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t’s been a difficult time getting this magazine up and running, but it’s been a rewarding one. Through thick and thin, Illustrator and Interviews, we have struggled to create this magazine.

We started out with one thing in common: an interest in media. We all came into the group with very different ideas of what that meant, however. Our greatest challenges have probably been sorting out among ourselves what we wanted this magazine to be. Some of us came thinking of movies, some of us games, and some of us from their phones. With so many diverse viewpoints, we decided to do the only thing we could: use them all.

So we each went with our specialty, and we all got to work on things that interested us. With us each working on our own topics, we slowly put together a magazine under the broader topic of entertainment and social media. After months of work, we incorporated all of our ideas into a single magazine, and at long last we have finished. We have all had a great time creating this magazine, and have learned so much from our work. We would like to thank all those who helped us along this goal, including our teacher, Ms. Katopodis, and all of our wonderful interviewees that we have worked with throughout the semester. We are very proud of the work we have done, and are very glad to have been able to work on this.

-Entermedia Design Team

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The Contributors The Group

Tristan Ravenswood Ketcham is the nerd of the group, and does everything from Dungeons and Dragons to musicals to choir. Despite spending so much time after school, Tristan still manages to spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer while at home. Much of the content he has created is about one of his larger hobbies: gaming.

He is currently a freshman at LASA High School, and is widely considered to be rather peculiar and at most times is awkwardly loud.

Tristan Ketcham Morgan Walters Morgan Walters is the youngest child of three.She enjoys hanging out with her friends and doing gymnastics in her free time. Her favorite things to do on her phone are text, twitter, and snapchat. She is mostly up to date with social media, and uses a wide variety of social media sites and app, from Facebook to Snapchat. She is a 15-year-old freshman that attends the Liberal Arts Science Academy.

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Maria was born in Fort Worth Texas, but was raised in Austin. She normally spends her free time reading and helping around her house.

She wants to grow up to be a doctor because she likes helping others. She enjoys to talk and hangout with her friends after school. She loves watching horror movies with her brother and cousin on weekends.

Maria Rivera

Isaiah Hernandez

Amanda Pandola Amanda Pandola is a competitive swimmer and is also on the LBJ swim team. Even though she takes a lot of her free-time swimming, she still has time to be with friends and family. In the summer, she likes to spend her time on Netflix watching all of the series of shows, and movies. She does not use all of the social media websites but she is pretty up-to-date on social media.

She attends LASA as a 15-year-old freshman, and loves high school, especially because of her friends.

Isaiah’s class name is “Squirrel”, because he is sporadic and unpredictable.

He goofs off most of the time but somehow manages to get his schoolwork done (barely).

He is a freshman at LASA and is in the LBJ Marching Band.

His favorite show is “The Walking Dead,” his favorite movie is “Forrest Gump,” and his favorite social media is Facebook. He isn’t up-to-date with celebrities, but he knows enough to make a magazine about it.

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Table of Contents 3 Letter from the Editors

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6 Biographies 8 What IS Socialmedia 10 Keeping Film Festivals Weird 17 What’s in an App? 22 Movies You Can’t Refuse 24 What’s up with Radio?

32 A look into the Rift 36 Movie’s Influence in Pop Culture 24

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o produce a mobile app the average cost is about $6,453 sometimes ranging even more. Companies produce many mobile apps each year but only some are social media and only some of them become majorly used social media apps. New York Daily News reported that each person has an average of 41 apps on their mobile device. Everyday each person checks all or most of these social media apps on their mobile device whether it is to share information or to check out what other people have been doing lately. Ashley Gonzales a freshman at Liberal Arts Science Academy checks instagram 8 times a day and checks twitter 5 times a day. Out of the top 10 most downloaded social media apps she uses 8 every single day. Check out the top 10 social media apps downloaded/used each day according to ITunes and see which ones you use each day.

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Creadited to YouTube.com YouTube allows users to share videos on a website or as in this case a video-sharing app. Users can upload, share, and watch videos. Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion. According to YouTube’s statistics more than 70% of YouTube’s traffic comes from outside of the US. Many people become famous through YouTube, having their own YouTube channel, making videos each week to share to the world. You could join YouTube and become famous. According to Jeff Bullas’ info graphic, people watch over 4 billion hours of video each month. Also according to Bullas’ info graphic the second most used search engine, even more than Yahoo, Bing, Ask, and Aol, is YouTube.

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Facebook is a social media website that is used for people to share what they are doing and keep in contact with people. According to visual.ly there was over 800 million users on Facebook in 2012. 56% of facebook users are female and 44% of users are male. Also according to visual.ly the facebook users are mostly between the age of 18-34.

Instagram is a social media app that people use to share pictures and now you can also share videos.

