Emily's Student Blog

I really liked the previous blog assignment so I was eager to redo it with a different song. So I decided to choose a song from the Hunger Games movie trilogy. I'm sure everyone has heard the familiar beat or lyrics of Yellow Flicker Beat. Song Meaning: The song was written by Lorde and Joel Little and produced by Little and Paul Epworth. Lorde wanted to get inside the head of the main heroine in the movie. "When I was dreaming it up," said Lorde, "I wasn't thinking too hard about the story or a specific narrative, more a mood; a harsh, crackling heat."  "Yellow Flicker Beat is about Katniss realizing that things have crossed a line, about being pushed to the edge and right over it," she continued, "My character in this video, whether she's weaving her way through a decadent ballroom, hiding out in a grimy, neon-lit motel room (her hair ever-so-disheveled), or waiting in the night for her bus to come dressed in her whitest clothes, is a sh

  Lost song: Exploring and Traveling Theme.  For my blog post for this assignment, I was pretty excited to talk about this song. As a long time lover of the Lost series, but only the first couple of seasons, I really wanted to talk about the songs. Decided which one was almost impossible as there are so many good ones that really show the feelings and emotions of the movie series. Life & Death theme was definitely one of my first options but then I settled with Exploring and Traveling.                                                    https://youtu.be/JiQX2JwYliI  This song, and all the others in the television series, was composed, orchestrated, and produced by Michael Giacchino. Giacchino was born October 10, 1967 and is quite a famous musician and composer in other movies, series, and even video games. "Giacchino's film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible, Jurassic Park, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Trek reboot series; seven Pixar Animation

 I know many may also blog about this talented performer so just bear with me. Lindsey Stirling is an American song writer, dancer, and violinist. I don't know anyone who doesn't know who she is but for the sake of the blog, we'll talk about her. Lindsey grew up as the middle child of three daughters. Because of financial reasons, her family could not afford full violin lessons. So she started half lessons at the age of five. Stirling's popularity took off when she went on America's Got Talent with her violin and dance. After becoming a quarter finalist on the show, she was disqualified because many believed she wasn't talented enough to dance and play a violin. She was devastated at that news. But she didn't let it get her down. In fact, shortly after that, cinematographer "Devin Graham contacted her in hopes of collaborating on a YouTube video together" (Wikipedia). This video boosted her popularity and into making music videos for her YouTube ch