#gerald wei

[youre-stupid-uncle]

finished pieces by tincannedcrow :)

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[phightingheadcanons]

Phighting headcanon real names!

Melee

Sword: Archie Ezikel (Venomshank calls him Arc for short)

Skateboard: Michael Sanders

Biograft: No name. He’s a bot (Well he's given the nickname Gerald)

Katana: Takeshi Koyoriki

Banhammer: Arnold Kang

Ranged

Rocket: Liam Anderson

Slingshot: Kōsuke Fujiwara

Hyperlaser: Gabriel Igor Sebastian Alexander Solace (He's typically called Sebastian or Gab)

Shuriken: Yuki Saito

Scythe: Michelle Taylor

Support

Medkit: Matteo Louis Von Richter (He's typically called Louis) (His family line is very long btw as it dates back to the 1770's)

Boombox: Emilio Lewis (Last name was going to be Crooks but since his father found out about his dad's actions 5 months before he was born, (Boombox's grandpa got into multiple controversies in the past throughout his career as an actor), he didn't want to associate with the name Crooks anymore so he changed the last name to Lewis.)

Subspace: Jeremy Richard (prefers to be called Wei Zang as he hates his birth name)

Vinestaff: Sakura Saito

Coil: Benjamin Leon Cruz (Friends call him Leon)

nationality edition!

Melee

Sword: Italian-Greek

Skateboard: American-Canadian

Biograft: Made in China

Katana: Japanese

Banhammer: Brazilian-American (Studied in Germany to be a Judge)

Ranged

Rocket: American (Was then adopted later on by a Russian named Zuka after both his parents were killed by a drunk driver)

Slingshot: Japanese (Working in his dad’s cafe)

Hyperlaser: Russian

Shuriken: Japanese

Scythe: American (Texan)

Support

Medkit: Austrian-German (Was born in Germany. His mom is an Austrian. He can speak English but he tends to mix up English with German)

Boombox: American with Spanish origins

Subspace: Russian born in America (His mom left Russia when it was still called the USSR because she wanted her future generations to have a better life and future)

Vine Staff: Japanese

Coil: Filipino

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[crescelyne]

Act II: 𝐂𝐄́𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄, the jewel in bloom.

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ 𝑪𝒆́𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚, 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘, 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞́𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐚 (CÉLINE CHUA) is a Singaporean conglomerate under Cai Holding Group. She currently plays her role as CASCADE's Director of High-End Jewelry, Perfume, and Accessories, also had registered her soon-to-launch jewelry brand CRESTINÉ.

轮廓.

ㅤ ㅤ NAME: Christabel Crescélyne Chua.

ㅤㅤ NICKNAME: Céline

ㅤ ㅤ (also known as Céline Chua)

ㅤㅤ CHINESE NAME: CÀI XIÙHUĀ (蔡秀花)

ㅤㅤ PLACE OF BIRTH: Singapore

ㅤㅤ DATE OF BIRTH: September 23rd, 1997

ㅤㅤ GENDER: Cis-Female

ㅤ ㅤ BLOOD TYPE: A

ㅤㅤ NATIONALITY: Singaporean

ㅤ ㅤ ETHNICITY: Chinese & French

ㅤㅤ RELIGION: Catholic

ㅤ ㅤ ALMAMATER:

ㅤ ㅤ • LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore

ㅤ ㅤ • Istituto Marangoni Firenze

ㅤ ㅤ ZODIAC & CHINESE ZODIAC: Libra & Ox

ㅤㅤ MBTI: ENFJ (previously INFJ)

关系.

1. 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐚

JEREMY, Father | CÀI HUÌWÉN, 蔡慧文

Chairman of Cai Fashion and Retail, Co Ltd.

ㅤ ㅤ Nationality: Singaporean

ㅤ ㅤ Portrayal: Tu Songyan

2. 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐧

CINDY, Mother | FÀN XĪN LǏ, 范心里

Managing Director of CASCADE, Journalist at Vogue France (former)

ㅤ ㅤ Nationality: Singaporean, French (former)

ㅤ ㅤ Portrayal: Barbie Hsu

3. 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐨

GERALD, Fiancé | HUǑ GUĀNGXĪ, 火光熙

Celebrity Chef

ㅤ ㅤ Nationality: Chinese

ㅤ ㅤ Portrayal: William Chan/Chen Wei-ting

4. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐚

CALVIN, Older Brother | CÀI LIÁNJŪN, 蔡联军

Garment Director of CASCADE

ㅤ ㅤ Nationality: Singaporean

ㅤ ㅤ Portrayal: Cheng Lei

5. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐘𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐚

VALE, Cousin

ㅤ ㅤ Nationality: Singaporean

ㅤ ㅤ Portrayal: Kim Minji

6. 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐬

JARET, Close Relative | HÉ RUÌCHĀNG, 何瑞昌

College Student, Vale's Close Friend

ㅤ ㅤ Nationality: Indonesian

ㅤ ㅤ Portrayal: Chen Heyi

琐事.

