The Death of a Young Innocent Girl

    The Lovely Bones

Directed By: Peter Jackson

                     The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting, you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured family's need for peace and closure.

                   This movie was originally a book whose author is  Alice Sebold who also wrote  Lucky and The Almost Moon. Alice Sebold was born on September 6, 1963, in Madison, Wisconsin. Sebold was brutally raped while a college undergraduate. (http://www.biography.com/people/alice-sebold-20702765#commercial-success) Then this movie was turned into a movie and was directed by Peter Jackson.  Born on October 31, 1961, in New Zeland, Peter Jackson started his prolific career as a child, creating short films with a 8-mm movie camera. Without any formal training, Jackson has directed a number of successful films ranging across all genres. He is most well-known for his film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, which has won numerous awards. He stayed with the Tolkien fantasy brand when The Hobbit film series was released. (http://www.biography.com/people/peter-jackson-37009#synopsis)

                  This movie used many creative techniques as such that the perception of a human person would be amazed because of it, the creative techniques would be the amazing story line and the spectacular CGI that they made when Susie was in the middle world, they also used perfect soundtracks that would  cooperate with ambiance or the theme of the scenery, and lastly they also used a technique that made some watchers weirdly uncomfortable with a scene in the movie like the dead bodies of the victims that Harley has murdered and molested. 

                   Different people might interpret the message of this movie as a depiction of what would happen of the life of the family who has lost one of it's members, though the true message of this movie were actually the loss and grief (the novel depicts the different stages of both), life and death (both the life and death of Susie (both literal and figurative) and her family (figurative)), and coming of age/rites of passage. (http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-overall-theme-message-lovely-bones-343055)

                  The values that were presented was that you have a lot to look forward to. You can get together in heaven with the other teenage victims of the same killer, and gaze down in benevolence upon your family members as they mourn you and realize what a wonderful person you were. (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lovely-bones-2010)  And what was ommited is that actually that your the difficulty of life after the loss of someone who si very close to you especially your family. 

                  The author wrote the book to take a look at an alternative plane of existence.  Christians hold the idea of heaven but no one comes back from there to tell us what it is really like.  There are books with people who had seen the light but returned from it. The author is trying to make a point that when one dies they may go to a different plane of existence.  She was toying with the "what ifs" and wanted to be wrapped around a family who valued each other but ended up with tragic issues following their daughter's death. (mkcapen1 | Middle School Teacher | (Level 3) Valedictorian)

reference: 

http://www.biography.com/people/alice-sebold-20702765#commercial-success

http://www.biography.com/people/peter-jackson-37009#synopsis

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lovely-bones-2010

http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-point-novel-lovely-bones-by-alice-seabold-may-162849

http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-overall-theme-message-lovely-bones-343055

The Light during BLACKOUT 

Dominique Portia T. Maglangit

 

                        

                                                                      https://www.google.com/search?q=blackout&source

         Blackout is a poem by Jeffrey Javier. He is a graduate of the Creative Writing program of the University of the Philippines Mindanao. He lives in Davao City and works from home for an online company according to Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. A poem is known to be a creative literary piece in which it delivers particular message. In this case, Javier used a very timely and relatable social issue which is the power crisis so that he can call the attention of prospect readers. In addition, Javier made this poem especially for Mindanaoans because at that time, Mindanao greatly suffered from everyday rotational brownout. It even went to the point that the brownout lasted for 24 hours. With this, Mindanaoans will really read and agree with Jeffrey Javier’s blackout. Appreciating the twinkling light from the stars is one of the good points in the poem. It is because one must appreciate nature and not neglect it because of valuing technology way more than nature. However, the poem lack of explanation in why such power crisis happened. This message was created to open the minds of the people to see nature in a different way, to go out of the four-cornered abode and explore the wonders of the world often. Moreover, as most media materials, this poem was created and produced for profit and fame.

 Blackout

by Jeffrey Javier

In the city of lights
they turned the power off
and the citizens went out

of their dim hiding
looking for the visions
they lost in the dark.

They gathered confused
in street corners
unwilling to accept

that the intense humidity
was now part of the order
of the new evenings.