Instagram was first created as an app and now it is turned into a website that you can also get onto on the computer. Instagram starting letting you share videos after they saw how popular vine had become.

Twitter is a social networking site that was created into an app.

Twitter is where you can post a 200 character tweets or status updates. According to mediabistro. com the average user has tweeted 307 tweets. Also according to mediabistro.com 50% of all twitter users use this social networking via mobile.

Skype was first a computer application for video chatting with other people that also had Skype.

Skype was then turned into a mobile app so people can video chat on their mobile devices. According to Technology Talk, Skype has over 560 million total users, 124 million monthly log-ins, and 8.1 million monthly paying users.

Ask.fm is a netwroking site where people can ask other people questions anonymously. Ask.fm can sometimes not be a good thing, for some people may get hate, but for most of the time they’re just getting asked questions without hate.

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Snapchat is a social media app that people can send pictures of what they are doing at the time for only up to 10 seconds. According to wikipedia the apps main demographic is users between the age of 13 and 23.

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Vine is a social media app where you can share 7 second videos. A lot of people become vine famous, by making vine videos, and them getting shared by other people.

Vine reached over 40 million users after 7 months.

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KiK is an app that you can message anyone that also has the app.

It is just an app that you can contact people, pretty much another form of text messaging. People use KiK mostly for when they don’t want to give their own phone number to someone, they can just give them their user name.

Tumblr was originally a social networking site but was turned into a mobile app. Tumblr is a social blogging service. According to Wikipedia Tumblr host over 139.4 million blogs. During October of 2013 over 86.1 million post were created on the site each day.

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Behind The Scenes Of The Austin Film Festival

What makes this festival so unique

by: Maria Rivera Lights, camera, action! Austin Film Festival season has arrived and students from all over Austin are working with Stacy Brick to try to improve their artistic talents in filmmaking. They have the opportunity to study the elements of film guided by a DSC [Digital Storytelling Curriculum} created specifically for teenagers.

A DSC teaches the ways to form a professional film plot and helps them advance their natural talents.

“Anyone can submit a film or script to the festival...I love being able to expose students to the great resources that AFF has to offer,” Brick said.

Students being able to work with a professional DSC is not the only thing that the AFF [Austin Film Festival] has to offer. The AFF includes many competitions and entertainment opportunities, but what makes this festival so much more unique than the other yearly big events in Austin? The AFF gives different learning and creative opportunities to the people in Austin. Though some feel that the AFF is nothing more than some simple competitions it is actually made up of different activities that help Filmmakers express them selves using their work.

“By introducing young people to the film industry, the program hopes

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to provide them new mediums to express their creativity, improve their communication skills and benefit the entire arts community,” Brick said.

The Young Filmmakers program introduces students to screenwriting and filmmaking.

The program offers opportunities for the young filmmakers to share their work with the public and professional filmmakers. The organization is open to people ages nine through eighteen. This organization works with the AFF to help develop the creativity of Austin young people. This program also offers 300 scholarships to students and teachers. Also offered is the chance to attend AFF and a conference to receive professional filmmaking tips and learn about the art and business behind filmmaking.

“AFF is the only film festival dedicated to the art of screenwriting.” Brick said “We have great panelists who come to Austin to talk to registrants about all aspects of writing for television and film.”

Photo by Ausitn Film Festival

Students at a Summer Young filmmakers camp working on their film with profetional equipment.

The AFF is a festival dedicated

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Anyone can submit a film or script to the festival.

-Brick

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to the art of filmmaking and the expansion of the creativity in people in Austin. The AFF has been runnigng for seven years now and continues to grow in popularity. This festival consists of multiple film competitions and entertainment opportunities.

Although the festival is only held once a year there are many activities and conferences throughout the year that everyone can participate in.

Photo by Liz Lopez and Liz’s Lenswork

“I deal with everything from creative elements with the event, marketing, promotion, staff management, budgeting and accounting, to morale issues….and occasionally taking out the trash,” Barbara Morgan said.

Since the first AFF Morgan has worked and seen the festival evolve in popularity. Executive Director Barbara Morgan does almost everything she can to be able to make the festival a great experience for every attendant.

“The festival is a great opportunity for people to achieve recognition and inspiration for their work,” Morgan said. “I have been to many festivals now and we manage to connect more people personally and emotionally than most any festival out there.”

Morgan says she likes working with the contestants because of the way they think up ideas. Being up close to the contestants helps her know and gives her insight about some of the decisions that they made with their film. The AFF gives a chance for people to see what the career of filmmaking is all about and what decisions should be made to achieve greatness in this practice. “ Inspiration is one of the key elements of the Austin Film Festival,” Morgan said.

Both Morgan and Brick’s work involve working with people with

James Franco posing at the 2012 Austin Film Festival to see the first film screening. This is one of the many times he has participated in the festival.

