Movie posters

Looking at this assignment I wanted to look up and see the different kinds of movies out there that were remade. The most movies that were remade were horror movies (of course) but some were old family movies. Freaky Friday, the Parent Trap, and the Karate Kid. Another family movie that is one of my favorites is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movies are based off of the great book that I read as a child by Roald Dahl. It was my favorite book to read and the old movie gave the book justice (seeing how Mr. Dahl wrote the screenplay). The original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was made in 1971 which was directed by Mel Stewart. This movie is a very colorful and goes with the book. I remember as a child watching this movie and there would be some slow parts where you wanted him to go and you knew he was going but it took time to get to that part.

 The movie poster speaks for itself. It is colorful and fun. From looking at it you can see Violet as a big giant blueberry. There is lots of color and creative picks from the movie that makes anyone want to see it. The second movie poster that I found has Willy Wonka almost juggling all the children that won the golden tickets. Its not as colorful as the first one but puts into the minds of people how fun and interesting the movie is.   The remade movie was renamed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was directed by Tim Burton in 2001 so it was a major turn around from the first. The bubble room wasnt in the second movie remake but it was very colorful then the first one and it was very interesting all the way up to the end.  You had a look into Willy Wonka's life on how he had an obsession with candy. It went deeper then the first and was very interesting. It wasn't like the book at all which was sad but it was better in my book.  Like all of Tim Burton's movies it was dark with a fun colorful turn around. The movie posters show you the major difference in the movies. The first one I found was just of Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. He is brightly dressed with the known cane and top hat. It just doesn't show the other people in the movie and what it is about. The second that I found is with all the children and Willy Wonka. It shows all the children with what they are good at and then there is Charlie standing next to Willy Wonka. There are many candy related things in the poster bordering the whole thing. It looks like candy cane trees and then there is the ever famous chocolate river as well. Between the two seeing the second one you will definitely know what the movie is about and what you are going to see. The first one is very dramatic and if the title wasn't there you wouldn't really know what the movie was about. These movies are both great movies and totally different from the years they are made. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367594/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/
http://www.imdb.com/list/fYQkfHUykbU/

Pop music Analysis

For a school assignment I have to analysis a pop music website. After looking at it and reading what had to be done I went driving. There are a lot of pop music performers and many different songs out there. I had different   performers in mind Lady Gaga, Adele, Justin Beiber, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and so forth.  As I was driving I heard a song that got to me. I have been having a hard week and this beautiful, meaningful song came on. The meaning behind the music was meant for a breakup song but the message is so clear and can go for any situation. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger".

Yes, this is Kelly Clarkson and yes this is my pop performer. Kelly Clarkson won the very first American Idol contest in 2002. I voted for her and was so happy she won. From interviews and many clips, she seems like a really down to earth person. All her music has a meaning and can relate to anyone. I found her official website and her website is simple and clean. When you first go on the website there is an atomatic slide show in the header of all the upcoming things. It talks about her tour, how her song can be purchased on itunes, and her newsletter.  On the very top there is a twitter feed that shows when ever someone is talking about her. You can also follow her as well. There is also eight different rooms you can go into from the front page. One called Buzz, Music,Tour,Media, Kelly, Community, Charity, and Store. I clicked into each one to see what they were all about. I clicked on Buzz and wasn't able to get in unless I wanted a virus or infection on my computer. I then clicked on music and there are comments about her. How everyone is her number one fan. She also has itunes on that page listing songs that you can hear a sample of and purchase. The next tab is Tour. When I scrolled over it it had two different options. Past shows and upcoming events. The past events list EVERYTHING that she has done back to September 19, 2009.  The upcoming events show all the shows that she is planning on going to up to April 14, 2012. The next tab is Media. The same thing happened when I went over Media. For media there are photos and the other option is videos. In the photo section there are many different photos. There are behind the scenes, photos of her different albums, fan art, fans that are look a likes, and much more.  In the video section there are many of her music videos. There are new ones and old ones. With the next tab its all about Kelly. There is her bio and  her blog. Her bio is all about her and her albums. In her blog she talks about how her two sites (kellyclarkson.com and kellyofficial.com) are going to be one! That was August 16 of last year. So the blog part was a little disappointing.  The only thing holding that section up is all the comments from fans. The community tab holds to different pages Kellebrities and Forum. The Kellebrities I didnt understand what the whole concept of it was but you had to signup for it. The Forum was a place for people to talk to other people about kelly related things. The next tab were charities that Kelly supports. There were March For Babies or March of dimes, Houses of Hope, and Im going to be your friend.
The last tab was the Store. It has shirts, hats, music, and other popular Kelly stuff. All in all the site is simple an just Kelly.
http://www.kellyclarkson.com/us/home
http://www.directlyrics.com/kelly-clarkson-what-doesnt-kill-you-lyrics.html

