Analysis of Popular Culture - SLU Madrid

 One of the horror movies that I have watched and I think it qualifis as such is A Quiet Place. To summarize the plot, the movie shows how the Abbott family has to survive through apocalyptic times. Strange creatures have taken over the world and they hunt by sound. Because of this, the Abbott family learns to live in silence and communicate with each other through sign language. If they make any sound the monsters would come and kill them. Which is what is happening at the beginning with the family’s youngest member Beau, and during the movie giving birth to the new baby will be the biggest challenge. As Cherry states “horror cinema deals with anxieties that are of great concern to the culture can thus explain some of the pleasures for the audience that allow the viewer to also work through these fears, and further it can also explain why horror is so enduring and always popular.” (Cherry) I think this movie is relevant to what Cherry explains in his essay because we see how the...

 The film that I have selected is that of “The Silence of the Lambs”. It is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme. According to Brigid Cherry - Horror-Routledge book she has noted something Wills who says there are grand narratives of horror. Some of the grand narratives of horror are: “social alienation, the collapse of moral and spiritual order, a deep crisis of evolutionary identity, the overt articulation of humankind’s innermost imperatives,a need to express the implications of human existence in an appropriate aesthetic”. In the Silence of the lambs, we see the character of Hannibal (“The Cannibal”) Lecter as the collapse of more order. While he serves as the monster in the story, but at the same time we have another character Buffalo Bill, feels unfit to inhabit his own body, his own skin. He murders young women and skins them to make a human suit. These types of horror films seem to be centered on the idea of something mysterious and the theme...

     Do you ever wonder why we are scared of scary movies? There's a lot more to making such a production than fake blood or editing. Oftentimes, cultural and political trends of our contemporary are reflected in the media. The genre of horror in cinema is a great example of the lense in which this reflection takes place. In Brigid Cherry's chapter, Horror and Cultural Moment , Cherry explains the implications of horror in society by bridging the genre to ideology of the contemporary, regardless of the geographical or historical setting of the work itself (Cherry, 2009, p. 167).       It Follows, directed by David Robert Mitchell premiered in 2014, and surely scares and reflects ideological anxiety within its subtexts. The film features a couple who are young and sexually active in the suburbs of Detroit, who are faced with a demon of a very peculiar kind; one that kills you after contracting it through sexual intercourse. In the film, the audienc...

 A fashion coordinator, a ceo, a mother, and a grandmother, she is a women that wears so many different hats. She not only has these titles, but does every single one to perfection. When having to interview someone of that stature can always be a little uncomfortable. Especially when you have to ask questions that normally you never discuss. Luckily, in my case I had the privilege of it being my grandmother. It was amazing to see her eyes light up with each question, and it made understand that I had never asked her before. It was as if she had been waiting for someone to ask her about her passion. Of course I had seen her have passion for all her creative work, but it was different when she talked about how it all started. I was shocked about how long she's had a passion for fashion. On our 9th question I had asked her What has kept her in fashion for so many years. I expected an answer of all I just like or it's something fun to do. I never expected the story that she told me...

Children dream of what they want to be when they grow up. They will want to be artists, rock stars, or even superheroes. They dream of fulfillment with purpose, and do not intend to live their future doing something that does not make them happy.  When children grow up, it seems that reality will ask them to make a very difficult question; will you do what you love, or will you do what you need to do to make money?  Fortunately, nowadays there is an expanding middle ground. An area of the economy dedicated to letting those who refuse to answer such a question. The creative economy is thriving. Creativity is an industry. You can now do what you love and get paid for it. As described by John Hartley, the creative industries are "a chance to bring together the two extremes of public art and commercial market in order to move beyond them and grasp new possibilities" (Hartley, 2005, p.g. 5).  Eduardo Brassai, a 24 year old model photographer from Long Island, NY exemplifies t...

Interviewing Mr. Andrea Colli, a naval architect and designer, has been an interesting   experience as it allowed me to realize how much the field of naval architecture, in particular, the job of boat-building and that of designing on-board equipment and motors, can relate to other creative jobs. Besides coordinating the activity of his studio "H3O Yacht Design," based in Milan, Italy, Mr. Colli designs different shapes of boats and their external and internal lay-outs. In doing this, creativity means taking care of every single aspect of the design of each new model, including the creation of the structures and on-board systems. On a daily basis, Mr. Colli's job consists of interacting with the technical offices of construction sites, studying new elements and new functional aspects, planning boats' internal fittings, components and accessories, meeting customers, and dedicating himself to the promotion of the company's business....