He contributes to the festival by giving his opinions of the film career and giving professional advice to the film students present.

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I deal with everything... occasionally taking out the trash.

-Morgan

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incredibly big imaginations. Brick works with young students to try to improve their artistic expression and incorporate that into their work. Morgan said she on the other hand works with people from all ages to try to understand their personal film choices. The first step to accomplishing their goals is to be full of creativity themselves. “ I studied film in graduate school and I enjoy speaking to students about all aspects of film,” Brick said.

The AFF comes with more than just professional opinion: the majority of the people that work in the festival have some sort of film industry experience. Staff members like Brick studied film while others

are just film lovers. The festival was composed for film lovers and made by film lovers.

“It is my baby and I love what we do here,” Morgan said.

Festival attendees are not the only people that: enjoy the AFF, the staff are just as enthusiastic about it as anyone. For Morgan who has been a part of the AFF team since 1993, this festival is like a tradition. The staff loves working with young minds and talented people; Morgan said “...this is our strength…,” when asked if the AFF help people express their creativity.

The Austin Film Festival, dedicated to the art of filmmaking, is composed of a staff that runs by a single motivation hel ping the filmmaking industry. They accomplish this by helping creative writers express themselves in their work and better their techniques.

But the effect that the festival has on the participants is amazing, the AFF is an inspiring part of Austin and the community.

“We are a writer’s festival and we were the first festival to honor the screenwriter,” Morgan said.

About the interviewed staff

Photo by Liz Casanova

Italian director Vincenzo Consentino is describing how he created the carectors and costumes for his movie “Handy.”

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Stacy Brick

Barbara Morgan

By: Stacy Brick

By: Barbara Morgan

Stacy graduated from the University of Texas in 1997 with a BA in Journalism. She earned an MA in Media Studies from The New School in 2005. She has volunteered for AFF, Women Make Movies and Rooftop Films.

Stacy and her husband are the founders of the Saving the School scholarship to benefit students at Reagan High School.

Inspiration is...the key.

-Morgan

Barbara Morgan started the Festival in 1993 and hase been the director since the inception of the event. For her the experiences which are the most important are the ones shared with attendees they are purely creative concepts which lead to the birth and fruition of the films we all love. Morgan serves on the Board of Directors for a number of organizations, including International Film Festival Summit.

” photo by: Shannon McIntyre

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Photo by elinks.com

“Kill Boss” was the opening night film at the Paramount Theater in Austin to celebrate the AFF’s 20th anniversary. The film was shown in the Alamo Draft House Village theater, where all the staff and supporters of the festival were present.

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Television Time: Story by: Amanda Pandola

Everyone has experienced one of those long days, spent with too much time in front of the TV, at least once in their lifetime. There are shows in almost every imaginable genre airing on TV everyday- most people don’t look for something to watch. With genres ranging from action and adventure to horror and mystery, viewers are easily entertained can find something interesting to them. Check out below to see which shows are the most popular in the different genres of TV available, according to resources from IMDB.

Drama

The Walking Dead 2010

American Horror Story

Breaking Bad

8.7

How I Met Your Mother

2008

2005 8.6

2011

9.5

2013

8.0

Supernatural

8.5

2004

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

8.6

2011

8.5

2013

9.4

7.5

The Originals

Romance

How I Met Your Mother

2013

2005

Grey’s Anatomy

8.6

2007

2005

7.0

7.4

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

2005 7.9

Once Upon a Time

True Blood

2013 8.5

Friends 1994

8.0

2011

8.8

7.2

2013 8.5

Boardwalk Empire 2010

Bones

8.7

2005

Arrow 2012

Under the Dome

8.0

2013 7.2

Castle

Dexter

2009

2006

8.2

9.0

2013 7.8

Sherlock 2010 9.2

2012 8.0

Once Upon a Time

8.5

2011 8.0

Doctor Who 2005

Game of Thrones

8.6

2011 9.4

7.8

Sons of Anarchy 2008 8.6

Horror 2005

Bates Motel 2013

Supernatural

7.8

Haven

The Walking Dead

Hannibal

2010

2010

2013

8.7

8.3

8.6

Breaking Bad 9.5

Arrow

8.0

2013

2003

7.1

2008

8.7

1997

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

NCIS

7.9

The Blacklist

7.8

8.2

2009

Crime

2010

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

2013

2011

7.9

Orange is the New Black

7.8

The Blacklist

8.0

The Vampire Diares

The Walking Dead

2013

Person of Interest

2011

2008

Hart of Dixie

7.8

Bones

Gossip Girl

7.1

Sleepy Hollow

Lost

8.6

2010

6.4

8.5

2008

2005

2012

Vikings

2011

Sons of Anarchy

Hawaii Five-O

Revolution 2013

Homeland

2012

Game of Thrones

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D 7.5

8.3

Arrow

Action and Adventure

The Originals 2013 7.8

American Horror Story 2011 8.3

Grimm 2011 7.5

The Vampire Diares 2009 7.9

What’s On? Action: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel’s new Avengers spin-off, Agents features the adventures of the S.H.I.E.L.D. in the new, everchanging world mixed with superheroes that they now find themselves in. The upbeat, action-packed shows feature a new adventures weekly. Sure to please any superhero fan, the show brings in an average 7.7 million viewers each week.

