Film Analysis

KUNG FU PANDA-

ORDINARY WORLD: Po the Panda lives in China also known as the Valley of Peace, where he works in his fathers noodle shop.

CALL TO ADVENTURE: Tai Lung, a snow leopard escapes from prison and is coming to get the scroll. The Valley of Peace must choose a Kung Fu master to destroy Tai Lung.

REFUSAL TO CALL: Po the Panda is chosen as the one to destroy Tai Lung. (his dream is to become a Kung Fu master)

MEETING WITH MENTOR: Po meets the furious 5: Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey. He also meets their leader, Master Shifu. He stands no chance at Kung Fu.

CROSSING THE THRESHOLD: Po trains with Master Shifu and leaves his fathers noodle shop.

TESTS: The furious 5 do not approve of Po, Po is overweight, no coordination, he is afraid to challenge Tai Lung.

ORDEAL: Panda goes back to save Master Shifu from Tai Lung instead of live his fathers legacy of making noodles.

REWARD: Panda gains the scroll and defeats Tai Lung. Also earns friends with the furious 5 and Master Shifu

THE ROAD BACK: Po decides to give up Kung Fu for his fathers noodle shop. Where they can spend more time together.

RESURRECTION: When he fights Tai Lung for the scroll and uses the "wooshie finger hold" to destroy him.

RETURN WITH HONOR: Po knows who he is and what he is capable of to protect the Valley of Peace. Everyone believes in him now.

The Journey

Rory lives in Congressional, VI. Born and raised there. He was the youngest of 7 kids, he has 5 sisters and 1 brother. Growing up he loved playing tennis everyday. He decided that he wanted to play professional tennis as soon as he can! His Pops would encourage him everyday to keep practicing as hard as he's been practicing so that he can keep getting better and become a professional tennis player! High school comes and makes Varsity tennis his Freshman year and plays #1 all for years in High school. He gets Full Ride Scholarship to UCLA for tennis. Rory dominated High school tennis and he wanted to dominate College tennis as well. As his freshman year started he couldn't be beat. He won the NCAA's individual his freshman year! Right after he was done with his freshman year he turned pro right away. For the next 7 years he was top 30 in the World.

Hero: Rory Mcilroy
Ordinary World: Congressional, VI
Call To Adventure: Wants to be a professional tennis player in his future.
Special World: California @ UCLA where he dominates college tennis his freshman year.

Hero

Name: Rory Mcilroy
Age: 18
Race/religion/gender: White/Buddhism/Male

Parents: Bobby and Anna
Style of dress: Preppy Clothes
Hometown: Congressional, VI
Marital status/family: Single
Most embarrassing moment: Did a back flip and landed on my head and was sent to E.R.
Greatest fear: Swimming with sharks
Strongest desire: Get married and have a family
Job: Student at UCLA
Where he/she wants to be in 5 years: Graduate from college and be married.
Guiltiest pleasure: Oldies Movies
Identifying marks: Has a big scar on his left cheek from being bit by a dog. And has a birthmark on the lower left side on the back of his neck.
Mannerisms/gestures: Really shy when it comes to girls... sometimes outgoing. Always quiet.
What he/she was like in school: Not that popular, just a pretty average guy with a pretty average life.
Favorite sayings: Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Favorite quotes from songs: I Tried to s hard.
Favorite movie quotes: If you ain't first your last. (Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights)
Most valuable possession: My fart jar!
How he/she feels about love: It's the greatest thing there is on this world.
Philosophy on life: Not being able to achieve the things you want most in your life.