ㅤ • She was a full-on introvert who turns into an extrovert after her college days. She is still very quiet at home, though.

ㅤ • She has a cat and a dog at home.

ㅤ • She is currently engaged.

ㅤ • She loves cooking and baking.

ㅤ • An early-bird who sleeps late.

ㅤ • All her siblings and cousings in Singapore is male except Valedora, who became her favorite cousin.

ㅤ • Jaret became her acquitance through Valedora. Not sure whether there is something between them, but what's certain is that he is a neighbor to that little cousin.

ㅤ • Is able to play piano and had huge interest in music.

她和家人.

ㅤ Christabel Crescélyne Chua, lovingly known as Céline, was born on a warm September day in 1997, in the vibrant heart of Singapore. Her parents, Chinese conglomerate Jeremy Antonius Chua (formerly Cai Huiwen) and French journalist Cindy Fan, had left behind the Cai Holding Group and their familiar Guangdong home in 1990, migrating to Singapore to build a new life. The entrepreneurial spirit ran deep in Céline's family, with her father, Jeremy, diving deep into the fast-paced retail industry. In 1994, just before her brother's birth, Jeremy founded Harmony Department Store, a modest venture that eventually rise to prominence as Singapore’s top department store by 2004, setting the stage for the family’s future success.

ㅤ Yet, beneath the success of Harmony lay a tale of resilience. In 1990, on the year of his migration, Jeremy, the third-born of six children in the powerful Cai family under chairman Cai Lei, was expelled from the family, along with his sibling, following a bitter family conflict. With the weight of their exile hanging over them, the brothers sought refuge in Singapore. There, with a portion of their fortune, they invested in Standard Chartered Bank in 1992 and began to rebuild their lives. Through determination and strategic investments, the brothers created thriving businesses. As the years passed and their financial and businesses success became undeniable, the Cai family reconciled with Jeremy and his sibling in 2005. The reunion not only mended broken familial ties but also resulted in the Cai Holding absorbing the brothers' businesses. Harmony was soon rebranded as CASCADE Department Store, transformed into a luxurious destination for middle and high-end clientele, and went under into Cai Fashion and Retail, Co Ltd, with Jeremy as a chairman.

ㅤ Against this backdrop of legacy and family intrigue, Céline carved her own path. Today, she stands as the High-End Jewelry, Perfume, and Accessories Director at CASCADE, a role she acquired by her parents force towards the division opening in 2018. Working alongside her brother, Calvin, who directs the garment division, and under the steady leadership of their mother, Cindy, the Managing Director of CASCADE, Céline has brought a new vision to the store’s luxury offerings.

ㅤ However, Céline’s ambitions stretch beyond CASCADE. She is in the midst of crafting her own high-end jewelry brand, CRESTINÉ, a project that reflects her personal passion for elegance and artistry. Though the prototypes of her first collection have been meticulously crafted, the brand's official launch is still on the horizon, as it undergoes early-stage funding and refinement in its research and development phase. CRESTINÉ, soon to be housed under the Cai Fashion and Retail roof, promises to be a extension of Céline's creative jewel ambitions.

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Céline’s life is a delicate weave of legacy and aspiration, balancing the weight of her family's complex history with her own dreams of innovation and luxury. Between the past and the future, she got both the strength of her heritage and the brilliance for her individual vision. #童话.

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Android - Loud and Clear from One Man Chen on Vimeo.

Produced at Brand New School

Executive Creative Director Magnus Hierta

2D Animation Director Gerald Soto

Copywriter David Muhlenfield

Storyboards JP Peer

Art Directors Ren Chen, Cristina Barna

Designers Olivia Blanc, Allen Lasseter, Valentino Vilches, Jelly Wei

Animators Sung Yeop Sim, Elaine Lee, David Jouppi, Mathijs Juijten, Olle Engstrom, Philip Nordstrom, Ross Plaskow, Josh Parker, Scott Johnson, Anthony Kim, Naoko Hara

Assistant Editor Andrew Polich

Producer Grant Keiner

CCO Jonathan Notaro

Audio Partner Tiny Lion

Managing Partner Devin Brook

Executive Producer Garrett Braren

Head of Production Johnna MacArthur

Resource Coordinator Kelly Cousins

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175+ non-Western literature recommendations to diversify your academia, organized by continent + country

I love world literature, and I’ve been frustrated by the lack of representation of it in literature + academia communities on tumblr, so here are some recommendations. I haven’t read all of these myself yet, but the ones I have are excellent and the ones I haven’t come highly recommended from Goodreads and are on my to-read list! 

With the exception of anthologies of older works, all of these books were written before 2000 (some literally thousands of years earlier), since I’m less familiar with super contemporary literature. Also, I only included each writer once, though many of them have multiple amazing books. I’m sure there are plenty of incredible books I’m missing, so please feel free to add on to this list! And countries that aren’t included absolutely have a lot to offer as well--usually, it was just hard to find books available in English translation (which all of the ones below are.)