2011

Supernatural American Horror Story

8.5

The Blacklist

Adventure: The Walking Dead

Mystery

Homeland

2011 8.3

2013

2005 8.6

Sleepy Hollow

Arrow

2013

2012

7.8

8.0

7.8

Under the Dome

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Dexter

2013

2013

9.0

7.2

8.5

The Vampire Diares

2006

2009

The Big Bang Theory

NCIS

2005 8.6

Crime: Breaking Bad

7.9

Comedy

How I Met Your Mother

2007

2003

Suits

8.6

7.8

2011 8.8

Bones

New Girl 7.8

7.9

Orange is the New Black 2013

2009 6.8

Modern Family

Witches of East End

8.5

Once Upon a Time

8.2

2012 6.8

Game of Thrones, started in 2007, follows the stories of seven noble families each week, and their struggles against each other to gain power of the mythical land in which they live. Bringing in an average of 3.8 million viewers each week, it’s a sure-watch to anybody who read and loved the books.

9.4

Romance: Once Upon a Time

Atlantis 2013 6.0

8.0

Sleepy Hollow

2011

2013 8.5

Fantasy: Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

2011

7.8

2009

8.6

Fantasy

2004

2013

Castle

2009

8.5

Lost

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer begins to manufacture and sell crystal meth with the aid of a former student. The series premiered in 2008, and had its’ finale in 2013, bringing in 10.3 million viewers.

The episodes brought the show along each week by bringing the audience further along in the story of the teacher’s dangers as he finished out his life.

2011

2005

Glee

After awakening from his coma only to find out zombies took over the world he used to know while he was asleep, a former cop can’t find any other living people. He embarks on an adventure to find his now-missing family. Each episode brings the viewer in a little farther on his journey, with 12.3 million people tuning in to follow along each week.

Supernatural

True Blood

The Vampire Diares

2005

2008

2009

8.6

8.0

7.9

Set in the town of Storybrooke, this show features the adventures of many classic and favorite storybook characters, and how the Evil Queen rules them all as mayor. 8.52 million viewers enjoy tuning in to see this weekly show- enough to spur the creation of a spin-off TV show (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) while this one is still running.

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How to Apply the Design

By: Morgan Walters

Many mobile phone applications [apps] aren’t successful, but then there are many apps that become one of the most used apps. Evan Spiegel, the developer of the hugelysuccessful app Snapchat, now runs an $860 million company, a feat all the more remarkable when considering Spiegel’s age, only 23.

People aspire to have the success of Spiegel, and often start at a young age, like Spiegel himself.

Neil Patil, a application developer has started out young and will try to create a successful application later on.

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Idea is the hardest thing about creating an app because really you can learn the tools to build what you’re trying to build, thats no problem, you can learn that and if you have the time you can easily implement that into something. But the thing is if you don’t have a solid idea its gonna be doomed from the start.

-Neil Patil

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The design process of applications can take a very long time for anybody to make.

Especially if the designer is going to create and design the app. Even for professional app designers, the process can still take a really long time, even with them knowing how to do everything. The amount of time that the process takes really depends on how good the designer would like their app. There are many steps for making the applications.

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Eventually I would like to get one my apps on the app store and I have a couple ideas for what I could make, but I don’t have any definite plans for getting an app on the app store.

-Newman

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Millions of apps are sold and used each day, but nobody really pays attention to the difficult process of developing them. While downloading apps may be easy, the development can be very tedious.

“The amount of time it takes to design and create an application varies widely and depends heavily on how ambitious the application’s design is and what kind of resources are available.” said Philip Bowden, a professional app designer.

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There are so many steps while making applications but then there are many that are more important than others. The designer will have some steps that are major but then also have some that aren’t that important but then you still needs them to make the app.

“Then you find your idea and you’re like okay so lets see if there is something that would do this for me, so you go and look for like an app or some kind of program that you can download and use and see if it actually works well for you to be able to use it. Said Neil. Now if that doesn’t happen then that means there’s an open market. now if you yourself can create something that can do that task.”

Once the deisgner found, something that hasn’t been created or used before, you can then continue the design process for the app you’re creating.

“Now the third step you

may or may not need, which is just learning how to do, how to implement your idea. said Neil. So like learning the program, learning android, that sort of thing. Like for me that step was kind of short, because I already know how to program. If you want to be able to go out and develop the app it can take some time to actually get the skills and knowledge and expertise to actually make it.”

