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  1. Nov 2025
    1. In the 1950s, most television entertainment programs ignored current events and political issues.

      Television in the 1950s mirrored the dominant cultural values of the time by focusing on idealized portrayals of white, middle class suburban families. TV avoided addressing pressing social and political issues, instead creating a comfortable, sanitized version of American life for viewers. This reflects the public's desire for stability and normalcy following World War II, but it also emphasizes how television both shaped and reinforced narrow societal expectations, sending subtle but powerful messages about what "normal" American life is supposed to look like and who was included or excluded from that vision.

    2. . During times of national crises, television news broadcasts have galvanized the country by providing real-time coverage of major events.

      TV used to create a shared experience during major, intense moments. For example, every year on 9/11, some of my teachers talk about what they were doing that day and what they felt. Many of them mention that everyone watched the same coverage and felt connected through that shared experience. Everyone showed the same updates and shared the same emotions at the same time. When huge events happened, it felt like the whole country had tuned in together. Today, it's different. Even though there are still major events/problems, people rarely turn on the news together. Instead, we get information from apps, social media, and streaming sources. Not everyone sees the same coverage, or even the same version of events, which makes it harder to have those "everyone is watching together" moments. It makes me realize how TV used to unite people in ways that are harder to replicate now, even though we have way more access to information.

    3. Business magazine editor Chris Anderson explains, “We’re leaving the watercooler era, when most of us listened, watched and read from the same relatively small pool of mostly hit content. And we’re entering the microculture era, when we are all into different things.”

      This caught my attention because it shows how different media consumption is today compared to the past. I like the idea of the "watercooler era": everyone used to watch the same shows, read the same news, and share the same cultural reference points, so that you could talk about it with almost anyone. Now, it's completely different. We all follow different shows, influencers, apps, or YouTube channels based on our own interests. It makes sense that people can find communities that feel personal, but it also means that we don't have as many shared cultural moments anymore. I think this really explains why social media feels so fragmented, people are literally living in different microcultures" online, just like Chris Anderson says. It's fascinating to think about how this shift changes the way that we connect over media. It relates to some of the ideas discussed in the previous reading on Television Through Time.

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      Asking another student if u could borow there notes. check with the instructor if there is another class to attend.If the instructor post a poadcast listen and take notes.

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      Problems would be distractions, deleting your work, over focusing on typing instead of what your instrocor is saying.

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      You can get your mind in the right spaces. Turn your cell phone off and put it away. Have the right materials.

    1. Constitutive rules govern the meaning of words, and dictate which words represent which objects (Searle, 1964). Regulative rules govern how we arrange words into sentences and how we exchange words in oral conversations

    1. The first question we ask is if the compound is ionic or covalent? If it is covalent, which is typically between 2 or more nonmetals, we need to ask, is it a simple molecule, or is it an acid. If it is a simple molecule we use Greek prefixes to identify the number of atoms of each type of element in the molecule. If it is an acid, we base it's name on the ionic compound it would form if hydrogen could be a cation. Note, hydrogen can not lose its only electron as then it would be a subatomic particle and the charge density would be too high, so it forms a covalent bond. If it is ionic, we use the principle of charge neutrality to name the compound.

      Memorize this strategy to know how to identify the compound from one another Essential and useful knowledge. Boppe will have us do this on Study guide and test. -Revisit 8/10 2:00 AM, 8/10 4:00 PM, 8/10 7:30 PM

    1. The birth of the Internet can be traced back to when government scientists were tasked with creating a means of sharing information over a network that could not be interrupted, accidentally or intentionally

      One thing to think about is the attacks of 9/11 because when this happened, there wasn't a lot of media sources to work off of during the horrible tragedies, and there also wasn't a lot of CCTV cameras during the incidents either. One photograph during that day which has circled the incident was "The Falling Man" taken by Richard Drew on that fateful day.

    2. How do you access your television shows and movies? What is your preferred way? How do you think your age group/generation feels about monthly cable/satellite subscriptions?

      I generally access media such as television through my laptop, using Hulu or Pluto because it's cheaper as a college student, but I think people from older generations would keep using classic channels because it's what they're used to, and it's familiar.

    3. In addition, to meet the requirement by the FCC that stations serve the public interest and offer more informational programs, the networks offered newsmagazines as a more dramatized source of news. These programs, including Nightline, Dateline, 60 Minutes, and 20/20, are still important features of the network lineup that draw in large audiences.

      I think this should include the History Channel and Live PD/ PD Live from current day media, Live PD, now known as PD Live is a program that used to Air on A&E, and would have Police Officers paired with a camera man who rode in the patrol car to/during/ and from different cases.

    4. Radio also partnered with car manufacturers and soon became a standard feature in new automobiles, something that was very uncommon before the 1950s.

      I own a 1949 Dodge truck which doesn't have an original radio, but has an original heater. It's in great condition but again, it's lacking a radio, not that it would work anyways in current day.

    5. 1923. More than 600 commercial and noncommercial radio stations are in operation and about 550,000 radio receivers have been sold to US consumers.

      For every 204 people living in America in 1923, there was one radio receiver. And for every radio station, there were 916 radio recievers.

    1. Exercise 12.20.1 Which of these titles looks the most interesting to you? What makes it an interesting or effective title?

      I like the title "An Image of Africa: Racismo in Conrad's Heart of Darness", It's sometting that can that can already by discussed. I kile because it seems the most interesting because it is clear nad direct, immediately showing the essay theme and sparky curiosity y relating thr classic work to the topic.

