FMX 211 Art and Tech

Angel de Quinta's blog was very interesting. It captured a unique outlook on Broadway songs and shows and the impact they have had over the years. Broadway has become a very unique form of entertainment that has taken the country by storm. There are select shows that everyone knows by name and if you have not seen them, you already know the plot. Chicago, Cats, Cabaret,  and Hairspray  are just a few.    Recently, Hamilton  has been the Broadway show that everyone is clambering to see. Ticket prices are extremely expensive and now that it is on tour, people around the country are fighting to get a seat at the local show. While I myself have never seen Hamilton , the soundtrack is one that is engraved in my mind, and I know the plot by heart. It is one of my favorite shows without even seeing it. I have seen a few different shows on Broadway itself, but my two favorites are Kinky Boots  and Waitress . Both shows have amazing scores that are fun to sing along to as well as convey mes

The short film Aria  was quite interesting. It was interesting how at the end of the film the story seemed to begin again. It suggested that her pain could never truly end due to her being a puppet. Even when she was broken back down into the original pieces, she was put back together and forced to feel her pain all over again. It also provides a sense that we never truly escape our feelings, that we only learn to cope with them. Once we have rebuilt ourselves and return to our state of content, our feelings will come back to use again and we experience the pain we worked so hard to forget. The use of stop-motion animation to create this short I feel was also an unique choice. These feelings could have been easily been represented with real people, as the opera the film was based on had been. However, I feel that the ending would not have been as impactive had the film used real actors. The use of the stop-motion animation made the ending much more symbolic and meaningful as it drew a

While the human brain functions similarly to one another, each person's brain is unique. I find that to be an interesting concept as Dr. Eagleman applies it to the criminal justice system. He proposes that the addition of neuroscience to the criminal justice system will allow for a more effective system of punishment. Chemical imbalances within the brain can cause people to commit crimes. Many people don't view this as a possibility. We tend to hear of the horrendous crime and immediately assume that the criminal is an evil and despicable person. We don't take the time to analyze and see the outside circumstances. If someone has a tumor in their brain that prevents them from processing their actions, we cannot truly blame them for the crime in which they committed. Other people are born with a chemical imbalance. Punishment may not be the way to solve their issues. They may need therapy or other forms of help in order to prevent them from doing something like this again. If