Adaptation

There was once a boy who went by the name of James. James had a real talent, he could play basketball. The only problem was he came from too small of a town where his family didn't have the best luck financially. In fact, they had no luck financially. James played basketball at the public court a few blocks away all the time. Sometimes he was there from sun up and stayed till the lights shut off at night, practicing his dribbling and shooting, over and over again. He watched in the newspapers for all the stats from upcoming professional basketball players since his family didn't own a tv. He wanted to be one of them so bad. When James became old enough, he tried out for his highschool team. Of course, he made the team and was so excited to finally show people what he was made of. Their team went on to win the championships the next four years in a row because of James. This was almost unheard of in such a small town, so college coaches came to check him out. Before he knew it, James was getting the life he always dreamed of. In college he met a girl named Nicole. She was everything he's ever dreamed of and they were so happy together. If there was one thing he knew he loved more than basketball, it was Nicole. He asked her to marry him and she said yes. The next year James got offered to play on a professional team. James and Nicole were becoming very wealthy and soon after that, Nicole was pregnant with twins. They were both boys. As the next few years went by, James continued his career and got more busy. Nicole started to get worried because he was hardly home anymore, and she was getting lonely. Her boys were feeling neglected as well. As her depression progressed, she started to get very sick. One day James got a call, Nicole was in the emergency room and wasn't breathing. He realized he was making a big mistake by being so involved with basketball and that if he were to lose Nicole, he would be lost. He helped Nicole get better, and apologized for not being there for her and the boys. He resigned from the professional team and decided to teach highschool basketball. Even though he quit his dream job, he had something even better. He had the love of his life and he would never take that for granted ever again.

Blurbs

Mockingbird (Eminem)
Eminem and his family keep running into trouble in the area where they live, their house keeps getting broken into and robbed. So when Eminem's wife leaves him and moves away, he decides to take matters into his own hands and moves to Cali to make money on a new CD. Will this be enough to bring the family back together?

Sorry, Blame It On Me (Akon)
A Husband, Akon, is saying sorry to his family for all the wrong things he has done to them, like being away on tour when he should've been home with them, How he was in the streets alot making his wife help him sell the drugs, and how he wasn't there for his sons, he is just letting them know the blame is on him but he is just a singer trying to entertain people and kind of live a double life.

Gives You Hell (All American Rejects)
Our singer has been dumped, hard, by the girl he loves. She betrayed him and he doesn't care anymore. He knows she knows what she's done - he's playing to that guilt. He's taking the opportunity to prove that he is happy without her - her plan to ruin his life failed. He's going to make sure it gives her hell.

What a Beautiful Day (Chris Cagle)
Polititians Hillary and Bill Clinton think back on the stepping stones of their artificially happy marriage. They remember certain events such as their marriage, theirs childs' birth and the day they met. They know that their true love really doesn't matter, just the image people see on the news.

Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
A boy wants to spend time with his dad. When he calls his dad the dad is always busy and cannot play with his son. Later in life the dad calls his son wanting to spend time with him and the son is living a busy life and cannot spend time with his dad. The dad realizes that his son turned out just like him.

Story Song

Song title: Sorry, Blame It On Me
Song artist: Akon

Plot: He's apologizing to his wife and family for some of things he wishes he could of done better.

Characters: Akon/Wife/Family

Conflict: His illegal activity verses his family!

Theme: His priority should of been his family and now his having to apologize for things he's done wrong.

Setting: Akon the main character is talking to his family trying to fix things.

6-word Memoirs (Top 10)

1. Golf will always be my life.
2. You want it, then take it.
3. Junior year... Golf State Champs Baby!
4. Cant be stopped, cant be touched.
5. Are you paying for the gas?
6. Whose house are we doing tonight?
7. Those are the good old days.
8. I am godlike. He's just jealous.
9. Where are my golf clubs now?
10. Good way to start the week!

Grand Theft Poetry

Trying to find peace and mind

The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek

Of total silence to show myself

Trying to hear what those three girls are plotting

But like a nightmare I wake to

The world beside may murmur

By drinking a glass of milk a certain way

In all that is natural and holy

Having forgotten the law of gravity

The same night whitening the same trees

On this green bank, by the soft sand

The nightmare song

Im as a cold as a toad

The crips, the bloods, the kings

But you got to try hard

Caught up inside his fist

Took one step forward

Your poem will fly away

And that has made all the difference.