    1. Frequently, you will find that an assignment asks you to ‘compare and contrast’ poems. There’s a very good reason for this, for, often, it is only by considering different treatments of similar subjects that we become aware of a range of possibilities, and begin to understand why particular choices have been made

      Sometimes comparing and contrasting helps us see the same theme in different ways, like tone,form, conventionsm era. I undestand why each poet chooses certain resources. There are many variations that help and show us how the many variations that help and show us historical contexto and the kitle guide yhe voice and purpose of the poe, in oroder to teach.

    1. While researching, you will likely encounter many, many, many different sources. Because there are so many sources, it is easy to lose track of them unless you organize your search process.

      Is necesary keeping a research log and identify our ideas with the reserch, because is not just about reading, but also staying organized. We need to prevent the confusion even plagiarismo. This makes the research process more strategic.

    1. The Compare and Contrast Essay is a literary analysis essay, but, instead of examining one work, it examines two or more works.

      This sentence explains that a comparative essay is still a form of literary analisis, which leads me to undestand that the goal is not simply to write two separate texts, but to find connections between them. Ultimately, what is being compared must tell us something meaninful.

    1. The sign of optical rotation, although different for the two enantiomers of a chiral molecule,at the same temperature, cannot be used to establish the absolute configuration of an enantiomer; this is because the sign of optical rotation for a particular enantiomer may change when the temperature changes.
      1. Absolute Configuration (R/S) = The Name This is the molecule's fixed, structural identity. Using a set of rules, scientists can look at the 3D arrangement of its atoms and give it a permanent name, like "(R)-Ibuprofen" or "(S)-Ibuprofen."

      This name never changes, regardless of temperature, pressure, or what you dissolve it in.

      It's like your name is "Alex"—you are "Alex" whether you are happy, sad, hot, or cold.

      1. Optical Rotation (+/-) = The Mood This is a measurable behavior, not a fixed identity. It's what the molecule does to light when you shine it through a solution in a lab.

      If it bends light clockwise, we call it (+), or "happy."

      If it bends light counter-clockwise, we call it (-), or "sad."

      🐻 The Core Problem Your "name" (R/S) and your "mood" (+/-) are not permanently linked.

      Just like a person, a molecule's "mood" (its behavior) can change with the conditions.

      At room temperature (a normal day), the (R) molecule might be "happy" (a + rotation).

      But if you crank up the heat (change the temperature), that same (R) molecule might get "cranky" and become "sad" (a - rotation).

      Its name is still (R), but its measured behavior changed.

      The Takeaway: You can't just measure the "mood" (+) of a molecule and say, "Ah, that must be the (R) molecule." Its behavior (+ or -) can change with the temperature, but its true identity (R or S) cannot

    1. Some boundaries in both static and dynamic situations also possess surface charge or carry surface currents that further affect the adjacent fields.

      incase of dilectric metal boundaries

    1. This concept is heterosexual privilege, which refers to the many advantages that heterosexuals (or people perceived as heterosexuals) enjoy simply because their sexual orientation is not LGBT. There are many such advantages, and we have space to list only a few:

      Homosexuals has been recognized for several years and even had laws like DEI I believe when it was still active to combat against some of the discrimination, specifically around workplace .

    2. Arguments against same-sex marriage.

      The arguments against same sex marriages are all selfish and doesn’t make the best sense. While I do agree that any children raised in a same sex marriage might have questions about their family dynamics, I also feel that curiosity can be explained. The other 2 points are interesting because these “problems” never directly affect anyone that expresses issues with it.

    1. Chiral organic compounds isolated from living organisms are usually optically active, indicating that one of the enantiomers predominates (often it is the only isomer present). This is a result of the action of chiral catalysts we call enzymes, and reflects the inherently chiral nature of life itself.

      When your body builds a molecule (such as an amino acid or a sugar), its "left-handed" enzymes will only make the "left-handed" form. It doesn't create a 50:50 mix of both left and right gloves; it just makes a pure batch of left ones.

      Compounds from living things (like sugar from a plant) are almost always pure "left-handed" or pure "right-handed."

      The Result: Because life's enzymes are so specific, the compounds they produce are also specific. This purity (not being a 50:50 mix) is what makes them optically active.

    2. When chiral compounds are created from achiral compounds, the products are racemic unless a single enantiomer of a chiral co-reactant or catalyst is involved in the reaction.

      How Racemates are Formed? If you make a "handed" (chiral) molecule using only symmetrical, "non-handed" (achiral) ingredients, the reaction has no preference. It's like flipping a coin—you'll end up making 50% "left-hand" molecules and 50% "right-hand" molecules. The result is always a racemate.

      The only way to avoid getting a 50:50 mix is to use a "handed" ingredient (a chiral catalyst) in the reaction. This "handed" ingredient acts like a template, forcing the reaction to make more of one hand than the other.

    3. racemates

      What is a Racemate? A racemate (or racemic mixture) is a 50:50 mix of both "hands."

      Because you have an equal amount of the "left-twister" and the "right-twister," their effects cancel each other out completely. The final mixture doesn't twist light at all—it has no optical activity.

    4. In the absence of a sample, the light intensity at the detector is at a maximum when the second (movable) polarizer is set parallel to the first polarizer (α = 0º). If the analyzer is turned 90º to the plane of initial polarization, all the light will be blocked from reaching the detector.

      Start with Special Light: The machine uses a special light (monochromatic) that is passed through a fixed filter (the polarizer). This filter acts like a vertical slot, forcing all the light to vibrate in only one direction (e.g., up-and-down).

      The "Empty" Test: Before you add a sample, you have a second, movable filter (the analyzer) at the other end.