With the knowledge to actually create the app, the designer can then start to make parts of the application.

“The fourth step, I would say would be making like small projects that do like part of what you want to do. Said Neil. Like for example maybe make one small app, and you don’t publish these apps you just do it to learn, you’re basically making pieces of the puzzle/app and you put it all together into a final product.”

If there are many different parts of the application, the designer then can join them all together and have pretty much your whole app, but then still needs to actually design the application.

This is xCode a program that is used to design applications, most application designers use this program to design the application.

Photo Credit: xCode

This is an application being downloaded on the app store. This is how every mobile application is downloaded, from the app store.

Photo Credit: Google Play

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After you do that you want to design it, make the app, figure out how to make is nice, easy to use, efficient, fast, that sort of thing. Thats pretty important because if you don’t design it well then it gets really painful. So after designing then you actually build it.

-Patil.

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There are a couple major steps of making the app, the first step is like the random idea pops into your head step, in which you aren’t actively thinking about it or you aren’t thinking about making apps but you come home or you’re doing something mundane and you’re like wait this could be a lot easier if I did this, or I have an idea for this that would be really cool, is there anything that does it.

-Neil Patil

This is a proccess that is used to design applications. Applications designers use this procees to help them make the app.

Photo By Morgan Walters

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This is showing the certifcation that you have to have to put an application on the app store. Apple has a certification that you must have no matter what for it to be put on the app store.

Photo Credit: Apple.com

Oscar Newman a freshman at Libreal Arts Science Academy is working on creating an application on his Apple computer with the program xCowde. On the picture on the far left he is working on the design and the one of the right he is working on the code of the application.

Photo Credit: Morgan Walters

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I started making apps around three or four years ago, although in the beginning, I was pretty bad at it. Through following tutorials online and various other methods, I eventually got better, although I am still far from being any sort of expert on making apps.

-Newman

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Once the whole app is designed, there still is probably have a lot of things wrong with the app, that you could fix and make it look better.

“Right after that you want, the polishing stage actually takes like almost 40% of the time because it takes a while to make something work and just look nice.” said Patil.

The amount of time that someone spends on their app really depends on a lot of things. It depends on how well you want your app to look, and how experienced the designer is with designing applications. With more experience, things will look better, and the process will go by a lot faster.

Developers become successful by starting out at a young age, but not always being successful in the beginning.

The process takes a lot of time, especially if someone is just starting out, but with more practice the faster the design process will go. The steps for the design process really depends on what soemone already knows how to do, and how successful they want the app end product to look like.

“Making and shipping software is really hard and can drag on for a long time, and it’s always tempting to fix one more bug or add one more feature.” said Philip Bowden

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Movies You Can’t Refuse Not all make it. Not all are worthy. But some just might. Some have to push others just to reach the top. Others have to continue with the timeline of which they were forged. Many are lost. Many are saved. And many are forgotten. But nonetheless, 10 make it. This is… The Top 10 Movies List. Many old movies are on it, but some 21st century movies are on it, too.

By: Isaiah Hernandez

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Fight Club- 1999

Rated R

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An office worker wanting to change his life, stumbles upon a soap maker, bent on creating an underground fight club, but it evolves into something much more.

Schindler’s List- 1993

Rated R

Oscar Schindler, a German, begins to sympathize with Jews during World War II, which then leads to their salvation, and a list made of all saved “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire”

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Rated PG-13

An all-out war is waged against Sauron, just to keep him distracted while Frodo and Sam travel to Mount Doom following Gollum to destroy the One Ring.

“How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?”

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King- 2003

“The Journey Ends”

7

12 Angry Men- 1957

Rated PG

A dissenting juror convinces the others the the murder case is not what it seems

“Life Is In Their Hands -Death Is On Their Minds!”

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The Dark Knight- 2008

Rated PG-13

When Batman and two detectives launch an assault on the mob, the Joker is let out of the box, bringing Gotham to its doom.

“Welcome to a world without rules”

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Pulp Fiction- 1994

Rated R

5

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly- 1966

Rated M

The Good, Blondie, the Bad, Angel Eyes, and the Ugly, Tuco, all have a piece information in finding a fortune in a graveyard, but none are particularly motivated to share.

“They form an alliance of hate to steal a fortune in dead man’s gold.”

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Jules, Vincent, Butch, Wallace, Pumpkin, and Honey lives’ come together, while some redeem themselves and some don’t, but all meet an end appropriate to their choices.

The Godfather: Part II- 1974

Rated R

The continuing saga of the Corleone family tells the story of young Vito Corleone growing up, and the story follows Michael Corleone as he tries to expand the family business.

“Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character”

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The Godfather- 1972

Rated R

Vito Corleone is the head of the Mafia, and when he is approached by a drug dealer wanting protection in exchange for drug money, he declines, but gets shot down, leaving his son in Michael in charge of an all-out war.

“An offer you can’t refuse.”

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The Shawshank Redemption- 1994

Rated R

Bank Merchant Andy Dufresne’s life takes a turn for the worst when he is wrongly convicted for a murder, and while in Shawshank prison, he befriends Red, the prison entrepreneur, and together, Andy achieves his ends on his own terms.

“Fear can hold you prisoner.

Hope can set you free.”

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Radio Stations: Still Important?

By: Isaiah Hernandez

Example of a radio from the 1940s

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Courtesy: tracihilton.com

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t’s been taken over by TVs, DVDs, VCRs, and even microwaves, but no one has ever fully abandoned it. It’s important, sometimes portable, and cheap. Radios have taken the world by storm, but has that metaphorical storm mellowed?

Radio stations and operations are important because they give information and can help many people.

Radio operating is very simple.

It’s just people talking to each other.

A radio used to recieve broadcast waves sent by radio transmitters

“Operating radios is mainly just people talking to each other one-on-one, like a phone call, but with more technology,” Liz Nichols said, a four-year veteran in radio operating.

though radios “ Even and radio stations

it doesn’t mean they aren’t important.

They are as important as social media, because they spread information easily,” Nichols said.

“Even though radios and radio stations are disappearing,

Radio operating is useful because it can help people communicate with others quickly, such as if there is an emergency and the transmitter needs help. Radio operations are also useful for

Butpeople are becoming less dependent on radio operations and stations.

are disappearing, it doesn’t mean they aren’t important

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Local radio operation in action

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spreading information quickly, such as if there is a government shutdown, the news will need to be spread.

“My radio operation is important because we give information to give to others to give to others,” Nichols said. “Giving information is not only a hobby, but a passion.”

But radio operating is not just for emergencies. For Nichols, radio operating is not only important, but fun.

“The reason I wanted to operate radios was because I like helping people know what they need to know,” Nichols said. “I loved the concept of helping people, and when I heard of the concept when I was little, I just went with it.”

Radio operating is simple, yet very advanced at the same time, because of the technology used.

The inside of a radio that is used by radio operators to transmit broadcast waves

“Operating radios is fun, but I can only contact one person at a time. But on the plus side, I can communicate quickly, so it can be spread faster. Even though I only contact with one person at a time, the people I contact make contact with others, so the news gets spread like a brushfire,” Nichols said.

Not many other radio operations are dedicated to only helping people. Some are dedicated to communicating to other people across the world.

“The only radio operation I would work for would be the one I work for currently, because I don’t like jobs I don’t contribute to and make a difference.”

Radio operations are spread worldwide, because they can help people in emergencies.

“My job is important because I collaborate with others to help

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Michael Gary (middle) tries to make contact with a reciever recovered from World War II. He is accompanied by his classmates.

citizens,”Nichols said. “such as if there is a fire, I can contact the police.”

Radio stations and operations are important because they can give information to others. Even with the limitations created with radio contacting, it is still useful, such as if all they have to contact is a radio.

But sometimes radio operations malfunction, possibly if there is a major storm or power outage, and many won’t be aware of other unprecedented events.

“If the radio broadcasts somehow can’t be transmitted, we have a big problem. Since the broadcasts can’t be transmitted, people won’t be able to hear what we have to say, such as if there is a storm heading their way, they won’t be able to be warned because of malfunctions,”Nichols said.

A radio can make or break somebody’s life, especially if that is all they have.

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The parts of a radio that are used by radio transmitters and operators.

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From Chess to Kinect

the evolution of gameplay

3500 BCE 1940 CE

By Tristan Ketcham

Senet

Senet was an Ancient Egyptian game dating back to around 3500 BCE. The exact rules have been lost, but that hasn’t stopped some scientists from making up their own versions anyway.

Dice Games

Dice games, originating in Asia, are just about the oldest in history. The oldest known set of dice were found in southeastern Iran, and date back to 3,000 years ago. So next time you roll snake eyes, blame Iran, it’s their fault.

Backgammon

A game in the Tables family, Backgammon came into it’s current form in the 6th or 7th century CE. However, older precursors to backgammon have been found in places such as Iran (dating back to 3000 BCE) and Senet is believed to also be a precursor to the game.

1975 1990

Image by Wordpress.com Second generation consoles and the Golden Age of arcade video games

The release of the second generations of consoles over 1977-1983 brought about the Golden Age of arcade video games, starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and lasting into the mid-1980s. This period led to the start of many popular game franchises, such as Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy and Pac-Man.

1990 2010

Fifth Generation

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With the first in the fifth generation of consoles released in 1993, these really took off after 1994 with the release of Sony’s Playstation. This generation brought the rise of 3D games, with the evolution of many previously 2D games into 3D.

