Assignment 3

1.  Every night before I go to bed I listen to my ipod for about a half an hour.  My room is completely dark and the only light shining in the room is the backlight from my ipod.  As soon as I turn on my ipod I go right to my country music playlists, so I can start to relax my mind.  Once I choose a song, I close my eyes and just listen to the soothing and comforting words of Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, and many more.  Just listening to the melody of the music puts me in a relaxed state and allows me to let my mind wander into my own world.  Country songs are like a story to me and inspire me to look at my life in such a upbeat and optimistic  way.  I feel as if the words speak to me and I can relate to many of the messages in the songs.  After I have listened to six or seven songs my eye lids become heavy and I start to slowly fall asleep.

2.

While I was listening to Pavarott sing his song I could tell from the very beginning that the song was about love.  So, I immediately went to my read and started drawing red lines for love.  But, as the song went on I could sense a feeling of sadness in his voice, so I then moved on to my blues.  My yellow color is what brought the two emotions together.  While love can bring someone so much happiness, it can also bring them pain and sadness because it is such a powerful thing.  I felt that this was a very deep and meaningful song that conveyed many emotions.

3.  An establising shot in a movie that always stuck out to me was in Harry Potter movies when viewers see the castle and know that now the movie is transitioning to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  The purpose of this short scence is to show the main setting of the movie and show a new beginning.  Seeing Hogwarts means that the students are starting a new school year that will be full of adventures.  As the viewers of the film it tells us where the move is heading and establishes the setting, so the movie can then go on to unravel the plot.  The estbalishing plot of these movies is crucial for the viewers.  The Harry Potter movies can get very confusing because there are so many parts, so by establshing the the setting of the movie and where the characters are will help the viewers to follow along with the plot better.