What is the future of Chinese disaster films.

(The film is the first to come out of a partnership between IMAX Corp. from the United States and the film's Chinese producer, Huayi Brothers, and is IMAX's first commercial movie produced outside of their home territory according to The Wall Street Journal. It is playing on more than a dozen IMAX screens across China and Hong Kong. The deal between IMAX Corp. and the Huayi Brothers’s extends to two more Chinese language films, yet to be announced. 

As the first Chinese film to be seen on IMAX screens, "Aftershock" represents IMAX’s physical as well as financial expansion into China. With the film's success, IMAX Corp. expects to have 57 screens in operation by 2012.

Feng said to Xinhua, “Having IMAX’s support is a ‘strong and powerful’ advancement for the country’s movie industry,” which is still in its early stages with a handful of directors like Feng receiving international recognition.

“Aftershock” is already released in mainland China, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and will continue to roll out in other parts of Asia and the United Kingdom over the next few months. No release date has been set for the film’s debut in the United States.)


Shooting in scene and technology using is generally the weakest section of the Chinese disaster film."Aftershock "successful bringing IMAX technique to Chinese disaster films is a historic breakthrough.Focus on how to display great script  though high-tech which bring from film developed country like US,UK.Combination story and picture create more and more particular disaster films which the Chinese culture are inside.Finally films will be recognized by all over the world.

Read more: Feng Xiaogang’s “Aftershock” sets new Chinese box office record | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/aftershock-shakes-chinese-box-office-setting-new-record-841349#ixzz16p24AQtR
2.What do disaster movies tell us about the culture (American, Chinese) that created them?

(Aftershock is layered in melodrama but manages to straddle the line of good taste thanks to the talented cast. Even when the plot seems to take an unnecessary twist into unwanted pregnancy, the actors pull the film back down from the stratosphere through sheer will of performance. For a storyline so fraught with suffering and intrigue, it’s always made real, always believable. Daoming Chen, who plays a loving foster father, is in particular one of the best in the film. He is a recognizable figure as the doting understanding father, yet suffers from his own demons as he lets his child drift away for years. Ni Yuan, the mother, is another complex character, one who begs to care for her baby but years later refuses to extend the same courtesy when the tables turn. These flawed heroes are one of the great strengths of Aftershock, and help audiences connect to a foreign culture easily misunderstood by Western.

One such element is a common theme throughout the film: guilt. Deep, resentful, painful familial guilt is a cornerstone of the film and subtly invades every scene. The photos of the dead hang in black and white frames behind the characters as they speak, lurking like remembered ghosts from the past, ever-watching, ever-judging. The mother, Ni Yuan refuses to move from their old home. “I told your father and sister for 20 years how to find their way,” she explains, “I will have to tell them again.” As her child takes her to look at apartments, the scene is bookended by apartment complexes on either side of the frame. As the characters argue, the camera cuts back. The car sits at center, and there, quietly towering in the hazy background, are three looming cranes, an ominous reminder of the collapsing crane that almost killed Ni Yuan during the earthquake decades earlier. It’s these small touches that make the film more than just a family drama, but a thoughtful reflection of past and present as well.)
Chinese disaster films in normally to describe character inner activity and relationship between people and people show pain of the disaster .Generally the words like guilty deep resentful are made up of the core of the movies.Motherhood always be enlarged in the movie.Touch audiences heart in the film seem to be more important than describing the spectacular disaster scene. 

Ahmed \ new sources for the questions

1) What should governments or schools do to address the relationship between violent video games and violent behavior in young people?

Regulating Video Games: Must Government Mind Our Children?

   It’s a big problem that parents let their children play violent video games. If the parents cannot control their children who play violent video games, the government can. In fact,” here’s an interesting statistic: while the video game industry was exploding between 1994 and 2000, juvenile (ages 15- 17) violent crime arrests dropped by 44% according to the U.S. department of justice”. (“Techknowledge” By Adam D. Thierer. June 24, 2003).

