Introduction to Fiction

Final Portfolio

Posted May 1st, 2008 by Elizabeth Hayes

Portfolio

I really enjoyed this English class not only because I read short stories that I would not have normally have read but because I learned about more than just analyzing works of fiction. In this class I broadened my horizon in more than just one way. I really enjoyed how we put literature and technology together, which can be considered to be opposites. I never really considered myself creative in the traditional way but more in a technological way and I feel like this class really nurtured that skill of mine. I used programs that I had never used before and stretched my creativity in a way that I had never done so in the past. My favorite assignment we did all semester most definitely was the video assignment because it was almost a combination of the playlist and the collage assignment. This assignment was so much fun to do and really made me think about how to integrate my topic in a literary way. My less favorite assignment was definitely the collage because it was so hard to do everything I wanted to do but do it all correctly. In this assignment I kept on feeling like I was running into walls with trying to make everything work properly and look good. I think everything came together when my poem collage because it was simple yet profound and I feel like that is what the assignment was suppose to be and I tried to attempt that in my final character collage. I also really enjoyed the Litwiki assignment because it was a little bit more like a standard English class but with some technological undertones. It was a good little break from all of the more hardcore technology we were doing before. Overall, this class was a struggle in ways that I had never struggled in a class before but I think I overcame the struggle and succeeded.

Playlist:
Original Playlist: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/121
Revised/Final Playlist: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/279

Original Reflection: I really liked this assignment because it involved a lot of thought and knowledge on a certain topic. I chose the play Hamlet because I really like that play and know much about it and because I felt like it could be a good one to analysis in a way I have never done before. I love music and finding the meanings in songs but usually through the lyrics, this was the first time I had tried to find the meaning through the beat and tone of the song as well.
Final Reflection: In my final playlist, the only thing I really changed in it were the descriptions because I was already very satisfied with the music selection I had originally made. The changes I made were describing more of the play to make the description complete. Before I had focused more on why I chose the song and less about how it related to the play and when it was relevant in the play. Overall, I feel like I made the necessary changes to the playlist to make it more whole and complete.

Collages:
Original Poem Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/70
Revised/Final Poem Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/116

Original Character Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/73
Revised Character Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/118
Final Character Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/280

Original Reflection: This assignment was probably my least favorite out of all of them. I still enjoyed doing it but I thought it sort of took away from analysis the character/poem because many people just did it in a more obvious way. I chose to do Regina George from Mean Girls, firstly, because someone suggested that to me and secondly, because I feel like she was a very good character to analysis in a collage. Her hate and anger consumed her and that is why I put in the flames to represent that hate. I also chose the Raven by Edgar Allan Poe because it is one of my favorite poems. I wanted to keep the collage simple but still represent what the poem is about and what the meaning of it is.
Final Reflection: In this assignment, I feel like my revisions were well put. For the poem collage, I did not change it at all after the first revision because I feel like it was perfect as it was and because Dan said there was not much more to do with it. However, with the Regina George collage I made two revisions to it. The first revision was just little stuff that I thought tightened the collage but later felt like it did not really do anything to it. My final revision to it, I completely reworked it. I took the same approach I did with the poem collage with this one, which was just keeping it simple and profound. In doing so I made a very light pink background with only Regina George and then the flames (to illustrate her rage, anger and evilness). Across the top of the collage I put the movies tagline “Welcome to Girl World” because I think the tagline has two meanings to it. First, it is sort of innocent and second, it is also a warning of what is to come. I feel like my final revision to the character collage completed what I was trying to say.

Reflection: This was my favorite assignment because I feel like it represented exactly what this class is about, which is analyzing literature but usually technology at the same time. This was a great assignment and I thoroughly enjoyed doing it. I also liked how we started this assignment in groups because it helped get the thought process flowing. I also liked how we did the annotations on the Yellow Wallpaper because there was so much in that story that required a lot of analyzing.

