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Final Thoughts: Hon 255

My final thoughts on this course:     Overall, I really enjoyed this course and love how Professor Echeverry pushed each student out of their comfort zones. A room full of majors like biology, psychology, marine science, political science, etc. and our professor had us putting on fashion shows. I also liked how we were assigned many group projects. This allowed us all to collaborate and bring each other's creative sides out. My favorite assignment was the Interstellar project. That was my favorite movie we watched by far, and creating that video was a lot of fun too. I liked using this class as an escape from the more boring and exhausting science courses I am used to. I loved having Professor Echeverry as a teacher: he always kept things real and interesting and opened my eyes to a lot of things I would have never even thought about before. His assignments were always different and creative, and in turn required us to be different and creative as students. Thank you for takin...
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FINAL PROJECT: WALL-E

  WALL-E      Creating our final project was a great way to end the semester. We chose the classic movie WALL-E. I love this movie and its message. We found a corresponding text that is about how the earth in WALL-E could eventually be our reality. We also researched AI, climate change, and garbology to compile a PDF of how WALL-E relates to our lives today. We were able to construct an actual cardboard WALL-E, and his middle opens up to an actual plant inside. We also covered the back of the poster with old newspaper and magazines to give it that trash type look, since our earth in WALL-E is covered in trash. I really enjoyed creating this with my group and think it has a message that everyone should listen to. 
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FASHION SHOW

      Wow this brought me out of comfort zone more than any assignment we have done yet this year! Or more than any assignment I have ever done before period. BUT it was so much fun!!! My group and I went to the thrift store together to compile some pieces together to create three cohesive outfits. When Grace said she had wigs that resembled those in the movie, we were all sold on wearing them with our outfits. The central idea of our fashion was the use of plastic bags and recycling. I took an old pair of ripped jeans and attached plastic bags in the holes of them. One of the plastic bags says, "reduce reuse recycle" so I positioned that so that you can read it on my jeans. We also tied plastic bags around the belt looks like a belt, and attached them to our hooped earrings. I also thrifted a mesh orange undershirt that I layered with a high mock neck top. This top was obviously inspire by Leeloo. The orange was always incorporated in her looks, so we each made sure our ...
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The Fifth Element & Fashion

 Fashion in the Fifth Element     Given our assignment to create a unique fashion show based on the fashion of the film, I decided to take strategic notes on different styles we see in The Fifth Element.  First of all, Ruby Rhod has the most iconic cheetah outfit ever. I love the feminine look on a man, which was kinda ahead of its time. His outfits are all extreme statements which I love. The futuristic cheetah look he's giving here is everything.  I absolutely love the stewardess looks in the movie. The adorable hat with the cute bob and bangs. The sleek yet sexy look it portrays. Now Leeloo's fashion is iconic as well. The bright orange is always incorporated into her looks. The same bob with bangs as the stewardess.  I like the high-neck look, and I own a lot of high neck tops as is, so I am thinking of incorporating this element into my own fashion piece when we do the fashion show. We'll see!
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Creating our Movie

 Creating our movie for the Interstellar project was quite an interesting process. We brainstormed some ideas, and got together to film some clips for the video. Basically, our world was completely submerged in water as a result of a climate crisis, and the government withheld information from the public as to how serious it really was. Our mission as time travelers was to travel back to 2022 to release the information. We filmed some clips on campus of us "time traveling back" and some clips of us using a computer to release the information (very dramatically). It was fun for us to do this part. Then, I edited the clips together using iMovie and added a few articles we created about the after-effects of us releasing this info. I always enjoyed editing videos so this part was enjoyable for me. Overall, the whole project encouraged us to be super creative and make a whole storyline. It was a very unique experience which I really enjoyed. 
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Interstellar Reflection

       This is literally one of the most brilliant movies I have ever watched in my life. I am obsessed. I have been listening to the piano soundtrack and watching Tik Toks of it ever since I finished it. It is AMAZING. Not only is the cast incredible, but the story, every element of this film has left me speechless. At the end, I was SOBBING. Matthew  McConaughey is probably one of my favorite male actors, so I loved seeing him in this movie. I adored his relationship with Murphy and it reminded me of my relationship with my dad, which just made the whole movie even sadder. It was just amazing wow. A part that stood out to me was when Cooper was finally able to receive the video messages and he sees Murph all grown up. McConaughey's acting in that scene is unreal. It literally gave me chills. As far as the ending, I guess it was essentially a happy ending but it was just so sad. I'm glad they were reunited, but it broke my heart. The easter eggs throughout the ...
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Christian Dior: Research

       Christian Dior was an extremely impactful French designer who came to rise after the World War II. I chose Christian Dior to research because I have to do a presentation for my French class on an influential person in French culture, so I wanted to explore my options and start to analyze Dior and his life. Something I found very interesting about Dior is how controversial of a designer he was. When his styles started to gain major popularity, it was right after World War II when resources across the board were limited. Dior's designs required an excess of fabric, so a lot of people did not like him and thought he was selfish and inconsiderate. This, however, did not slow his rise to fame.      I wanted to specifically take into consideration Christian Dior's "New Look" collection of 1947: his debut solo launch. This collection specifically intrigued me because it was essentially the start of the huge fashion empire that Dior began. His focus wit...
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