      Max Light (0°): If you line up this second filter perfectly with the first one (both vertical), all the light passes through.

      No Light (90°): If you turn the second filter sideways (to 90°, making a "+"), it completely blocks all the "up-and-down" light from the first filter. No light gets to the detector.

      This "no light" position is the starting point. When you add a sample (like sugar water), if it's "optically active," it will twist the light. The "up-and-down" light might become "diagonal." This twisted light can now sneak past the 90° filter, and the detector will once again see light. You then have to turn the analyzer to find the new "no light" angle, and that angle tells you exactly how much the sample twisted the light.

    1. Internal conflict takes place within an individual, such as when a character is torn between duty to his family and duty to the state. External conflict occurs when two individuals or groups of individuals clash. A struggle between a character and his best friend is an example of an external conflict.

      Internal is personal. External is others.

    1. The author’s style has to do with the author’s vocabulary, use of imagery, tone, or feeling of the story. It has to do with his attitude towards the subject. In some novels the tone can be ironic, humorous, cold, or dramatic.

      are they warm and bubbly? dry and mean? cold and bitter?

    2. How does the time period affect the language, atmosphere, or social circumstances of th

      The time can and will effect characters and how they are treated or what they are dealing with.

    3. When we read critically or analytically, we might disregard character, plot, setting, and theme as surface elements of a text.

      This is why it may be important to read a story multiple times.

    1. In today’s fiction it is seen as sign of an author’s versatility to be able to write both for children and for a grown-up audience.

      If you can write good enticing books for both it is genuinley a talent.

    2. Ridiculing certain characters or institutions is a skillful way of manipulating readers

      Making fun of a character who is someone you usually cant make these jokes about or to in real life.

    1. Fiction writers are not constrained by reality in the same way that creative nonfiction authors might be. They are only bound by the limits of their imaginations.

      They have no limits or constraints.

    1. Stereoisomers are isomers that differ in spatial arrangement of atoms, rather than order of atomic connectivity

      Stereoisomers have the exact same "blueprint" or "wiring" (connectivity), but they are just different 3D shapes (cis/trans)

    1. If we want to promote their health and well-being into old age, we need to begin now, when they are infants and children

      That’s true. Continuing to instill good habits into younger generations will help promote futility and prosperity. If we minus the hate in the world it’ll be even more fruitful.

    1. 57 percent are female, reflecting males’ shorter life spans

      Yeah and we wonder why they have shorter lifespans. It’s almost comical that they haven’t seem to figure it out for themselves, but I digress.

    1. The internal changes that often accompany aging are more consequential, among them being that (a) fat replaces lean body mass, and many people gain weight; (b) bone and muscle loss occur; (c) lungs lose their ability to take in air, and our respiratory efficiency declines; (d) the functions of the cardiovascular and renal (kidney) systems decline; (e) the number of brain cells declines, as does brain mass overall; and (f) vision and hearing decline.

      I wonder if this applies faster to those who decides to do drugs or even crazy things. Like for those people who end up doing harsh drugs I wonder if they’re bodies ages faster most than others.

    1. Life expectancy has been increasing in the United States along with the rest of the world

      I wonder truly if the life expectancy will continue to increase as humanity ages or will it end up declining. Maybe with better medicines the population will continue to grow and prosper, but if not we could see a potential decline in society. There’s no way to tell until we get there and see what the future holds.

    1. Older people experience age-based prejudice and discrimination. Inequalities among the aged exist along the lines of gender, race/ethnicity, and social class. This theory falls into the more general conflict theory of society.

      I feel like this explains what our current generation in certain areas have been going through. There’s people out there who discriminate against older content creators because they may feel that it’s unrelated to their lives or situations or due to that they judge harshly. When in reality the content being produced wasn’t for them to begin with.

    1. Social aging refers to changes in a person’s roles and relationships, both within their networks of relatives and friends and in formal organizations such as the workplace and houses of worship.

      I feel like the concept of social aging is something that can be looked at from multiple perspectives. Like one person may have the idea that someone has to be in a younger audience category in order to by more recognizable and well known, however I feel like that even those who are older than us have gained plenty of respect and appreciation for their efforts that they’ve shown. Essentially this helps pave the way for the ones that come after them.

    1. The temperature makes a big difference! At higher temperatures, increased thermal motions overcome the effects of intermolecular attractions which normally dominate at lower pressures. So all gases behave more ideally at higher temperatures. For any gas, there is a special temperature (the Boyle temperature) at which attractive and repulsive forces exactly balance each other at zero pressure. As you can see in this plot for methane, this some of this balance does remain as the pressure is increased.

      At lower temperatures the particles lack the energy to overcome attractive forces which results in their condensation.

    1. A study group for this class

      This would be ideal with 3-5 people, five is even pushing it, but with this, it's good because the group could talk and communicate but also have a goal without being distracted. if there's more than five it's too many and people could start having side conversations about the things that aren't associated with the class

    2. Groups develop a shared identity based on their task or purpose, previous accomplishments, future goals, and an identity that sets their members apart from other groups.

      This reminds me of my philosophy class's small group, we mostly discuss the class and each of our respective opinions on the discussions we have in class, and it's so much fun honestly, and also, I love to have each discussion with people

    3. Participating in groups can also increase our exposure to diversity and broaden our perspectives. Although groups vary in the diversity of their members, we can strategically choose groups that expand our diversity, or we can unintentionally end up in a diverse group. When we participate in small groups, we expand our social networks, which increase the possibility to interact with people who have different cultural identities than ourselves.