Video:
Original Video: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/182
Revised/Final Video: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/267

Original Reflection: I really enjoyed this assignment because I feel like it was a combination of both the playlist and the collages. I originally chose to do the history of Rock and Roll starting with the 50s and then moving to today. However, I did not see much literacy in that so I took out some of the photos of the musicians, cut it down to the just the 50s, 60s, and 70s and added in photos of crises and landmark events that occurred during those centuries like in the 50s I had the Cold War, Red Scare, Civil Rights, Korean War, and the Suez Canal Crisis, the in the 60s I had the Cuban Missile Crisis, Hippies, JFK assassination, RFK assassination, Malcolm X assassination, MLK jr assassination, and Woodstock, in the 70s I had Gay Rights, Nixon/Watergate, Oil Crisis, Women's Rights, Roe v. Wade, Kent St. Shooting, and Vietnam War. These events I feel are literary because there have been stories and novel which we have read in class about these events. I also feel that the Rock and Roll aspect of it is important because it shows how culture was during those generations and how the culture was represents how these events were handled. Many of the stories we have read are ones that are suppose to take place in different generations so I feel that the generations I show in my movie are the generations which we have focused on throughout the semester.
Final Reflection: I actually changed my video a lot. I kept the general theme but I incorporated much more of the landmark events by adding videos from those events. By adding the videos I removed much of the photos of the singers so now it is more of a 50-50 ratio of singers and events. I believe that adding the videos made the piece much more literary. I am very pleased with my final video and I think it is a much tighter and smoother film now.

Group Podcast:
Podcast: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/205

Reflection: I liked this assignment because of the group aspect of it. It was a great way for everyone to bring their knowledge and understanding of the stories together and made something great with that knowledge. I also liked how we could choose the stories. Sometimes I hate when we have to choose everything about the assignment but it was different in this case because we already had to choose from only like ten stories (which made the choosing easier) and so many of the stories had similar themes and issues which made the whole deciding part much easier. Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment.

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FINAL GUARDADOR DE REBANHOS

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Melanie Santos

Revised Poem Collages

Frozen Rose Revised

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Mitchell Osborne

Revised Poem Collages

I didn't want to change much with this image. I felt that adding or removing items would detract from the vertical alignment and movement of the image. I did find one thing that I wanted to alter, however. The shattering glass at the bottom. I wanted it to seem as if the teardrop was what was breaking the glass, but the point of impact on the glass, and the teardrop splash were misaligned. So, I inverted the glass, and added the 3D perspective to it again. I feel that this makes the glass at the bottom feel more like a part of the action of the picture, and not just a result.

Final Portfolio

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Mitchell Osborne

Portfolio

I had thought of myself as being at least somewhat computer literate before enrolling in this course. I was familiar with bits HTML and I knew how to use a few internet related/image-manipulative programs. However, I have never been as adept with such a broad spectrum of applications as I am now. From Gimp and Audacity to a deeper understanding of HTML - I've certainly gained a significant amount from this class in that respect. As far as my projects go, I feel as though you cannot understand the amount of effort that went into them simply by watching/observing them. I've submitted one or two revisions of each project. However, most of my revisions were done mid-construction. That's just the way that I find to work best for me. I assemble something, look at it, decide that it could be better, destroy it, and then start something completely different. With each of my collages, I changed the target character/song at least three times, and with each of those characters, I had one or two attempts at creating a suitable collage. Since these were not my desired product and certainly not my finished product, I refrained from posting them. It would be difficult to express the correlation and actively monitor the growth between a collage done about Sugar (The main villain from No Country for Old Men) and a "revision" done about John Preston (The one that I actually have posted). For me, the greatest part of this class was not learning about computers or creating projects that chronicle my growth as a thinker, but listening to the discussions of the class about different readings that we did outside of class. It's always thought it interesting to listen to other people express their opinions/perspectives about certain topics. It generates the "cultural sponge" feeling. I've been in English classes before, but they were all in High School, and populated entirely by essentially the same kid, thinking the same way, expressing the same opinions, and getting upset over the same concepts. With only myself and maybe one or two others to deviate from the norm, class discussions became inane and almost inconsequential. I knew that no matter what was said - no matter what opinions that were submitted - no matter how insightful an aspect of human existence/observation was expressed as long as it was contrary to their plastic set of doctrines for critical thinking, it was refuted. In this class, however, I really enjoyed the experience of having such a varying array of perspectives and personalities. Every thought that was verbalized was well thought out, valid, and unique to the person that said it. It was rare to find two people that agreed entirely upon any given topic, yet those two people respected each other's opinion. THAT was the aspect of this class that was like a breath of fresh air on a stagnant hospital operating table. But the directive of this portfolio is not to juxtapose my previous, insufferable schooling experiences with the inexpressibly enjoyable ones I had in this class; its to showcase the work that I've done in this class and my evolution as a creative thinker. Hajimeyou (Let's begin).