List below the cut (it’s my first post with a cut so let’s hope I do it right... and also warning that it’s super long)

ASIA:

Bangladesh:

Pather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1929)

China:

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (6th century BCE)

The Art of War by Sun Tzu (5th century BCE)

The Analects by Confucius (circa 5th-4th century BCE?)

The Book of Chuang Tzu by Zhuangzi (4th century BCE)

Mencius by Mencius (3rd century BCE)

The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets (2nd century AD)

Li Po and Tu Fu: Poems by Li Po and Tu Fu (written 8th century AD)

Poems of Wang Wei (8th century AD)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong (14th century AD)

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling (1740)

Dream of the Red Chamber by Xueqin Cao (1791)

Six Records of a Floating Life by Shen Fu (1809)

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu Xun (1918)

Mr Ma and Son by Lao She (1929)

Family by Ba Jin (1933)

Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang (1943)

A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy by Wing-Tsit Chan (1963)

Red Sorghum by Mo Yan (1987)

Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian (1989)

The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature edited by Yunte Huang (anthology, 2016)

India:

The Rig Vega (1500-1200 BCE)

The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita (around 400 BCE but not known exactly. The Gita is part of the Mahabharata)

The Upanishads (REALLY wide date range)

The Dhammapada (3rd century BCE)

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way by Nāgārjuna (2nd century AD)

The Recognition of Sakuntala by Kālidāsa (4th century AD)

The Way of the Bodhisattva by Santideva (700 AD)

Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore (1910)

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar (1936)

The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru (1946)

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh (1956) 

A Source Book in Indian Philosophy by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles Alexander Moore (1957)

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (1981)

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (1993)

Women Writing in India: 600 BC to the Present V: The Twentieth Century by Susie J. Tharu and K. Lalita (1993)

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1995)

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1996)

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (1999)

Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence (anthology, 2011)

Indonesia:

The Weaverbirds by Y.B. Mangunwijaya (1981)

Iran:

Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (11th century AD)

The Essential Rumi by Rumi (13th century AD)

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat (1936)

Savushun by Simin Daneshvar (1969)

My Uncle Napoleon by Iran Pezeshkzad (1973)

Missing Soluch by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1979)

Iraq:

Fifteen Iraqi Poets edited by Dunya Mikhail (published 2013 but the poems are 20th century)

Japan:

The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu (9th-10th century AD)

The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon (1002 AD)

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (1008 AD)

The Tale of the Heike, unknown (12th century AD)

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse (not sure of year)

Essays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkō (1332)

Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki (1914)

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai (1948)

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (1948)

The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1948)

Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima (1949)

Masks by Fumiko Enchi (1958)

The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe (1962)

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe (1964)

Silence by Shūsaku Endō (1966)

Korea (written before the division into North/South):

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong (written 1795-1805)

Lebanon:

Samarkand by Amin Maalouf (1988)

Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury (1998)

Pakistan:

We Sinful Women: Contemporary Urdu Feminist Poetry (1991)

The Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1991)

The Taste of Words: An Introduction to Urdu Poetry edited by Raza Mir (2014)

Palestine:

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani (1963)

Orientalism by Edward Said (1978)

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti (1997)

Mural by Mahmoud Darwish (2000, which technically breaks my rule by a year but it’s great)

Philippines:

Noli Me Tángere by José Rizal (1887)

Saudi Arabia:

Cities of Salt by Abdul Rahman Munif (1984)

Sri Lanka:

Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai (1994)

Syria:

Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami (1989)

Taiwan:

Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin (1996)

Turkey:

My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk (1998)

Vietnam:

Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong by Hô Xuân Huong (1801)

The Tale of Kieu by Nguyen Du (1820)

Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong (1988)

Miscellaneous Asia (country unclear or multiple current day countries):

The Epic of Gilgamesh (circa 1800 BCE)

Myths from Mesopotamia translated by Stephanie Dailey

The Arabian Nights (as early as the 9th century AD, lots of changes over the years)

The Qur’an

AFRICA:

Algeria:

Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar (1985)

The Bridges of Constantine by Ahlam Mosteghanemi (1993)

Cameroon:

Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono (1956)

Egypt:

The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940 - 1640 B.C. translated by R.B. Parkinson

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (1956)

The Sinners by Yusuf Idris (1959)

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi (1975)

The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif (1999)

Ghana:

Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo (1977)

Two Thousand Seasons by Ayi Kwei Armah (1979)

In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture by Kwame Anthony Appiah (1992)

Guinea:

The Radiance of the King by Camara Laye (1954)

Kenya:

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thing'o (1994)

The River and the Source by Margaret A. Ogola (1995)

Libya:

The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni (1990)

Mali:

The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1973)

Nigeria:

The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola (1952)  

