Its Renaissance time!

"Follow the ninja he knows where to go"

I went to the renaissance festival yesterday and had a blast. There were many events there such as: Jousting, Artillery shows, archery, camel riding, and elephant riding. There were many awesome things to do there there that could entertain people for days, especially all the great Renaissance actors.

While I was there I saw a rock climbing thing. The great thing about this rock climb was that if you could reach the top you could win $20. Unfortunately, I did not have enough money to pay to climb the rock. I saw plenty of people try to climb this rock and all of them could not get passed the first rock. I thought I could have climbed that rock if I was given the chance, it's probably a good thing I did not try it though.

The actors that played as a Renaissance person were very entertaining, especially the shop stall owners. They had very entertaining ways of getting people to buy the stuff that they are selling. One time when I went by one of these shop stall people he started yelling at me to buy his jerky. It was like I was obligated to buy it. Maybe the Renaissance people know something that we don't?

Overall I thought the Renaissance festival was really fun. Even though most of the shops were closed because it was a school day it was still good, I would have liked to see the "Throwing axe" game open, obviously that could have been dangerous on a school day. I also would have liked to have some of the prices to have been lowered, I think that water being $2.50 is a little overpriced. I would definitely go back next year when I can.
~Tanner

Psycho review

Opening image: Marion Crane is making out with her lover.
Theme Stated: Do not be greedy and money can not buy off happiness
Set-up: The lady decides to take the money
Catalyst: the lady leaves and runs away with the money.
Debate: she is driving and she is wondering if she should go back or not.
Break into two: She arrives at Bates motel and talks to Mr. Bate
B story: Her sister decides to come up there and search for her.
Fun and Games: She gets killed and everyone starts looking for her.
Midpoint: Her sister and detective came to look for her.
Bad guys close in: The sister and detective go inside Mr. Bates’ house.
All is lost: they find out that she is dead.
Dark Night of the Soul: They are trapped in the house.
Break into three: decides to look inside the house
Finale: Stops Mr/Mrs. Bates from killing the sister.
Final Image: Mr/Mrs. Bates is sitting in the prison.

Psycho

Psycho was a great horror/slasher movie. It was really creepy and crazy. Even though it was in black and white, it used this perfectly. They used great lighting effects to make this amazing movie in greater. This movie was also the first movie to actually kill somebody when they were totally exposed and vulnerable and without and clothes on.

Eventually things start to heat up when Marion's friends get a little suspicious and wonder where she is. What they do not know is that they will not find her because she is sitting in the trunk of a car on the bottom of a swamp. What a good waste of a car I would have just thrown the body in the swamp, not the car too.

Alfred Hitchcock is a master at what he does. He made a great movie that is impossible to forget about. The great thing about this movie is that it could have a inspired great twists like when Darth Vader said "I am your father". Even after watching it multiple times the story is still great and was still a thrill. Even though this film really isn't bloody and gory it still has enough to entertain the most avid gore movie watcher. I give this movie a rating of 9/10
~Tanner

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Hush
1) Opening Image: Buffy talks to Riley and he tries to kiss her.
2) Theme stated: Buffy sees a girl holding a box singing a creepy song.
3) Set-up: Buffy tries to hide her true identity from Riley.
4) Catalyst: the whole town loses their voices.
5) Debate: The town wonder what to do.
6) Break Into two: People start dieing
7) B story: Buffy's friends help find out what happened.
8) Fun and Games: where the professor shows the slide show thing on the projector.
9) Midpoint: When the Gentlemen start taking people's heart.
10) Bad guys close in: The gentlemen are chasing people.
11) All is Lost: The only way to kill the gentlemen is to have a girl scream.
12) Dark Night of the Soul: They are getting chased.
13) Break into Three: Buffy decides to patrol the area and find out how to get the voices back.
14) Finale: Buffy and Riley fight the lunatics and destroy the box that took the voices away.
15) Final image: Buffy and Riley are sitting on the bed and they are just staring at each other.
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Josh and I watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 4, Episode 10, "Hush". In this episode the whole town of Sunnydale goes silent due to the strange creatures called "The Gentlemen". The first time we see these strange creatures is when Buffy has a dream while in class of a girl singing a song. This song describes exactly what The Gentlemen want, before the song is over a Gentlemen pops up unexpectedly and scares the audience. while at first we do not get a good look at these strange and unusual creatures, we eventually get a better look.

This episode was an amazing episode due to the entire episode basically being a silent type movie. The actors had to find a entire different way of communicating with each other during the making of the movie. It consisted of hand gestures and it was basically a big charades game. Another great feat that this episode had to overcome was how would The Gentlemen float above the ground? Well the only way to overcome this was to have a giant crane carry them through the town.

This episode was really good and I really liked it. It had a lot of good scary moments where The Gentlemen pop up. Another reason why it was scary was because of the actual look of The Gentlemen. These guys look so scary that you could get nightmares. Overall I thought this episode was really good and I would give it a 10/10.
~Tanner

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Halloween
Buffy the Vampire is a highly recognized series. Many vampire and vampire slayer fans go crazy over this series. In this episode, Buffy (Sarah Michelle) involuntarily volunteers to supervise little children and go trick or treating. While they are walking around getting candy from the houses the costumes they are wearing turn them into the actual monsters. Buffy turns into a princess while Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon) turns into a soldier, this is bad because Buffy doesn't really know who she is and Ethan Rayne (Robin Sachs) is the cause of all this terror. Like all stories they always have a purpose and a message, the message in this particular show was, you should not pretend to be what your not in order to impress someone that you love. This is a great message to send to teens because they are always trying to be who they are not and change their personality.

