Media Review 3

In this not-so-popular ad, there are two featured things that any teen girl would recognize:
1. A cute anime girl
2. Their favorite mascara brand - Covergirl


This ad is very unusual for the Covergirl company. Usually, they use A list celebrities as their models. It's always a very simple ad - the celebrity (most recently Zooey Deschanel, Queen Latifia, Rihanna, and Drew Barrymore) is painted up very nicely and with little makeup. Usually she is wearing volumizing mascara and bright lipstick. It's always a closeup shot of the celebrity as well. But Covergirl stepped up the bar a little with this advertisement. They were able to think outside the box and figure out what would attract teen girls more. 


Being an anime fan, as well as a Covergirl fan, I found this advertisement pretty funny. Anime girls are well known for their giant, unrealistic, elaborate, beautiful drawn out eyes. It may look weird seeing this anime girl with one giant eye and one little eye. But if you look closer, the big eye is the one that she had applied the Covergirl mascara to. The big eye is beautiful, sparkly, and lively. However, the smaller eye, the one that she has not yet applied the mascara to, is ugly, dull, and dim. 


All a teen needs to know that if they use Covergirl makeup, they could look like their favorite anime character. What anime-obsessed teenage girl would want that?

Media Review

My second media review will be on the movie Let Me In.

Starring:
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Owen
Chloe Moretz as Abby
Richard Jenkins as the Father
Cara Buono as Owen's Mother
Elias Koteas as the Policeman
Dylan Minnette as Kenny

Let Me In Official Trailer

Overview:
12-year-old Owen (Smith-McPhee) lives with his mother (Buono) in a small and run down apartment complex. His parents are going through a divorce and is neglected by both his parents. Owen has no friends and is constantly picked on by Kenny (Minnette), the school bully. Because of the constant abuse and neglect, Owen developed severe psychological issues and emotional issues. One day, a young girl (Moretz) and her father (Jenkins) move into the apartment next door. While playing in the courtyard one night, Owen is approached by Abby who claims that the two of them cannot be friends. Despite this warning, the two begin to grow closer, seeing each other every night in the court yard. However, Abby is hiding a dark secret.


Abby is a young vampire girl, who woos young boys to fall in love with her, so that they can stick by her side and do her killing for the rest of his life. Abby's so-called father, named Thomas, is actually a boy that fell in love with her 40 years ago. He goes out every night, kills a person, and collects their blood so that Abby does not have to do any dirty work or risk getting caught. However, on one night, Thomas gets into a terrible car accident while trying to kill Abby's next victim. He has no choice but to douse his face with acid so that his connection to Abby will not be discovered. After being taken to the hospital, Thomas is questioned by a policeman (Koteas) who claims that he, "will find out whoever did this," to Thomas. Abby, hearing about the accident on the news, shows up at Thomas' window and drinks his blood, after he silently implores her to do so.


Upset about Thomas' death, Abby grows closer to Owen. They both have to avoid the policeman, who has traced Thomas back to Abby thanks to eye witnesses. He comes to Abby's apartment and bangs on the door, waiting patiently for someone to answer. After a few days, Owen wants to show his admiration to Abby by joining in a blood pact with her. When he slices his finger, Abby is immediately drawn to the blood and unintentionally shows her vampiric form to Owen for the first time. Instead of listening to her instincts and attacking him, she runs away from him in order to save him. Though Owen has seen a horrific scene, he is not phased and not scared by Abby; instead, he grows more fond of her and becoming a happier person.


One day, the policeman arrives again at Abby's apartment. Thinking he hears someone inside, he kicks down the door and enters the dark room. He sees that all the windows have been duct taped up, and begins to tear bits and pieces of them down. Wondering around the apartment, he finds Abby asleep in the bathtub, under several blankets in order to escape the sun. A tiny window in the bathroom is also covered up with duct tape and the policeman begins to tear it off when Owen, who was hiding in the apartment the entire time, startles him. While the policeman is distracted, Abby jumps on his back and begins to feed off him. The policeman stretches his hand out toward Owen in a gesture of asking for help, but Owen just reaches out and closes the bathroom door. After killing the policeman, Abby tells Owen that she must go away since they will find out the killer was her.


Days go by and Owen is back to his depressed self. During an after school swimming class, Kenny, his older brother, and two of their friends torture and threaten Owen by saying that if he cannot hold his breath for three minutes, they will cut one of his eyes out. As Owen is held under the water, he struggles to hold his breath and thinks that this is the end for him. Out of no where, a creature glides through the water, screams can be heard, and the pool fills with blood. As Owen surfaces, he sees Abby standing on the side of the pool. She had slain all the boys and saved Owen's life. Owen can only stare up at her with feelings of love and longing.


