Wednesday, May 23, 2012

BLOG ASSIGNMENT #4 Song Deconstruction by Yifeng Zhao

two links from youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YMU0WeBwU
These two song's artist is Lady Gaga.



Essay

These two songs from Lady Gaga give totally different feeling to me. In song You and I, the lyric describes the feeling when people want to die, and her emotion is very despair. To show this emotion, this song use a sad and also powerful melody for the background of the music. The song's rhythm is regular; the intensity is very loud; the the pitch is high; the timbre is simple; the speed is very slow, and the organization is ordered. These musical qualities show the emotion and purpose about this song. However, in her other song Poker face, it has totally different feeling when I listen this music. In this song, the lyric is like a game in the life between boy and girl, and it shows temptation. So the background of music or melody is happy and powerful. This song also use regular in the rhythm, but it used soft in the intensity part. The pitch is not high; the timbre is a little more complex; the speed is medium which is faster than You and I, and the organization is ordered in this song. I like Poker Face more than You and I because I like faster speed in the song. You and I gives me a sad feeling after I listened it because its lyric and melody is powerful. However, after I heard Poker Face, I was feeling happy because the melody and musical qualities give me a strong emotion that make me exciting.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Brief critique of the scene

    The sound from this scene that use Space and Gestalt Principals and Illusion. For Space, the sounds show the emotional and movement from the scene. The emotional from the scene that shows character's action, and also let audience feel nervous and exciting about him. Also it has movement sounds because character needs to fight with other person. For example when they fight with each other, there are some hit sounds to show their action and how they fight. For Gestalt Principals, the originator correctly use the illusion to explain the character's thinking. It is a little different with normal sounds. The sounds feel only around his mind and only character and movie receivers can hear. It creates a new space between character and audiences who are in the movie. This is a wonderful work to show the different spaces in the movie. Also, he used similarity rhythm songs in the beginning and the end of the scene. This lets people relaxing and it is a little different with other fighting games. So, the scene uses Space and Gestalt and Illusion to show the action and something happened. The originator used wonderful sounds for it such as movement, emotional, illusion and similarity.

Transcribe the scene into script format from Youtube.




Essay for blog assignment #2

Personal howling By Yifeng Zhao

People usually have some deer behaviors that they never have known before because these behaviors happen in very serious situation. Most of people live a comfortable life and they never have bad things happen in their lives. So, they probably don't know what is the deep behavior for them even they died in the end. However, some of people may have that experience because they must have some serious issues happened in the lives. This is an important experience for everyone because sometimes it can save them. 
Alike one of the J. Flaum’s article said that when people feel very hungry of fear, they will have strong emotion and violent behavior that they never have before. Actually, these behaviors usually happen without thinking. In other words, people don't know the reason why they did. In this story, the character Mumon said that he doesn't know why he would kill a deer and eat it. The only thing he knows that he felt so hungry and he needs food to continues life. Therefore, according to keep life, sometimes people will abandon their dignity, religion, behavior, and so on. Even though they may shaming, regret and get angry, they are alive. It's better than died. It is the automatic instinct to live, and it also is a special ability to help people saving their lives. 
Another lyric Rolling in the deep from the Adele is my favorite because it explains that when she despaired for her loving, she felt so sad and disappoint. The lyric shows when she lived in this situation, what she did for herself. It is contrast with the J. Flaum's article because she didn't show her deep behavior and howl. She just couldn't control her mind and stop to think what happen for her. This is another circumstance when people have bad thing happen in the lives. This lyric gives me a feeling that it is a strong howl from her heart, and it is totally different the howl from the mouth. This is an important reason why I like this lyric so much.
Howl, we know it is a behavior when people feel despair. It shows that person has low hope for himself. It also can explain that is hopeless cry out. According to the research, over 19% people howl in their lives, and every year this number is increasing. Researchers also find out that sometimes people howl not only feel despair, but also they try to hope to themselves. They need to howl to make them exciting and powerful. They also want to let others know that they are alive. However, humans howl is different from wolves howl. Sometimes people easily confound both howls because they believe they must be the same. Actually, wolves usually howl because they want to communicate with each other, and also to find out where they are.
Howling is a special personal ability that may save people's life in emergency circumstances. It transmits that people want to live even they feel despair. Therefore, people had better know what are their deep behaviors and how they work because it is so important for everyone. Alike J. Flaum’s article's name Finding Your Howl.


    References

My favorite lyric from Adele

    Rolling In the Deep -- Adele

    There's a fire starting in my heart,
    Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark

    Finally, I can see you crystal clear.
    Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare.
    See how I leave, with every piece of you
    Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

    There's a fire starting in my heart,
    Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark

    The scars of your love, remind me of us.
    They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
    The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
    I can't help feeling...

    We could have had it all... (you're gonna wish you, never had met me)...
    Rolling in the Deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
    Your had my heart... (you're gonna wish you)... Inside of your hand (Never had met me)
    And you played it... (Tears are gonna fall)... To the beat (Rolling in the deep)

    Baby I have no story to be told,
    But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn.
    Think of me in the depths of your despair.
    Making a home down there, as mine sure won't be shared.

    The scars of your love, remind you of us.
    They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
    The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
    I can't help feeling...

    We could have had it all... (you're gonna wish you never had met me)... Rolling in the Deep
    (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
    Your had my heart... (you're gonna wish you)... inside of your hand (Never had met me)
    And you played it... (Tears are gonna fall)... To the beat (Rolling in the deep)
    Could have had it all
    Rolling in the deep.
    You had my heart inside of your hand,
    But you played it with your beating

    Throw yourself through ever open door (Whoa)
    Count your blessings to find what look for (Whoa-uh)
    Turn my sorrow into treasured gold (Whoa)
    And pay me back in kind- You reap just what you sow.

    (You're gonna wish you... Never had met me)
    We could have had it all (Tears are gonna fall... Rolling in the deep)
    We could have had it all yeah ( you're gonna wish you... never had met me)
    It all. (Tears are gonna fall)
    It all
    It all (Rolling in the deep)

    We could have had it all (you're gonna wish you, never had met me)
    Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall rolling in the deep)
    You had my heart inside... (you're gonna wish you)... of your hand (Never had met me)
    And you played it... (Tears are gonna fall)... to the beat (Rolling in the deep)
    We could have had it all ( you're wish you never had met me)
    Rolling in the deep (tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
    You had my heart... ( you're gonna wish you)... Inside of your hand (Never had met me)

    But you played it
    You played it.
    You played it.
    You played it to the beat.

Blog Assignment #2 summary

The part I story from the article Finding Your Howl shows that when people feel very hungry or fear, they will have strong emotion and violent behavior that they never had before. Usually, these behaviors are without thinking and no reason why people will do. Also, the author explain that Howl is a deep behavior in people's lives because it happens only people feel fear, shaming, and dangerous. It is a special ability to help people protect their lives.
http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/51.01.YourHowl

Sunday, April 1, 2012

My hometown

Chongqing, it is my hometown in China. I love this city so much.