They knew from then on
meals would be shared
groping for cutleries,

matchsticks, flashlights,
and for the patience
they did not know exists.

They hoped that this veiling
was only as temporary
as an eclipse

that brightness would return soon
the minute they stopped talking
and started listening.

The void stretched out
like cold rumors
broke slowly like glaciers

and spread like oil spill
seeking the warmth
of the hollows of the heart.

The city stores glowed eerily
as strangers stood outside
like plastic mannequins

contemplating
their displacement
and loss.

This was now a city
of electric generators
where hot gas fumes

gusted from the exhaust vents
and the turbines hummed
within their metal casings.

Anthemic, the people sang
a prayer for illumination
as they looked up

seeing for the first time
the primeval glows of gods
breeding in the night sky.

They had to admit
that this greasy blackness
was the one sweeping gesture

of retribution
for their blindness
for their excess of light.

We Can, But We Should Not Be

"...sa bawat pagtago,

di mapipigilan ang bigkas ng damdamin..."

        In this blog post, I shall introduce the music video of one of my favorite songs, ‘Sila’ by SUD.

       SUD, a band composed of seven men, was found on August 31, 2011. According to their Facebook page, their genre of music is mostly Alternative Soul. They compose both English and Filipino indie songs, that are mostly sensual. They produced ‘Sila’ in 2015.

       The music video of Sila has a really nice story line that goes well with the lyrics of the song. To summarize the video, it was about a man falling in love with a lady who was no longer single. He met her within their group of friends, and got to be close with her after days and days of exchanging messages through their phones. The girl tried to stop what was going on between them because of conflict within her feelings, but the guy asked for one more week to see her. In the end of the video, we can assume that the girl decided to stay with him instead of her boyfriend, because it was assumed that her hand was the one that stopped the alarm clock of the man. I think it's really worth watching because of the good cinematography; they found angles that could enhance the beauty of the video. They also presented it with good editing and lighting (which, in my opinion, is very suitable to the theme) that helped enhance and emphasize the beauty of the actors and actresses, and that set the right mood for the scenes. The song itself is also real good, with the jazz and mellow beat accompanied with a soothing voice(s). In my opinion, the song is very ideal to be performed in cafés or resto-bars. 

        This particular music video, although not all popular, will most likely appeal to the adult community, since the video displayed people of the legal age who were smoking, clubbing, and flirting. The target audience may relate to this topic regarding love; they may also like or love someone who is already taken by other people, or they may relate to not being to tell the other person freely about his or her feelings. They may also be reminded of forbidden love and love affairs, which are popular topics nowadays. They may think that it is okay to like someone taken, and flirt with him or her. The audience may also think that clubbing can help you find someone you can have ‘sparks’ with. 

        Nightlife with friends, beer, and clubs was shown in the video -- something most adults nowadays can relate to. The concept of forbidden love was also obvious. What was omitted was the consequence of their love for each other. What will the girl’s boyfriend feel? How will he act when he discovers about it? It didn’t say directly in the video, but we can see that the girl entertained another man while being committed, which just shows how unfaithful she is. If we think further, the story of the video may also imply that it is not love, but lust that they’re feeling because of the scene at the end. I also think that the producers made the last day on February 28, because like the month, February, which will never reach the dates 30 and 31, what was going on between the two of them had to end even when they have not gotten enough of their love. Even when they got 'bitin', like the month of February. 

Ang love natin, parang February. Bitin.

        It could be assumed that the producers wanted to reach out to people who are engaged in forbidden relationships or love affairs. They want to present how a simple attraction can turn into love, even when you have the knowledge that it is wrong. It is also to promote indie Filipino music. They tried an approach that is unusual compared to other music videos. I believe that this music video is a great help in restoring the our faith in (good) OPM.

       Do you want to check the video out for yourself? Then, here's a link to it!

Get Pinkish Fair Skin with Natural White | Olay

The latest TVC of Olay was Published on Jul 7, 2016. Janella Salvador is the new face of Olay Natural White.