   In these days, the government made a system for violent or video games or games that has strong language. It’s depending on the game, that’s why you see +18 on violent video games. On the other hand, the government can change games, for example; when “Call Of Duty4: modern warfare” has been produce in the market, the government of Saudi Arabia or in general the Middle East didn’t excepted, because there were some signs and words that took from Quran that were written in the walls in the game. So they complain about it, and who makes this game made a new copy or a new version.

  We can say: if the parents can’t control their children the school can, if it’s not the government can.

2) How does addiction work? It might also be interesting to find other stories of people who have been addicted to video game

Video games that do something to make a player feel good or interesting will played again and again. “Consequently, games are designed to be just difficult enough to be truly challenging, while allowing players to achieve small accomplishments that compel them to keep playing. In that respect, the design of video games is similar to the design of gambling casinos, which will allow players to have small "wins" that keep them playing. There are several "hooks" that are built into games with the intent of making them "addictive": ““Video-game-addiction” (Online).
And there are steps show how its work, the most interesting thing that hook people is the high score, Trying to beat the high score (even if the player is trying to beat his own score) can keep a player playing for hours.



3) Can video games be used for education?

30 November--In-Class Assignment

Jack and Ahmed,

Instead of talking about sources and how to structure papers, I thought we could spend today's class looking for sources that answer research questions.

Research questions are questions that, once they are answered, will help you to expand and add detail to your papers.

So, today's assignment is to find sources that could help you answer the following research questions:

Jack--

1) What is the future of Chinese cinema?

2) What do disaster movies tell us about the culture (American, Chinese) that created them?

Ahmed--

1) What should governments or schools do to address the relationship between violent video games and violent behavior in young people?

2) How does addiction work? It might also be interesting to find other stories of people who have been addicted to video games.

3) Can video games be used for education?

Please find a few sources, two or so, that address some of these issues. Post 100 words about EACH SOURCE and the source's citation, to the class blog (this one). These are due by class time tomorrow.

Ben

For WEDNESDAY, December 1st

Jack and Ahmed,

I have linked you (below) to a .PDF file for you to read before class on Wednesday. It is about Instant Messaging, which doesn't relate to either of your essays, but it is in proper MLA style and will serve as a helpful guide as you edit your papers.

Please read this file and pay careful attention to the notes made with regard to style. Also, keep in mind that this is copyrighted material and should only be used for class purposes (otherwise we could get in legal trouble!).

If you have any questions, let me know.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF FILE

Ben

Ahmed \ Sources

Resources:

Books:

1- Mind at play.
2-sex, brains, and video games.
3-Playing with power.

Websites:

Jstore and others:
1-Effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior.
2- http://www.video-game-addiction.org/
3- ‘’Let the Games Begin’’ by John Travis.
4- Video Games and Health: Video Gaming Is Safe For Most Players and Can Be Useful In Health Care.
5- Children and Computers: New Technology – Old Concerns. http://www.futureofchildren.org


6- Health benefits of video games.
http://healthmad.com/health/10-health-benefits-of-video-games/

Homework & Examples

Jack and Ahmed,

Don't forget that your homework for over Thanksgiving Break is to revise your essays and to write your Works Cited page AND a Resource List. We reviewed how to do this in class, but if you need a refresher, please email me.

Also, here are some examples of how to integrate sources into your essays. Jack & I were discussing this sort of thing in class.

According to the website Internet Movie Database, the film 2012 had an operating budget of $200 million, but to date has only grossed $166.11 (online).

Yu Lintao’s report in The Beijing Review describes the Chinese film “Aftershock” as a criticism of Chinese culture—as well as a story about surviving a disaster. “It is also the first Chinese movie to be seen on IMAX screen. After the box office success in the mainland, the movie was screened in Hong King, Taiwan, and other parts in Asia. It is expected to be screened in North America in September” (Yu 90).

Enjoy your holiday!