      This reminds me of how my groups at homeschool co-ops were. My experience was small classes, which increased discussion, and also helped with the intellectual diversity of the class.

    4. In such groups, like a committee or study group, interactions and decisions are primarily evaluated based on the quality of the final product or output. The three main types of tasks are production, discussion, and problem-solving tasks (Ellis & Fisher, 1994).

      Most study groups hit all three main types of tasks, production, of productivity, discussion, such as discussion of class content, and working together to find and solve the problems for class

    5. Size and structure also affect communication within a group (Ellis & Fisher, 1994). In terms of size, the more people in a group, the more issues with scheduling and coordination of communication.

      This is why the circle structure is easier to deal with in this situation. One person makes a set time for people to figure out their respective schedules versus a decentralized group that has to deal with everyone's specific and respective schedules.

  2. Oct 2025
    1. The main source of ring strain in cyclopropane is angle strain. All of the carbon atoms in cyclopropane are tetrahedral and would prefer to have a bond angle of 109.5o The angles in an equilateral triangle are actually 60o, about half as large as the optimum angle. The large deviation from the optimal bond angle means that the C-C sigma bonds forming the cyclopropane ring are bent. Maximum bonding occurs when the overlapping orbitals are pointing directly toward each other. The severely strained bond angles in cyclopropane means that the orbitals forming the C-C bonds overlap at a slight angle making them weaker. This strain is partially overcome by using so-called “banana bonds”, where the overlap between orbitals is no longer directly in a line between the two nuclei, as shown here in three representations of the bonding in cyclopropane:

      Imagine you have three very stiff metal springs. The "happy" or "ideal" angle for each spring is 109.5° (this is the natural angle for a carbon atom).

      Now, try to force those three springs together to form a perfect triangle. A triangle's corners are 60°.

      This creates two big problems:

      Angle Strain: You are violently bending those stiff springs from their happy 109.5° angle down to a tiny 60° angle. They are under a huge amount of tension and want to snap back. This massive tension is the angle strain, and it makes the whole triangle (the cyclopropane molecule) very unstable and high-energy.

      Weak Bonds ("Banana Bonds"): To even connect at all, the ends of the springs can't point directly at each other. They have to connect at an angle, creating a weak link. Instead of a strong, direct overlap, the bonds are forced to curve outwards, like a banana.

      These "banana bonds" are weaker than normal carbon-carbon bonds because the overlap is poor. This combination of intense angle strain and weak, bent bonds makes cyclopropane much more reactive than other molecules; it's practically spring-loaded and ready to "snap" open.

    1. Larger rings like cyclohexane, deal with torsional strain by forming conformers in which the rings are not planar. A conformer is a stereoisomer in which molecules of the same connectivity and formula exist as different isomers, in this case, to reduce ring strain. The ring strain is reduced in conformers due to the rotations around the sigma bonds, which decreases the angle and torsional strain in the ring. The non-planar structures of cyclohexane are very stable compared to cyclopropane and cyclobutane, and will be discussed in more detail in the next section.

      Imagine a group of six people holding hands to form a big, circular ring.

      If you forced all six of them to stand in a perfectly flat circle (a "planar" ring), it would be very uncomfortable.

      Their arms would be stretched at weird, unnatural angles (this is angle strain).

      Their shoulders and elbows would be bumping right into their neighbors (this is torsional strain).

      To get comfortable, the group twists and puckers out of that flat shape. One person might lift their hands up a bit, and the person opposite them might lower their hands.

      This new, comfortable, 3D "puckered" shape is called a conformer. The most stable one for cyclohexane is called the "chair" conformer (because it looks like a lounge chair).

      By twisting into this "chair" shape, the ring (cyclohexane) solves both problems:

      The angles are better: The "arm" angles (the C-C-C bonds) are now at their natural, comfortable 109.5°.

      No more bumping: The "shoulders" (the atoms) are staggered, so they are no longer bumping into each other, removing the torsional strain.

      This ability to bend into a comfy, 3D shape is why cyclohexane is much more stable than tiny, rigid rings (like cyclopropane), which are trapped in a flat, high-strain shape.

    1. Hydrogen bonds have about a tenth of the strength of an average covalent bond, and are constantly broken and reformed in liquid water. If you liken the covalent bond between the oxygen and hydrogen to a stable marriage, the hydrogen bond has "just good friends" status.

      Realation to bond

    1. better understand how one instance of poor time management can trigger a cascading situation with disastrous results, imagine that a student has an assignment due in a business class. She knows that she should be working on it, but she isn’t quite in the mood. Instead she convinces herself that she should think a little more about what she needs to complete the assignment and decides to do so while looking at social media or maybe playing a couple more rounds of a game on her phone. In a little while, she suddenly realizes that she has become distracted and the evening has slipped away. She has little time left to work on her assignment. She stays up later than usual trying to complete the assignment but cannot finish it. Exhausted, she decides that she will work on it in the morning during the hour she had planned to study for her math quiz. She knows there will not be enough time in the morning to do a good job on the assignment, so she decides that she will put together what she has and hope she will at least receive a passing grade.

      this is going over a girl with poor time managements.

    2. A very unfortunate but all-too-common situation in higher education is the danger students face from poor time management. Many college administrators that work directly with students are aware that a single mishap or a case of poor time management can set into motion a series of events that can seriously jeopardize a student’s success. In some of the more extreme instances, the student may even fail to graduate because of it.

      talking about the poor time management skills.

