Four international students at Vancouver Film School, Aaron Chiesa, Hendy Sukarya, Lisa Temes and Toru Kageyama created a thought-provoking short film entitled “Iran: a nation of bloggers” for their final term 3 project.
I have a penchant for posting visual essays, and this one is on a topic I knew next to nothing about. The primary thrust of the project is that blogging is a cultural outlet for thousands of Iranians, despite it being a sometimes dangerous practice. Blogging is, in essence, a means of revolution.
Visually, the project benefits from restraint. The visuals are completely justified by the script, with very little eye candy and a deadpan seriousness befitting the subject matter. That doesn’t keep them from being entertaining and engaging, though.
Evelyn Francisca, young and talented fashion designer! She also has a lot of people who have faith in her ability as a designer. After learning to sew as a teenager, her interest in the fashion industry continued until she decided it was time to debut some of her talent in a international event. All the models were friends and acquaintances who were eager to participate in the event. "I've thought about opening my own store. I think having a boutique would be fun." she said.
I don't know if you're aware of this, but the world is going to end in 2012. (Cue David Bowie's "Five Years" )
Oh, no, I didn't make this up. It's all there in the Mayan long calendar, a remarkable artifact that is actually a complex system of calendars and almanacs dating back at least 2500 years. The origins of it may lie as much as 11,000 years in the past.
It's the oldest calendar in the world, and the only one that has an end date. Incredibly, it doesn't just name a year, but, according to some impressive maths, the day as well.
Yes, folks, the world will end on December 21st 2012.
How does this make you feel? What do you plan to do with your remaining five years?
(It should be noted that the more optimistic of long calendar students are claiming that what will end is "the world as we know it". Certainly, it seems fair to claim that right now we are on the cusp of some major changes in the way the world works. Perhaps what will follow will be better?)
Scared? Relieved? Or just confused? Do let me know.
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