The creative techniques that has been used in this TV commercial is that when you regularly use it you'll get a "Pinkish fair skin with natural white" from the first use. It also last up to 6hours. It has been portrayed by a famous teenage artist "Janella Salvador" which loved by many. This OLAY BRAND TV commercial shows to enhance all that is beautiful in women by providing simple to sophisticated skin care solutions to continually improve women’s skin and women’s lives.

The values lifestyles and points that has been presented in this TV commercial is that it will help every women to "Get a pinkish fair skin with natural white" it also helps to improves women's skin and provides fairness. It is a 30-seconds TV commercial that has been portrayed by "Janella Salvador" a famous teenage artist in the industry that catches many viewers because of her good appearance in the network such as being a very good actress. The one that is being omitted is that if this product has a side effect to the users.

We all know that many of the women now are conscious with there skin especially in there face. with regards to the face problems such as pimples, acne, oily face, black and white heads etc. So, the target audience in these TV commercial the womens particularly those who teenagers who get easily encounter these problems. As they watched these TV commercial some may be influence to used it but some may not. For those who will be influence to used it are those who like to, who wants to try to and the fans of Janella Salvador. For those who are not, they might understands it in different perceptions like these TV commercial was just made for "kaartehan thingy".

The purpose of these TV commercial is to encourage all women to used there product to "Get a Fair skin with Natural white" which is a quote to there product too. It is to influence many women to be one of the OLAY users and experience the lightens of the skin. It is also to persuade there product that it is proven by professionals that has a total effective anti-wrinkle cream. And help women to have complexion of there dreams. And as they influence many women to avail there product they will also gain back.

These TV commercial was not just to influence many women to avail their product but also to entertain many of the "Janella Salvador fans". They might have made this TV commercial because they know that it will gain increase ratings.

Sources: https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1789427821289931&id=1587650314801017&refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2FiLoveJMDS%2Fvideos%2F1789427821289931%2F

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=65Cd6u-GBmM&client=mv-google&gl=PH&hl=en

Life of a Fangirl

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            Fangirl is a 2013 contemporary young adult novel written by Rainbow Rowell. Fangirl's publication follows Rowell's previous young adult novel published earlier in 2013, Eleanor & Park. (Wikipedia)

            According to the urban dictionary, a fangirl means “a rabid breed of human female who is obsessed with either a fictional character or an actor.” In the story, Cath is a huge Simon Snow fan. She is a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, along with her twin sister Wren. But Cath is having a hard time adjusting to college because first, Wren doesn’t want to be her roommate and second, her social awkwardness that made everything harder for her. In her free time, Cath writes a fan fiction, together with Wren, about Simon Snow that has tens of thousands of passionate followers on a daily basis.

(https://www.google.com.ph/search?biw=1517&bih=714&tbm=isch&q=fangirl+rainbow+rowell+quotes&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2Mb8x5rOAhXkLsAKHbR-CNsQhyYIGQ&dpr=0.9#imgrc=6nCcA_UJHGKeGM%3A)

(https://www.google.com.ph/search?biw=1517&bih=714&tbm=isch&q=fangirl+rainbow+rowell+quotes&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2Mb8x5rOAhXkLsAKHbR-CNsQhyYIGQ&dpr=0.9#imgrc=4usXtT7JLgvknM%3A)

            The story is clearly for young adults like me, especially the fangirling part. I can relate myself to Cath because there are times that I find it hard to let go of my fandoms even though I need to focus more on my studies. I also can relate to Cath in terms of social awkwardness, even though I am a talker, and I don’t even know why. I just find myself distancing myself from people. Cath suffered emotional and academic setbacks which some students are also experiencing.

(https://www.google.com.ph/search?biw=1517&bih=714&tbm=isch&q=fangirl+rainbow+rowell+quotes&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh2Mb8x5rOAhXkLsAKHbR-CNsQhyYIGQ&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q=professional+fangirlpng&imgrc=PzwpJIlBAKKe-M%3A)

            In short, the story is all about how young adults who are experiencing “dramas” in their lives. It also showed how they almost gave up but decided to stand up and continue life. I recommend this not only because I can relate to it but because of the lessons you will learn in this story.

            Life is hard, yes, but don’t let it ruin who you are and what you are. Fight for your passion even if people started bashing you or hating you. It’s your choice, not theirs.

