Sunday, December 12, 2010

Film Analysis

Transformers


Ordinary World: Sam is just a regular teenage boy in high school. Trying to get good grades so he can buy a car. He buys a crappy car, his first car.
Call to Adventure: Sam thinks that someone stole his car, so he follows it and he sees his car actually stand up.
Refusal to Call: Michaela, Sam's friend, doesn't want to get in the car(transformer).
Meeting the Mentor: Sam says to Michaela " In fifty years don't you want to say you had the guts to get in the car?" Sam convinces her to come along.
Crossing the Threshold: The Autobots tell Sam and Michaela there problem and they decide to help them get the glasses that will tell them where the Cube is.
Test, Allies, Enemies: Bumblebee When the Autobots ask Sam for his help to find the glasses and the cube. The Police officer, that is actually a decepticon.  The Sector seven guys that break into Sam's house. The army men. 
Approach to the Inmost Cave: The plan is to find the glasses, and get to the cube before the Decepticons do. Then get the cube in a safe place.
The Ordeal: Sam is willing to sacrifice his life to protect the cube.
Reward: Sam shoves the cube into Megatrons central region and defeats him.
The Road Back: Sam has now helped the Autobots and has to return home, back to his normal life. But with a great knowledge.
The Resurrection: Sam has learned that there are bigger things in life then just grades and girls. He has a better understanding of what is out there.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

50 Words

Missy and her boyfriend are together. She isn't sure if she is really loving him the way that she should. She tells him that this what she has to do, she has to leave him, because she isn't really sure who she is with out him. So she leaves him.

Where I Stood by Missy Higgins