LETS GOOOOOOO EVERYBODYYYYY LETS GOOOO IT'S FRI(YAY) IT'S ALMOST THE END OF QUARTER 3 AND IT'S SPRING TIME LETS GOOOOOOO i also have concert band MPA today which should be super duper fun I can't wait to like be like all like "doot doot" on my big long yellow instrument for like 3 hours :D
Before I am able to go off on my band endeavors though, I had to attend my classes! Cause I'm only a second semester junior! NOT a senior! My goodness sometimes I wish I was! That's next year's business though! HELP ME
Today in my lovely 6th period, AICE Media Studies A level, we were tasked by Tstok to group up in assigned tables and interact with each other for about 45 minutes! And now I'm supposed to interact with YOU guys all about it and what went down with each one of our presentations! LETS GOOO WAHOO WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
EMI TALKS TO OTHER HUMANS: A SUPER EPIC SAGA OF SUPER EPICNESS
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For this lovely meeting, I was grouped up with peers, Dani, Adriana, Aneesa, Vicky, Mariana, and Fabiana :D
BAHAHHAHA SO MANY 'ANA'S that was genuinely the funniest move tstok could have ever pulled.
ALRIGHTY DIVE IN TIME!
1. Emi (emi) (e-mi) (thats me :D)
Blog link: hmmm idk
Because of my super awesome blog and its insane absurdity, I got my 15 minutes of fame throughout the beginning of this group meeting after Tstok pointed it out :D it was actually pretty awesome seeing my classmates looking at my blog and being like "LMAOOO????" I am genuinely so proud of this blog and how much of pure personality I put into it all day everyday so that was just the greatest honor seeing others enjoying it :]]
After my spotlight, my group was like "u wanna go first :D" and I was like "yeah bet :DD" So then I presented everything that we had going on in our super awesome project! Here's what's up!
I began my presentation by telling my group all about the plot I had going on. I explained to them that my film was going to be all about this girl named Otto looking for power and going to this guy Annie Christopher who's totally not the devil himself disguised :D The entirety of the film is Otto fulfilling each one of Annie's tasks for her promised power such as handing out flyers, sticking them around every where, making trashy altars, etc. By the end of the film, however, Otto gets more unhinged and begins losing herself to the deal and to the devil, even going as far as sacrificing her sister and never actually receives the power she was promised, because she literally lost her soul.
This entire struggle for religious power was ultimately worthless for Otto because of that loss and that's basically the message that Joaquin, Andrew, and I are looking to convey. The film will be a critique on power struggles especially in terms of religion since it has been used as an excuse to exert power over others for years in human history, therefore making it a very real issues that deserves some recognition and critique within the media and, in this case, from 3 really weird unconventional teenagers :D
After spitting my bars on the plot, I began to spit my bars on my concerns and got some pretty good suggestions from my fellow peers :] I first expressed my worries about our locations and where we could possibly film, especially for the end of our production. My group suggested that for the ending, we head over to Markham Park because it has that really cool foresty, non Weston looking mystique and vibe going on that could really support our film and its tone at the climax. Adriana also added on that there's a bridge in Markham chuck filled with graffiti that could also work wonders! I am for sure taking these suggestions into consideration because for this whole time we've been planning, I've always been imagining the climax taking place in a forest of some sorts, or anywhere outside that isn't too bright, so it's perfect if everyone in my group ends up agreeing on it :]
Another concern that I expressed to my group had to do with some of the violence that we plan on implementing into our short film. The last time Joaquin, Andrew and I talked about plot, we discussed the possibility of having 3 deaths put into the film but my group suggested that we instead just have one death because having 3 might be a little too much for a 5 minute narrative piece. This I totally understand and highkey agree with. The next time my project group have a discussion about our plot which will be very soon most likely over call, I'll suggest toning down the violence a tad
Its week 3 :D Welcome to week 3 :DD Why are we moving so fast :DD I have to lock in on social media sooner than I thought :DD No complaints though this sounds super duper fun :DD I can't wait to start :DD
BUT FIRST! BEFORE ANYTHING! I MUST RESEARCH!!
