miércoles, 10 de octubre de 2012

Castlevania




When I was younger I was a big fan of videogames, so I played a lot of them. Now, for many reasons, I don't play videogames at all. When I was 14 or 15, a friend of mine lent me a game called Castlevania: Symphony of The Night. It was a game for the Play Station console, and it was really amazing and addictive; actually I played it for almost a year.



The game is about a warrior who enters in an enormous castle where Dracula lives. The purpose of the game is to defeat all the enemies and bosses in the castle and finally defeat Dracula. It is a really long game, full of missions to complete.I like this game because the story is really good and there are a lot of enemies, weapons and stages. Also I liked the music and the visual aesthetic of the game.

I guess that I completed it like 2 or 3 times, I was really addicted to it! So that's all, greetings (:

miércoles, 3 de octubre de 2012

Bob Brooks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/oct/03/bob-brooks-advertising

The article I have chosen is related to the media industry, and is  about the advertising work, a really
important thing in the press business. The article is dedicated to Bob Brooks, an American film director who died last week, and the author names him as the man who reinvented the advertising in TV, at least in England.

Sam Delaney, the author of this article, talks about how he met Brooks the last year in Monaco, and how important this man was in the english TV. Brooks created some commercials that were very succesful in the 70´s and 80´s, like an advert for Yellow Pages or another called Smash. His commercials, says the author, were always funny and warm, and that was the key of his success.


The author also explains the particular  fame that the director had. Brooks was always aggresive in the studio sets, always screaming or being angry. Delany says that the sense of professionalism he had was the reason of his constant angryness. When Brooks came to England, the adverts weren't looked so seriously, so the workers in the sets didn't realized their task so serious.

Also, the author says that Brooks wasn't able to expand his success in making films. His only attempt was a movie called Tatto, released in 1981, wich was a sort of failure, because Brooks didn't had the diplomacy to deal with the big filming studios, says Delany.

So, that´s it. greetings (:

martes, 2 de octubre de 2012

Michelangelo

Michelangelo, for me, is one of the greatest artists in the story of humanity. He was an italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, one of the most important exponents of the Art in the Rennaissance, allong with Leonardo Da Vinci. He was born in  1475, and he  died at the age o 88 in 1564.

He is sindicated as the "founder" of the Mannerist painting, a style that was related to the high masters of the Renaissance, like Da Vinci, Rafael or Michelangelo itself. His painting was realistic and naturalistic, but had some twisted details, exaggerating some characteristics of the models. Most of his paintings were orientated to christian religion, being paid by some popes for his work. One of the greatest paintings of Michelangelo is The creation of Adan, The Last Judgement or The Conversion of Saint Paul; all of it are placed in the Sixtine Chapel, in the Vatican

He is one of my favorites painters specially for his perfectionistic work, and for the his enormous artistic heritage. Here is picture of The Last Judgement, one of the pictures of the Sixtine Chapel





Greetings (:

Italy

Well, there are a lot of countries that I would really love to visit; there are so many amazing places in all the continents, especially in America, Europe and Asia. But, If i had to choose one country, i will pick Italy

Italy is a country placed in the south of Europe. It is near to France and Germany, and its coasts lead to the mediterranean sea. Is worldwide known by its food, dedicated to pastes, noodles and spaguetti. Also is known by having historical architectures like te Colisseum, the tower of Pissa or the Vatican.

If someday I reach Italy, i will do a lot of things. The first thing would be visit all the museums, gallerys and the monuments in the country. Also i would love to visit the Vatican and the Sixtine Chapel; i'm not religous, but that place is really beautiful and it has a lot of sculptures and pictures. After that, I would like to visit places like the Toscana, Sicilia or Venecia,and go to some bars or restaurants (I really love the italian food!).

Being sincere, I won't like to study or work there. Is not my country, and I probably will miss my friends and my family. I only like to visit the country, as a tourist.

So that'ts it, see you (: