Year: 2019

 

Donne, John, et al. The Flea. John Donne , 1633.

The poem is about a flea that the author uses to help make a metaphor about his attraction for a person. In the poem the flea has sucked blood from some woman and the speaker of the poem. The author is implying that he can’t get to her but the flea can on line 3 the author wrote “It sucked me first, and now sucks thee” the author uses this diction in order to show how even though he himself cant get to her this flea that “bit” him and her which in his mind has now connected them though their blood. so  he feels annoyed because he cant get to her, so he tries to convince himself that they are “together”. even though this poem is about a flea its also about sex. in the beginning of the poem first paragraph he is saying how little of an issue it is to begin with because of the fact that their blood has already “mixed” which at that time period was considered to be true that time period, so it wouldn’t be a big deal if they had sex again. He is trying to eliminate the consequences she might be seeing. He tries to convince her even more further on when he says, “Thou know’st that this cannot be said/A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead” (5-6). This means that he is trying to convince her to have sex because at this point it wouldn’t matter if they had sex or not because there would be no “wrongdoing”, since it had already happened before. The author is putting in all of this work trying to make it with this woman. He’s not getting his way and it is making him even more frustrated. Even after he said that it was fine for them to have sex he goes back on what he says and on lines 20, 21, and 23 the author says ” in blood of innocence? Wherein could this flea guilty be, Except in that drop which it sucked from thee?”. This shows how he goes back on what he said and now is blaming it on her saying that she isn’t innocent because the “flea” which represents both of them together, took blood from her which means the author is saying because she let him have sex with her it was her fault.

Shakespeare, William, and A. D. P. Briggs. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?: Shakespeare’s Love Poetry. William Shakespeare, 1600’s.

In  Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? by William Shakespeare the narrator uses similes in order to show his love for the woman he is describing. on line 2 the author writes “Thou art more lovely and more temperate”. In this part the author uses a summers day to describe the woman he is talking about while saying that she is “temperate” and “lovely” which are words you can use to describe weather and a persons appearance and personality, which the author uses in order for his reader to understand what makes her like a “summers day”. further down the poem on lines 8 and 9 the author says “By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade”. The author continues to use similes to show his love for this woman, saying that even though time might change her a little her “eternal summer” which is her beauty and who she is as a person will always be there. this shows his love for her because he will always see her for who she is even if over time she changes she will still be the same to him.  throughout the poem the author uses similes to show his audience his love and compassion for this woman, also convoys the message that he wants to be with this person throughout his life till they die.

Donne, John. The Complete Poems of John Donne. John Donne, 1600.

The Rising Sun by John Donne is a poem about him and his partner Waking up and the sun being in their eyes,  John Donne uses the sun throughout the text in order to show love for his partner. on lines 1,2 and 3 the author says “Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us?”. This is  right when they wake up and the Sun is in their eyes, He calls the sun a “busy old fool” because the Sun Shining its light everywhere. After this he begins asking the sun to “go chide Late school boys and sour prentices, Go tell court huntsmen that the king will ride”. John Donne at this point is basically asking the Sun to go somewhere else because of how much is bothering them. As the poem goes on John Donne Starts to talk about the woman in bed with him. He says “I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink, But that I would not lose her sight so long”. John Donne the saying that he could get rid of the Sun by closing his eyes however, he does not want to lose sight the woman that is in his bed and that he rather endure the pain of the Sun and still see her than not see her at all. he uses the Sun as an example to show how even though there might be things in this way he Still wont give up on her. 

 

Joy may kill . Michelangelo, 1600’s

In the poem Joy may kill by Michelangelo, Michelangelo Shows Just because something seems a certain way doesn’t guarantee the outcome that you wanted to have or a different one. On line 1 and 2 the author says “Too much good luck no less than misery May kill a man condemned to mortal pain”. In this part of the text the author is trying to tell his audience that good luck Can only get you so far and that you can still have “misery”. Further down the Palm on lines 9 and 10 the author says ”Good news and bad may bear the self-same knife; And death may follow both upon their flight”. Again the author continues with his idea that even if something appears to be good and may not be  by saying that good news and bad news can both have the same affect and that nothing is guaranteed. Online 11 the author says “ for hearts that shrink or swell, alike will break”. when the author  is talking about the hearts shrinking or swelling is using two opposite situations will lead to the same result. he says this in order to convey his idea of outcomes of a situation I always being what you think they would be. Overall Michelangelo uses different ways in text to show people oh not all good things are as they seem and that the outcomes are not always the ones that you desire and can hurt you.

sonnet 116. William Shakespeare, 1600.