LIKE NOW! LIKE RIGHT NOW! BEFORE THE WORLD EXPLODES COME ON LETS GO LETS GOO LETS GOO HURRY UP LETS GOOOOOOO
GRRHAHAHGAHAHGRJ SOCIAL MEDIA AAGAGAHHAGAAHHAHAGAHAHAH PART 1: LOCO @loco_shortfilm
So today in class we were tasked to go online and search for any social media pages similar to our own project :D Since Joaquin, Andrew, and I chose short film for our lovely piece, we had to go on the internet and search for any social media pages whether that be Insta, TikTok, Facebook, or what have you, that are also for short films! At first I thought we just had to search up pages for any media text similar to our project's genre but I was completely wrong!! I had to dig IN!! After going outside with the entire class for better internet, many deep dives into every single Google search I made, and 10 quatrillion "have you guys found anything yet"s, I finally found three pretty good social media pages! :D Both for super duper obscure short films that I have never ever in my life heard about! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The first page I found was for the short film, "Loco" directed by Eddie Mujica, a dark comedy film all about anxiety. The platform these guys used to get their film out to our lovely world was Instagram! Which is what I plan to do for our social media page :D I lobe Insta :D It's nice to use :DD One of the very first things that stood out to my two eyes (and my super duper secret third), was the color palette and fonts chosen for most of the beginning posts as well as the profile picture! I actually really love the bright neon cursive font used here on this page, it really stands out :] I think it also goes well with the film's general plot and theme as its about anxiety and idk about u guys but bright neon green just screamsAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH in the best way possible :D
If you take a look to the right of your lovely screen, you'll be able to see how Loco's social media page appears at first glance. The fonts, description, high quality BTS pics, and profile picture already make a whole statement about the film and builds interest among viewers (it did for me :D). All the posts here at the top, are made with Loco's very near release in mind, as there are a plethora of BTS, crew pictures, one key art post, and most of all, A TRAILER! It's important to keep audiences hooked with your film, especially when its release is RIGHT around the corner and this page definitely did that pretty well :D
For my social media page, I intend to also release a short clip from our film near its official release (April 10th cause that's the day I must turn this project in or else the Cambridge Lads will come for my head :DDDDD) along with a good amount of crew pics, perchance celebrating the end of production. I'm already imagining like a picture of Joaquin, Andrew, and I, and any other people that we may get for our film, posing happily in a picture after our last day of filming, with the caption "FILMING COMPLETE!" and it's super happy and whimsical and stuff my gosh I am so excited to make this thing Cambridge i love u
Now moving on to the middle of Loco's Insta page! Because oh yes, my flying unicorn monkeys! There's some more content to unpack! I GOT INSPIRATION FOR DAYYYYSSSSAHAHAHAHAHAH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I'd definitely say that this specific part of the social media page is arguably the weakest in terms of branding. After the "meet the crew" posts from the beginning of the page, the posts highkey deviate from the colors and general aesthetic of the film which bothers me a teeny tiny bit. It isn't the biggest deal but I'd love if these posts actually remained true to the brandinggggughghghhhghhf BUT THEY'RE STILL AWESOME! This section of the page mainly features one on one videos with the film's director and some pretty nice BTS with the location scouting video :D These videos are all pretty funny and personally makes me invested in what this director has to offer to us viewers with his silly little short film about anxiety and stuff!
I think it'll be super duper cool to feature our film's director (Joaquin :D) or producer (me :D), or sound designer (Andrew :D), or art director (me :D), or actors (all of us :D)!! It would be a super nice way to connect with our audience and put our short film out there in the big seas of the internet for all to see and enjoy. Another thing from this section that I would love to take away are the BTS videos like the location scouting one! I'm definitely going to be documenting a whole ton of our production days not only for this blog but also for the social media page! It's gonna be so very fun.
OKAY WAIT HOLD ON IM NOT DONE YET
There's one more part here for all you lovely England people (and tstok hi tstok isn't this post super awesome so far) to look at!! THIS PART OF THE PAGE ALONG WITH THE MOST RECENT POSTS ARE THE BEST IN TERMS OF BRANDING! I love to see it :D Like some Insta pages do it to introduce their super awesome stuffs, these guys chose to make one post at a time to construct a picture of their logo along with the directors name at the bottom! Obviously, as time went on and as more posts were made, this became a little drowned out which is why an entire picture is no longer really constructed but I'm sure when the page first started it was super duper cool and awesome! And it still is! Just a lil wonky now :D
I'm still debating whether or not I'd like to do the same thing here with my social media page since it's something I've never done and don't know how to do correctly BUTTT I can always learn! It's tedious at times but I always trust the process :] This could be a really nice introduction to my social media page and the branding of our short film so I'm leading towards including it in the beginning of our page :D It's important though that I first watch some tutorials on YouTube and stuff like that to actually understand how these types of postings work and how to execute them well! More to come with time but I'm likely going with this approach after I lock in on its inner workings >:D
OKAY OKAY LETS GOO LETS GOO LETS GOO COME ON WE'RE MOVING ON COME ON LETS GOO HURRY UP TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE LETS GOOOO LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
GRRHAHAHGAHAHGRJ SOCIAL MEDIA AAGAGAHHAGAAHHAHAGAHAHAH PART 2:DEADHEADING @deadheadingfilm
The page for this film at first glance actually looks pretty cool with all the super duper high quality BTS images being thrown around here :D Some feature the actors and some others feature the crew which is something that I definitely would love to implement into my own social media page! Some could feature all of us in our costumes for our own respective characters and some others could feature us as our normal director/producer/sound designer/art director selves! I'd love to achieve this level of high quality for each picture, and for that I'm planning on using my Canon EOS Rebel T7, a super duper awesome camera that I got for Christmas :] I have some pretty good experience on it as I have been photographing with it for 2 months now so I'm really excited to use it in and out of set to capture some sick ass BTS :DD LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
fav pic of mine I took with my canon :]
OKOK BRB! I must go eat lunch now :DD
Hello super awesome blog readers I am now back from lunch! :D I bought myself like 15 mins here in my current class so here I go!! IM A SPEEDRUNNER BABY IM A SPEEDRUNNER AHAHAHHAHAHHAHAGAGAGGGAHAHFAHGAGAGHAHAJ
where was i
YES!
