame. Makes Hella films and commercials. Hella Hella Hella

Edited Photo with Beyoncé song title for visu book project.

I am very interested in the Angers, France program, and the Semester at sea program. I would definitely love to study abroad, I don’t care where it is.

Edited Photo with Beyoncé song title for visu book project.

Edited Photo with Beyoncé song title for visu book project.