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958)

Efuru by Flora Nwapa (1966)

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta (1979)

Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka (1981)

Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten English by Ken Saro-Wiwa (1985)

The Famished Road by Ben Okri (1991)

Senegal:

God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène (1960)

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ (1981)

Somalia:

Maps by Nuruddin Farah (1986)

South Africa:

When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head (1969)

Fools and Other Stories by Njabulo S. Ndebele (1986)

Sudan:

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (1966)

Tunisia:

The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi (1957)

Zimbabwe:

The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera (1978)

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (1988)

Miscellaneous Africa:

The Granta Book of the African Short Story edited by Helon Habila (2011)

The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry edited by Gerald Moore and Ulli Beier (1963)

AMERICAS:

Antigua and Barbuda:

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (1988)

Argentina:

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges (1944)

Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar (1963)

The Museum of Eterna’s Novel (The First Good Novel) by Macedonio Fernández (1967)

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig (1976)

The Sixty-Five Years of Washington by Juan José Saer (1985)

How I Became a Nun by César Aira (1993)

Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo (2015 but written earlier)

Brazil:

Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis (1900)

Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lúcio Cardoso (1959)

Dona Flor and her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado (1966)

Pedagagy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire (1968)

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (1977)

Vast Emotions and Imperfect Thoughts by Rubem Fonseca (1988)

Chile:

The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso (1970)

Emergency Poems by Nicanor Parra (1972)

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (1982)

Colombia:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967)

Cuba:

The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier (1949)

Cold Tales by Virgilio Piñera (1958)

Dominican Republic:

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (1994)

Guatemala:

Men of Maize by Miguel Ángel Asturias (1949)

I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta Menchú (1985)

Guadalupe (part of France but overseas):

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé (1986)

Haiti:

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwige Danticat (1994)

Jamaica:

No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff (1987)

The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson (1999)

Martinique (part of France but overseas):

Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (1950)

Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (1961)

Poetics of Relation by Édouard Glissant (1997)

Mexico:

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (1955)

Aura by Carlos Fuentes (1962)

The Hole by José Revueltas (1969)

Underground River and Other Stories by Inés Arredondo (1979)

The Collected Poems, 1957-1987 by Octavio Paz (1987)

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (1989)

Nicaragua:

Azul by Rubén Darío (1888)

Peru:

The Cardboard House by Martín Adán (1928)

The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (1962)

The Complete Poems by César Vallejo (1968)

St. Lucia:

Omeros by Derek Walcott (1990)

Trinidad and Tobago:

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James (1938)

A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul (1961)

Uruguay:

Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (1971)

Venezuela:

Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos (1929)

Indigenous Writers from Canada and the United States:

American Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá (Dakota) (1921)

Winter in the Blood by James Welch (Blackfeet and A’aninin) (1974)

Emplumada by Lorna Dee Cervantes (Chumash) (1982)

She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) (1982) 

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich (Chippewa) (1984)

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo) (1986)

Custer Died for Your Sins by Vine Deloria Jr. (Dakota) (1988)

The Grass Dancer by Susan Power (Dakota) (1997)

Miscellaneous Americas:

And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central America edited by Rosario Santos (1988)

Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real edited by Celia Correas de Zapata (2003)

Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature edited by Cristina García (2006)

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Grand Theft Auto V (2013)

ATTENTION: Grand Theft V doesn’t actually have best shots since you can capture them by yourself. Following pictures here are screenshots. Also, the last shot was actually intended to be a joke.

Game publisher: Rockstar Games

Artist: Aaron Garbut

Cast: Shawn “Solo” Fonteno (Franklin Clinton), Ned Luke (Michael De Santa), Steven Ogg (Trevor Philips), Gerald “Slink” Johnson (Lamar Davis), Vicki Van Tassel (Amanda De Santa), Julian Gamble (Dave Norton), Robert T. Bogue (Steve Haines), Jonathan Walker (Devin Weston), George Cheung (Wei Cheng), Lazlow (Himself), Hassan Johnson (Harold “Stretch” Joseph), Jay Klaitz (Lester Crest), Alfredo Huereca (Martin Madrazo)

Developer: Rockstar North

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Film Genre Introduction

What is this module about?

Within this module we will be gaining a better understanding of film genres and how they relate to the filmmaking process. Beggining with the initial idea and working through the full pre-production, production, and post-production process. We will also be looking at the effects genre has on audiences. Obviously some films subvert ideas of their genre, but in order to do this it is important that the rules of the genre are understood. You have to understand the rules in order to break them.

