Okamoto Tomotaka - Ave Maria

This man, Okamoto Tomotaka has the voice of an angel. He sang Ave Maria in a big beautiful church, the sound of his voice echoing off of the tall concrete walls. The paintings surrounding the windows on the ceiling are so detailed and overwhelmed with children's heads. But the sound of his voice is so soothing its hard to notice anything else. People are coming in and out to hear him sing, some sitting in the pews come looking in through the open doors. I can tell you that if i heard that man's voice coming from inside a building, i would most definitely go inside to check it out.

How Walt Disney Cartoons are Made

It's hard to believe Snow White was such a big deal when it came out as the first full length motion picture from Disney because of the endless animated films we have to choose from today. Back then when if kids wanted to see a picture move, they had to make a flip book out of it. You start with a story, once your plot, conflict, resolutions, and conclusion come together, a director writes out a script. A musical composer puts together a score for the film, timing out each scene carefully so the men working with him can picture what it'll look like. Then comes the animation, drawing each picture over and over again with slight variations to make something of a flip book. Then the photographs are put into sequence and taken a photograph of, where later they're put together to create a series of fast moving pictures- video animation.

And that's only the first draft.

Animation really has come such a long way since Snow White, but it will always be the beginning of what is Disney today. 

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

As far as YouTube videos go, Marcel The Shell takes the cake. Marcel is a very small shell that has a face and wears shoes. She has a very distinct voice that I find irresistibly soothing. She has a couple video's, but the original is by far the best. It starts with her introducing herself as Marshell, not the first time she'd done that apparently. The second one isn't too bad, but the third only has one good line it about a grape.

Some of my favorite lines from the video

"guess what i use as a pen, a pen but it takes the whole family"
"one time i looked at a diamond and it gave me a sunburn"
"sometimes people say my head is too big for my body and then i say compared to what"

Art Performance Piece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEoLkCg8mA&feature=youtu.be

Ballet Dancers in Random Situations

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Panopticon

Panopticon is an architectural structure so that all inmates in an institution can be observed. The institutional building was designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. Obviously it would be impossible to view every room at once, but since every room can be observed, inmates wont know when they are being observed. This ensures constant good behavior because at all times, you don't know if big brother is watching you. "Bentham himself described the Panopticon as "a new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind, in a quantity hitherto without example." Elsewhere, in a letter, he described the Panopticon prison as "a mill for grinding rogues honest"".
I think it's a brilliant structure especially for prisons, although it's even more useful in hospitals, asylums, schools, and daycares. I'd like to see this structure built for a hospital so doctors and nurses can monitor all critical condition patients while they're in the ICU.

Hansel und Gretel

After having watched the less than 60 second trailer for Hansel und Gretel's tour, it looks like a modern day interpretation of the fairy tale. It's Laurent Pelly's highly imaginative retelling of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. It's an on stage show, performed in front of a live audience, so there's no time for after-the-fact special effects. It would look as though the witch's house is instead a candy store, and instead of a witch she must be the store owner. It looks like a great family friendly show to take the kids to.

Atlantis, The Palms Dubai Fireworks

I think it's safe to say that anything that happens in Dubai is going to be ten times what it would be in America. Considering how far they've come as a country, they are above and beyond when it comes to visuals and displays. However, to spend an estimated $20 million on fireworks for a less than 15 minute show seems quite ridiculous in my eyes. Especially since the show didn't take my breath away. In the beginning it just looks like they set off a bunch of the same fireworks in different spots at the same time. There's so much going on you don't even know what to look at. You've got a center set that seems to fly a little higher than the 10 or so sets on either side of it. The ones on the left side don't even look like they're getting higher than 15 feet off of the ground. If you ask me, it was a waste of $20 million dollars.

Citizen Kane- Rosebud

Although I have never seen Citizen Kane, after having watched that short video I don't believe I would ever want to. I personally am not a fan of scary movies so this doesn't quite fit into my movie collection. From the scene I watched it seems very erie, dark, and highly spooky. From what I could tell, a man took his last words before dropping the snow globe down the stairs. A woman, dressed as a nurse, entered the room and was unfazed by the dead man laying in bed. It's really a creepy scene, not one I wish to watch again.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Growing up, i've always been a fan of the Wizard of Oz. Thanksgiving is never complete until I've sat and watched the movie in its entirety. The song somewhere over the rainbow- i think it's very reflective and crucial to the story line, especially considering the movie begins in black and white and moves into color when Dorothy enters Oz. Judy Garland will and always will be the sole performer of this song- any other version is just fake.