Moving on from the most recent part of Dead Heading's page! We are now in the middle section! Most posts in this area are videos featuring the crew members either talking about their own film or other films! It's a pretty fun way for audiences to get to know the people behind the piece of media they are watching :D Here, the colors are mostly dark browns with some yellows and greens incorporated within, which builds some type of brand but it fails to remain consistent short film social media pages try to remain consistent with their branding challenge IMPOSSIBLE Apart from that though, I would likely take some pretty good inspiration from this part of the social media page! The branding, unlike the rest of the page, stays pretty consistent with its dark browns and blacks and is very engaging to audiences looking to find tons more information about Dead Heading through the cast and crew members! I would love to have a special Emi video where I go over anything art direction or acting as Otto, a special Joaquin video going over some screenplay processes and direction, and a special Andrew video going over the creation of the post card and sound design for the film! I think video is probably one of the most engaging ways to present anything important to audiences especially in this day in age where nobody has picked up one book within the past 6 months of their lives that is totally not me what are you talking about
NOW FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE PAGE! Very similar to the middle, this part of the page has some more videos of the cast/crew talking about their film and other things :D It stays true to the brand built in the middle of the page which is very nice! I really love how they introduce their page with some really cool ass and incomprehensible looking promo art for the film which is definitely another option that I could take on instead of the one by one "build a picture" postings. See, 17 years ago I was gifted with the beautiful ability to pick up a pencil and draw anything that my lovely brain can think of :D I could definitely use that special gift to make some good promo art for our short film and use it as a good intro to our page. It'd also be a great time just posting some whenever, especially when we are getting close to our release date (April 10th be like: OOOOOoooOOOOooooOOOO OOooooOOOOoooo), I think that's a really great way to not only build the brand of our short film but also intrigue audiences by making them interested in what we have to offer in the future. also guys ignore that one blank post right there and back there when I was talking about Loco lollllll even though my class and I went outside my phone still tweaked a lil
OKAY DONE HERE LETS GOOO LETS GOOO COME ON COME ON HURRY UP WE GOTTA GO LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
GRRHAHAHGAHAHGRJ SOCIAL MEDIA AAGAGAHHAGAAHHAHAGAHAHAH PART 2:FUDGE SUNDAE @fudgesundaefilm
ONE MORE EVERYBODAY! I uh may have misread the directions tstok put up for us and almost posted this blog thinking we only had to research 2 films AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHH UR SO FUNNY EMI!! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHwhatiswrongwithme
WELCOME TO OUR THIRD!
Out of all the social media pages I've checked out so far, I'd say that this one is definitely the coolest in terms of branding :D It doesn't stay consistent all the way but it still manages to build a cohesive color palette and general vibe for audiences to marvel at and enjoy which I really admire :] This was the first impression I got from this page which is something that I really want for my audience!
It's important that my page IMMEDIATELY stands out to everybody so they can stay there and be all like "woahhhh emi is so crazy cool and awesome at designing shitttt woahhhhh can she sign my face woahhhhh" that is the ultimate goal people! Speaking of which, the first thing that you're able to see on this page are various posts all about winning awards at film festivals. For example, one post is a screencap from the short film with super cool award thingys all over it, and another is a hand holding up a trophy won at a film festival in Manchester! Since we won't be actually submitting our production to any film fests before the due date, I most likely will not go down this route of "WOAHAHAHAH GUYS LOOK WE WON AWARDS AT THESE COOL EVENTS LOOK AT MY TROPHY LOOOOOKKKKK" since its physically not possible :D To me, the real trophy will be submitting this project in time knowing we ate the house and everybody's mama >:D
Along with these super awesome postings, one of the most recent and prominent Fudge Sundae posts is a teaser! This is probably closer to what I'll include in our page near our film's release. Not a whole ahhh trailer but something short to hook audiences on what we're putting out into the world for them to see soon. Taking the absolute absurdity of our film into consideration, the clip I'll include will possibly be very strange and taken out of context to add to its bizarre-ness.
