Brad Pitt, 43 years from now

Those of you who have heard of the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, probably can imagine how difficult it must've been for the many many make-up artists and computer editing crew to build Benjamin's eighty-something year old face from Brad Pitt's. But in this TED talk, it reveals how there were no make-up artists who had the job of ensuring that Benjamin's features stayed on Brad Pitt's face throughout the entire movie, through every scene and the different lighting. The steps that the producers of this movie took to solve their problem can be related to the scientific method that we all use to find a solution to the difficulties we face in life. Their first step in this process, was admitting that they had a problem and knowing exactly what they needed to solve. (Formation of a hypothesis?) Once they knew what their problem was, they could then break it down into smaller bits and details. They gathered all the information they knew about different kinds of technology that would potentially aid them through the creation of Benjamin Button. (Background knowledge of the topic, obtaining materials) They tested one of their top choices for motion capture devices with the handling of capturing every little aspect of Brad's face so that they could then work from there and superimpose the face onto Benjamin's body. When found that the devices would not work that well, they figured out what needed to be different and used another motion capture device. (Experimenting and analyzing, going back to the hypothesis) Of course, there was no smooth sailing even when they found the right technology for this, but they managed to even out all the nicks. When everything was solved, they could finally assume that they now had whatever they needed to go on with the movie. (Conclusion)

Character analysis: Paul Bäumer

In Humanities, we are reading a war novel entitled "All Quiet On The Western Front". Paul Bäumer is the main character and protagonist in the story, who gives us an insight into life at the front. From how the author describes life through Paul's eyes before going off to war, we can tell he is just a young boy who has been drafted in to the army, with no experience or real knowledge of the cruelties of war. When he goes into war however, as a reader, we notice the changes in his tone of voice and in his actions. Sometime during the fighting and bombardments, we hear from Paul the friends that he has lost and how his very nature has changed just by directly living under wartime circumstances. He has to suppress all his feelings and inner self just to be able to survive through this war. "Just as we turn into animals when we go up to the line... so we turn into wags and loafers when we are resting... We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they may be ornamental enough in peacetime, would be out of place here. Kemmerich is dead, Haie Westhus is dying... Martens has no legs anymore, Meyer is..., Beyer is..., Hammerling...... it is a damnable business, but what has it to do with us now — we live." Also, there is a part in the room where he returns back home on leave and tries to sit down and enjoying reading a book. He reads a few lines and cannot push himself to go any further. He found it difficult to extract any pleasure in the spare time he has to simply read, which was a favourite pastime of his before going to war. In the short time of fighting, Paul Bäumer has had to learn to give up his young adolescent childhood to go straight to the full understanding of the horrors and devastation of war, to a point where he almost has to detach himself from the norms of society and inescapably, his own soul.