Imagine the Future Blog

     The Fashion Show presentation was super interesting and a fun thing to be a part of! Honestly, I was pretty apprehensive about it because it is pretty out of my comfort zone, but everyone in class made it a fun show for us to put on. My group and I created looks inspired by the character, Ruby Rhod. His role was originally meant for Prince, so we attempted to incorporate looks from Ruby Rhod in the film and from one of Prince's staple costumes. Our theme was to create fashion looks that were gender fluid because of Ruby Rhod, but also because we believe gender fluid clothings will become a lot more normal and popular in the future. Today, I'll buy mens oversized clothing because I like how they look and how they feel, so I would not be surprised if men started wearing dresses or other normalized female clothing! Hannah and Jenna had looks inspired by Ruby Rhod's two main outfits in the film, the animal print one and the rose look. They used recycled materials from ca...

     The Ready Player One Assignment was one of my favorites. Growing up and especially now, I have never really played interactive video games. My group mate, Hannah, remembers growing up playing Movie Star Planet. So, we decided to use that game for our project. We generated a random avatar and moved throughout the different worlds until we came to a setting that we really enjoyed. We found one girl named Twinkle Toes who was dressed like cotton candy, a style that is definitely not too popular outside of avatars in video games.      We asked her a lot of questions about her style and about why she started playing online video games. She told us she dresses like this in the game because its how she wants to dress in the real world. But she told us she doesn't dress like this in real life for fear of being judged by her peers. I think a lot of people hide aspects of themselves from everyone else because they too are fearful of being judged or made fun of f...

I thought The Fifth Element was a really great movie. In the beginning, I was really confused, but as I kept watching, I understood the meaning of the Fifth Element and how critical it is to the survival of humanity. The cinematography in this film is different some of my favorite that I've seen so far. The sets were extremely intricate and as a member of the audience, you can just tell how much thought and time were put into making this film something special. As a part of the cinematography, I ADORE the costumes in The Fifth Element.  I really love the inclusion of the character Ruby Rhod in the film. This role was originally created for Prince, but he could not participate because of problems with tour dates. Ruby Rhod is such an important character in the film because he represents a character that was highly underrepresented at the time. He represents the acceptance of gender fluidity as a person of color. His inclusion in the film brought a sense of power among minorities tha...

    Alexander McQueen is one of the most influential designers in the fashion industry. He endured a difficult childhood in a lower-class family in London. McQueen grew up openly gay, and later revealed that he was sexually abused by his brother-in-law when he was young.      McQueen is known for breaking the 'rules' of fashion, saying "You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I am here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition". Although he passed away in 2010, he has been very influential in the fashion industry. He has taught other designers to be daring and extend their boundaries --- that playing it safe in the industry will not get you anywhere. McQueen pushed these boundaries through bizarre, abstract fashion statements and wild, outlandish performances on the catwalk. He even designed a prosthetic wooden leg for one of his amputee models, as seen below. McQueen loved incorporating a variety of cultures into his designs as well...

     I loved Interstellar . I had never seen the movie before, but I thought the concepts behind this movie were amazing. Everything in the movie, from the cinematography to the acting was phenomenal. I love how real the scenes looked as well. Matthew McConaughey's acting, especially during the Black Hole Scene, was also well-done. He exhibited saw raw, realistic emotions while he cried for Murph to make him stay, as well as when he was watching his son, Tom, through decades of video messages.      Although the ending of the movie was not your typical happily-ever-after, I think if it was, it would have been an injustice to the overall film. This movie brings awareness to how humanity has destroyed planet Earth through overpopulation, climate change, global warming, and using too many of Earth's natural resources so quickly. It is inevitable that one day Earth will not be able to sustain life anymore, and Interstellar  making it so Earth does not survi...

 Second Life       Ready Player One  is definitely one of my favorite movies so far. It was really cool to see, just like in our avatar research, how real people created avatars to represent who they wished they were. It was clear throughout the movie, especially with Arty, how she was much more confident and secure when playing in the OASIS game. Ready Player One  does a nice job in showing how consuming technology can be in everyday life. Although the OASIS was created to escape the struggles and dreariness of the real world, it became the only thing people did. In many scenes throughout the movie, the audience can see people fighting in the real-world because of the OASIS gaming platform, even actually hurting each other when the game became too real and the stakes got higher. Nolan Sorrento, the film's antagonist, even was willing to go as far as shooting Wade because of what Wade was doing in the game. I really like how, at the end of the movie, W...