Sonnet 116 is a poem that talks about the value of love and its importance. On lines 1 and 2 Author says “let me not to the marriage of true minds admit Impediments. love is not love”. In this quote the author is saying that there shouldn’t be any reason why two people who love each other shouldn’t be together. When the author uses the diction “ love is not love”  he is referring to the fact that if two people can’t be together then love doesn’t have meaning itself because it cannot exist. another example is on lines 5 and 6 The author says “O no! It’s an ever-fixed mark that looks on Tempests and is never shaken”. The author uses an Ever-fixed Mark To show how even the things may Try to destroy it it won’t move and I won’t leave again just like an ever-fixed Mark. Author is trying to convey the message that love is a strong emotion That is hard to get rid of or tear down. On line date and 9 the author says “ whose Worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s Not time’s fool, The Rosy lips and cheeks”. In this example the author is explaining to an audience that love isn’t only  based on looks and appearance well who you are as a person. in the text he is explaining how aging doesn’t affect Love in a negative way And that the real value of love it’s true the person is. 

Jonson, Ben. To Celia. 1600.

In the poem To Celia The author conveys in deep love for the woman and what she is talking about send a text. The author uses drinks in order to show this. In the first paragraph the author says “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, and I will pledge with mine” The author uses this level of intimacy in order to show his loyalty to his partner. The author uses diction such as Pledge in order to show the commitment he has towards this woman. In the second paragraph lines 1 and 2  the author says “ I sent thee late a Rosy wreath, not so much honoring thee”. in this section the author tries to extend a gift 4 this woman but she refuses and doesn’t take it. She does this because the author refuses to stop drinking in the text and it is creating a problem between their love for each other.

 

 

 

Jevon Williams

Annotated Bibliography

ENG 1101

Hope,Ted . “Indie Film Is Dead”, Filmmaker Magazine, Fall 1995

Hope is co-president of New York’s production company Good Machine and, along with his partner James Schamus, has produced or executive produced such films as The Brothers McMullen, Safe, and The Wedding Banquet. Hope also produces Hal Hartley’s films, including his new Flirt. Ted Hope shares his opinions by lamenting the downside of today’s indie film scene. Hope’s candid diagnosis prompted Schamus, who is currently adapting Rick Moody’s novel The Ice Storm for Ang Lee, to pen a piece of his own, a reply which amplifies the terms of Hope’s argument. The article then goes on to argue why the success of indie films today aren’t authentic. In Hope’s argument, he states that the marketplace is ‘nasty and brutal’ and follows by explaining how it has effected unique films. Hope recognizes this is a problem and prompts an urgency about the future of indie films. Hope further discusses the reality of todays’ problem with businesses in the film industry- Today’s new media giants are embracing the independent film but as a marketing concept only; every day they bring more and more of the production, distribution and exhibition apparatus under their control.

O’Falt, Chris. “How Do Independent Filmmakers Make a Living? 20 BAM cinema Fest Directors on Day Jobs That Pay the Bills”, Indie Wire, 22 Jun. 2019

An article about day jobs for indie filmmakers where all the jobs are also working on film, or commercial-BAM directors share how they make ends meet when they aren’t making personal films. Rashaad Ernesto Green states, ‘When I’m not making an independent film, I direct episodes of television to pay the bills.’ Rodney Evans: When I am not immersed in filmmaking I teach introductory and advanced film production courses and screenwriting in the Film and Media Studies Department at Swarthmore College just outside of Philadelphia. The commute from Brooklyn can sometimes be a challenge, but the students at Swarthmore are sharp, passionate and deeply engaged with the art of filmmaking and the cultural and sociopolitical issues in the world around them. Since I have been there for the last four years there has been a marked increase in the number of students of color and LGBT+ students taking production and screenwriting courses. Sometimes all it takes is for a student to see someone that belongs to the same demographic as they do and showing work that reflects their experience for them to think about filmmaking as a valid career option. It’s also important that they see me as an example of a teaching artist/working filmmaker making only work that I care deeply about and control from idea to completion.