PLAYLIST

Original: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/38
Revised: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/281

This was an assignment that I really enjoyed. It afforded me the opportunity to dissect a character in a way that I never had before. It provided me with a reason to think, "Okay. At this part, what is he feeling? What is he thinking? Now, what song expresses those feelings and thoughts exactly?" It tried to make this playlist as all-encompassing as possible, without it being too long and drawn out. In the first playlist, I chronicled Eric's journey through immortality. Placing his emotions into an almost tangible form, and applying music to them. In the second playlist (my "revised playlist") I didn't want to change much. I left the songs in the same order, and didn't replace any of them. I only changed the text, really. Allowing for a greater explanation of the connection between the song and the scene.

COLLAGES

John Preston
Character Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/230
Revised Character Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/249

Frozen Rose
Poem Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/246
Revised Poem Collage: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/283

This assignment was a lot of fun for me. I like to be artistic sometimes, and these collages really let me vent some of that "artistic tension." The freedom with which we could go about completing this endeavor was also quite exhilarating. With the first collage, I chose John Preston, a character from the movie Equilibrium. That collage was geared more towards my anti-government/politics side as well as my love for action movies side. The final version shows John's transition from a cold-blooded killer, to an emissary of freedom. The second collage, whose topic was a modern Japanese love song, was more of a product of my passionate/emotional side. I filtered through my plethora of music stores for hours and hours attempting to find the perfect song about which to do this project amidst the myriad of potentials. While searching my memory for a good song, I remembered Frozen Rose. Thus, I had a song for the project. This was my favorite of the collages. It's not too loud, it's not gaudy or busy. It has a single theme along a single vertical line. Another thing I like about it is its complexity buried beneath its simplicity. It looks pretty at first, and then you apply the song lyrics. At which point, it becomes something more. You become aware of each individual element, and understand its face value. You look at it a bit longer, and gradually understand why the individual parts were chosen and what they all represent. Longer still, you look, and understand the interaction between each of the parts and the meaning that those have. You pass through all of these stages in either an instant, or a few moments. And, once you do, the chemistry of the picture becomes obvious.

VIDEO PROJECT

Original: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/195
Revised: http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/195

Both of my video projects are posted under the same blog entry. The first is my original and the second is my revision. For some reason, however. Neither of these videos want to play the last 30 seconds of the song. I changed some of the elements in the second video, and added text towards the end. But, when I post it online, it cuts the end of the video off. Some of the pieces that are omitted are a Japanese man being executed by a firing squad, starving people in Nazi concentration camps, a Kamikaze pilot crashing into the deck of a ship, and horribly wounded and burned Vietnamese civilians running away from a napalm strike. No matter how many times I remake my video, however... it just won't show the last few seconds. I spent a significant amount of time on this project, and found it to be quite enjoyable and enlightening. Scouring the internet for video after video. Rejecting some videos, and accepting others (only to later reject them as well). I wanted to piece together something that would be truly insightful. War is always an interesting topic. No matter how you look at it. If you view it as something that brings nations together to work towards a common goal, or if you view it as the pinnacle of debauchery and evil, it's always something that evokes emotion. Whether you're adamant about facilitating War's inevitable demise, or if you're an advocate of the inevitability of war and its necessity in the process of bringing about piece in our realm. If you look at what I am literally, I'm a walking contradiction. I'm anti-government, anti-politics, I think that we shouldn't have any involvement in the middle east and that war is one of the worst things that can befall a nation. However, I'm in the ROTC and am well on my way to becoming a soldier, and I intend to remain such for a good 10 years. If you look at me objectively, however, I seem a little less contradictory. I don't believe that peace can be obtained with words alone. Action is required. So, when I fight, I fight for peace. I tried to show this in the video project. I tried to show the horrors of war, and how terrible it can be. But, at the same time, I tried to express its necessity. Not everyone wants peace. Not everyone wants to live in harmony with those around them. So, it's our job not as Americans, but as citizens of the world to fix it. It's falls upon some of us to give up our innocence so that we can stop others from harming the people that still want to retain their innocence.