    1. But what does it mean to be a compelling character? Some distinguish between round and flat characters. A round character is a complex, often conflicted character with a deep internal life who usually undergoes some kind of change over the course of the story. A flat character lacks that complexity, does not change at all over the course of the story, and is usually there only to help the more round characters on their journeys.

      Round characters feel real because they grow and wrestle with conflict, while flat characters are more like support beams holding up the main story.

    2. Act three, which is usually about the same length as act one, is all about our protagonist rallying to overcome that last obstacle leading to a climactic showdown and a resolution to their story. Usually that means they reach the goal defined in act one. But sometimes the journey clarifies a new goal, or they realize they always had what they were searching for and just needed to see it in themselves (insert eye roll here). But you get the idea, act three brings some kind of resolution.

      Always thought about the process and usual times of events in movies. To see that even literature follows something similar is very interesting.

    3. And sure, cinema, just like novels or short stories or even poetry, come in all shapes and sizes, otherwise known as genres, from thrillers to westerns, comedies to romance.

      Genres are a key part of the cinema industry. If there were only one type of movie, the industry would not be as prominent as it is.

    4. The most important thing to remember is that cinema is a collaborative medium. There’s always a give and take between the script and the finished film, just like there is between the director and the screenwriter, cinematographer, production designer, sound designer, actors, editor, etc., etc. And as much as a screenplay can and should be a great read, it is, ultimately, a technical document, a plan for something exponentially more complex.

      layers of people shaping and reshaping the vision together. The script is just the first draft of the plan, and the real magic comes from how every department adds to it.

    5. Every element of the script page is there for a reason and helps everyone on the creative team stay on the same page. Literally. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) The scene heading, for example, lets everyone know at a quick glance if that particular scene is set inside or outside, INT or EXT, where, exactly, they are supposed to be, and what time of day it is. That information, of course, will affect every member of the crew, from the producers and assistant director responsible for scheduling, to the camera crew responsible for lighting the scene, to the production designer responsible for the look of the location, to the transportation crew responsible for getting everyone there safely.

      Seeing a formatted page matters because format equals communication. The page tells everyone what kind of day, where we are, and how to prep

    6. No matter how innovative the visual delights, how creative the soundscape, or how many millions are spent on the production design and celebrity talent, if it isn’t all in service of a compelling narrative we’ll walk away unmoved and unsatisfied. And good storytelling, of course, has been around at least as long as humans have been able to put together complete sentences. Let’s face it, probably longer.

      Cinema’s gotten super complex image, sound, VR, all that, but the heartbeat is still story. If the fireworks don’t serve a clean narrative, we leave cold.

    1. But it can also mark the signature style of a particular genre or type of cinema. Take film noir

      I have never seen a noir film. I always thought they were interesting, but I still have been reluctant.

    2. omposition refers to the arrangement of people, objects and setting within the frame of an image. And because we are talking about moving pictures, there are really two important components of composition: framing, which even still photographers must master, and movement. In the case of cinematic composition, movement refers to movement within the frame as well as movement of the frame as the cinematographer moves the camera through the scene. All of which are critical aspects of how we experience mise-en-scène.

      Composition is like the choreography of a film, where things are placed and how they move both inside and outside the frame. Those choices shape how we feel the scene, turning simple shots into something dynamic and alive.

    3. As should be obvious, you can’t have cinema without light. Light exposes the image and, of course, allows us to see it. But it’s the creative use of light, or lighting, is what makes it an element design. A cinematographer can illuminate a given scene with practical light, that is, light from lamps and other fixtures that are part of the set design, set lights, light fixtures that are off camera and specifically designed to light a film set, or even available light, light from the sun or whatever permanent fixtures are at a given location. But in each case, the cinematographer is not simply throwing a light switch, they are shaping that light, making it work for the scene and the story as a whole. They do this by emphasizing different aspects of lighting direction and intensity. A key light, for example, is the main light that illuminates a subject. A fill light fills out the shadows a strong key light might create. And a back light helps separate the subject from the background. And it’s the consistent use of a particular lighting design that makes it a powerful part of mise-en-scène.

      Lighting is more than just turning things on; it’s an art form that shapes the mood and meaning of a scene. Every choice with key, fill, or back light changes how we see characters and space, making light itself part of the story.

    4. Putting on the wardrobe, seeing themselves in another era, a different hair style, looking older or younger, helps the actor literally and metaphorical step into the life of someone else, and do so believably enough that we no longer see the actor, only the character in the story

      I have always liked this perspective for actors. A time where you get to immerse yourself in a whole new person and time.

    5. Those objects could be in the background providing context – framed photos, a trophy, an antique clock – or they could be picked up and handled by characters in a scene – a glass of whisky, a pack of cigarettes, a loaded gun. We even have a name for those objects, props, short for “property” and also borrowed from theater, and a name for the person in charge of keeping track of them all, a prop master.

      Whether in the background or directly in a character’s hands, each object adds layers of meaning and helps shape how we read the scene.

    6. In that case, the setting must be augmented with computer generated imagery (CGI). The most common way this is implemented is through the use of green screen technology.

      The use of CGI has grown throughout the years, but so has its quality. Still giving us something to real as possible.

    7. soundstage. A soundstage provides the control over the environment production designers need to give the director exactly the look and feel she wants from a particular scene. On a big enough soundstage, a production designer can fabricate interiors and exteriors, sections of buildings, even small villages. And since it is all shielded from the outside, the production has complete control over lighting and sound. It can be dawn or twilight for 12 hours a day. And a shot will never be interrupted by an airplane flying loudly overhead

      It’s not just about building sets, but about locking down light, sound, and even time of day so the director’s vision can play out without outside interruptions.

