The Eleventh of 2009

Lazily, I woke up. I honestly hate having church at 9:00. Fasting for me is harder, the days are longer creating more migraines to pop into moi's brain. After church I went home, baked cookies, kept warm in the new snuggie and was yelled at by my seven year old brother to either start Halo 3, play it or watch him play Halo 3. At 4:15 I went to our Ward Choir practice, came home got, got yelled out for putting red food coloring in Jakob's noodles (I was going to put some in mine & if he didn't want to eat it, Ian was willing to), made another soup and thought about ideas for a Snuggie Commercial.

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.

Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating — or indoctrinating — citizens. The visual elements of cinema gives motion pictures a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue.

Traditional films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. When these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion that motion is occurring. The viewer cannot see the flickering between frames due to an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed. Viewers perceive motion due to a psychological effect called beta movement.

The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) had historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, photo-play, flick, and most commonly, movie. Additional terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the cinema, and the movies.

It amazes me how people consider it 'Ok' to let there child (At the age of 13) see any movie that is PG-13 because they are 13. Lets get it straight, not all PG-13 movies are 'okay'. Last night my parents went to see 'Yes Man'. They said they should of walked out of it, with nudity and cussing it was not appropriate. I know several people that have, are wanting or are going to see the movie. To some people this is considered the normal, and if it is all I can say is wow.