FINAL PODCAST

http://www.teachmix.com/itsfiction/?q=node/206#comments

The group work here was really inspiring. I think that this class should have had more group related assignments. Collaboration of this sort is something that always helps to motivate me to do an exceptional job on the assignment. The girls that I worked with were all insightful and open minded. They knew what they wanted to say, and articulated this in a very passionate and well-thought-out manner. In our podcast, we each picked a story that we wanted to talk about for a few minutes. This is one of the things that I wish we could have done differently. It gave our podcast a scripted feel, something that I had wanted to avoid. I'm not trying to insinuate that I knew from the beginning that this is not something that should have been done. I genuinely believed that our selected course of presentation would generate a sense of spontaneity and fluidity. I'm simply reflecting upon that moment from the present. In hindsight, we should have spoken more about each other's works; each speaker flippantly deciding when would be the best time to interject a thought or opinion on someone else's story. I think this was the plan in the beginning. That we were going to overlap speakings and talk not exclusively about our own works. However, since we didn't know exactly what the other people were going to say, the first story was over before anyone had made the initiative to add a thought. This, I believe, put us in a rut. When the next three stories fell into place, it seemed as though the thought "Well, nothing else has been said so far, so I don't see a reason in starting" dominated our minds. Our podcast was a good one, indeed. I just believe that it could have been better, if we had done a bit more planning. We focused heavily upon tying our stories together, and making sure that the transition from one to another was seamless, and that the motif of "Change" remained... unchanged. The ideas and thoughts that were expressed by the girls and myself were all highly valid and deserving of pondering. I just think the whole thing was over before we really knew what had happened, and no one had the opportunity that they wanted to say what they had intended to say.

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The Crow Playlist - Revised

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Mitchell Osborne

Playlist

The construction of a playlist. This is actually something that I indulge in on a regular basis. Collecting songs, organizing them in a manner so that I can minimize redundancy, applying my current mood to the equation and thinking about what I want to get out of listening to the music, and then burning it all to a CD to listen to in my Jeep as I drive to... wherever I’m going. However, this time it was a little different. I wasn’t collecting music for myself, but for a different persona. And, in this scenario, I was actually vexed by the omission of constraints. Making a playlist is easy, making it for a target person is slightly more challenging, but making it for any personality I can imagine is something completely different. With so many different possibilities and outcomes, I found it almost impossible to come to a conclusion one way or the other.

I considered a seemingly endless number of candidates for this position: Leonidas, Boba Fett, Batman, and The Incredible Crash Dummies to name a few. The Crow, however, showed the most potential to be musically illustrated. Of course, describing a character to someone in this fashion would be completely pointless unless that someone was already familiar with the character. So, for those that haven’t seen the movie or read the comic, The Crow is essentially Batman on heroine. A man (Eric) in love is beaten, stabbed, shot, and thrown from the window of a seven story building onto a car as his lover is raped and murdered. A year later, the Eric’s soul is deemed deserving of revenge and is brought back to its body. Eric rises from the grave exactly as he was a year ago. Exactly as he was, save the inability to be injured or die he’s received upon returning.

Song 1: Eric Dies.

Stabbing Westward - Goodbye

There’s not much to say here. Eric died. It was simple and sad. So, I chose a song that was just that. Simple and sad. The beginning of this song instantly instills a sense of loss or regret. Lonely, singular strings being plucked without the accompaniment of their brothers. Every. Single. Piece. of this song is empty inside. Upon truly listening, it's impossible to feel anything but a gap in the pit of the soul. Which is what Eric, if he could feel at this point, felt.

Song 2: The Crow Awakens

Song Attached.
Dog Fashion Disco - Mature Audiences Only

This decision was a bit more difficult due to the swarm of emotions surrounding Eric at this point. Confusion, pain, anger, distress. I chose the song because it’s primarily instrumental. Having a song with an emphasis on lyrics couldn’t adequately describe Eric. He’s not feeling words, he’s feeling the pain of being reborn from the earth and trying to understand why he’s been given a second chance.

Song 3: The Crow Angers

Slipknot - Pulse of the Maggots

After being resurrected, Eric stumbles back to his old apartment. He finds the home that once held his heart in shambles. He fully understands what is happening, and accepts is gratefully. I chose this song primarily for the lyrics. This song displays the same anger and intent harbored by Eric as he “takes up his sword” and prepares to fight. "What have you got to lose, what have you got to lose - Except your soul?" Nothing quite puts Eric's motives into light in the same manner that that does. He has absolutely nothing to lose, except his soul - and, in most cases, he can't even lose that.