    8. production designer. The production designer is the point person for the overall aesthetic design of a film or series. Working closely with the director, they help translate the aesthetic vision for the project – its mise-en-scène – to the various design departments, including set design, art department, costume, hair and make-up. But arguably their most important job is to make sure the setting matches that aesthetic vision, specifically through set design and set decoration.

      The architect of the film’s look. They’re the ones making sure every detail in the environment lines up with the director’s vision, so the world on screen actually feels intentional and consistent.

    9. Nothing we see on the screen in cinema is there by accident. Everything is carefully planned, arranged and even fabricated – sometimes using computer generated imagery (CGI) – to serve the story and create a unified aesthetic. That goes double for the setting. If mise-en-scène is the overall aesthetic context for a film or series, setting is the literal context, the space actors and objects inhabit for every scene. And this is much more than simply the location. It’s how that location, whether it’s an existing space occupied for filming or one purpose-built on a soundstage, is designed to serve the vision of the director.

      It’s part of the story itself. The way a space is built or chosen shapes how we feel about the scene, almost like another character working under the director’s vision.

    10. But if there’s any hope of that final product having a unified aesthetic, and a coherent, underlying theme that ties it all together, it needs a singular vision to give it direction. That, really, is the job of a director. To make sure everyone is moving in the same direction, making the same work of art. And they do that not so much by managing people

      The director feels more like a glue role than a boss role. They’re less about controlling every move and more about making sure all the parts flow into the same bigger picture.

    11. And this is probably as good a time as any to discuss the role of a director in cinema. There’s a school of thought out there, known as the auteur theory, that claims the director is the “author” of a work of cinema, not unlike the author of a novel, and that they alone are ultimately responsible for what we see on the screen.

      I agree, because a director really does leave their fingerprints all over a film. Their vision ties every piece together, so it makes sense to see them as the true author of the story on screen.

    12. But the idea is simple. Borrowed from theater, it refers to every element in the frame that contributes to the overall look of a film. And I mean everything: set design, costume, hair, make-up, color scheme, framing, composition, lighting… Basically, if you can see it, it contributes to the mise-en-scène.

      mise-en-scène is really just the full package, every single detail we see on screen, shaping the vibe. Nothing is random; everything adds to the story being told.

    1. In fact, the cinematic concept of framing has a clear connection to the literal frame, or physical border, of paintings. And one of the most powerful tools filmmakers – and photographers and painters – have at their disposal for communicating both explicit and implicit meaning is simply what they place inside the frame and what they leave out.

      The tool for controlling what’s inside tells the story, and what’s left out is just as loud. That choice decides how we read the whole scene.

    2. However, just as we can analyze technique, the formal properties of cinema, to better understand how a story is communicated, we can also analyze content, that is, what stories are communicating to better understand how they fit into the wider cultural context. Cinema, again like literature, can represent valuable cultural documents, reflecting our own ideas, values and morals back to us as filmmakers and audiences

      Movies ain’t just about the way they’re shot, but also what they’re actually saying about us as people. Like every film ends up being a mirror, showing back the values and beliefs we carry around, whether we notice it or not.

    3. “The actor seemed like they were in a different movie from everyone else.”

      I have yet to hear this saying before, but it's a funny saying nonetheless.

    4. This is perhaps most obvious in the use of music. A non-diegetic musical score, that is music that only the audience can hear as it exists outside the world of the characters, can drive us toward an action-packed climax, or sweep us up in a romantic moment. Or it can contradict what we see on the screen, creating a sense of unease at an otherwise happy family gathering or making us a laugh during a moment of excruciating violence. In fact, this powerful combination of moving image and music pre-dates synchronized sound. Even some of the earliest silent films were shipped to theaters with a musical score meant to be played during projection. But as powerful as music can be, sound in cinema is much more than just music. Sound design includes music, but also dialog, sound effects and ambient sound to create a rich sonic context for what we see on the screen. From the crunch of leaves underfoot, to the steady hum of city traffic, to the subtle crackle of a cigarette burning, what we hear – and what we don’t hear – can put us in the scene with the characters in a way that images alone could never do, and as a result, add immeasurably to the effective communication of both explicit and implicit meaning.

      Just thinking about all the iconic one-liners like "You're killing me, smalls", or just iconic music like Michael Myers chasing someone.

    5. Unless there is no thematic intent, or the filmmaker did not take the time to make it a unifying idea. Then you may have a “bad” movie on your hands. But at least you’re well on your way to understanding why!

      It is very rare, in my opinion, that I see a bad movie. I have not experienced a movie where there was not a theme in any way.

    6. That comparison between cinema and literature is not accidental.

      I have always heard that literture or books ar most of the time differ in slight details when in movie adaptation.

    7. In the hands of a gifted filmmaker, these subtle adjustments work together to create a coherent whole that communicates effectively (and invisibly). In the hands of not so gifted filmmakers, these choices can feel haphazard, unmotivated, or perhaps worse, “showy” – all style and no substance – creating a dissonant, ineffective cinematic experience.

      Just like many other things in life, some people are made to just visualize things differently than us, allowing some crazy things to be captured.

    8. We can say the same about transitions from shot to shot. Think of them as conjunctions in grammar, words meant to connect ideas seamlessly. The more obvious examples, like fade-ins and fade-outs or long dissolves, are still drawn from our experience. Think of a slow fade-out, where the screen drifts into blackness, as an echo of our experience of falling asleep, drifting out of consciousness. In fact, fade-outs are most often used in cinema to indicate the close of an act or segment of story, much like the end of a long day. And dissolves are not unlike the way we remember events from our own experience, one moment bleeding into and overlapping with another in our memory.