STAY SAT I HAVE MORE
The middle section of this page still shows a whole ton of film festival stuff like awards, selections, and all that but also features some really cool BTS pics that are very pleasing for the eye to see :D
The brand here still stays pretty consistent so I'm not caught off guard all that much when scrolling down :] Nothing really new that I'd like to implement is featured here as the last page I talked about had a heck ton of super duper cool high quality BTS pictures that I'd love to implement into my own. One thing though that's worth talking about is the poster featured like (lol) twice on the page to announce the film's screening at certain film fests which I think is pretty cool :D I'll definitely be posting key art on my page but not to announce film fest stuffs, more so for catching the attention of our target audience and keep them invested in our film until its very release on the lovely day of April 10th :D Can't wait everybody Cambridge have I ever mentioned how much i love u
wait guys holy shit its march i forgot to mention that in the beginning of this post lol lmaaooo lmaooo
GUYS HAPPY MARCH SPRING HAS SPRUNG IDC IF ITS TECHNICALLY STILL WINTER ITS SPRING TIME LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Now for the beginning portion of this social media page :D Just like the two other social media pages I talked about last, this page also begins by introducing the cast/crew members through some really cool high quality black and white pics which is a pretty cool choice since it kinda matches the brand and general aesthetic of the film! WAHOO!! I LOVE CONSISTENCY however we are lacking brown here. brown is needed. everybody sound the alarms we need brown.
UNNNLIKE the last two pages I talked about here, this particular page begins with a simple photo of the screenplay, revealing the title and the director of the film. This approach is pretty interesting but I don't intend on using it since in my opinion it doesn't have that much pizzaz. Emi wants pizzaz :D Her film will be very weird :D Pizzaz is a must :DDD
OKOKOK LETS GOOO LETS GOOO COME ON QUICKLY LETS GOOOOO LETS GOO HURRY UP HURRY UP WE GOTTA GO LIKE NOW LETS GOOO COME ON COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oh we're done
yay perfecto i am able to receive adequate sleep now :D
okie dokie blog! I'll be back RIGHHTT before you know it with a super duper cool post that will knock all your socks off!!!!
HELLLOOOO BLOGGGGGG!!!!!!! Happy Saturday! :D It is currently 9:26AM and I just recently got out of bed like 20 mins ago and took a shower! WAHOO! I feel so awesome and refreshed and ready to write this blog post, go eat breakfast, and then write more of this blog post :D
Speaking of which! Today's post is gonna be the last for this week, and the last of researching media texts! Next week I'm gonna have to dive into social media pages, so this is officially gonna be the final time you'll see me yapping about absolute BALL. I am so glad we chose to do a dark comedy because literally all of my favorite pieces of media fall under that genre in one way or another.
OKOK! So with all that being said, today we're gonna talk all about The Amazing Digital Circus, a YouTube series that recently got added to Netflix (GOOO TEAMMMM!!) and Parasite, literally the greatest movie of all time. VAMONOS AMIGOS!!
THEAMAZINGDIGITALCIRCUS(2023)!
If you ever went up to me one random day and asked me "yo emi what's your favorite show ever of all time" I would immediately respond with "THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS!" Unlike some of the other media texts I've talked to you guys about, this is the piece that I am most familiar with as I have watched every episode some once, some twice, and some thrice!! I am still an avid follower and currently waiting for episode 8 to drop later in March! (YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYA)
I first got blessed by the great presence of this show way back in October of 2023 when I was a freshie. I clearly remember sitting in the auditorium, doing some homework as that was my study hall period, and suddenly seeing my friend at the time pulling out his computer and beginning to watch this very colorful looking YouTube video with a bunch of kooky looking characters who seem quite distressed. Obviously, I was immediately intrigued and put my hw to the side for a bit and watched along with him :D From then on, I was HOOKED!! The characters, the humor, the animation, and the plot really REALLY stood out to me, and I wanted nothing but to watch much much more.
Now that the plot was recently just mentioned, it's time I tell you all what the helly this thang is about so you don't like explode or something! HOLD YOUR HORSES
Directed and created by the most amazing Gooseworx and distributed by GLITCH productions, TADC is a psychological dark comedy/thriller that follows a woman who gets suddenly transported into a new crazy wacky world after putting on a strange headset. As we all probably would, she begins freaking the freak out and immediately starts looking for an exit. Unfortunately for her though, she gets told by other humans, who have been in the same exact situation for years, that she's basically cooked with no way out, just like they all are! :D YAYYY!!!
The woman then receives a new name, Pomni, after being introduced to the entire new world by ringmaster/AI, Caine. To keep everybody from going insane, Caine sends everybody in the circus on daily adventures, and Pomni has just become a new character in his cast! From then on, Pomni and the rest of the humans are sent on the wackiest, unfathomable side quests of all time and have existential breakdowns and stuff like that :D It gets pretty dang awesome :DD
Alsoalso, just because I'm gonna probably be referring to the rest of the characters in the show a lot, I'm gonna give them a nice introduction by showing you the TADC theme song played in the very first ep of the series! It's fun, it's catchy, and Pomni herself isn't featured in it until the very end because she didn't spawn in yet :D And Kaufmo died :DD By abstraction :D Which is basically just when you get so INSANE you begin to transform into a big scary, incomprehensible, distorted version of yourself :DDDD More on that later :DDDDDDDDD
(GLITCH Productions, 2023)
MEET THE CAST!!
