Passion Project #2

So far, we have developed the storyline and the shooting locations for the movie. Also, we have our character's personalities and their back-stories figured out. We have chosen some areas near Justin's house to record, and we have settings such as my sister's college and the forest behind my house to shoot scenes. We are now working on specific dialogues. Also, we need creative video effects and ideas. I'll keep you updated as we go along.

Passion Project Reflection

Our passion project is a final fantasy-type story incorporated into a video. We have selected the characters for each of us, and we have lots of music to put in at any given parts. We are looking at editing programs and costumes, but in 2 weeks we have all the music and characters laid out. We've also chosen some areas to film, most of which are near Justin's house. I'll keep you posted on our progress!

Apathetic or Empathic?

I am the absolute opposite of apathetic. Apathetic people are awesome, I don't understand how people could be so carefree and relaxed. But you can ask any of my friends, I care way too much about every little thing. If I get in an elevator and someone says "Hey whats up?" and I hear them wrong and accidentally reply with "good" then i'll spend the next hour thinking about how awkward that moment was. By the same token, if I find a dollar on the ground, I'll be happy and content for at least a week. I think that apathetic people and people like me are all tolerable, we're doing it right. However, the biggest problem in the world is hatred.

People nowadays decide to hate people for no reason, just to get their anger out. Blind hate is the worst kind, because there's really no way to get the person to stop since there is no reason to hate in the first place. These people are the biggest problem in the world. Their selfish nature causes them to use others as a form of venting, and by hating random people, their stress is relieved. This is a sick way of dealing with stress. Even aside from blind hatred, there are sometimes a few horrible people that everyone hates. This is where i'll lose my entire audience:

Be nice to them too. 

The horrible guy that makes fun of everyone probably only does it because everyone hates him. It's a chicken and egg story. What came first, the bully OR people judging the bully? I believe the latter. This hatred is the root of almost every problem in the world today. Everyone on the planet deserves a chance. Now you may be wondering, how can we encourage everyone to stop hating? 

Empathy.

Put yourself in another person's shoes. Just as Jeremy Rifkin said, we are wired with mirror neurons. We feel what we see other people feeling. If we use this mindset and show some empathy, hatred wouldn't exist. Hatred for another school, state, region, or country is absolutely unnecessary. Rifkin rightfully says that we are all one human race, and we should not turn on each other. If we show some empathy and cut out all this hatred, I believe that most of our problems would be solved.

Passion Project Part 2

My passion project idea was to create multiple timelines for most Nintendo Franchises. I know and love almost all the franchises, so I knew it would be fun. So far, I have made the template for the Prezi, or the background picture. It looks really nice! It has all the characters in certain corners, and a big Nintendo Logo in the middle, (with 2 yoshi eggs of course). I have also placed the spots where the prezi zooms in (sorry for my lack of proper vocabulary).  The prezi zoom spots have zoomed in on each of the Nintendo characters, to be the spots for their respective timelines. My plan from here on out is just to simply make the timelines for all the franchises.

Passion Project

Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is Ashwin. A wise man once said, "Some call it obsession, I call it passion." Since I was born, I've had a habit of becoming obsessed with numerous things. Many kids have phases, but the extent to which I go to enjoy my passions are almost ridiculous. There's baseball, basketball, football, Star Wars, How I Met Your Mother, Mario, Friends, South Park, rap and tons more. And with me, I never lose a former passion. I just keep them all and continue loving all of them. The passion that Tom and I are pursuing in the passion project is parodying. I love parodying things, so this is a perfect thing for both of us. Tom likes to do the video editing, so he's got that part. I'm going to be performing it and we both write the lyrics. So far, we have done the whole song. We still have to record, but we have done full song rehearsals. The timing is good, the lyrics work great, and the song's coming out awesome. We are using the instrumental of Big Poppa by Biggie Smalls. I'm really excited to see how the final copy will look when we record it. Thanks for reading, and may the force be with you.

Business is Business.

Jay-Hova. King of Rap. Cashmere Jones. Mr Carter. Lucky Lefty. Jigga. Iceberg Slim.

If you haven't fallen asleep yet, let me tell you who the heck i'm actually talking about. He's arguably the biggest business man in all of the music industry. He's one of the best MC's of the decade. He's one of the few geniuses of rap (sorry kanye). Despite all his monikers, you may know him as Jay Z.
Jay Z is the man. He's the type of guy who will mercilessly commit lyrical murder on any rapper who challenges his crown. He'll ever so subtly call out any and all users of autotune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWruiIjBmo
Ever so subtle.
Even the most die hard of his fans forget that Jay Z is actually a smart guy. And then there's the idiots who actually think that Jay Z is part of some secret organization called the illuminati.

Jay Z didn't start out rich. He embodies the rags to riches dream. He started out in a poor single family home. He had to hustle and sell drugs to make a living. The drug dealers on the street corner were his role models. Although it sounds bad, it's actually really sad. He didn't even have the oppurtunities or father figures that we have. The poor kid taught himself how to ride a bike! His mom was so busy trying to make ends meet that she bought a boom box for Jay Z to keep him sane. He studied at a 12th grade level in 6th grade. This ridiculous amount of raw intelligence proved he would amount to something. He had to turn to the illegal way out just to survive. In his hustling days, he was shot 3 times and miraculously survived. One day, he realized that he has a talent that could seriously make him some money. He saw the Sugarhill Gang on Soul Train, and he knew right there that he could become a star. His first album was a hit and is widely considered as the greatest album of all time.

Jay Z is a different kind of rapper. He can appreciate other types of music, such as indie, rock, jazz (which is where he got his name from) etc. He reads books and lists
 The Seat of the Soul, The Celestine Prophecy, and The Odyssey as his favorites. He doesn't keep his talents to himself, as he has basically made the careers of Kanye, Memphis Bleek, and J Cole. He's different, yeah he's different. Nice try, 2 Chainz.

Everybody knows he's a phenomenal rapper with fast flows, witty wordplay, and daring disses. But you can't sleep on his actual intelligence.
Until next time, adios amigos.