CONNECTION: RESOURCE 4/6/14

Time to make a connection with dance, it like just about everything else can be turned into a science. The untold science of how to breakdance, shown here by these guys. Strange ideas, yet they have facts to back it up.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrGaaQkECm27sWg_DTY08g

LOOK AT MY BRAIN

So far all that's been done is that I've shown that I have general knowledge and have people to look up to on my topics for my masterpiece. Other than that I haven't really done anything else. Just by looking at my blog people can learn a lot about the world of dance, but that's about it. Besides learning some background and see that they could learn thanks to certain intructors that's all they will find unless they plan to go and look more things up. That's how it's been going so far, in the near future more information will come out and new ideas will be added. 

PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS

Now anyone can make a poster or a prezi but it takes some kind of unique aspect to actually make it memorable. Here's a few ideas I had in mind 

-a demonstration of what their project was 

-maybe some kind of physical object, like a model of something 

-how about their tone of voice, that could easily change everything and make it memorable 

-even make it funny, that stuffs always memorable. 

My main point is that you're going to need something other than just a prezi or poster, you need to add your own character into this. 

RAISING DIGITAL AWARENESS

Drawing visitors to your site should be a top priority, nobody puts something on the internet thinking 'oh nobodies going to see this.'  No, they have the intention that many people will see it and want their work to be great for everybody who sees it. You want more people to see it to get your work out there. Currently on my blog I believe that I am bringing peoples attention to the world of dance but not enough. I am giving reasonable information but not really getting it out there yet. The steps I could take to improve that is to simply get my blog work out there. I need to give it more viewers in order to improve it all. In reality it is more important to get people's ideas and interact with them. We get real ideas from real people that can actually help us. However in this day in age it is so much easier to get digital tools to help us and because it is easier that is the route most of us will take. Either way we get a kind of result but we have to know which one we actually need. 

Literary Analysis #3

Book: Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen

FICTIONAL ANALYSIS

1. Brian Robinson is stranded in Canadian wilderness and the seasons are beginning to change. Winter is upon him and he must adapt in order to survive. Brian finds a survival pack inside the crashed plane and finds a gun he decides not to use due to the limited amount of bullets. Instead he decides to make weapons such as a bow and a lance. These weapons come to great use when a moose attacks Brian at his campsite. Also in order to survive the winter he created this leather clothing that was able to last him to the point where he found the Smallhorn family who lived by the frozen lake. They told Brian he could leave on the supply plane that comes by for them and Brian although resistant decides to leave on that plane in the end.

2. The theme of this novel is to never give in to what seems impossible. In this case the impossible seemed to be the upcoming winter and how Brian was not at all prepared for it. We all have this ‘upcoming winter’ in our lives and we all have that chance to overcome it.

3. The authors tone in this story is mysterious, he seems to always be leading up to something which made this book a real page turner.

CHARACTERIZATION

1. Direct characterization happened when the author told us about the season beginning to change, no clues given just told that winter was around the corner. Also when the author said that Brian was frightened, he did not know what to think of the upcoming winter. Indirect characterization happened when Brian first found the gun and did not use it against the bear, he knew that it wouldn’t help him and was smart enough to not use it and instead make new weapons. The author decides to use both because it adds on to Brian’s character when he uses indirect but also need to actually mention some things in order to get some sort of point across.

2. The authors syntax does not change considering the grand majority of the novel is based around this one character. He seems to focus on both Brian and his surroundings at about the same tone. The only real difference is that we know what Brian is thinking but not that the animals intensions are.

3. The protagonist, being Brian, is both a dynamic and a round character. He is dynamic because he teaches himself how to survive the changing seasons so he does go through his dramatic change and enjoys it to say the least. With that change he also became a round character, this is mostly seen when he found the gun. Instead of fully relying on it he decides to not even use it and instead makes his own weapons. Smart move by the young boy.

4. Again yes, after reading this book I do feel like I’ve met Brian once again. This time his character seems different, he is not the boy from The River, he has more instinct this time. When the moose was attacking it felt like I sat there and watched him defend himself against this moose. After it was killed it was like Brian looked at me and said, “Look, I’ve caught dinner.”

RESOURCE 3/26/14

Here we have one of my super 5 tryin to make his dream come true. Daniel Cloud Campos is an amazing dancer (not to mentioned nominated for most beautiful man) and now he is trying to get people to help him make his dream come true. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/259209608/todays-the-day/description

IS THERE AN EXPERT IN THE HOUSE?

EXPERT CANDIDATE: Vincent Horiuchi

Chosen for his popularity and skill B-boy Vincanity is one of the best recruits I would be able to find. Getting any kind of feedback from him would be incredible, when it came down to it his many experiences with the world of dance. He is a hero of mine and one of my top 5 favorite b-boys, truly a great person.
 

• http://udeftour.org/total-vincanity/