About Young Love: Having a Crush On Your Senior

This was the most popular scene from the movie -- when Nam confessed to Shone. At this part Shone asked her if she was okay, and she shows him the 'ok' sign, even when she feels the other way round.

    A Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a romantic-comedy film from Thailand that was released in 2010. It was directed by Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn Wasin Pokpong and produced by Somsak Tejcharattanaprasert Panya Nirankol. Puttipong’s films are either comedy or RomCom films. He has directed four movies, and the movie I am introducing is his most popular movie. 

    This film used a story line that is about young love and the cheery life of students in high school, which will surely grab the attention of young adults and teens. Nam, a 7th grade student, has a crush on Shone, a 10th grade student. She did everything to make Shone notice her, from following the instructions on the book, 9 recipes of love (for students), which her friends bought, to trying to improve how she looks and how she behaves. The concept of young love was well-portrayed in the movie, hence all the butterflies created in our stomach, and tears shed out of the pain we felt when Nam confessed to Shone, but found out that he was together with his best friend (even when the truth is that he secretly liked Nam back). The producers also put popular celebrities in their film (Mario Maurer and Baifern Pimchanok are two of the said celebrities), so that their fans will be encouraged to watch the film. They wrote a good plot and used effective lines for comedy. The songs that were used in scenes are also appealing and catchy for the audience.

    The movie tackles about true friendship, that a group of friends may have a misunderstanding, but in the end, they will forgive each other and will still be by each other’s side as life goes by. It inspires students who have a low rank in school to strive harder, as it was shown in the film that from the 30th place, Nam slowly got to the top of her batch by studying hard and achieving high grades. She also became popular when she started to look more ladylike. What was being omitted is the fact that people will only notice and appreciate you when you look pretty. That our society today values the ones who look pretty more than those who do not.

    The audience may be inspired by the concept of the movie, of young love and the thrills of it. They may be motivated to improve and enhance their selves to be more attractive, fashionable, and studious until they achieve high grades. The girls may have set their standards about a boy higher than before. As for me? Well... I was given hope that someday, someone I like would secretly like me back, if not the same intensity then with higher intensity! Haha, kiddin’. 

    I think that the message of this movie was designed to relate to the people who secretly like someone, which will most likely be popular among the young age group. It also aims to give hope to those said people. The movie will also like to show us a peek of the life of a family that is still holding the bond together, even when one member of the family (in this case, Nam’s father) is away from them. Most of all, it tells the audience that no matter how long you are apart from someone, if you two are destined to be together, then you two will find your way into each other’s side in the right time.

     Do you want to check the movie out for yourself? Then here's where you can watch the movie with English subtitles. 

Broken emotions to youthful relationship

photo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHUIoikgKT0

I’m sick of losing soul mates

won’t be alone again

I can finally see

you’re as fucked up as me

so how do we win? 

That is one of the lyrics in the song that is very powerful for me. Today's blog we will be talking about the song called Sick of Losing Soulmates by Dodie Clark or as you would know by the name of doddleoddle in youtube. Dorothy (Dodie) Clark is a British musician who play mostly ukulele and piano. She writes her own music and uploads them on youtube and sometimes sing with her little sister Hedy. (http://www.last.fm/music/Dodie+Clark/+wiki)

The creative techniques that she used was that she used a dark ambiance through its background, we can also hear that she used an acoustic guitar, we can also tell that this song is a bit sad because of it's dark tone to it, she also used voice overs so that it would help the mood of the song, and also she used words that can be relatable to someone who has also gone through this kind of experience.

This message can be interpreted differently, because this message is actually about trying to stay friends after after a relationship and how it is difficult to do, some people can interpret this song as that she just broke up with a relationship, it can be interpreted as that someone she cares about has died, or that her bestfriend has now faded away and never came back. There are many ways that can interpret the message of this song but this were the ones that was interpreted by other people while they were watching it. 

