Template - Character in combat

A quick template for describing a character in combat!

Approaches To Media: The Mountain Goats’ page on Bandcamp

UPDATE: Uploaded to another portfolio (I'm organising my things, separating my works more closely connected to things not under my alias)

Introduction
The Mountain Goats is a South Carolinian based alternative folk band. Formed by John Darnielle who is the lead singer, guitarist, pianist and the only member to be active throughout the entire discography, the band had been active since 1991. There is a page set up for the band on Bandcamp, an online platform for musical artists to distribute their music, as well as a place for fans to directly support their favourite artists. Bandcamp is run by Ethan Diamond who has been active since 2007, the same year that the site was founded. This digital media analysis will cover The Mountain Goats’ page on Bandcamp and will look into the different types of convergence, remediation and audience involved in the page.

Drones (Part 1)

DRONES

I

Purpose

Aster lies down on the earth. Not dead, but he’s lying still enough as if he were. Above him, there towers a huge tree. It looks like it must’ve been quite a crash for him. It must’ve been quite a fall for him, too. But, if you knew one or a few things about Aster, you’d consider this scenario quite strange, in a way. Here we have a young, winged man in armour and yet he’s made himself out to be lower than dirt. We can only assume something rather bad must’ve happened to him just then, aside from him crashing and falling from that tree, and whatever it was, it’s got him waiting for nature to just eat him up already. Swallow him whole like an earthworm does to the dirt. 

Poem: And yet, the Earth still turns

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They die painted with the shame of lethargy

And "ill use of time" writes the words of their grave.

Rotting beneath, honoured only by family,

And no single opus to match with their name.

One day they'll be known by no one who lives

And moments ahead, their preserved thoughts will follow.

Laugh at the ambitious with no work to give,

Whose goals fall victim to the void that swallows.

New notebook alert! :D

May I present to you the notebook containing my favourite snippets from media texts:

Bought from my local Coles and made from recycled paper which is pretty neat.

It includes, and will include snippets from fiction, poetry, songs, films, series, comics/manga, documentaries, video games, and any other media text type that I haven't mentioned. I've got a feeling this will make a pretty good place for inspiration and looking back at some of my favourite passages and whatnot for writing and all that. Here's the first entry:

Poem: Scrap Metal

A piece of scrap metal lying in the heap.

Wonder what it's doing there,

Thinking of the things it could possibly be

If it ever cared?

A piece of scrap metal lying in the heap.

At the fog and dust, it stared,

Waiting on any given opportunity

If ever there were...

Ones

To begin with at all

Yes, of course there were ones

To begin with at all

Ones to begin with at all

Narrative and Aesthetics - The narrative and aesthetic decisions of The Incredibles (2004)

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It is without a doubt that over the years Disney and Pixar’s animated films have captured the hearts of many, and Brad Bird’s The Incredibles (2004) clearly makes the cut. The Incredibles is set in a universe where there exists certain people who possess superpowers. However, due to changes in the law, superheroes are made illegal, forcing supers to live and work jobs without using their powers, disguising themselves as ordinary people. The story is told from the perspective of Bob Parr, a former superhero who works at an insurance company. After eventually getting fired from his job, he grabs the opportunity to do hero work under a top secret organisation that not even his family is aware about. Soon, his wife, Helen Parr, starts to get suspicious of Bob and attempts to track him down, only to discover that he has fallen into a superhero-hunting trap organised by Syndrome, a former fan rejected by Bob. Being an animated film produced by Disney and Pixar, already audiences expect family-friendly content from the film. However, The Incredibles manages to tell a significantly more unique story than their previous works, as well as even surprise audiences by being the first Pixar feature film to receive a PG rating (Filmsite n.d). 

Short Notes #1 - Horror

I like when scares in horror are actually slow. Y'know the stuff where the scare is being slowly brought over to you instead of giving you a shock. It's that feeling of dread is so chilling.

Like, I accidentally misclicked on this video and the thing that creeped me out the most was the slowly appearing veins on the screen. But, then again, there's also my sensitivity to body horror, so there's that, haha,

Template - Character biography (story edition)

I've come up with this template a bit of a while back. For characters that are part of a story!

Template - Character biography (casual edition)

I've come up with this template a bit of a while back. For characters of all sorts, no story needed!

Attention, notebook-hoarders (and me)

Not exactly writing-related, but I've been a notebook-hoarder since I was 8 years old (I'm not lying) and I just wanted to share these ideas for notebook uses.

• Memos & stuff:
  Obvious option #1. Just a place where you can just quickly jot down anything important that you'll use sometime. Like shopping lists, basic planning, to-do lists, quick calculations if you need to work something out, etc. This can also be used when you don't have a specific notebook handy at the moment. I like to make this notebook able to fit inside a pocket.

*NOTE*

Also, I should mention: I'll be 100% honest, this can all be divided into different notebooks for organisation's sake, but for me personally, I find that all the limitations that books have for really specific uses is quite demotivating. Like, who are you to tell me where to write what specific thing, hm????? (I'm kidding, but I'm serious about the demotivation part)

Script Writing 2021 - Final Assignment - Pitch & Script

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Final Assignment

Script Writing, Winter School 2021

ONE-PAGE PITCH

TITLE: Ms Axel is a Goon

GENRE: Action, comedy, sci-fi, family

LOGLINE: In the humid city of Dasmus, Mei Axel is a former goon who's just escaped captivity. Since her escape, she's been trying to better her life with her new found passion for music, but she quickly learns that the entire country wants to trade her name and face for a price.

FORMAT: Full-length animated film

Rebranding?

I'm putting my writing on here, now! But, I'll still keep my writing notes, as well as add in some more in the future, since trying to teach is another way to enhance my learning. Anyways, I'll be formatting my written works similarly to my comics blog. Aaand, that's all I want to say, really. Yeah.

-Chocco

Fight/Action Scenes: Three-act Structure

I've written a couple fight/action scenes before, but I was never really proud of them. They all seemed messy and allover the place, and I couldn't put my finger on it. It wasn't until when I was in one of my classes and my professor mentioned that three-act structure can also be applied to fight scenes, too, that made me realise what was missing in my writing.

Figuring out character voice

I’ve figured out a way to describe character voice when I remembered that Nintendo 3DS game, Tomodachi Life. When you create a character in the game, there are certain elements you can make adjustments to that make up the voice in the voice settings. 

The adjustable voice elements include: pitch, speed, quality, tone, accent, and intonation.