Sophia Demitrio

 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. 

       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 whole film were

       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 with this collectio

     For this assignment, my group and I had to interview another player on a video game. My classmate Grace asked her friend if we could use his game Destiny. So we went over and we were able to communicate with a stranger through the headpiece. It was really a cool experience and the dude we were talking to was super cool and helpful. Here are some things we asked and his responses: Why did you choose that avatar? -Friends told him to start playing as a stronger characters - Warlock has a lot of abilities and has a lot of possibilities. “I can kill but I can also survive.” Are you similar to your avatar? - Does not resemble his character - His character is female and an “awoken” which is mystical character Are you more social in the game or real life? -“The anonymity of being online helps me to be more social” - A lot more talkative online What motivated the design choice of armor? - Wanted something bulky - “Going for a sentinel” design - Chose clothing that looked like armor instea

  Ready Player One - 2045 - Virtual reality  - Dirty, trashy surroundings - The oasis - License plate Parseval - Challenge to find 3 coins of the game creator - What if we went backwards fast – he races backwards and wins the first key - He and artemis look into the next clue – a creator who hates his own creation  - They find out that Halliday took Ogdon’s wife on a date – they go to the club he built in oasis right            after that  - IOI is after Wade after he reveals his name online - He meets artemis or Samantha in real life - They try to find the remaining keys  - Go to movie theater where he went on a date and saw the shining  - IOI kills aunt Alice - Sam has to work for IOI - Everyone trying to find the last key  - Wade wins and finds it – closes oasis tues and thurs so everyone can live in the real world I LOVED this movie!!! It was so brilliantly done. First of all, it is eye-opening to see how much people depend on technology in this mo

Second Life Research      Second Life is a virtual online world in which you can create your own avatar and interact with other users. In 2003, it was created by the Linden Lab. This virtual reality has a main focus of creating a social environment rather than gaming with the purpose of winning. There is actually no objective to the game, just a way for "residents" as the users are called in Second Life to interact with others playing in the game. Essentially, you can live a completely different life in an online world. Second Life was one of the first of its kind.      It is interesting to research the pioneer of all virtual reality games. Today, there are thousands of different games just like Second Life where you can go online and live a different life. Personally, I grew up playing games like Movie Star Planet, Poptropica, Stardoll, and so many more. Now, virtual reality has taken leaps technology-wise, to the extent of a virtual reality headset basically transporting yo

 Ghost in the Shell - a hacker called the puppet master - “Hacking into ghost” - Police are onto the hacker  - his wife and kids were a simulation - cyborgs - major is cyber enhanced to be a perfect soldier - major is questioning her origin if she really has a ghost (soul) - wants to know what’s inside her head - puppet master hacked into a cyborg, and they killed his human body  - project 2501 - she goes to find the puppet master  - The puppet master says he has installed programs into specific ghosts to try  - He wants to merge with her to create a new and unique entity - “your effort to remain what you are limits you” - AI - Create a new being - a combination of the puppet master and major  - Master robot criminal  Overall, I did not enjoy this film. It was confusing, and left me with unanswered questions. I did not think it was entertaining, and it was hard to follow. I almost wish we watched the live action version with Scarlett Johansson because