Blog Post 2: About Brooke

Hello,

My name is Brooke Duncan. I am a Junior at North Central College. I am majoring in Computer Programming, Interactive Media Studies- Technology with a minor in Marketing. I am also a part of the North Central College Women's Volleyball Team.

My interest in the arts developed at a young age. I was always seen holding colored pencils, markers, paintbrushes, etc. I would describe myself as a creative person. My specialty lies in sketching, painting, and ceramics; however, more recently, I have expanded my talent in digital art and design. At NCC, I have taken classes that require using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.

Additionally, I am also interested in editing. The only editing I have done thus far is for student made magazines and various social media posts for friends and family. I believe that my creative talent with the addition of my editorial skills could potentially be useful in the field of film, particularly in the realm of special effects and animations.

Lately, I have also become a pretty avid reader, but only if the books have been adapted into a film. I enjoy looking back and seeing how the the two differ from each other and if the film matches how I envisioned the story being portrayed. Even though I have discovered this new interest of mine, I have found that I need to watch the movie version first, because if I am not interested in the movie, there is no way I can make it through the book.

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Blog Post 8: Pan's Labyrinth

Welcome to the Blogging Brooke, Today I will be talking about a 2006 film directed by Guillermo del Toro called Pan's Labyrinth. I enjoyed watching this film, however, the only critique I have is that we watched the Spanish Version with English subtitles, and I feel like the subtitles are a little distracting to the film. Pan's Labyrinth reminded me and my roommate both of the film Spirited Away. It reminded me of Spirited Away because in this film, Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi), leaves her hometown and ends up in a world totally unfamiliar with the one she has known. This ties into the film Pans' Labyrinth because Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), ends up in the Labyrinth world. In this world, she is a completely different person who faces obstacles and lives a different life. Side note: thing that is interesting to me is the movie covers. They look very similar, and they have a similar story line. It makes me wonder if Guillermo h...

Blog Post 13: JAWS

Welcome to the Blogging Brooke, We had the opportunity to watch the cinematic masterpiece; Jaws . Jaws is a horror film that was released in the year 1975 and was directed by Steven Spielberg. I watched this movie for the first time when I was about twelve years old, and getting the chance to watch it at age twenty-one, I understood and appreciated the film and all that took place from a cinema graphic standpoint. I would just like to vent and appreciate the camera angles, greenscreen use, CGI, and the actors. Throughout the film I felt as if I was living on Amity Island with everybody else. This film is different from other Horror films I watch. I am used to watching films like; Annabelle, The Conjuring, The Black Phone, IT, and The Visit , where the intensity of the movie does not start right at the beginning of the film. However, in Jaws, the film opens with an intensity grabbing scene because we see a woman run into the ocean away from her boyfriend, and gets eaten by a ...

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