The life values and lifestyles that are represented and ommited in this is, it represented that it is difficult staying as friends after a hard relationship and you're not alone, and it ommited that there is still gonna be an end to a relationship even though it looks like it is a healthy relationship, but it doesn't mean that after ending a relationship together doesn't mean you two can't be friends together,

This message was made because this message is about having to stay friends after a relationship, which is very hard to do, which is Dodie was going though that time around when she was writing about, this message was for her bestfriend/ex telling that even though their relationship has ended, she will never stop being his bestfriend because she is tired of having the experience of losing someone again.

In the end, this song is very sad and very relatable to every person that has experienced this in their life, and even though some relationships may end that would never stop both of you becoming friends from each other, and it's tiresome to lose someone you care about again.

watch the full music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHUIoikgKT0

What's with 'the hidden injuries of the poor'?

 by: Dominique Portia T. Maglangit

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        The hidden injuries of the poor was written by Randy David "a Filipino journalist, television host and a sociologist" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_David) on July 21, 2001. In creating this essay, he used real-life examples that really made people read his work. Moreover, he used a well-known actor and a controversial politician which is the 13^th President of the Republic of the Philippines, Joseph Estrada. What do you expect? People will really take their time reading this essay.

         For the elites and some middle class’, it might be a slap on their faces because the essay tells the people that most of the higher ranks tend to belittle poor people. With that, it lowers their self-esteem and probably may affect their well-being. However, it can also be an eye-opener to those elites and middle class’. For the poor, it is their battle cry. The values represented in this essay is the importance of the “Filipino poor being restored to their humanity” (David,2001) and respect to each and everyone may it be poor or rich which is a great blur in this generation. The omitted part was that poor people MUST strive for excellence and they MUST also respect others so that others will respect them. After all, it is a give and take relationship. Remember that a country will never be progressive if it will always be take and take.

         This message is sent for people to be aware of the feelings of others when they do such acts. It is not just to gain profit nor fame but it is the ray of hope for those who are finding light in the midst of humiliation, depression and confusion. This essay is an epitome that this world, even though technology-dependent, still aims for humanity to be refreshed, restored and saved ‘til the last breath of whoever it may be.

Read the essay here:

http://randydavid.webs.com/2001/lives20010729.pdf 

GONNA BREAK YOU OUT IN PRISON, Bro.

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Tattooist:

Most guys, you know, for the first time, they start with something small- mom, girlfriend's initials, something like that. Not you. You got a full set of sleeves, all in a couple of months. Takes guys a few years to get the ink you got.

Michael:

I don't have a few years. Wish to hell I did.

(Source: http://www.quotes.net/show-quote/65028)

The quotation stated above was from the first season of an American serial drama television series entitled Prison Break. It first aired in the United States and Canada on August 29, 2005 on the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Rat Television, Original Television Movie and 20th Century Fox Television. The first season contains 22 episodes, and ended on May 15, 2006. It has 4 seasons that ended on May 15, 2009.

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break_(season_1) )

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The first episode, Pilot, shows how Michael, the younger brother and a genius, planned to help Lincoln, the older brother and was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. Michael was known to have tattoos. Cool tattoos. But it’s not just a simple tattoo inked in his skin, but it is a tattoo that has all of his plans to make sure that his brother will escape prison before he’ll be sentenced to death. It has

This series will surely make you crave for more! Why so? It is a combination of genius and plot twists. The characters you thought you know well have a secret. It may make or break your faith in them. And the characters you hate? YOU WILL DEFINITELY LOVE THEM. You won’t be able to accept if they leave so soon. Lastly, the things you expect less to happen will surely happen.

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This can catch the attention of the people who likes action movies/series. This was a recommendation from my cousin. Honestly, I didn’t expect anything from this series. I was like, “ugh, another series to watch.” But my cousin really, really, REALLY gave thumbs up for this series. It may started long before we cared (and loved) television series, but I’m pretty sure this can change your opinion about 2000s television series. It was actually way, way, WAAAAAY past my expectation. (This may be my ~fangirl~ self writing, but I kid you not. DUDE, watch this series!!!!! YOU WON’T REGRET ANY EPISODE OF IT!!!!!)

LASTLY, there will be another season coming our way on Fox, so we better watch out for this one. (Trailer of Prison Break’s new season below.)

(video from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9T-9fZn_oA)