Song 4: The Crow Immortal.

Adema - Immortal

Eric finds one of his girlfriend’s murderers in an alleyway, and, to test his ability, leaps from the roof of a neighboring building. Upon striking the ground unharmed, he chuckles louder and louder still; knowing that nothing anyone can do will stop him. This song is exactly what Eric is -- Immortal. This song also fits the mood of that scene. Eric has finally found someone upon whom he can exact his revenge. The song is angry, tauntingly angry. Listening to the song, I envision the singer smarmily undulating as the lyrics pour out of a smirking mouth. At this point in the story, Eric couldn't possibly be happier, he smiles as he approaches his prey, and even laughs and taunts the man as he begins to fight. As he stabs a knife into every one of his major organs in alphabetical order, he utters a phrase from Shakespeare "Victims... Aren't we all?"

Song 5: The Crow Longing.

VNV Nation - End of Days

Although Eric has become an unstoppable instrument of vengeance, everything he does is in his girlfriend’s name. He wishes nothing more than to be with her once again. “End of Days” is a depressing song expressing a sense of longing for that which once was, but simultaneously instills a bit of hope that, although there will never be a return, there may be something else that is attainable.

Song 6: The Crow Hunts.

Panzer AG - Pure Tension

Eric methodically tracks down the murderers one by one. With every death, the survivors feel an increasingly severe sense of vulnerability. This song illustrates Eric's cold, calculating conviction with its mechanical repetition of industrial sounds. The violin playing over the noises demonstrates the passion embedded withing the conviction.

Song 7: The Crow Falls.

Filter - Hey man, nice shot.

I really couldn't resist the irony here. Eric's Crow that has been following him throughout the movie is shot and wounded. The Crow was also the source of Eric's immortality. With the crow wounded, Eric is susceptible to all forms of attack, and can be killed. The title of the song is a tribute to Eric's enemy for discovering the Crow's purpose, as well as his ability to shoot the tricky little devil. The attitude and lyrics of the song still belong to Eric. Even though he has become mortal once again, he still maintains his original intent and continues to fight his murderers. The aggressive, high intensity nature of the song ties to Eric's indomitable will to survive... at least until his mission's completion.

Song 8: The Crow Fades.

Stereomud - Perfect Self

This final song perfectly describes Eric's emotion and situation at the end of his story. His mission complete, he must return to the afterlife, leaving the friends he made both the first and second times he was alive. The song itself is doleful and melodic. The lyrics are even more applicable to his situation. Because, as soon as he dies again, he can be with his beloved again; he can be perfect -- in death.

settle down you all
can't you hear the footsteps
down the hall?
you're waiting for the scream
of your conscience call
and everyone starts dying

what the fuck is wrong
i said that I would always
find my way back home
now everyone I love
has been left alone
and everyone starts dying

it's you and I
begging for life
it's you and I

seems like in death
we all become our perfect self
last chance to pray
and rid our self of the pain

help comes when I don't even want it
do you really believe that I need it?
seems like in death
i'm alive

seems like in death
we all become our perfect self
last chance to pray
and rid our self of the pain

are we closer now?

seems like in death
we all become our perfect self
last chance to pray
and rid our self of the pain
seems like in death
we all become our perfect self
last chance to pray
and rid our self of the pain

seems like in death
i'm alive
help comes when I don't even want it
seems like in death
do you really believe?

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Final Character Collage

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Elizabeth Hayes

Character Collages

This is my final character collage. I basically just made it simpler. I kept the flames because the flames show how she is completely evil and deceitful. I also added the movie's tag line "Welcome to Girl World" and I put that in a very 'girlie' text. I like the movie's tag line because its suppose to sound a little harmless but at the same time is a warning. My old collage seemed to have too much pink and was too busy and thats why I chose to make it this way.

Final Playlist

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Elizabeth Hayes

Playlist

This playlist is to show a summary of events that occurred during the play of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

1. Hamlet is brought to the ghost of his father.
Pink Floyd - What do you want from me
I chose this song because its a hard song but soft at the same time. The tone and beat of the song is very mixed and a little confusing like Hamlet was during that entire seen of the play. Also, the background singers are very crucial because it reminded me of the thoughts going through one's head. The lyrics at also very fitting for the scene too. This was the moments before Hamlet sees the ghost of his father and what he was thinking as he is going to see him.