Fads and Trends in my LIFE

These are the Trends in my life:

The belt on the waist is a fashion trend for me. I always do this for my going on dates or out and about with certain tops. The tops that bunch below the chest area is prefect of belts. I always get the big chunky ones so I can get a perfect look. This look I believe will be here for a long time. It is chic and popular with everyone. I was always the one that got into fashions late but this fashion was very popular. 

http://www.29secrets.com/sections/style/your-guide-belt-trends

The next fashion trend for me is the off the shoulder shirt. I love this shirt and  I have made many and I have also bought many too. This is a very hip fashion that will be here for quite awhile. This can also work with the big waist belt concept too. 

http://www.shefinds.com/2010/wear-the-off-the-shoulder-top-trend-now-and-later/

The next thing that is a trend in my life is Facebook. I go on this all the time and I might be just a little bit addicted. It is a great way to to catch up with friends that don't live in your state or in your city. I am able to talk to my best friend who lives in Maryland and also my family that lives in California. We all get to catch up without having to be on the phone. You can up in what is going on in your life and everyone of your friends will know! Myspace was the first thing that was a trend that turned into a fad when Facebook came. Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a new social network that will come out that would top Facebook. But then I wonder what would top Facebook? 

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/six_social_media_trends_for_20.html

Then there is the trend that I love, pop music. The popular music that comes out whenever a famous artist makes a great single. Everyone listens to the music that is new and exciting. I only listen to the new stuff that is exciting to listen to. It plays on the radio on the way to work and it also plays on the satellite radios. Popular music that everyone loves gets played! 

http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/11/22/pop-music-biggest-trends-2011/

Weddings....I will have a wedding this year and it is a famous trend. If we didn't have weddings then everyone would be single and living together. We live in a world where everyone wants to be united and share a life with someone so we get married. This can be a big ceremony with two hundred guest or just you and your significant other with Elvis. Weddings can be a mix of anything, but bottom line is everyone is doing it, including me. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/wedding-trends-for-2012/2011/12/19/gIQAAsHjHP_gallery.html

The fads in my life are:

One of my fads is Pretty Little Liars the TV show. Right now it is in season two and it is one of the biggest hits on TV. When it is over the fad will be over. I have it recorded on my DVR and I make sure I don't miss a single episode. The show is about four girls whose friend went missing and then found dead. All of the sudden they started getting mysterious texts from an A. This A knows about them and what they are doing. They soon find themselves fighting to keep all their secrets secret. It is a great mystery show and we still don't know who A is but will know in two more episodes! I know that once this show is over then I will start to watch another exciting show that has my interest. I think that this happens to all shows that the excitement is there with them and then once that are gone they are gone. The only show that I know of the is over but is still being played is Friends. That show never gets old! I have seen the same episodes over and over. Here is a trailer for the show!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1578873/

http://prettylittleliars.alloyentertainment.com/

The second fad in my life is Justin Bieber! I love his songs...he is a little to young for me but I love that he was founded on YouTube! It just goes to show everyone that you can be big by showing your talent on a network for everyone. I know there are a lot of people that get famous with what they do or someone they know does. He is a very talented 18 year old. This is one of my favorite songs by him!

http://www.justinbiebermusic.com/

http://www.justinbieberzone.com/

The third fad was Pokemon back in middle school.  I used to collect them all! All the students in my grade would go out at recess and trade them with everyone. I never understood the whole battle thing but I thought that they were cute or pretty and only collect those. I recently went through a box and found my old collection. It was amazing to see that time and energy that I put into these little pieces of cardboard. I had them all organized by the number 1-50. I left spaces for the ones that I needed and put together the duplicates. I played with these and then YU-GI-OH came out shortly after that with cards. They were almost the same as the Pokemon but had a different story to them. You collect them by fighting with them. This was the card that I was able to battle my brothers with and won. I loved both these cards growing up. Now for the next generation Pokemon made more Pokemon to excite the children now. They are more complex and do more things. They also don't look like cute little animals that we can relate to. They are more modified and look like made up things.