      Transitions are one of my favorite things when it comes to filmmaking, or any type of video format. It's such a subtle and nice way of moving to the next scene.

    9. The same applies to cinematic language. The way cinema communicates is the product of many different tools and techniques, from production design to narrative structure to lighting, camera movement, sound design, performance and editing. But all of these are employed to manipulate the viewer without us ever noticing. In fact, that’s kind of the point. The tools and techniques – the mechanics of the form – are invisible. There may be a thousand different elements flashing before our eyes – a subtle dolly-in here, a rack focus there, a bit of color in the set design that echoes in the wardrobe of the protagonist, a music cue that signals the emotional state of a character, a cut on an action that matches an identical action in the next scene, and on and on and on – but all we see is one continuous moving picture. A trick. An illusion.

      I don't like the term manipulate in this context; more so, I'd say it's a matter of engaging the audience with the movie.

    1. That independent spirit in American cinema also created space for women and people of color to have a voice in the art form. A quick scan of the history above and you’ll notice there are not a lot of women’s names. And almost all of the men are white. But filmmakers like Shirley Clarke, Julie Dash and Allison Anders didn’t wait around for Hollywood to give them permission to make great cinema. Nor did the filmmakers of the early so-called Blaxploitation movement (though their success was eventually and sadly co-opted by white filmmakers).

      I think one of the greatest factors leading to the Women's Suffrage Amendment. Especially with Olivia de Havilland suing Warner Bros in 1939.

    2. If all of that makes your head spin, you’re not alone. In short, back in 1983, 90% of all American media was controlled by more than 50 distinct companies. By 2012, that same percentage was controlled by just 5. By 2019, it was down to 4: Comcast, Disney, AT&T and National Amusements.

      Not knowing this prior, but now understanding how much money some of these companies truly make.

    3. JAWS (1975) cost $9 million to make (three times more than Universal budgeted) and took 159 days to shoot (three times longer the Universal had hoped), but it grossed more than $120 million in its first theatrical run. It hit Hollywood like a tidal wave. A simple genre movie with clear heroes and just enough eye-popping special effects to wow the audience. Best of all, there was no need for an expensive, star-studded cast or a well-known, temperamental director. The concept was the star. It was a formula the studios understood and knew they could replicate. Two years later, 20th Century Fox released Star Wars (1977). Its success dwarfed that of JAWS. Hollywood would never be the same.

      Again, two movies that are so recognizable by their success. Truly changed the direction of cinema and the amount of success each one can create.

    4. The Exorcist (1973) broke every accepted norm of cinematography, sound design, narrative structure, editing, performance and even distribution models. And in the process broke every box office record.

      One of the most popular films throughout time. Many who have not even seen the movie will still recognize the name of the movie.

    5. And rather than control costs to maximize profits, studios allowed the freelance artists they employed to experiment with the form and take creative risks. In fact, more and more filmmakers were smart enough to shoot on location rather than on the studio backlot where executives might micromanage their productions.

      I like how this was the start of the more creative risk in the industry. Matches how society was during the 1960s-80s, wild and unpredictable.

    6. Whatever the reason, Warner Bros. bankrolled Bonnie and Clyde (1967), tried to bury it on release, but ultimately had to admit they had a huge hit on their hands. It was as bold, unpredictable, and transgressive (for its time) as Beatty had hoped. And audiences, especially younger audiences, loved it.

      I didn't even know that Warner Bros made the original Bonnie and Clyde. So if they did bury it, I probably would have never found this out

    7. Olivia de Havilland, a young actress known for her role as Melanie in Gone with the Wind (1939), sued Warner Bros. for adding six months to her contract, the amount of time she had been suspended by the studio for refusing to take roles she didn’t want. She wasn’t the first Hollywood actor to sue a studio over their stifling contracts. But she was the first to win her case.

      Glad to see the actors got what was deserved. No one should get their time and work treated unfairly.

    8. It was an ingenious (and diabolical) system that meant studios could keep their production costs incredibly low.

      Sad to see that this has been the motive; it seems like in every industry, early on. Capitalism has sucked the humanity out of so many things.

    9. Spoiler alert: It was a HUGE success. Unfortunately, Sam Warner didn’t live to see it. He died of a brain infection on October 5th, the day before the premiere.

      Ironic and tragic at the same time.

    10. Warner Bros. was a family-owned studio run by five brothers and smaller than some of the other larger companies like Universal and MGM. But one of those brothers, Sam, had a vision. Or rather, an ear. Up to that point, cinema was still a silent medium. But Sam was convinced that sound, and more specifically, sound that was synchronized to the image, was the future. And almost everyone thought he was crazy.

      Funny to think about people just sitting there in silence prior. Now it's so rare to get any silence at all, and when so it's concerning

    11. Not surprisingly, a lot of would-be filmmakers bristled at Edison’s control over the industry. And since patent law was difficult to enforce across state lines at the time, many of them saw California as an ideal place to start a career in filmmaking. Sure, the weather was nice. But it was also as far away from the northeast as you could possibly get within the continental United States, and a lot harder for Edison to sue for patent violations.

      People are funny; we always find ways to get around to what we want.

    12. Thomas Edison. Edison owned the patent for capturing and projecting motion pictures, essentially cornering the market on the new technology (R.I.P. Louis Le Prince). If you wanted to make a movie in the 1900s or 1910s, you had to pay Edison for the privilege

      I've heard of this vaguely before. Interesting to get the known details.