Reading List

Scriptwriting

Johnson, Claudia H., Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect, 3rd edition (Focal Press, 2009)

Cowgill, Linda J., Writing Short Films: Structure and Content for Screenwriters, 2nd Edition (Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing, 2005)

Deleyto, Celestino, The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2009)

Egri, Lajos, The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (New York, London, Toronto and Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2004)

Field, Syd, The Definitive Guide to Screenwriting (London: Ebury Press, 2003)

Field, Syd, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (New York: Dell Publishing, 1982)

Frensham, Ray, Teach Yourself Screenwriting (London: Hodder Education, 2008)

Mackendrick, Alexander, ed. by Paul Cronin, On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director (London: Faber and Faber, 2004)

Parker, Philip, The Art and Science of Screenwriting, 2nd Edition (Bristol and Portland, Oregon: Intellect, 1999)

Sound Design

Chion, Michel, Audio Vision: Sound on Screen, Columbia University Press (15 April 1994)

Chion, Michel, Film. A Sound Art, Columbia University Press (4 Aug. 2009)

Bordwell, David, and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 10th Edition (New York: McGraw Hill, 2013)

Holman, Tomlinson, Sound for Film and Television, 3rd Edition (New York and London: Focal Press, 2010)

Sonnenschein, David, Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema (Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions, 2001)

Weis, Elisabeth, and John Belton, eds., Film Sound: Theory and Practice (New York: Columbia University Press, 1985)

Whittington, William, Sound Design and Science Fiction (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007)

Other Production Roles

Barnwell, Jane, Production Design: Architects of the Screen (London: Wallflower, 2004)

Bernstein, Steven, Film Production, 2nd Edition (Oxford: Focal Press, 1994)

Brown, Blain, Motion Picture and Video Lighting, 2nd Edition (Oxford: Focal Press, 2008)

Cleve, Bastian, Film Production Management, 3rd Edition (Oxford: Focal Press, 2006)

Jones, Chris, The Guerilla Film Maker’s Movie Blueprint (New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2003)

Katz, Steven D., Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions, 1991)

Kauffmann, Sam and Ashley Kennedy, 5th Edition, Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users (Oxford: Focal Press, 2012)

Millerson, Gerald, Lighting for Video, 3rd Edition (Oxford: Focal Press, 1991)

Millerson, Gerald, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film, 3rd Edition (Oxford: Focal Press, 1991)

Rabiger, Michael, Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics, 3rd Edition (Oxford: Focal Press, 2003)

Street, Sarah, Costume and Cinema: Dress Codes in Popular Film (London: Wallflower, 2001)

Wheeler, Paul, Practical Cinematography (Oxford: Focal Press, 2000)

Projects:

Within this module there are two main projects:

The Film Genre Project (Tagged  #the film genre project )

This project is split into four sections.

1. The Film Still, in which we choose a still from a film and present its links to its genre to our groups and lecturers. (This is an individual task) 

2. The Master Shot, in which we must work in our groups to create our own still image which will link to the next aspects of the project. After which we will present this still to the other groups and our lecturers.

3. Writing A Script, each member of our group must write a script of no more than 3 pages that is suitable for a single location and actor. This should be a development of The Master Shot and should fit a specific genre.

4. Making A Film, we will choose one script from our group and it will be made into a 2-3 minute short film, using techniques developed during previous aspects of the project.

Sound Design Exercise (Tagged  #sound design exercise )

This project will begin on October 1st. In this exercise we will work in groups to create the sound design for an assigned short film.

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Upcoming Shows Through January 2020

We’re pleased to announce our advance schedule of exhibitions through January 2020, including a retrospective featuring the futurist fashion of Pierre Cardin; a solo presentation of work by internationally recognized artist JR; and the reinstallation of the Museum's Arts of Japan and China collections. In addition, and in collaboration with the Château de Malmaiso, France, in January 2020 the iconic Kehinde Wiley painting from the Brooklyn Museum's collection—Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (2005)—will be on view in dialogue with its early nineteenth-century source painting, Jacques-Louis David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800-1801).

Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion 

July 20, 2019-January 5, 2020 Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantory Gallery, 5th Floor

The retrospective exhibition Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion traces the legendary career of one of the fashion world's most innovative designers, one whose futuristic designs and trailblazing efforts to democratize high fashion for the masses pushed the boundaries of the industry for more than seven decades. Featuring over 170 objects that date from the 1950s to the present, the exhibition includes haute couture and ready-to-wear garments, accessories, photographs, film, and other materials drawn primarily from the Pierre Cardin archive. Highlights range across rare designs in luxury fabrics from the 1950s; a large grouping from the landmark 1964 "Cosmocorps" collection; creations that incorporate vinyls, plastics, and the self-named "Cardine" synthetic fabric; signature unisex ensembles featuring full knit bodysuits with layered skirts, vests, bibs, and jewelry; iconic broad-shouldered jackets from the 1980s based on Japanese origami, Chinese architecture, and American football uniforms; "illuminated" jumpsuits and dresses; and an extensive overview of Cardin's recently designed couture menswear and eveningwear. The exhibition reveals how the designer's bold, futuristic aesthetic had a pervasive influence not only on fashion, but on other forms of design that extended beyond clothing to furniture, industrial design, and more.

Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion is curated and designed by Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture, Brooklyn Museum. Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by Chargeurs.

Terry O'Neill (British, born 1938). Raquel Welch in a Pierre Cardin outfit featuring a miniskirt and necklace in blue vinyl, worn with a Plexiglas visor, 1970. Image courtesy of Iconic Images. © Terry O'Neill / Iconic Images

JR: Chronicles October 4, 2019-May 3, 2020 Great Hall, 1st Floor

We’re pleased to present JR: Chronicles, the French artist's largest solo museum exhibition to date. The presentation covers nearly 20,000 square feet of our Great Hall and traces JR's artistic evolution since 2001, focusing on his commitment to community and civic discourse through the use of large-scale media such as news and advertising as well as architectural interventions. Working at the intersections of photography, social practice, and street art, JR's participatory projects have fostered collaborations and conversations around the globe. The exhibition centers on The Chronicles of New York City, a new monumental mural incorporating the portraits and stories of over one thousand New Yorkers. The immersive installation also features JR's most well-known works across photography, installation, film, and video from the past fifteen years, including his first major collaborative project, Portrait of a Generation (2004-6); Face 2 Face (2007), which features giant portrait diptychs of Israelis and Palestinians, face to face, in eight Palestinian and Israeli cities; Women Are Heroes (2008-9), featuring images of the eyes of women gazing back at their communities in numerous countries, including Brazil, India, and Kenya; the global participatory art project Inside Out (2011-ongoing); and The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America (2018), a video mural that gives a face to the full and complex spectrum of views on guns in the United States.

JR: Chronicles is curated by Sharon Matt Atkins, Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Drew Sawyer, Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator, Photography, Brooklyn Museum.

JR (French, born 1983). The Chronicles of New York City (detail), 2018-19. Dimensions variable. © JR-ART.NET

Arts of China Opens October 25, 2019 Arts of Asia and the Middle East, 2nd Floor

Our comprehensive collection of Chinese art spans more than five thousand years of Chinese artistic accomplishment, and boasts a diversity of art forms including jades, bronzes, lacquer, sculpture, painting, and calligraphy. This fall, we open our newly reinstalled galleries for our renowned Arts of China collection, featuring recent acquisitions, new commissions, and rarely seen historical treasures. Our large collection of cloisonné enamels, many from the Chinese imperial collection, are featured, along with masterpieces of bronze such as a Shang dynasty ritual vessel (gong) and a Han dynasty goose. Also on view are a selection of ceramics, including our world-famous Yuan dynasty Wine Jar with Fish and Aquatic Plants, widely acknowledged to be one of the finest blue-and-white porcelains in the Western hemisphere. Since 2014, we have worked to expand our holdings of contemporary painting and sculpture by Chinese artists, culminating in the acquisition of over fifty works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including new commissions that spark dialogue with objects from our historical collection. Highlights include experimental ink painting by Sun Xun, Zheng Chongbin, Tai Xiangzhou, Zhang Jian-Jun, Bingyi, Peng Wei, and others.

Arts of China is curated by Susan L. Beningson, Assistant Curator, Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum.

Wine Jar with Fish and Aquatic Plants. China. Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration, 111 5/16 x 13 3/4 in. (30.3 x 34.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The William E. Hutchins Collection, Bequest of Augustus S. Hutchins, 52.87.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Arts of Japan Opens October 25, 2019  Arts of Asia and the Middle East, 2nd Floor

This fall, we unveil a new gallery for our Arts of Japan collection following a multiyear renovation. In this inaugural installation, seventy objects from our collection illustrate the sophistication of Japanese art-making technologies and explore the dialogue between tradition and innovation in Japan. Featuring masterworks of Buddhist sculpture, vivid Ukiyo-e prints, exquisite screen paintings, and cutting-edge contemporary ceramics, the gallery highlights two thousand years of artistic achievement. In acknowledgement of the cultural diversity within the region, the installation also includes highlights from our important collection of artifacts from the Ainu people of northern Japan, material that is rarely shown in an art museum setting

Arts of Japan is curated by Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator, Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum.

Head of Guardian. Japan. Kamakura period (1185-1333), 13th century. Hinoki wood with polychrome, inlaid rock crystal eyes, filigree metal crown, 22 1/16 x 10 1/4 x 13 15/16 in. (56 x 26 x 35.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection, 86.21. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

One: Xu Bing October 25, 2019-April 26, 2020  Focus Gallery, 2nd Floor

Focusing on a major new gift to our world-renowned collection of Chinese art, One: Xu Bing highlights the painting Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman (2018). Created specifically for the Brooklyn Museum in consultation with curator Susan L. Beningson, this painting by one of China's most important living artists celebrates Xu Bing's close relationship with Brooklyn, where he lived in the 1990s and still has a studio today. Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman pays homage to Walt Whitman, the famous American poet, who served as an early librarian at the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library Association (our predecessor). His now-iconic poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" is part of his collection Leaves of Grass and celebrates the idea that all of us are united in our shared human experience. 2019 marks Whitman's 200th birthday, and this exhibition includes material from our Archives to celebrate his relationship to the Museum.  