DE PABLOS, EMILIANO. “Top supplier accords give distributor edge.” Variety, 13 Dec. 1999, p. 94. Gale Academic

The motor driving Lauren Films’ growth has been distribution. Since 1979, the company, the distribution division of the Lauren Group, has released more than 600 films in Spain, making it unquestionably Spain’s most important indie distribution over the last 20 years. Lauren speaks on her success by crediting multiple “pillars”, and explains her experience. “To survive in the Spanish market, a company needs at least two sources of different product,” says CEO Antonio Llorens. “As an indie, we don’t have access to products like ‘Wild Wild West’ so we look for a range of titles from…”. Lauren has played off important multititle and multiyear distribution accords. These multi pic accords has allowed Lauren to lead the pack of indie distributions since 1985. A crucial local factor has been Lauren’s ownership of cinemas, which has permitted the company to nurse titles at its own sites until word of mouth has kicked into gear. “These films wouldn’t have made so much money if they hadn’t been in my cinemas,” Llorens modestly comments. Lauren’s high-profile, multi pic deals naturally involve high payments, hence, risk. Accessing top product allows Lauren to benefit from a competitive Spanish TV market, enriched first in 1990 by the launch of two free-to-air commercial nets — Antena 3 TV and Tele 5 — plus pay service Canal Plus Spain and two digital operators in 1997, Sogecable’s CanalSatelite Digital and Telefonica’s Via Digital.

Cieply, Michael, “A Rebuilding Phase for Independent Film”, New York Times, 25 April 2010

For more than a decade, the indie film movement centered in New York flourished, at times almost eclipsing the output of the mainstream Hollywood studios in terms of impact and accolades. But the financial collapse and the credit crisis had a deep impact on all of the movie world, which has responded with fewer expensive releases and safer bets. The struggling indie scene is getting a boost from fleet-footed, penny-pinching guerrilla operations that are trying to resuscitate the business by spending less on production, much less on marketing and embracing all forms of distribution, including the local art house and the laptop. Indie experiments are being closely watched in the business because what happens in Hollywood often first happens in New York City. According to Mr. Weinstein and others, the New York-centered independent film world faltered largely because companies, flush with cash from a DVD boom that has since played out, put too much money behind too many films for an audience that was never large enough to absorb them in theaters. Independent distributors that survived the great shakeout include Focus Features, a Universal Studios unit that is anchored in Manhattan, and Sony Pictures Classics, a specialty film label based in New York that has consistently released about 20 movies a year with a staff of just 25.

D’Alessandro, Anthony “Does The Success Of Streaming Signal The Death Of Indie Cinema? – Sundance”, Deadline 24 Jan 2019

The success of Netflix’s Roma this Oscar season with ten nominations has some traditional film distributors worried sick that the streaming service’s theatrical/SVOD release model will ultimately spell the death of indie cinema. Their concern: No longer is a lengthy theatrical release needed for an independent movie seeking an Oscar. This has been an unfortunate several years for independent films, as the major studios shut down their indie distribution labels and focus on blockbuster material for the global market. The avenue for indie films gaining wide recognition is narrowing. “Films can be the antidote or a reprieve from things we disagree with,” says NEON boss Tom Quinn about the the theatrical experience. “It’s the only communal experience outside of going to church.” In sum, streaming hasn’t killed the indie cinema star, it’s only expanded the independent cinema marketplace. There are those in indie circles who praise Netflix: They are making and releasing movies that otherwise would not have gotten made by a mainstream distributor. “What the success of Roma does show is that that Harvey Weinstein way of Oscar campaigning works with Netflix movies,” says one independent studio cappo about the streaming giant’s reported $20M-plus awards season campaign spend on the film. Another reason for the slowdown in indie fare goes back to the age-old excuse of product. “I’m not scared right now and I believe in the theatrical business and the basic principles why theaters were formed initially and that still holds,” says League.