    13. His body and luggage, including his invention, were never found. Conspiracy theories about his untimely disappearance have circulated ever since (we’re looking at you, Thomas Edison).

      History tends to repeat itself in many ways, even nowadays.

    14. In 1895, Woodville Latham, a chemist and Confederate veteran of the Civil War, lured away a couple of Edison’s employees and perfected the technique of motion picture projection. In that same year, over in France, Auguste and Louis Lumiere invented the cinematographe which could perform the same modern miracle. The Lumiere brothers would receive the lion’s share of the credit, but Latham and the Lumieres essentially tied for first place in the invention of cinema as we know it.

      In less than 100 years, the conceptualization of cinema or the projection of images was formed, very impressive for the amount of progression early on in a short time frame historically.

    15. There was just one problem: the only way to view Edison’s films was through a kinetoscope, a machine that allowed a single viewer to peer into a viewfinder and crank through the images. The ability to project the images to a paying audience would take another couple of years.

      Imagining a world where a projection of videos or photos is limited to one person is crazy.

    16. Six years later, after narrowly avoiding a murder conviction (but that’s another story), Muybridge perfected a technique of photographing a horse in motion with a series of 12 cameras triggered in sequence. One of the photos clearly showed that all four of the horse’s hooves left the ground at full gallop. Stanford won the bet and went on to found Stanford University. Muybridge pocketed the $25,000 and became famous for the invention of series photography, a critical first step toward motion pictures.

      I find it interesting and funny at the same time that we got the invention of series photography from a bet.

    1. “Were it not for the rituals of the mouth, they believe that their teeth would fall out, their gums bleed, their jaws shrink, their friends desert them, and their lovers reject them” (p. 505).Miner, H. (1956).

      Annotation Comment: This passage caught my attention because of how dramatically Miner emphasizes something that to most, seems completely normal, such as brushing our teeth and dentist visits. By presenting these everyday Western hygienic habits in terms of anthropology, Miner forces readers to see their own culture as if it were strange or out of the ordinary. It’s a clever way to highlight how ethnocentrism affects how we describe and evaluate differing cultures. Main Takeaway: Rituals are not restricted to ‘primitive’ or preindustrial societies. In modern societies like the United States, normalized routines such as brushing teeth function as cultural rituals that express shared values, in this case, being hygiene, beauty, and societal acceptance. Rituals exist in every society and reveal the values that a culture holds as most valuable.

    1. For instance, they would see the adult as not possessing new skills, but more advanced skills that were already present in some form in the child.

      For this explanation would there be core skills that every person in childhood possesses and any specific skill learned would be a branch off of this main skill? For example, motor skill is a core skill and a specific skill learned later in life if dribbling for soccer. In order to be able to dribble you need to first develop your motor skills, meaning dribbling is a more advanced motor skill.

    1. sensory capabilities

      I know that infants tend to feel things with their feet rather than their hands. I wonder if our sensitivity in our feet get worse as we age. Especially because we use shoes nowadays, so we don't need them to have the same capabilities as our hands to interact with the world.

    1. because the collision is assumed to be perfectly "Elastic", which is not real but only assumed for the Ideal Gases In Real life the molecules loses very small amount of energy.

    1. he Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is the most commonly used classification manual that clinicians use to read about the criteria, prevalence, risk factors, and details of over 200 disorders.

      How mental disorders are classified.

    1. Failure to perform or respond to friendship-maintenance tasks can lead to the deterioration and eventual dissolution of friendships. Causes of dissolution may be voluntary (termination due to conflict), involuntary (death of friendship partner), external (increased family or work commitments), or internal (decreased liking due to perceived lack of support) (Bleiszner & Adams, 1992).

      Sometimes friendships can also deteriorate due to internal conflict on one side, or personal issues, I've had reasons to end relationships, while I also have been the one who has been theoretically "dumped" in a relationship.

    2. The number of friends we have at any given point is a situational factor that also affects whether or not we are actually looking to add new friends.

      I think this also is affected by the situation you're in as well, I currently feel incredibly lonely because I struggle to get to the point where I feel comfortable or ready to hang out with someone or be 'real' friends as I say, instead of just acquaintances.

    3. friendship may develop between two people who work out at the same gym. They may spend time with each other in this setting a few days a week for months or years, but their friendship might end if the gym closes or one person’s schedule changes.

      I feel like this is a situational friend, like if you go to class with someone and you go to study group for that class, but after the class ends we part ways.

    1. Circumscribing

      creating a boundary is good, but not always, it can mean that someone has recognized something they are uncomfortable with about their situation, and want to create space but aren't sure how, which could also relate to avoiding.

    2. Intensifying

      A lot of the time, or maybe just with me, I can see myself rushing into this stage to get to the integrating stage, but usually it's because i'm so excited to be around the person and to have a 'someone.' which reminds me of how a happy dog is so excited for you to be homme they run up to you and jump on you at the door, and you're so overwhelmed you push them away.

    1. In this image, the “dog” is on the left side, and the “cat” is on the right side.

      Figure 1.2.3 does not have the "dog" on the left side, and the "cat" on the right side. Which feels like an ironic typo given the subject matter of the text.

    1. most people think leaders should be role models but does being a role model require moral perfection in every aspect of life or does it only require that that a leader serve as a model in areas relevant to his or her role as a leader

      could be a good counter

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    1. uctose is more commonly found together with glucose and sucrose in honey and fruit juices. Fructose, along with glucose are the monosaccharides found in disaccharide, sucrose. Fructose is classified as a monosaccharide, the most important ketose sugar, a hexose, and is a reducing sugar.

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