From here, Pomni comes a long way from being the scared, freaked out, "holy helly what's going on I'm literally gonna die and take you all along with me" type of character to a more level headed, genuine, kind person to all members of the circus along with herself!
In the first episode it was made very very clear that Pomni was scared of losing it and dying due to abstraction and in the beginning of the second episode it was made even clearer that she was petrified of abstraction ALONG with being forgotten and thrown away by the circus gang and Caine himself, which is a very reasonable, realistic fear to have when you're trapped in a digital world with complete strangers and seemingly no way out.
By the end of episode two though, after attending Kaufmo's funeral along with the rest of the characters (except for Jax) (the purple rabbit guy if u forgor), Pomni eventually realizes that she's not in this crazy wacky circus thing alone. She has other people alongside her going through the exact same situation and they all have something to bond over because of that. Even if they are strangers, they still have a beautiful connection to foster and cultivate with one another. From even then on, Pomni progressively becomes closer with all of them, finding more and more purpose to just keep on living normally, even while knowing she might not actually be able to escape her current very strange life, and that's something so very beautiful to me :] Below I'll embed some super awesome videos to show you everything that I just talked about :DD And to also kinda get you to watch Digital Circus :D This is NOT an ad :DD
GLITCH Productions (2023)
Pomni being very obviously disturbed when Caine treats Kaufmo's abstraction like nothing
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Pomni's "holy shit I'm gonna die and everybody's gonna forget me" nightmare
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Kaufmo's funeral and Pomni realizing she's not alone :]
I truly really adore how this show represents and deals with heavy themes like existentialism, mental fragility, and the power/complexities of genuine human connection :D Similar to Dan Da Dan, this show is SO incredibly kooky yet so deeply profound. Within literally every single episode, all 7 of them, no matter how batshit insane it gets, there are always serious themes and genuine conversations implemented into them to build upon character bonds and communicate/connect to audiences the significance of human connection within a stagnant, meaningless life.
LIKE LOOK AT THIS
THESE CLIPS ARE IN THE SAME EPISODE
(that being episode 5) (my absolute favorite) (go watch it now or I'll turn your pillow over to the hot side)
GLITCH Productions (2025)
INTERMISSION TIMEEEEEE
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Pomni and Jax have a deep talk during a stargazing adventure
I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR MY RICOCHET SUPER MOVE!!
GLITCH Productions (2025)
this made me cry
Yeah you should get the point by now :D There's comedy and silliness ALL over this show but when it's time to lock in, it LOCKS TF IN. That's what makes this show ESPECIALLY stand out to so many people, because the entirety of this piece, despite the crazy ass circus setting and character designs and just everything, it just still feels SO REAL (!!!!) This is obviously in terms of character dynamics and personalities and dialogue and how they are genuinely represented as actual real people with genuine flaws and issues within their personal lives and mental health.
So many people are so drawn to TADC because of just how relatable it can be, and that means so much as a member of the audience :DDD Taking every single aspect of this show into consideration, I'd like our film to be majorly goofy comedy while also writing the serious themes of power and religion all over it!
However, in contrast to the most Amazing Digital Circus, I'd rather we instead be profound visually more than with dialogue. Otto will be shown rather than told getting more and more batshit insane and more and more possessed by the devil as the piece goes on just to get her promised power get taken away from her at the end of the film. This leaves her on the ground, traumatized, confused, and wondering what the freak all of the crazy wacky antics she just did was all for. This for sure is NOT final but a concept like this is something I'd like to go for :DDD But obviously there's so much story for us to fill out. Let us cook for a sec :DD Just you wait Cambridge :DDDD
(Art by sunny-knight on Tumblr!)
One last aspect of TADC that I think is pretty worth talking about is our lovely AI ringmaster, Caine :D Pictured above in that lovely fanart, he is a weird looking pair of teeth with a hat and awesome suit, and all he does for the circus is send every character on silly goofy wacky adventures to keep them in check!