Xu Bing (b. 1955) developed Square Word Calligraphy as a new way of rendering the English language after he came to New York in the early 1990s. The hybrid calligraphy incorporates English words in rectangular arrangements that resemble Chinese characters. This interplay between form and language reflects Xu Bing's experience in New York, where he lived between two cultures.

One: Xu Bing is curated by Susan L. Beningson, Assistant Curator, Asian Art, Brooklyn Museum.

Xu Bing (Chinese, born 1955). Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman, 2018. Ink on paper, 89 3/8 x 48 13/16 in. (227 x 124 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Xu Bing to the Brooklyn Museum in honor of his father, 2018.24a-b. (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

Jacques-Louis David Meets Kehinde Wiley January 24-May 10, 2020  Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor

Jacques-Louis David Meets Kehinde Wiley brings an iconic painting from our collection—Kehinde Wiley's Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (2005)—into dialogue with its early nineteenth-century source painting, Jacques-Louis David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1800-1801). The two paintings, displayed together for the very first time, are on view in consecutive exhibitions at the Château de Malmaison from October 9, 2019 to January 6, 2020, and at the Brooklyn Museum from January 24 to May 10, 2020. The exhibition questions how ideas of race, masculinity, representation, power, heroics, and agency play out within the realm of portraiture. The Brooklyn presentation marks the first display of David's painting in New York, and Wiley helps highlight this momentous occasion by consulting on the exhibition design. Video also accompanies the project, incorporating Wiley's perspectives on how the Western canon, French portrait tradition, and legacies of colonialism influence his own practice. The exhibition represents an intimate conversation between two key artists of the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries and illuminates how images construct history, convey notions of power and leadership, and monumentalize figures in the form of aggrandizing icons.

The exhibition is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison and Bois-Préau. The Brooklyn presentation is curated by Lisa Small, Senior Curator, European Art, and Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum.

Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977). Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005. Oil on canvas, 108 x 108 in. (274.3 x 274.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Partial gift of Suzi and Andrew Booke Cohen in memory of Ilene R. Booke and in honor of Arnold L. Lehman, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, and William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2015.53. © Kehinde Wiley. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825). Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Bonaparte franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard), 1801. Oil on canvas, 102 1/3 x 87 in. (261 x 221 cm). Collection of Château de Malmaison. (Photo: Courtesy RMN-GP)

Top image: Pierre Cardin two-tone jersey dresses, with vinyl waders, 1969. (Photo:Yoshi Takata. © Pierre Pelegry)

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hit reshare if you were one of the emo kids who didnt like any identical 2000s emo bands didnt know who gerald wey panic disco fallout new boygas was and didnt like emo music at all and werent technically emo by definition due to all of this

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fishing trip haul

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Space is the Place from Gerald Mark Soto on Vimeo.

Description/ Space is the place, so say it Jelly Wei by way of her design. I had lots of fun animating this spot. The highlights during animating this one were creating the motion of a convincing wobble of the planets on a string. I used Element 3D @andrewkramer for 2 planets that had rings, I felt it was the best way to get the best result based on the design. Enjoy the BTS, a breakdown of the process. The script KEYboard @aescripts was and always is incredibly helpful for managing all my keyframes. Produced at Brand New School.

Duties/ Animation

Credits/ Made at Brand New School Design: Jelly Wei - @jelly_wei Animation: Gerald Mark Soto - @geraldmarksoto ACD: Andres Rivera @raccoonnook CD: Chris Dooley @doolsgold CCO: Jonathan Notaro @jonathannotaro

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Paul Mensah: Blau-Weiß Linz forward scores to cut Lustenau lead in Austria Liga 2

[caption id="attachment_1025564" align="alignnone" width="800"] LINZ,AUSTRIA,30.APR.22 - SOCCER - ADMIRAL 2. Liga, FC Blau Weiss Linz vs SC Austria Lustenau. Image shows Paul Mensah (Linz).Photo: GEPA pictures/ Christian Moser[/caption]Ghanaian forward Paul Mensah was on target for Blau-Wei Linz in their 1-1 stalemate at home to league leaders Austria Lustenau.The draw ensures the home side cut their lead to just two points with three matches to end the season.The Ghanaian opened the scoring in the 20th minute before Cameroonian Michael Cheukoua pulled parity with 24 minutes left on the clock.After the game, Blau-Weiss Linz coach Gerald Scheiblehner praised his team and stated that they have improved their goal scoring."We want to be fair to all teams and win every game. Both Lustenau and FAC deserve promotion," he said."It was a very good performance, my team achieved a lot."Compared to the autumn, we have made a step forward in striker goals."Paul Mensah who joined Blau-Weiss Linz in January from FC Botosani, has two goals in 10 games and assisted two.  source: https://ghanasoccernet.com/

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REPOSSESSION - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Gravitas Ventures

SYNOPSIS: 50-year-old Jim has done everything in his power to construct a perfect life for his wife and daughter. They reside in a beautiful condo in the world’s most expensive city. When he is unexpectedly laid off, he desperately clings onto the symbols of his success. In deniability, he eventually seeks other avenues of income. As his life begins to crumble, demons from his past begin to resurface threatening his family and all their souls.