I really enjoyed this show, it was really entertaining and full of suspense and drama. This show had a equal amount of action scenes and love scenes. This show was one of the best shows I have ever seen. It has a good blend of scariness and suspense which makes it really good. I would rate this show as a 10/10
~Tanner

Nosferatu

Beat Sheet for Nosferatu
Opening image: Jonathon looks at himself in the mirror.
Theme Stated: Do not worry about the stories of the vampires
Set-up: Meet the wife and a old guy, also meet Nosferatu.
Catalyst: Jonathon cuts his thumb. Nosferatu smells the blood.
Debate: Whether or not he should continue staying there.
Break into two: He goes into Transylvania.
B story: Love between Nina and Jonathon.
Fun and Games: Run away from Nosferatu.
Midpoint: Nosferatu gets on the boat and travels away.
Bad guys close in: The police come and come across the dead bodies.
All is lost: Nosferatu is on the loose and inside the buildings.
Dark Night of the Soul: The plague is here and he is supposed to stay in the house.
Break into three: Jonathon realizes he needs to use Nina to kill Nosferatu.
Finale: Nina sets up Nosferatu and he dies
Final Image: Seeing Jonathon hold Nina as she lays there dead.

Nosferatu was a creepy Dracula movie staring Jonathan Hutter (Gustav Von Wangenheim) and Nosferatu (Max Shreck). Jonathon was told by his boss that Count Orlok wants to buy a house and wants Jonathon to go to his castle to close the deal. While his was there he stops at a inn and tells the owners where he is going. The people there react in horror and tells him not to go. While Jonathon is in his room he finds a book about about vampires that warns him about Nosferatu. The next morning Jonathon travels to the castle and meets Nosferatu. After Jonathon cuts himself Nosferatu tries to lick his finger while repeatedly saying "Blood!!!". The next morning Jonathon finds out that he has two bite marks on his neck and feels really ill, he eventually realizes that these bites are vampire bites. In the end Jonathon kills Nosferatu by luring him to his wife and keeping Nosferatu there until the sun comes up.

Nosferatu was an OK movie, I think it would have been better if it actually had words and not a silent movie. To me I think that all silent movies are really boring. This movie was also in black in white which increased the difficulty to understand the movie. I was able to follow the movie for the first half of the video; after a while though I just could not keep up with it. If you are into black and white silent films this would probably be a perfect movie for you, but I do not think that this movie is really worth buying or renting. I would give this movie a 3/10.
~Tanner

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

"They're coming to get you Barbra."

As a movie that was on a very low budget this movie was really good. The Night of the Living dead starts out with Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and Johnny (Russell Striener) driving to see their fathers grave. While they were at the grave a frightening man kills her brother and Barbra retreats to a farm house. After a little bit a black guy, Ben (Duane Jones), comes to help protect Barbra from the "Assassins". Ben has already encountered these ghouls at a gas station earlier that day, so he is perfect for the job. They encounter Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman), a extremely bossy and irritating man that thinks that they should retreat into the basement and Tom (Keither Wayne), a very helpful and obedient man that helps protect the house. Ben also meets Helen Cooper (Marilyn Eastman) and find out that she has a daughter that has been bitten by one of the ghouls and is now infected and slowly turning into one of them which heightens the tension in the house. Ben and Tom eventually fix up a television and find out that there is a rescue center. Eventually the Ghouls do actually break into the house and the gang has to retreat to the basement where they are safe.

This movie was really excellent, especially considering the time period it was made in. Another thing that made this movie good is that it had a lot of good camera angles. It also used good lighting techniques to make the movie seem scarier than it would have been if it was just plain light. Another thing that I liked about this movie was that it was a good horror movie. It had a monster, a confined space, and a sin, these are the key elements that make the movie really good. The only problem I had with this movie was the fact that when it was dark outside, the live news cast showed that it was light. Overall this movie was really good and not as scary as you may think, I would recommend this to anybody and a rating of 9/10


Beat Sheet

Opening Image: Johnny and Barbra are in a Grave Yard visiting their father's grave.

Theme: Zombies are coming to get you.

Set-up: A zombie comes and kills Johnny.

Catalyst: Barbra gets attacked by Zombie.

Debate: Barbra tries to decide if she wants to stay in the house or go outside and try to find Johnny.

Break into two: All the zombies are coming.

B Story: Ben needs to take care of Barbra.

Fun and Games: The zombies are attacking him, and they are killing zombies.

Midpoint: The guys are outside trying to get the truck some gas.

Bad Guys Close In: they are stuck in the house, tons of zombies are trying to break in.

All is lost: Everybody dies in the truck.

Dark night of the soul: The gang realizes that they will not get out of there.

Break Into three: Ben decides to hide from the zombies, in the basement.

Finale: He holds off the zombies in the basement and kills the two final zombies in the basement.

Final image: the zombie killers come to rescue Ben unfortunately Ben dies.



~Tanner

The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet for Star Wars

Star Wars
Opening Image: Luke is looking at the sun setting.

Theme: Luke wants to become a hero like his father

Set-up: Luke lives with his mom in the desert world as a slave.

Catalyst: When lukes parents die.

Debate: Luke cannot decide if he should leave or if he should stay.

Break into 2: When they leave the planet and Darth Vader comes and attacks.

B story: When Han solo and Princess Lea are introduced.

Fun and Games: Learning to become a Jedi, holochess.

Midpoint: Sucked into the death star.

Bad Guys Close in: Get trapped in the garbage disposal

All is lost: Obi-Won dies

Dark Night of the Soul: He is depressed because Obi-Won died

Break Into 3: Working with the rebellion getting ready to destroy the death star.

Finale: Luke goes into space and starts fighting, he ends up destroying the death star.

Final Image: A hero, getting a medal.

~Tanner