WAIT HOLD ON BEFORE YOU CONTINUE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS BELOW THIS DO NOT READ IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY THINKING OF WATCHING THIS SHOW WITHOUT ANY SPOILERS NO THIS DOESN'T COUNT FOR THE EXAMINERS OR TSTOK U GUYS HAVE TO GIVE ME A GRADE YAYYYYYYYY PARTAY PARTAY OKOK CONTINUING
As the show progresses though, the people of the circus begin to loathe the adventures he keeps sending them on. This then sends Caine into a crisis of his own, as he wants to make everybody in the circus happy but is constantly failing at doing just that. He glitches out, he gets more unhinged, and he's looking more and more for human approval to keep him sane. In episode 7 though, Caine takes the adventure a little bit too far. He knows DANGGGG well that everybody in the circus one way or another wants OUT and so because of that he was all like "OOOO I SHOULD MAKE AN ADVENTURE WHERE THEY PLAN TO ESCAPE THE CIRCUS! YEAHHH!! YEAHHHHHH!"
look listen Caine is just an AI trying to do his job correctly while having little to no understanding of genuine human emotion. In his little robotic mind, he thought what he was doing was right, because it was something that the humans would like since that's what they wanted for so long. Howwweverr there is debate whether or not this was an adventure or something real that Caine put a pause to.
Here's where it gets interesting and what makes the people of the audience REALLY think. In the control room, there were two buttons that Caine provided, red and blue (kinda like the matrix oooo wowowowowoowwoowoowowowowo i never watched that movie before) If they picked blue, the gang would leave the circus and if they picked red, that means they stay there forever. Last minute though, Pomni gets scared and starts thinking that the adventure they went through might have been a trap, but suddenly, after having intense flashbacks to his past in the real world, Jax presses the red button.
What would have happened if Jax never pressed the red button?? What if he pressed blue? Would they have actually left? WHY did Jax have flashbacks to his life outside the circus??? Did Caine infiltrate his mind and control him so he could press the red button?? SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO LITTLE ANSWERS!!!! WATCH EPISODE 8 WHEN IT COMES OUT EVERYBODY WE MUST HAVE ANSWERS AGAIN THIS IS NOT AN AD I SWEAR THIS IS NOT AN AD
okay im locked back in. After the events of episode 7, the fandom has been divided up to Caine haters and Caine defenders. TADC's next episode will come out in late March to probably confirm or give more clues towards the truth but as for now, we can only assume and say that either Caine made a what he thought was a harmless adventure or he actually stopped the circus members from escaping because without them he'll have no job and therefore no purpose as an AI in a video game. THIS SHOW GETS PRETTY DEEP PEOPLE! I'm still thinking about the possibilities to this day!!! Down below I'll embed a video of the scene I just talked about, it has everybody who's ever watched it rethink Caine's entire character.
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batshit insanity
Everything leading up to this scene was Caine getting more and more unhinged, more glitchy and more desperate for human approval. He started the show off as a seemingly happy go lucky AI ringleader who could do no wrong but what he did here was objectively SO WRONG. Again, whether Caine wanted to make an actual adventure or not, this doesn't take away from the fact that even he himself is going down a rabbit hole of deep insanity kinda like the circus members, except with no genuine human connection or validation to keep him sane.
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There are significant flaws in Caine's character that get more prominent and more recognized as the show goes on, and that's surely inspiration that I'd love to take for our short film :D I'm thinking of possibly portraying the devil (disguised), Annie Christopher, as a nice happy go lucky guy that's just trying to spread around something he's passionate about which in this case is his new religion. As Otto continues to carry out his tasks to receive the power she was promised, though, he progressively gets more aggressive and way more insistent on spreading around his shit cause uh oh! Plot twist!! All the power that Otto is garnering?? THATS FOR HIM!!! Annie wants so much power that he revs up the intensity of Otto's activities, betraying her in the end and running off with everything he promised her :D Cool beans right :D Again, NOT set in stone but it's the genuine thought and consideration that counts :D Please give me an A :D
PHHEWWWW! HOLY YAP! I am literally just scraping the tippy top of the surface with this show, but this is all that I have to say and analyze about it in regards to our own film :]]
Seeing how there were like no in text citations (excluding videos and images) throughout this entire section really goes to show just how much of a Digital Circus enjoyer I am and how freaking INVESTED I am in every little thing it has to offer. The story isn't over yet! So before things wrap up this year with the releases of the last 2 episodes, I'd definitely go ahead and give the series a watch if I were you THIS IS NOT AN AD
PARASITE (2019)
Okie dokes! Almost done everybody! This film is our last hurrah before next week :DD Before I'd start I'd just like to say
THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME.
To the tippity top very far right of your screen you'll be able to see all my favorite films! Even though some are outdated as I wrote everything on there a whole year ago, Parasite still remains to be an absolute all time favorite of mine.
I watched it last year here in my lovely home with my father one day and my whole brain chemistry changed right after it. It was to the point where I recommended it to my AS Media class!! And I RARELY recommend!! THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW THIS WAS GOOD!!
So what the helly is it about? WAIITT WAIITTTTT CHILLL CHILLLLLLL
i zoned out
DUDDEEEEEEEEEEEE ITS ALMOST SPRING CAN YOU BELIEVE IT
lala dee lalalaa doo lalala mee elalal youuu
ALMOST DONE COME ON LETS GO
SIGMA MODE ACTIVATED !!!!!
