REFLECTION ON THE BEST SONG EVER!

LOSING MY RELIGION - R.E.M.

       After thinking for a while on a video which would attract readers' attention and be beneficial for them, I came across this song on the internet. 'This is the song of my life'. This sentence can be quite pretentious, but it is totally true. Whenever I listen to that song, it manages to keep me away from all the sorrows of daily life. When I listened to that song for the first time, I was in high school, and I could not help but listen to the song over and over again for days. Its lyrics are very meaningful and touchy. The melody is like a story that drags somebody to sleep in peace. What makes the song perfect is the combination of the wonderful melody with the lyrics. In addition to the perfect combination of the lyrics and the melody, the band added a video clip for the song a few years later. Although I am not interested in watching the clips of the songs, I could not stop myself from watching this song's video clip, because its scenario and technical adjustments are handled in a very professional way. While listening to the song and watching the video at the same time, it feels like I am living what is told in the song. It feels like a film! The band- R.E.M.- who produced the song is comprised of very famous and talented people. I like the other songs of this band, as well, but not as much as ' losing my religion'.There is an interesting event which resulted from the name of the song. A few friends of mine who are not efficient in English misunderstood the lyrics and refused to listen to the song, which is quite ridiculous. All in all, I thank God for making people so talented as to produce such songs. I recommend everyone to upload this song to their mp3s and listen whenever they want to feel relieved.

REFLECTION ON THE ACADEMY AWARDS

     As a person who likes to watch movies very much and is interested in actors and actresses, I would like to inform you about the Academy Awards, which I take a great pleasure in watching and reading about. Known as, informally, The Oscars, Academy Awards are a group of awards given yearly according to the greatness of the cinematic productions. The awards are given at a formal ceremony, and many actors, actresses, film directors, scenarists and producers take part in this ceremony with a great excitement. This awards are being given since 1929. Just like me, many people all around the world wait for the Oscar Awards ceremony impatiently and watch it on their televisions live. We can call the Academy Awards a ‘visual feast’, because participants consider this event very important and start to get prepared for this special occasion months ago. How the people got dressed or put on their make up is mentioned on magazin programs and journals for weeks. The reason for why the Academy Awards are taken so seriously is its members who work pickily with a complete attention. The members who have the right to vote on the films are selected according to their experiences and excellence in cinema. Currently, there are 5830 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To be a member of the Academy is so hard that getting a high grade from all of them is a really praiseworthy success. The awards are given  in many categories. Some of these are: best film, best actress, best actor, best design, best scenario, best feature, best film editing…  This year, Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 24, 2013. I highly recommend everyone to watch this visual feast to broaden their horizon internationally.  

                  

CORRECTION OF JOURNALS

I have corrected both of the journals, journal entry 2 & 3, i made the corrections on the original entry without opening a new heading for them.

MULTIMEDIA REFLECTION 3

    CHARLIE CHAPLIN

 Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English comic actor, movie director and composer. Chaplin is one of the most important figures of the silent movie era.  He is among the essentials of the early days of Hollywood.

     He was born in London in 1889. His mother and father were music hall performers which made him accustomed to stages and help him be discovered by others. Chaplin’s mother had mental problems and spent most of her life in asylum which led Chaplin to move to America.  

     Though he was born in England, he started his acting career in America. The character, Charlot, which is the most popular symbol of the silent movie era, is portrayed by Chaplin. Most of the people remember him as ‘Charlot’. In addition to Charlot, he took part in many films both as an actor and director. He can be counted among the most     prolific artists of the film sector 

     There are two main reasons why Chaplin is considered among the most talented film makers of the history. Firstly, he was an innovative actor. He used many different methods, choreographies and acrobatic gestures in his movies, which most of the people would regard as impossible. Another reason is the time of his debut which coincides with the end of the First World War. At that time, people needed fun, laughter and relief, which was brought by Chaplin to them as a gift. To sum up, Charles Spencer Chaplin arose as a talented comedian and managed to provide the people with a sense of humour, which makes the world a livable place.

VIDEO REFLECTION

I chose this video, because the best known character portrayed by Charlie Chaplin -Charlot- takes place in this video. One can imagine how people used to watch movies in the past when there were not sound movies. It is easy to see in this video that making people laugh is harder when the sounds are not involved. I would like to have stated a better version of Chaplin. However, due to the impossibility of reaching to the resources of these movies, I found this one appropriate.The lack of quality of the scenes is obvious, which makes the old films more valuable, because it shows what kind of periods people experienced before reaching the very well developed technology of the current period. I hope my journal about Charlie Chaplin has entertained you while reading and led you to learn more about him. 

I commented on 4 journals of my friends. These are:   http://bayraktarayla.blogspot.com/  (metu slogan), http://emel3celik.blogspot.com/ (Hesse for a good start to German Literature),  http://lifeasgnc.blogspot.com/     ( lana del rey), http://orhanaydin61.blogspot.com/ (orhan in metuland)