Scaredy Cat Reflection

Scaredycat a short film by Andy Blubaugh is about Blubaugh’s life. In it he describes a attack he had happen to him and how it affected him. At first I thought it was about O.C.D. and how that makes him feel more safe ,but then it turned into something larger of how people view safety. As a child Blubaugh said he never had anything violent happen to him until he was attacked. He goes on to say that the world is not really dangerous anymore, which shows how sheltered he had been and why the attack affected him so harshly. The easiest way for me to understand it was to put it in terms of weather. For us who live in the Midwest we are used to cold weather and such. So for example if the temperature were to dip below 30 degrees we would be fine and used to it ,but some one who lived on a tropical island it would most likely devastate them as they have never experienced something like it before. They may even get sick or feel unusually cold. To an extent it is the same with violence if you grew up with danger and violence a mugging would still shock you but it wouldn't shut down your world and harshly change your views to the point of having a irrational fear. That was the message I got from the short film. Different experiences mold you into reacting to different experiences in more extreme ways. I like how he handled the film and showed his fears and tendencies through little details like him straightening papers every time he was around a young black man. The only thing I would have done differently from a creative standpoint is show the full scene of him getting mugged and then proceed with the video not have it scattered throughout the film. Other than that i found it quaint and well made.

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Blogs

I never really liked creating blogs but I do like reading them. I Think its because sharing thoughts to random people is done in so many other ways now through social media. Now when I think about it blogs are just the same but with words so its not really that difficult.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I went for a more monochromatic look with gray, white, and black theme for the background as I like to compare a lot when I write and point out opposites and black and white are the best opposites. Any feed back on how it looks would be much appreciated.