Important lyrics:
You're so hard to please
What do you want from me

Do you think that I know something you don't know
What do you want from me
If I don't promise you the answers would you go
What do you want from me
Should I stand out in the rain
Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you
I'm not the one you need
What do you want from me

2. Hamlet devoting himself to seeking revenge for his father’s death
Trapt - Stand Up
I chose this song for this scene not only because of the lyrics i selected but because of the aggression in the song. Hamlet was so mad when his father told him he was murdered. The aggression in this song also seems to be uncontrollable just like Hamlet's. This represent Hamlet's reasoning and motivation for his revenge and the moment after hearing the news that Claudius was the one that killed his father.

Important Lyrics:
I have had enough
Walk away before I finish what you started
Face to face I will push you in your place
End this game before I finish what you started
Face to face everything will change

3. Hamlet enters into madness
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
I chose this song because I feel like this song is perfect for showing someone's enter into madness. Hamlet goes crazy when he devotes himself to seeking revenge for his father's murder. The tone, beat and lyrics in this song are exactly what I wanted for this scene in the play. At this point in the play, Hamlet has entered the initial stages of madness and how he works himself up about Claudius killing his father.

Important lyrics:
Mental wounds not healing
Lifes a bitter shame
I’m going off the rails on a crazy train

4. Claudius fears for his life
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
I chose this song mainly based on the lyrics. The tone of the song does have a very paranoid feel and that was the feeling Claudius had grown after realizing that Hamlet knew he was the one who murdered his father. This is when Claudius was hiding from Hamlet after watching the play Hamlet put on showing someone murdering a king.

Important lyrics:
When I come home at night  
I bolt the door real tight  
People call me on the phone I'm trying to avoid 
Well, can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid

5. Hamlet kills Polonius by accident
Goo Goo Dolls - Sympathy
I chose this song because of the sadness and depressive tone. The lyrics also suit the scene in the play too. Hamlet is shocked and depressed that he let his paranoia take over him like to kill Polonius and this song is suppose to represent Hamlet realizing the consequences of his actions.

Important lyrics:
Take these things, so I don’t feel
I’m killing myself from the inside out
And now my head’s been filled with doubt

6. Hamlet is banished
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The lyrics in this song is one of the main reasons I chose this song to represent this scene in the play. This song is also pretty heavy and depressing like the scene in the play. This song is suppose to represent Hamlet's feelings and mental thought process during this whole ordeal of being banished.

Important lyrics:
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone

7. Ophelia Kills Herself
Papa Roach - Last Resort
I picked this song because of all of the aspects of it. The lyrics are very meaningful and fit well with the scene. The tone is very aggressive which is what she was feeling in her final moments. This song is suppose to represent Ophelia's state of mind before she killed herself.

Important lyrics:
Would it be wrong?
Would it be right?
If I took my life tonight
Chances are that I might
Mutilation outta sight
And I'm contemplating suicide

Cause I'm losing my sight
Losing my mind

8. Sword fight between Hamlet and Laertes
Drowning Pool - Bodies
This entire song is why i picked it for this scene. I felt this song fit this scene perfectly. It is a very angry and aggressive song and the lyrics represent fighting. Also, the aggression in this song is perfect because of the hate and anger that Hamlet and Laertes had for one another during the sword fight. At this point in the play is the actual sword fight between Hamlet and Laertes.

Important lyrics:
(entire song)

9. Everyone dies/is killed
Foo Fighters - DOA
I chose this song not only because of it's lyrics but because of its tone. It is an aggressive song but calming at the same time. I liked how it has a little anger in it because all of the characters died in anger. This is the moments after everyone had died.

Important lyrics:
It's a shame we have to die my dear
No ones getting out of here, alive
This time

What a way to go, they have no fear
No ones getting out of here, alive
This time

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Final Video

Posted April 29th, 2008 by Jessica Horn

The video still isn't finished. Unfortunately my computer has trouble playing music consisting of multiple tracks (it slows down, pauses for half a minute or so, or sometimes just shuts down altogether) so editing the transitions between each version of the song was ridiculously time consuming. I was unable to include any facts about music's effect on the brain due to lack of time.

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