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/1991/

http://projectcrusade.forumotion.com/t453-pokemon-fad-proposition

The fourth fad is I phones. Of course phones always go out because a new one with better anything comes in. We are at the I Phone 4 now and I believe that when technology betters itself we will have a better phone out! Technology gets better and better all the time. In my case I wait till the better thing comes out so I can get the old thing cheap.  :)

http://greenerdesktop.com/551/is-the-iphone-just-a-fad

The Fifth and final fad is video games consoles. I have an Xbox 360. I believe that video game consoles are a fad because like the iphones there is always a better one coming out. When Nintendo 64 came out it was amazing then it got better with the game cube, PlayStation, then Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, then the Wii. After awhile PlayStation came out with the "wand" , like Wii , to incorporate movement. Then Xbox 360 said that they could do that too and made the Kinect. Technology with video games is getting better and better just like cell phones today. Video games will always be a trend but the consoles will always be a fad. The new will always be the old in the future. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console

Man in Philadelphia jams cell phone calls on city bus

The news source that I use is Yahoo. I use this because of my busy life, I look at my emails and that is the first thing that pops up. I was scanning through the news feeds when this one caught my eye......

This wasn't the same video that I saw on Yahoo but it is the same story. The other story has the guy, Eric, talking to reporters in Philadelphia. The main story is about a guy named, Eric, who uses a jammier to jam cell phone signals. He did this saying, "A lot of people are extremely loud, no sense of just privacy or anything. When it becomes a bother, that's when I screw on the antenna and flip the switch. I guess I'm taking the law into my own hands and quite frankly, I'm proud of it." This contraption that he is using is ILLEGAL. It can not be used because it can stop frequencies to ambulances or cop cars. That can be very dangerous. After this story I was interested in seeing how many different sights I can get the same story from.
   The first site that I got was as site called Huliq. This site had the same information as yahoo it just didn't have a video to match up with their news about it. It had the same quotes from the yahoo site but they also had information about someone on a train that was kicked off for talking on her cell phone. This is the video that was on it.
 http://www.huliq.com/10061/cell-phones-jammed-bus-philly-man-busted

The other site was a site called The Blaze. As yahoo and Huliq it had the same quotes but this time it had the video for the event. The only thing different was that it talked about a Japanesse invention that stops people from talking. It is called a "SpeechJammer". It muddles the speakers own words. It works by repeating the same thing that the speaker said that makes them pause in what they were saying. It confuses them.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/philly-man-took-it-upon-himself-to-quiet-city-buses-by-jamming-cellphones/

The next one I saw was called The Daily Caller. They had the same quotes as all the rest with the same video. It also had some photos of the guy who did it. Like most of the sites to they had advertisement and more news on other things.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/02/philadelphia-man-jams-cellphones-on-public-transportation-video/

The last site I got was the main site it was from. The NBC Philadelphia News was the main source that Yahoo got the story from. They were the ones who found the man on the bus jamming the phones. They did the interview with him and found out the truth about the whole ordeal. They found out that the device was ILLEGAL and let the man know what they found out about the device. Their site had lots of stories from their state with this one and advertisements.  This one was very close to the one that was on Yahoo with the quotes and everything.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Rider-Jams-Cell-Phones-on-SEPTA-Buses/140983823

From what I got from this assignment is that I trust Yahoo with their news. They get it from reliable sources and tell you the main details and don't put the extra garbage that you don't need to read. They get to the point and stick with it. I will continue to use Yahoo as a news source.

Tweets that I follow!

      The tweets that I added to my blog are both teaching tweets. My dream and goal in life is to become a great elementary school teacher. I searched teaching, teachers, and elementary school teaching. The ones that I loved that came up and wanted to see whenever I log onto my blog were these two different twitters. One is Scholastic Teachers and the other one is K-3 teachers giving advice. I added these two because I want to be a elementary school teacher and these give great advice on books, quizzes for students, and other advice on teaching your students.

      The Scholastic Teachers is a great twitter page. I remember when I was younger and I would order Scholastic books every month from school. They always had the best of the best on the order form. I still have some of my old books that I ordered. Those books always make children want to read because they test all their books with children to see what children like. The tweets tell all teachers which book is the best and what are in their top 50.

      K-3 teachers give great advice on how to teach children different subjects and give you help on what you might need when teaching. They also answer your questions about difficult  problems you might be having. It is a great tool for teachers who might need a hand. It also talks about famous people and also careers of famous people so teachers can teach their students about them.
     These are the ones that put on my blog page because I want to be the best teacher I can be. I know with the help of these twitter feeds that I can get knowledge about things that I need help with as a teacher. I am glad that I have found them and able to use them.

Here are the pages of the two that I love!
https://twitter.com/#!/k3teachers is the K-3 Teachers site
https://twitter.com/#!/ScholasticTeach is the Scholastic teachers site!