Ben

Ahmed(new sources)

Click Here to see the source)

Video games and health Video gaming is safe for most players and can be useful in health care

 Although playing video games is one of the most popular leisure activities in the world, research ^into its effects on players, both positive and negative, is often trivialised. Some of this research deserves to be taken seriously, not least because video game playing has implications for health.1 One innovative application of video games in health care is their use in pain management The degree of attention needed to play such a game can distract the player from the sensation of pain, a strategy that has been reported and evaluated among paediatric patients. One case study reported the use of a handheld video game to stop an 8 year old boy pick ing at his face. The child had neurodermatitis and scarring due to continual picking at his upper lip. Pre vious treatments had failed so the boy was given a hand held video game to keep his hands occupied. After two weeks the affected area had healed. Control led studies using both randomised controlled trials and comparison with patient's own baseline measures show that video games can provide cognitive distraction for children during chemotherapy for cancer and treatment for sickle cell disease.2"5 All these studies reported that distracted patients had less nausea and lower systolic blood pressure than controls (who were simply asked to rest) after treatment and needed fewer analgesics. Video games have been used as a form of physiotherapy or occupational therapy in many different groups of people. Such games focus attention away from potential discomfort and, unlike more traditional therapeutic activities, they do not rely on passive movements and sometimes painful manipulation of the limbs. Video games have been used as a form of physiotherapy for arm injuries,wl in training the movements of a 13 year old child with Erb's palsy,w2 and as a form of occupational therapy to increase hand strength/3 Therapeutic benefits have also been reported for a variety of adult populations including wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries,6 people with severe burns,7 and people with muscular dystrophy/4 Video games have also been used in com prehensive programmes to help develop social and spatial ability skills in children and adolescents with severe learning disability or other developmental problems, including autismw5 w6; children with multiple handicaps (for example severely limited acquisition of speech)w7 w8; and children with impulsive and attention deficit disorders/9 However, there has been no long term follow-up and no robust randomised controlled trials of such interventions. Whether patients eventually tire of such games is also unclear. Furthermore, it is not known whether any distracting effect depends simply on con centrating on an interactive task or whether the content of games is also an important factor as there have been no controlled trials comparing video games with other distractors. Further research should examine factors within games such as novelty, users' preferences, and relative levels of challenge and should compare video games with other potentially distracting activities. While playing video games has some benefits in certain clinical settings, a growing body of evidence highlighting the more negative aspects of play? I References w1-w28 are on bmj.com

2) Let the game bigin

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disaster movie

http://www.modernleifeng.com/?p=491

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/movies/13twentytwelve.html

Today's Class

Hi Jack & Ahmed,

Today we'll be talking about how to use sources in an essay; that means we'll be considering what is the purpose of sources, why they are necessary and the value they add to your essays. We'll be talking about these point in particular:

• How sources provide context
• How they strengthen your argument
• How sources make your paper more interesting
• Sources give you new ideas for your paper
• Sources reveal controversy--disagreements--about certain things
• That sources can help you understand how reasoned arguments work

We'll also look briefly at how to select sources. Now that we've got some general experience looking for sources in the library, we'll start focusing on how to find the best sources for your specific topics. This skill is particularly important because your homework that is due in class today was to have a completed draft of your essay. It is necessary to have the best sources possible in order to revise and expand your essay to its full potential by the end of term.

See you soon,

Ben

Article Links

Here are links to the sources we found online via EKU's paid subscription to the JSTOR archive.

Jack, CLICK HERE.

Ahmed, CLICK HERE.

Remember, these articles are copyrighted and should only be used for academic purposes. Always document your sources and give proper attribution to the authors who wrote the above articles.

Ben

Source Material

Hey guys,

Here are the links we discussed in class today. Be sure to work on your research tonight so you will be able to get started on the second version of your essays tomorrow!

EKU Libraries's database search

Video Games search results from Oxford Reference Online

Ahmed, remember that we searched for "video games" and "games", as well as "computer games" to find results.

Jack, remember that we searched for "film studies" and "United States" "disaster films" to return database results.

Accessing the JSTOR database will be easiest if you go through the EKU Libraries's website. To do this, click the "EKU Libraries's database search" link and then search for JSTOR. Once you have access to JSTOR, you'll need to search for the keywords we used in class to find sources. If you want to search for sources from home, you'll need to sign-in with your EKU email information.

Good luck! I will try to post the two articles we found in class, but I think they may be too big to attach to the class blog.