The last scene of the movie shows Owen on a train with a giant trunk at his feet. A tap sounds from the inside of the trunk and Owen taps back on the trunk. It is at this point that Owen is the "new" Thomas. He has committed the rest of his life to serving Abby, despite the fact that she is a monster.

Evaluation Number One.

For my first evaluation, I will be talking about the new Cradle of Filth CD. This CD is definitely their best one and I cannot get enough of it. 

Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa

Track listing:

Disc I
01. The Cult Of Venus Aversa
02. One Foul Step From The Abyss
03. The Nun With The Astral Habit
04. Retreat Of The Sacred Heart
05. The Persecution Song
06. Deceiving Eyes
07. Lilith Immaculate
08. The Spawn Of Love And War
09. Harlot On A Pedestal
10. Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)
11. Beyond Eleventh Hour

Disc II
01. Beast of Extermination
02. Truth And Agony
03. Adest Rosa Secreta Eros
04. Mistress From The Sucking Pit
05. Behind The Jagged Mountains
06. The Cult Of Venus Aversa [demo]
07. The Nun With The Astral Habit [demo]
08. Deceiving Eyes [demo]

Cradle of Filth’s extreme, symphonic brand of metal requires both extraordinary precision and masterful production. Cradle of Filth is expected to deliver on both fronts. Marthus Skaroupka’s blast beats give direction to the entire project, while Dani Filth’s vocal delivery remains consistent, without ever being particularly spectacular. Most people believe that the guitar work, although melodic, is somewhat monotonous, relying on galloping riffs and the occasional pinched harmonic. I happen to disagree thinking that the guitar work is some of their best and extremely catchy. It’s surely about time Cradle of Filth wrote an album to remind why the band has achieved so many accolades in the past.

The opening song sets the right impression and the intensity and technical wizardry of the members does not stop until the end of the last song. The songs are impressive in terms of their precision, something that Cradle of Filth has lacked in their first few albums. The unrelenting galloping riffs on this album are interrupted by moments of inspiration, such as the smooth riff of Deceiving Eyes, which is reinforced by what is the strongest writing on the album. 


Dani Filth’s vocal and writing capabilities are well-documented, and Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa seems to be the perfect platform from which to showcase his seeming plethora of grunts, growls, and higher pitched shrieks. His voice is well complemented by Ashley Ellysson’s synthesizer harmonies and high pitched screams.  His voice remains a paradigm of metal vocal mastery, while he is sharp enough to utilize Ellysson’s vocals in providing some variation to his own.The lyrical content is loosely based upon a Biblically-inspired concept, also drawing from Middle Ages history, and mythology. 


Some believe that Darkly Darkly doesn't match the mastery and brutal force of earlier releases such as Dusk...And Her Embrace, Cruelty and the Beast, or Thornography. The band really shows that they have matured musically and can now compose a well thought out and orchestrated album. With their past albums, their music seemed a bit messy and unfocused. Darkly Darkly has shown that even after ten years, Cradle of Filth can still compose a masterpiece. 

Yet another Cradle of Filth song. 

This one is Scorched Earth Eroitca off their album, Bitter Suites to Succubi.

Warning: If you don't like blood and guts, do not watch this!!!!

My all time favorite band - Cradle of Filth.
This is their newest hit, Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned) off their album Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa.
Enjoy! :)

Disappointment

Dear Lady Gaga,

Your new single, Born That Way, sucks. I was VERY disappointed to say the least.
I am sad to say that I am not looking forward to the new CD.

Love,
Jess!

JESS!

Hello! I'm Jess Aswall. I'm 18 years old and in my second semester at FCC. My major is in general studies because I have not decided what I want to do with my life. I have changed my mind several times about my life career and I cannot stick with an idea for more than 5 minutes. I've gone from the idea of being a veterinarian to being a pharmacist to being a photographer. I am taking a wide variety of classes to find out what interests me the most, hoping to decide what path to go on by the end of my FCC career.

I work at a local grocery store as a cashier. The grocery store is like a second home to me due to the fact that I am always there and I am friends with just about everyone that works there. When I'm not working or not at school, I'm usually found sitting on my couch multitasking. I have mastered the art of multitasking pretty well. I can text, Facebook, watch tv, do homework, play computer games, and talk on the phone all at the same time. I also like to play video games in my spare time. My favorites include Bayonetta, Kingdom Hearts, Left 4 Dead, and Super Smash Bros.

I am a very outgoing person and I enjoy meeting new people. I'm not afraid to embarass myself or stand out in a crowd. I like colorful things to match my colorful personality. I like to wear very colorful clothes matched with very colorful and bright shoes. My favorite person in the world is Lady Gaga. Mainly because she has opened the door to all the outcasts and showed that you should not be afraid of who you are. She tells people to live life to fullest and to not let people bring you down. I try to live my life by her advice by being happy every day and speaking loud so that my voice will be heard. I do not want to fade into the crowd.