KELLY, BRENDAN. “Canadian market remains risky.” Variety, 21 Feb. 2000, p. S30. Gale Academic

Distributing independent films in Canada remains, at best, a high-risk venture, and things aren’t getting any easier. Indie distribution is tough everywhere in the world, but the odds are even tougher in Canada compared to most other countries outside the U.S. because of the proximity to the powerful American market. The Hollywood majors tend to release their pics the same day in the U.S. and Canada, which allows the Canadian promotion campaign to take full advantage of all the media coverage south of the border. There are not a lot of strong independent film-distribution players in Canada, with the notable exception of Alliance Atlantis Releasing, which handily dominates the indie market in the country. The Toronto-based distributor released more than 90 pics theatrically last year and grossed more than C$100 million ($69 million) at the box office, ranking it second nationally behind Buena Vista. The other independent players in Canada handle fewer films than Alliance Atlantis and have to struggle for market share. One of the new aggressive companies on the scene is Blackwatch Releasing, a Montreal producer and distributor that has output deals with Sony Pictures Classics, Trimark and the Shooting Gallery. “It is still a tough market because distribution expenses have been going up, advertising costs have been going up, we’re paying bigger minimum guarantees and there are not a lot of films that pop out,” says Yves Dion, president of Blackwatch Releasing. Snaring quality titles for theatrical release is the biggest dilemma for distributors without the output deals, says Stephen Greenberg, president of distribution at Motion Intl. of Montreal. “It’s a continual challenge,” says Greenberg.

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Climate change is undeniably one of the most prevalent threats to humans that has the potential to affect the economy, community and environment on a global scale. In an article called “Indigenous farming practices failing as climate change disrupts seasons,” published by Peter Schwartzstein on October 14, 2019, the author highlights the numeros unforeseen weather fluctuations triggered by the disturbances to our Earth’s climate. The author initiates the article by giving a condensed description of a typical workday of the Hopi Tribesmen of northern Arizona; these farmers deduce the success of their crops’ growth by assessing the environmental conditions of their arid, mesa environment. However, due to the spreading issue of rapid climate change, their methods have been rendered futile, and has made it difficult for these tribesmen to continue sustaining themselves. 

Similar to the predicament of the farmers of the Hopi Tribesmen, Schwartzstien continues his article by explaining how the issue of climate change is worsening the living conditions of many peoples’ lives. However, he makes sure to prioritize the specific impact it has on the lives of farmers who heavily rely on their indegineous knowledge of seasonal weather and climate forecasting in order to maintain their crops. He reinforces their dilemma by providing the reader with a list of evidence highlighting a string of problems that mainly influences the forecasting methods of these indeginous farmers, such as bird migrations, wind direction, stars, and etc. The author also strengthens his reasoning by revealing that these farmers are oblivious to the concept of global warming, and explains how they are morally defeated as their indeginious wisdom that they and their ancestors have relied on for such a prolonged period are unfortunately becoming outdated. 

Schwartzstien’s article tries to persuade the reader of the issue of climate change and the specific effect it has on farmers who rely on indigenous farming methods by addressing the moral and mental toll these changes have had on these farmers. He makes sure to focus in on the emotion and trauma that the farmers are psychologically enduring as the methods their people have utilized for centuries are failing. He also tries to convince the readers of the situation of these farmers by mentioning the circumstances of the farmers, explaining how they are not equipped with the contemporary knowledge of our world’s situation in order to know what’s happening to the weather patterns. Schwartzstien’s main use of pathos helps to convince the readers that the situation of farmers in these communities and the ever growing issue of climate change is a devastating and unfortunate problem that will most likely continue to put them at a disadvantage if nothing is done to slow down the process of this global obstacle.   

 

Bibliography

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/climate-change-killing-thousands-of-years-indigenous-wisdom/