MY WORLD

LITTLE MODELS

Hi everyone! So, this is my second "My World" and, this time, I'm going to talk you about one thing that I saw few days ago on the Internet.

Well, I was on Facebook and I saw a picture of a pretty 9 years old girl. That girl is a model, and she's very famous. Her name is Kristina Pímenova. I had seen pictures of her before and I already knew her but this time she appeared on Facebook because it was declared the most beautiful girl in the world.

Yes, with only 3 years old, her mother signed up in a model agency, and she administrates her accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (those accounts have like thousand of followers). Now, with only 9 years old she has worked with fashion brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Giorgio Armani, Benetton and Vogue.


But it's that normal? I mean, can a 9 years old girl wear make-up, heels, jewelry and pose for famous magazines? I don't think so. This little girl is acting like an adult, and that makes her childhood disappears. And the worst of all is that this is not the only case; there are more girls (under 10 years old) posing for fashion magazines like they're adults.

Okay, when I was little I also dreamed of becoming a model, but now I see this girl and I know that she doesn't do the things that she should do at her age (like spend all Saturday with friends playing with dolls). I'm sure that a part of her want to have a normal life, away from the photo shoots and catwalk lights.

I think this had to stop. Modeling should be for adults only, and if a child do that, it has to be only to promote any product or any brand of clothing once or twice. Bringing these things to the extreme is never good, because, basically, these children can't decide what they want to do (their parents are who decided it), and that makes children do not have the childhood that they should have.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY

1. What is the story of tell-tale heart about?
This story is about a man who lived with an old man who had an eye that reminded eye of a vulture and that made him nervous. One day he decided to kill him. After murdering the old man, he broke it into pieces and hid him under some floorboards.
After that, three policeman knocked on the door because a neighbor had reported hearing a scream. The man invited them to where he had hidden the old man. At first he was quiet but gradually he became more and more nervous, and his heart began to beat. The man thought he was the heart of old man that is still beating and that police were listening too. Finally, the man confess his crime.

2. Who wrote the tell-heart and invented the first macabre stories?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the tell-heart and he also invented the first macabre stories.

3. What was the first P.H.S?
The first Psychological horror story was The tell-tale heart.

4. When was it first published?
It was first published in 1843.

5. What other story types did the author also invent?
He also invented the modern detective story and he was the pioneer of science fiction.

MY FAVOURITE HORROR MOVIE

JULIA'S EYES

PLOT

The main character of the movie is Julia, a woman who is suffering sort of a sight problem which makes her lose her sight slowly, just like her twin sister, who at the beggining of the movie is found dead in her house. It seems to be a sucide but Julia knows that someone was after her sister and he or she might have killed her.

From this point Julia starts investigating to know what really happened to her sister, while she is slowly losing her sight. Even though Julia is almost blind, she notices that someone is chasing and trying to hurt her. The person who is after her doesn’t get to hurt her, but he or she gets to kill her husband.

She gets an eye operation to recover her sight and she has to spend two weeks with a bandage on his eyes to see if the operation has worked. During these two weeks she feels she is in danger, and she gets very confident with Iván, the nurse who takes care of her. But after this two weeks, she realizes that he is not who she thinks he was and she has to escape from him before he kills her.

WHY DID WE LIKE IT?

Julia’s eyes it’s not really a horror movie, but it has a lot of suspense and it keeps you in tension. The thing we liked the most about the movie is that as Julia can’t see because of her sight problem, in some parts the camera doesn’t show you the faces of certain people so you actually feel like Julia, only hearing the voices.

The part we liked the most is when after the two weeks Julia can see again and she discovers who is really the nurse that was taking care of her, and to be safe she has to pretend that the operation didn’t work and she can’t see. 

MY WORLD

This time I'm going to talk about what I did last weekend (Yes, I know it's typical and maybe you don't interest what I did, but this is the first time that I do My Space and I don't know exactly what to say).

No, I will not talk about all I did last weekend (like I was on primary school), only what I've found more interesting.

So last saturday I went to the cinema to watch the 3th part of The Hunger Games, Mockinjay part I (in spanish, Sinsajo parte I). I've read the books and I have to say that this part is very loyal to the book, that's perfect. I also read comments on the internet about that movie and everyone said that is perfect, better than the book, etc. Mmm... I don't think so. I don't want to be the typical person who says "the books are always better than the movies" (although it's true), but, in my opinion, the book is much better, only because the first part of the last book is boring, because almost nothing happens and the movie it's just that part. Compared with the second film, in this one nothing happens. 

But I'm sure that the best last part of the saga will be much better, because the best part of the entire triology is the end.

Apart from this, I spent all the weekend studying hard for the exams. Yes, such a good weekend...

COMIC RELIEF

1. What is the comic relief?
Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work.

Comic relief also usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama.


2. Why is it ofen used in horror films?

Comic relief is often used in horror films to relieve tension.


3. Do you remember laughting in horror films? Can you think of an example?
Yes because I don't like to watch horror fims alone, so I always watch them with friends and we laugh a lot. For example, the last Halloween we watched The Exorcist and there's a part when the girl says a lot of stupid things that doesn't have sense, so we laughed a lot.

SUSPENSE

1. Who's the director of this movie Phsyco?
The director of this movie is Alfred Hitchcock.

2. What type of characters did he often use in horror films?
He often used psychopaths or sociopaths who seen to be beyond morality.


3. What technique did he use with the camera?
He used a subjective technique: shooting from the killer's point of view.

GOTHIC NOVEL

- Who invented the G.N?

The inventor of gothic novel was Horace Walpole.

- What was the first G.N?

The first gothic novel was The Castle of Otranto written by Horace Walpole.

- When was it first published?

Was first published in 1764.

- Which basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?

The basical elements we didn't include were: Setting in a castle; an ancient prophecy; Omens, portents and visions; overwrought emotion; a women threatened by a powerful male or just a woman in distress...

But we talk about an atmosphere of mystery and suspense, inexplicable events, the metonymy of gloom and horror (we talked about like rainy and windy places, doors grating on rusty hinges, ruins of buildings, the darkness...).