World of Warcraft

Fourth Generation Consoles

The fourth generation of gaming consoles started in 1988. This generation of consoles contained 16-bit technology, and for the first time featured a CD-ROM. This allowed for more extensive and portable games.

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto III, released in 2001, was Released on November 23, the game that brought about the popularity 2004, World of Warcraft is of the open world genre, where players currently the world’s most did not have objectives they were required popular Massive Multiplayer to complete and could move around Online Role-Playing Game, the map at will.. It also happened to be with over 7 million users as revolutionary in how controversial it was of July 2013. with its mature content, which included prostitution and extreme violence.

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ccording to Chinese legend, a wise man once presented his king with a gift. It took the form of a board game, and its purpose was to help the king understand the importance of his subjects. The king took an instant liking to the game, and it became popular throughout the whole southeastern region of Asia. That game, now commonly called chess, one of the earliest games known to man.

People have been getting bored and creating games for as long as humans have been around. The process that has led to modern games started over five thousand years ago, and games have been evolving ever since. Start here to follow this evolution, from Chess to Pong to Kinect, and discover what exactly lead to all those dozens of games on your phone.

Chess

Cathode Ray Tube

1960 - 1975

Precursors to chess are believed to have abusement device been first invented in Southeast Asia, In 1947, Thomas T. Goldsmith, although nobody is quite sure exactly Jr. and Estle Ray Mann where. Modern chess was developed once invented a ‘cathode ray tube the game spread to southern Europe, amusement device,’ which they with the process of adapting the rules patented. It worked by detecting beginning around 1000 CE and with light from a handheld light final ruled solidified around 1800 CE. emitter used as a gun.

Spacewar!

Three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a game called ‘Spacewar!’ in 1961.

Considered the first shooter game, Spacewar! inspired many other programmers to start creating their own games.

Pong

Also created by Bushnell and Dabney, ‘Pong’ released in 1972. It worked like previous games, but it was first achieve mainstream popularity, according to pong-story.com.

Naughts and Crosses

In 1951, Alexander S. Douglas invented the first game to use a digital graphical display. It was a version of Tic-Tac-Toe, and used a rotary telephone controller to control the game.

Well, they didn’t exactly have Xbox controllers, did they?

First Generation Consoles

1972 saw the release of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home console system. However, for some games player still had to tape overlays to the television in order to play. 100,000 consoles were sold within its first year.

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Video games came to be on phones after Nokia installed a version of snake on its mobile phones in 1997. For a long period, mobile gaming was only popular in Japan, according to BBC News. However, with the release of the iPhone and its app store in 2007, mobile gaming took off in North America and Europe as well, with half of the apps sold over the app store being mobile games in 2008.

Kinect

The holder of the Guinness Book of World Records’ ‘fastest selling consumer electronics device’ award, Microsofts Kinect allowed for gaming without controllers, instead, favoring motion sensors. Released November 4, 2010, it had sold 10 million units by March 9, according to engadget.com.

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Seeing the Future with New Eyes

By Tristan Ketcham

Picture by Gamer.no

Seeing the Future with New Eyes

in his garage on various prototypes until he developed the first prototype for what eventually became the Rift.”

What the new Oculus technology means for gaming.

Article by Tristan Ketcham

Then he took off the headset.

“I was looking at a scene from the game Rage. When I put on the headset, all I could see was inside the game. When I turned my head to the left, to the right, up and down, and even turning my head all away around to look behind me all I could see was the game. I was literally inside the game. It was amazing.”

Jim Redner works as the lead public relations and marketing person for Oculus VR, the company creating the Oculus Rift. Called the Rift for short, the device contains a groundbreaking virtual reality system that takes the form of a black headset and provides an immersive, stereoscopic 3D experience.

others, decided to build a business around the concept.

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When I turned my head to the left, to the right, up and down, and even turning my head all away around to look behind me all I saw the game. I was literally inside the game. It was amazing.

-Redner.

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ooking across a massive desert, Jim Redner craned his neck to look behind him.

Around him, all he could see was a post-apocalyptic wasteland, devoid of civilization. He turned in a full circle, looking out across the arid landscape.

“Originally Palmer Luckey (...he is 21 years old, but he was 19 when we launched our Kickstarter) was just trying to find some way to step inside the games he was playing,” said Redner. “For 3 years he worked

The Rift started off on Kickstarter funding a number of years ago.

They raised a total of $2.4 million on Kickstarter and an additional $16 million in a series A funding.

Currently, development kits remain available from the company which allow developers to convert existing games onto the Rift format. “[We] decided to build a business around the headset. Kickstarter funded the first development kits and got the ball rolling,” Redner said.

The Rift does not win the prize of the first virtual reality product sold on the market. People have created others over the years, but none recently and they contained many problems.