Second Draft (Bad Poetry)

Upon the tee i firmly stand,
My trusty driver in my hand,
And just before i take my stance
And start to swing, I cast a glance
Ahead of me ah, all is nice,
For I invariably slice
And to the fairway's right all's clear.
I do not have a thing to fear.
This is, for me, the snap of snaps;
To left, alone, rough and traps.
And so, without a further look,
I take my stance, and swing and hook.

Very Bad Poetry

Allllrighttt!!! hang in there
dont let me down when i tell folks
your the best.... bad weather player in the west.....
better than me & all the rest!!!

Impulse

M- Beautiful sunset isn't it!
F- Ya it really is.
M- Where you headed too?
F- I'm actually going to visit my parents!
M- That should be fun, how long has it been since you've last seen them!
F- It's been a couple of years! My parents and I didn't use to get along very well.
M- I'm sorry to hear that.
F- It's alright hopefully things will turn out better than last time when i saw them.
M- Well I'm sure things will go just great this time.
F- Thank you! I really appreciate that.
M- No problem anytime! When is your train coming?
F- It's suppose to be here in about an hour. What about you?
M- It should be here in about 30 minutes.
F- Well it least you don't have to wait as long as i do!
M- Ya i guess thats true. So what do you do for a living?
F- I'm actually a hiar stylists, and i have been for just over 10 years now.
M- That's pretty cool! Where are you cutting hair?
F- I'm actually cutting hair in New York right now.
M- Do you like it there?
F- Ya! It's amazing there. What about you? What do you do for a living?
M- I work for a company called Zinch!
F- Zinch? what kind of company name is that?
M- Ha ya i get that a lot! Don't ask me that! I dont know the answer to that! Ask my boss that!
F- Huh, so where is this company at?
M- Well its an online company, but the actual place where i work at is in Utah.
F- So I'm guessing your living in Utah then?
M- Your a quick one!
F- Well aren't you nice. I met like where do you live in Utah.
M- Ha sorry! But im living in Provo as of right now just renting an appartment at the moment.
F- Do you like it there?
M- Love it there! Hot summers, and Snowy winters!
F- I hate the snow!! Is that your train coming up right there?
M- You hate snow? Wow! Ya I'm pretty sure that's my train.
F- I've just have had bad experiences in the snow alright.
M- Ha alright. Well i guess i gotta get going now.
F- Ya it looks like you do! It was nice meeting you!
M- It was nice meeting you as well and talking to you! Umm you gotta cell number??
F- Ha ya! why do you ask?
M- oh you know, just if i come to New York sometime in my life.
F- Ha alright. 7015698752.
M- Alright cool! Hopefully we will see each other around!
F- Ya for sure! cya!
M- Later!

Four Alarm Fire

Just as I'm about to go home, the alarm sound goes off. From then I knew that it was going to be a long night. My fire crew and I rushed to the burning building driving down the empty streets at midnight with our red siren's lighting up the dark streets.

The fire was terrifying! Everybody running around scared as can be. We, got to work as quick as we could. We did our best to put the fire out! The building was just burnt as can be, inside and out. There was nothing else that we could of done to have saved the building.

There's been many times when I've wanted to quit being a firefighter. But, then after every fire, saving people and making the best of things. Makes me want to stay a firefighter.

Introduction

I was born May 12, 1970 in Sarnia, Ontario. I was an only child from my parents. I loved playing all kinds of sports but i never knew which one that i should just stick with for the rest of my life. I started playing lots of golf and i really liked the sport. So I stayed with the sport through Middle School, High School and through College. I graduated from BYU (Brigham Young University) in 1992. I was an All-American for golf. After College I turned Pro and I first started in the Canadian Professional Golf Tour till I could get things going for me. I didnt make it to the PGA tour till 1997. From there things started to go really well. I didnt win my first PGA tournament till 1999. Since 1999 I've won 14 Tournaments and 1 was a Major (The Masters). I'm now married with a couple of kids and live in Draper, Utah as of right now.