VAIL, COLORADO

Here is my video for my friends and family. Mostly family. This was a trip that we took to Vail over winter break. We try to go every year, or every other year, so this year I wanted to document our whole trip.

THE TRIP-

It started out with us arriving in Denver. My mom was attending a math conference there so she was there a few days before us. My dad, brother, and I fetched a car at the airport then rode to meet up with her. The next day we met up with an old friend of mine from Arizona who now lives in Colorado. Later we retrieved my Aunt and Uncle from the airport. After that we were on our way to Vail.
The drive there usually only takes an hour and a half, however, this time it took much longer; 9 hours to be exact. The roads were icy and it didn't help that it was snowy. A semi-truck had spun out and blocked the road, so we were trapped on the interstate for 8 hours, and it was freezing and getting dark quickly. And obviously we had no cellphone service. Eventually we made it to our lodge in Vail and that's when the fun began.
My mom and I didn't ski so we spent most of our time exploring and shopping around the village we were staying in. We visited my dad and brother and I got some nice footage of that.
We ate some really good food while we were there and I made sure to definitely document that.
Towards the end of the trip, after a few days of snowboarding my brother was getting really sore from it. But on the last day he tried to do some sort of trick and totally wiped out, unfortunately I wasn't there to document it. But I was able to get the aftermath, which was just as funny.
We left a few days later and this time we made it back to Denver in the usual hour and a half. We ate with my Aunt and Uncle and then we departed our separate ways.

THE VIDEO-
vail, colorado

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Today's lecture we talked about numerous types of entertainment over the years. One that was really important though was during the DADA times. They were crucial to the types of art and entertainment that we see today.
We also talked about the origin of jazz, which is one of my favorite types of music.



MADAME BUTTERFLY OPERA-

Watching some scenes from this opera had me really confused. Mainly the most bothersome part was the casting of white actors to play Asian actor roles. I'm sure that it wouldn't be so hard to find people to actually play the correct roles. I think that it’s very offensive that they whitewashed the culture for the opera.

     The animation of Madame Butterfly was interesting. The art form was also an interesting choice. Stop motion isn’t something that is done in one sitting so the creators must have definitely taken the time to make this opera into a short film. When the baby was born, Madame Butterfly left his umbilical cord attached and she flew him as a kite. I interpreted this as foreshadowing at the end when she actually loses her child. The umbilical kite is symbolizing her keeping her child close, but eventually she has to cut it to let him go.


COMPARISON-
Between the animation and the real opera, I enjoyed the real opera better. It was easier to follow despite it being in another language. The animation was dark and grim for the most part, and it was very abstract.