Ben

DISASTER MOVIES

Zhou Yi

Professor Ben Taylor

Research

13 Oct 2010

“Disaster Movie”

     Disaster Films: Disasters have been the subject of film-goers' fascination since the time of silent film epics, and this interest continues to exist up to the present time. Catastrophes can take so many different forms - but they are mostly man-made or natural. They can be either impending or ongoing, or they can exist locally or globally.

The most commonly portrayed disasters in films are:

• natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tropical storms, etc.)
• accidents (skyscraper fires, plane crashes, ocean liners capsized or struck by icebergs, viruses unleashed)
• planetary-related (asteroids or meteors off-course)
• criminally-instigated (bombs planted in planes, terrorist conspiracies)
• alien invasions and rampaging creatures (often mutant)
• nuclear-related crises
• millennial-related (the end of the world, or end of the century tales)
• about failed technology or technology-gone awry (computers running amok)

Along with showing the spectacular disaster, these films concentrate on the chaotic events surrounding the disaster, including efforts for survival, the effects upon individuals and families, and 'what-if' scenarios. The best disaster films comment upon the negative effects of advancing technology, demonstrate the 'hubris' of scientists and other individuals, deliver uplifting moral lessons of sacrifice, and provide a 'how-to' in terms of survival skills.

(TIM DIRKS “Disaster Films” )

      America “Disaster Movies” definitely have a old history and extensive subject. Step by step America disaster movie almost spend a hundred of years developing from naïve to mature. Whatever the subjects of the disaster movies are about man-made or natural reminding us that catastrophe are around us in every time .

     Chinese “Disaster Movies” getting start is very late .The first disaster movie 《雾海夜航》(Night Shipping In Mist Ocean)is shot at 1957 by Director Shi Hui.1960 the second disaster movie《十二次列车》(The Twelve Trains) had been playing on Beijing. Until 1999 The first commercial “Disaster Movie”《Emergency Landing》 had been created by director Zhang Jian Ya ,meanwhile high-technology first time to be used in shooting disaster movie.After 20^th century more and more “disaster movie” to be created in China like《人命关天》(Human Life), 《惊心动魄》(Soul Stirring), 《危情雪夜》(Dangerous In Snowy Night ),etc. Although Chinese disaster movies have a plenty of subject matters too ,but it pay more attention on emotional part than spectacular scene.

What is the main reason to cause the big different between American disaster movies and Chinese disaster movie.

l         Culture

l         Film Technology lagging behind

l         Weak Investment

Culture is the most important factor to result in the different between Chinese disaster movies and American disaster movies .

l         American Disaster Movie 《2012》

Critical response

     The film topped the international box office in its first weekend with $225 million.^[37]It ultimately grossed over $769 million worldwide, becoming Emmerich's second highest grossing film, behind Independence Day. The film is Emmerich's first feature film to be shot using high-definition video cameras, specifically the Panavision Genesis.

The film received mixed reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 39% of 2012 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.1 out of 10.^[38] Among the site's notable critics, 26% gave the film a positive write-up, based on a sample of 34. The site's consensus is that "Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length."^[39] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics has a rating score of 49 based on 34 reviews.^[40]

（Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , reception）

Jack's essay of "Disaster Movie'

Zhou Yi

Professor Ben Taylor

Research

13 Oct 2010

“Disaster Movie”

     Disaster Films: Disasters have been the subject of film-goers' fascination since the time of silent film epics, and this interest continues to exist up to the present time. Catastrophes can take so many different forms - but they are mostly man-made or natural. They can be either impending or ongoing, or they can exist locally or globally.

The most commonly portrayed disasters in films are:

• natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tropical storms, etc.)
• accidents (skyscraper fires, plane crashes, ocean liners capsized or struck by icebergs, viruses unleashed)
• planetary-related (asteroids or meteors off-course)
• criminally-instigated (bombs planted in planes, terrorist conspiracies)
• alien invasions and rampaging creatures (often mutant)
• nuclear-related crises
• millennial-related (the end of the world, or end of the century tales)
• about failed technology or technology-gone awry (computers running amok)

Along with showing the spectacular disaster, these films concentrate on the chaotic events surrounding the disaster, including efforts for survival, the effects upon individuals and families, and 'what-if' scenarios. The best disaster films comment upon the negative effects of advancing technology, demonstrate the 'hubris' of scientists and other individuals, deliver uplifting moral lessons of sacrifice, and provide a 'how-to' in terms of survival skills.

