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For the final Ollywood AP, I analyzed the film  Stand by Me  by Rob Reiner, released in 1986. It is a boyhood coming-of-age film set in the 1950s. In this class, we have gone through the entire process of film making from start to finish - pre-production, production, and post-production. This analysis includes all of the elements from those three phases of production, such as film editing and cinematography. This AP is in the form of a podcast with an accompanying slideshow and sound clip from the movie. Pardon me if my voice pauses or gets quiet or slow at some points. I hope you enjoy! TRANSCRIPT Hello, I will be critiquing the film Stand by Me - a coming of age drama directed by Rob Reiner that was released on August 8, 1986, starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O’Connell, and Corey Feldman as the main characters. This film was based off Stephen King’s novel, The Body. The film is set in the year 1959. It begins with a junior high boy named, Vern Tessio...

Hello. For this final Game Changers AP, I will be telling you all about Help, We’re Alive!  - a game by SM, BD, and me. In the game, Help, We’re Alive! , one of two players is a group of scientists that are researching an alien life-form on a space station. Another team is a group of hackers who shut down the space station's power that released the alien from its stasis chamber. It is up to both teams to restore the power and get the Keycard to escape the space station before the other team does, without being caught by the alien. This game is recommended for families and friends, ages 12+, who like team building activities. The lesson of the game is that it is better to work through certain situations together than to do them alone. Link to the Rules Here The first draft of  Help We're Alive!  started out having all four players on the same team, and the alien with its own track that it follows. We did not want this game to be the same thing over and over aga...