Parasite (2019) follows a poor family, the Kims, consisting of a mother, father, and two children, living within the streets of Seoul looking for good money. To get a job at a super duper mega mansion, the son secures a job as a tutor for the super duper mega mansion family's daughter by getting help from his sister to forge a fake resume. Chaos then absolutely ENSUES as the Kim family knocks down the already established workers for the Park family and takes over allll their occupations. It's funny, it's crazy, and most of all, in hindsight and in deep analysis at the very same time, it is DARKKKKKK
Unlike all the other media texts I've talked about so far, Parasite is so much more disturbing/dark than kooky. The director of this film, Bong Joon Ho, tackles the topic of social/income inequality and power struggle.
He was essentially very locked in and made his movie the worlds greatest masterpiece with amazing writing and spectacular care for the heavy themes while communicating them with audiences effectively. A little bit similar to Dan Da Dan, excluding the kookiness and colorfulness, Parasite is a nice blend of a heck ton of genres. SWEAR!! This was one thing that especially stood the helly out to me upon my viewing!!! One second you'll see the Kim family goofing around and enjoying every little bit and moment they have in the Park house while they're at vacation, and the next second you'll see the youngest child of the Park's eating cake, turning around, and seeing this CREEEEPPPPYYY ass man slowly lifting his head up the basement GJHHGITRGJDKFG I SHIVER IN MY TIMBERS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT DUDE HERE LOOK AT THIS I HAVE EXAMPLES LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKK
Parasite (2019)
ts our house now brah
Parasite (2019)
FUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH NAHHHH
What's happening in the first scene I showed you lovely blog viewers, has plenty of comedic undertones to it as DUHHHH the Kim's don't live in that house! They took it over! Like a Parasite! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHA I SAID THE THINGGGG THE TITLE THE THINGGGGG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
sorry I zoned out again what's my name
Not only is that first scene pretty silly, it also has its bit of tension! As the Kim's get more and more comfortable, you can begin to feel anxious for them knowing that all of what they're doing is building up to something big, and that was probably definitely intentional by the director. The entirety of this movie is really this way. It's funny most of the time, but you know DANG well that something is wrong, and yes, it will continue to go wrong. RRRHGHHG THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD BONG JOON HO PLEASE SIGN MY FACE
As for the second scene! I think I won't be able to get sleep tonight!!! IT GETS ME EVERY SINGLE TIME. I'VE WATCHED THIS CLIP MORE THAN TWICE AND IT STILL GIVES ME THE HEEBIE JEEBIES!!!! I'm definitely NOT a horror fan like at all, but I actually really enjoyed all the horror elements implemented into Parasite! (except for maybe the really scary graphic parts I don't do well with gore) Like I said up there in the previous paragraph, you're scared most of the time cause the director is clearly telling you the whole time "YO THESE CHARACTERS ARE IN CRAZY DANGER AND SOMETHING IS HORRIBLY WRONG YOU ARE MEANT TO BE FREAKED OUT!!!!" "BE FREAKED OUT!!!" Thank you Bong Joon Ho I was very freaked out most of your film! Especially when watching the ending! :DD
For our short film, I don't think we are planning on truly scaring audiences/implementing horror elements like Parasite but, very much like it, we are thinking on tackling serious topics. Parasite is VERYYY similar to the current concept we have of our plot right now as the entirety of the film is literally just a power struggle that is essentially worthless in the end, literally like how we want to do it. Like the Kims, Otto goes on miles and MILESSS to receive the power she has always wanted but is left stranded in the end as she got deceived and left with ultimately nothing. WOWWW BONG JOON HO WE ARE SO ALIKE! PLEASE TAKE A SELFIE WITH ME
GUYS WATCH THIS MOVIE RIGHT NOW ITS A MUST
now I recite my concluding statements :D Cause it's late at night and me want sleep :DDD Sleep good :DDDD banana :DDDD
Week 2 is officially complete everybody!!! WOOHOOO!!!!! We are slowly making our way out of the planning/research stage as week 3 is pretty much the final week of it! GET LIT!! I'm really hoping once my group and I meet again we will finally come to a total agreement on a plot that we all like :D I'm really really excited and looking forward to where this supa awesome project will take us!!
As for now!! I must lay in my bed and go unconscious for about 8 hours!!
Boa noite super awesome blog readers, watch The Amazing Digital Circus and Parasite RIGHT NOW and remember to always stay snazzy!