(TIM DIRKS “Disaster Films” )

      America “Disaster Movies” definitely have a old history and extensive subject. Step by step America disaster movie almost spend a hundred of years developing from naïve to mature. Whatever the subjects of the disaster movies are about man-made or natural reminding us that catastrophe are around us in every time 

About Outlines (homework for 10 November)

Ahmed and Jack,

Don't forget to update your outlines tonight, including details about each of the bullet points you showed me in class today and a sentence or two about your sources and references for the information.

Ben

In-Class Assignment, 09 November

Jack and Ahmed,

Here is your in-class assignment for today. Be sure to use The OWL at Purdue to answer the questions!

1. What information goes at the top of the first page of your essay?

2. What is a Works Cited page?

3. How do you refer to a book in your essay?

4. How do you refer to a website in your essay?

5. What is a parenthetical citation?

6. How do you format long quotes? (Look for the term "block quote".)

7. How do you format short quotes?

8. What is the "Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources" on a Works Cited page?

9. How do you cite a book on a Works Cited page?

10. What are footnotes? What are endnotes?

If you need help, let me know!

Ben

Outline"Disaster Film"

INTRODUTION

   What is the different between Chinese movie and America movie. Plot, Scene, Genre or Culture.

Actually all of them are different. But in which part is the main reason to bring about them different .The answer certainly is Culture..

Chinese disaster movie more work on describing emotional interaction between people and people during the disaster. Describing on the catastrophic scene in generally is in order to create an miserable circumstance.

However, America disaster movie use more ink to describe the catastrophic scene. Using high technology to compose more and more horrible scene attract audience’s eyes.

BODY

1.       Plot different :little plot of the story. Plenty spectacular scene of disaster
      According to critical response :"The film topped the international box office in its first weekend with $225 million.^[37] It ultimately grossed over $769 million worldwide, becoming Emmerich's second highest grossing film, behind Independence Day. The film is Emmerich's first feature film to be shot using high-definition video cameras, specifically the Panavision Genesis.

The film received mixed reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 39% of 2012 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.1 out of 10.^[38] Among the site's notable critics, 26% gave the film a positive write-up, based on a sample of 34. The site's consensus is that "Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length."^[39] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics has a rating score of 49 based on 34 reviews.^[40] "

    (this part cite from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia reception "critical response"                       little in spectacular catastrophic scene. More plenty of story plot description.    Feng's indisputable directorial talent stretches beyond his ability to choreograph scenes and direct acting: He has an unparalleled understanding of his audience. Such acuity enables him to command emotion from his viewers. This commercially successful director has earned the title "Spielbergof China."

Distributors are negotiating to bring the film to North America.

The Hollywood Reporter reviewed "Aftershock" and wrote, "Feng ditches his usual astute-tongued humor and feisty characters to concentrate on stimulating the tear ducts through traditional but polished storytelling technique."

(cited from  abc news/international title "aftershocks become the highest-grossing film in China)

2.       America movie a lot of high technology used in film. Real object a little

Chinese movie not so much high technology but many true story

3         America disaster movie less people dialogue between people and people than Chinese disaster

4         Sequel one hero through the effort to rescue other people :comedy result

Sequel dispersed people in the disaster many years later find out each other family getting together again ;comedy result

CONCLUSION :Maybe you have seen a plenty disasters film till now.But have you ever carefully feel and think why you love to see the disaster movies .what in the disaster movie attract you to go the theater.What is the different among these disaster films that create by different country.

Actually different country have different culture. Film production most time is depended on culture,but they have same common feature like in the disaster movie most people dying. Some lost their relatives .however because of culture different America disaster movie more emphasize in visual effective of movie and heroism. Chinese disaster movie pay attention about emotion between people and people and collectivism.