REVIEW: REPOSSESSION is a bleak and haunting tale of a character’s social and economic demise that spirals into a sinister nightmare. As Jim sinks deeper into the abyss, is it a result of market forces and prejudices, or is his misfortune being manipulated by an evil spirit.

Ming Siu Goh & Scott C. Hillyard’s screenplay feels a bit like Joel Schumacher’s 1993 “Falling Down,” in that we witness the unwinding of this character’s life and all that he believes that pushes him to extremes. Unlike “Falling Down,” REPOSSESSION takes place over the course of months allowing the viewer to become familiar with these characters. What the storytellers present, what we assume, is Jim’s major fault, his pride, becomes a bit more complex as the tale unfolds. As his life goes from bad to worse, is Jim a victim or is what he begins to  perceive as an external force something that has been festering within? The storytellers do an excellent job of breaking this character down and building up to a point where the viewer question Jim’s reality. They start from a place of normalcy. Jim is your average, hardworking guy, and a dedicated family man. He has a disabled sister he visits regularly in an assisted living facility. They take their time in building the character’s identity up during the early stages of his job crisis so the viewer can identify and sympathize. In the final act the tale offers viewers additional insight to Jim’s past. Are the pressures of life so intense for him that he brings about release, or is he pushed to these critical moments by a spirit that taunts him and thrives on his pain. I enjoyed how they skillfully blend these two elements with interesting characters to craft an engrossing tell of contemporary terror.

REPOSSESSION has excellent production values. Jim’s apartment is a fabulous location, setting the bar as something special he could lose. The costumes are effective. The cinematography is crisp. It instills a sense of  harsh reality rather than a waking nightmare. Wei Yong Teo’s score underpinned the emotional tones of the narrative, subtle, just below the surface of the performances so as to nicely accentuate them. The effects were nicely stated. There is blood, but always in service of the narrative and not exploited for shock value. There is no violence for violence’s sake.

I enjoyed the performances. It’s a nice ensemble cast with strong performances. Gerald Chew, as Jim, carries the film. He has a broad emotional palate that enables the viewer to take his journey from daily life to madness. He creates this “every man” that elicits the viewers emotions so that we are shocked and horrified by what comes his way.

Filmmaker’s Ming Siu Goh & Scott C. Hillyard strikes a sobering balance between reality and the surreal in REPOSSESSION. It keeps the viewer off balance as it straddles social commentary and the main character's deteriorating mental state. Clearly set in an Asian country, I enjoyed the lack of judeo-christian imagery when it came to the demonic elements of the story. Additionally, I like the ambiguity of what is transpiring based on the character’s mental state. In numerous horror films that deal with possession we often hear about a psychological evaluation. This film clearly presents that connection. There is an abundance of elements that make this engaging film well worth the view.

CAST: Gerald Chew, Amy J Cheng, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Rachel Wan and Matthew Loo. CREW: Directors/Screenplay/Producers - Ming Siu Goh & Scott C. Hillyard; Cinematographer - Woon Seong Chow; Score - Wei Yong Teo; Editor - Gregory Tay; Costume Designer - Rey Lee; Effects - Core Crew Fx OFFICIAL: N.A. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/RepossessionFilm TWITTER: twitter.com/RepossessionSG TRAILER: https://youtu.be/r6gDCX3iMDk RELEASE DATE: On digital December 21st, 2021

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

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Ana Basri: oh yeah I like all the rangers equally. Ricardo Ortega, ugh, Wei Chen, uh argent and *looks at smudged writing on hand* Gerald

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*A la mañana siguiente afuera de los departamentos*

*Roger va hacia la camioneta que irá a entregar y ve sentada a Addison afuera tomando el sol*

Roger: Buenos días!

Addison: Buenos días

Roger: Hermosa, tu debes ser la nueva vecina cierto?

Addison: Si, nos mudamos ayer mi hermana y yo

Roger: Woow excelente, espero que les guste el barrio, yo vivo aquí con mi mejor amigo Gerald, espero que pronto podamos conocernos los cuatro

Addison: Muchas gracias por el buen recibimiento y claro mi hermana y yo estaremos encantadas de tener nuevos amigos aqui

Gery: Wey llévame a un mandado antes de entregar la camioneta

Roger: Si claro vamos!

Roger: Bueno hermosa, nos veremos pronto... es más, en la noche tendremos una reunión aquí en el departamento si quieren tu y tu hermana pueden ir