“He saved his money and purchased a number of VR headsets, none of which were very good,” said Redner.

“He then decided to build his own.

For three years he worked in his garage on various prototypes until he developed the first prototype for what eventually became the Rift.”

A few years later, the Rift has started generating a lot of hype. The concept of having a virtual reality device with which to play games has captivated players for years, and now that it might become a reality, a

“I started working with Oculus in July 2012. I met Palmer Luckey, founder and creator of Oculus at an event after the E3 trade show in 2012,” Redner said.

The Rift was first conceptualized

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An image of the Rift headset. Although the device is revolutionary, many people have trouble with motion sickness.

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“The Rift is an entirely new way to play games, an entirely new medium for game developers to harness,” said Redner.

The Rift also provides gaming developers with new opportunities, with a whole new format with which to create games. The device allows for the creation of whole new genres of games.

“I think we will see games that try to mimic experiences people wish they could have in real life, not just the achievement/competition-based games that currently dominate the industry.”

Luckey originally designed the Rift for gaming. However, as development continues, the company has begun imagining completely

different applications for the product.

“Gaming is what we’re most excited about. However, we’ve also seen it used in other areas, such as architecture, travel, real estate, medical treatment, films/movies, retail, military and other areas,” Redner siad.

The company has even grander plans though, using high tech technology in order to create technology not thought possible until recently.

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The Rift is an entirely new way to play games, an entirely new medium for game developers to harness.

-Redner

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lot of anticipation has built up.

Picture by fastcompany.com A robot designed by Anybots to be controlled from a distance via telepresence. The Rift could be used to control something like this.

A scene from the game Rage, developed by id Software in 2011. This is similar to what Redner would have seen in the Rift.

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“Another application we find fascinating is telepresence,” said Render. “It should be possible to use a virtual reality headset and motion capture/feedback hardware to control a robotic avatar many miles away, feeling as if the avatar is your own body. That will have massive implications for the exploration, emergency response, defense, and service industries!”

The Rift not only brings about a new age in gaming, it represents a major technological milestone for the world.

“We are moving into an age of ubiquitous automation, but some tasks are too critical to leave to an algorithm,” said Redner. “When it is expensive or dangerous to get humans to those tasks, VR telepresence will fill the gap.”

The Rift represents a huge milestone for gamers everywhere, but it also contains major implications for the world. Once this group of brilliant people at Oculus VR are finished with the device, one can only guess what they will create next.

A pircture of someone using the Rift at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Photo taken by Evan Akerman of Dvice.com Displayed on a moniter, this is what the player”s eyes are being shown when wearing the Rift.

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Movies that Influence what we know today

By Maria Rivera

“Horse in Motion” was the first step in the life of movies. Movies have changed to fit a more modernized era of people since then, sed by wild filmhistory.org . New technology makes movies a more easy task to deal with. Since the beginning of the movie era directors have used special effect to attract the attention of its audience.

As stated by toledoblead.com some of this technology has made old classics make a come back into our entertainment world The world has changed and will continue to change new innovations in technology has made movies change with every thing else.

1882 Horse in Motion

Psycho

By Eadweard Muybridge

By Alfred Hitchcock

This was the first film made, it consisted of a horse and rider in a race. The actual film was created using a series of cameras connected that took pictures on after the other. This creates an illusion of movement when the photographs are played at a fast speed in. This film was considered the first step to the evolution of the movie.

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1960

Psycho Influenced some of the most important horror films of all times. In those was “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” in 1974 and “Halloween”in 1978. It was the first movie that introduced the topic of Psychopaths and the danger the mind can hold. This film was the first step of inovation to the horror movies we have today.

Color Movies Era Start

What Started the Movie Revolution Synchronous sound

The camera The camera created in the late 1800s. It alows for a sequence of photographs onto filmstrip in quick succession. First pice of film technology in the movie world.

Synchronous sound created in 1920. Before this films were silent, this new pice of technology alowed backround music and diolog to be added into the film.

1999

2010

The Matrix

Alice in Wonderland

Oz the Great and Powerful

By Tim Burton

By Sami Raimi

By Andy and ALana Wachowski The Matrix was the first time were movie producers used graphics and more modernized special effects in a movie.

More resent movies have based there choice in special effects and graphics on this film.

The Matrix was the next step towards involving thechnology in movies an manipulating it to make the movie seem more realistic.

Alice in Wonderland was made as an add on to the classical movie made in 1865. This movie started a new trend that gave more life to Hollywood.

2013

Oz the Great and Powerful gives information about the land of Oz and the Wizard. This information gives the movie a new meaning which helps you understand what actually happened before Dorothy even appeared in their world. This trend setter has helped to form new improvements to movies for example Monster University which also added a new begining to a story we all know.

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