CITES
BlueBricky. (2023, October 13). The Amazing Digital Circus main theme [V1]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkcvfg451cU
Eboy Plays Doorman. (2024, May 3). POMNI’S ABSTRACT NIGHTMARE || THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS EPISODE 2 CLIP. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpe-wnEvqfM
Almir Velovic Productions. (2024, May 3). Kaufmo’s Funeral 😢 (The Amazing Digital Circus). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJIUaxL1Uo
Qurez_apples52. (2025, June 20). INTERMISSION TIME scene | The Amazing Digital Circus Episode 5. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR-CfApekI
Butterfly editz<3. (2025, June 21). The Amazing Digital Circus Stargazing Adventure Scene. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTeJDcIgsc
galazy. (2025, August 16). gangle laughs manically while shooting a tommygun (TADC ep 6). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N67LyAYqrUs
⭐FL14⭐. (2025, August 15). The Amazing Digital Circus Ep 6(Kinger vs Pomni and Jax scene). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0XuGsnt6O4
Bryan Zavala. (2026, February 24). Kinger and Ragatha nice talk from Ep.6 #tadc. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCj0XnNLeA4
Mod_theOFFICIAL1. (2025, December 13). Jax’s Panic Attack - Episode 7 The Amazing Digital Circus. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_1S9gT4kck
Parasite (2019) - Making Themselves at Home Scene (4/10) | Movieclips. (n.d.). Www.youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO8YKp1-LiM
Wikipedia Contributors. (2019, October 9). Parasite (2019 film). Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_(2019_film)
Parasite (2019) - Seeing a Ghost Scene (6/10) | Movieclips. (n.d.). Www.youtube.com. Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8hVHdrT1Lg
YOOOOO WHATS GOOOOODD it is so cold in my room right now hold on I'm gonna put on pj pants real quick before I turn into an ice cube
OK! PJ pants on!! I am now geared up and ready to write my 2nd research post of the week!!
If you recall from the little schedule I made last post here, today I'm gonna be yapping all about ENA and ENA Dream BBQ, a kooky, abstract, web series and video game inspired by that very web series made by Peruvian creator Joel Guerra.
hold on gimme a sec peru was just mentioned :DDDDD I'm from there :DDD
VIVA LA PATRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CARAJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VAMOS PERUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
ok im back hi
It's ENA TIME!! LETS GOOOO
ENA (2020) AND ENA: Dream BBQ (2025)
PART 1: ENA (2020)
my peruvian queen
First, since I'm the yappiest yapper out there and love to talk on here more than anything, I'm gonna give to you all a basic introduction to the ENA franchise and my personal experience with it cuz duh!
As a chronically online person, I first heard of ENA back in like 2020 when it first came out and made a KILLING on YouTube. I've heard a fair share of music used within the series on platforms like TikTok and especially YouTube during 2021. The main culprit on YouTube being animation memes. For those of you who are normal, on YT there's a whole subgenre of animation videos called "animation memes." These were crazy popular back in the early 2000's and 2010s but are still sorta relevant today. This is how they work: Grab popular song trending among internet or other animators, get og character or existing character, animate it dancing or bobbing its head or something and BAM you got yourself some banger content :D Right down below I'll embed one of my fav animation memes I uncovered during 2021 when ENA was still trending like crazy, utilizing the song "ENA REMIX" by Cotiles (pretend theres an accent on the o :D)
Spin Syudo (2021)
[their art style is SO cool]
Cotiles (2020)
Song the vid above pulled from :D
[i totally listened to this a normal amount when i first discovered it hahahahaheheheahha]
ENA- Temptation Stairway (2021)
Original audio!
Along with this animation meme, I also came across other silly animated ENA related memes, one of which using a very popular audio from the series remixed into a song just like the last one called
ok wait hold on im gonna play minecraft with my bestie westie isa brb gang
alrighty hi :D I'm just gonna restart that sentence back there so your brains don't get confuzzled
Along with this animation meme, I also came across other silly animated ENA related memes, one of which using a very popular audio from the series remixed into a song just like the last one called FNF- Salutations Sir! (FULL EDIT/REMIX) posted by YouTuber SILLYLASAGNA (in another life I would be silly lasagna). This audio, while also deriving from the web series, is actually also originally created for a Friday Night Funkin mod which is really hecking cool :D Check out all these really cool videos showing what the helly I just talked about :DD
Pacific_Watercress (2021)
[THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME]
SILLYLASAGNA (2022)
Song the vid above pulled from :D
ENA-Extinction Party (2020)
Original audio!
And so yeah! Even though I've never watched the entirety of the show myself, which I really should because I believe that's required out of all Peruvians, I heard of ENA and watched some ENA content outside the web series many, mannyy times. This just goes to show how POPULAR this show was back in the good old days of quarantine among weird internet kids who barely went outside and lacked the ability to interact with other humans normally even before COVID began. Okay Emi. This is what I got so far from your yap. I know that ENA is Peruvian (YYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAY), made a killing in 2020-2021, and is a web series...but what the heck is it about, who the freak is the Picasso looking yellow and blue geometric mfka that keeps appearing on my screen and why is she so weird looking? I am so glad you asked super awesome blog reader!!!! Here I am, this is me, Emi about to answer all your questions.
I found a perfect definition from the ENA fandom wiki that I will put right down below me here cause I could not have explained it better myself
"ENA...is a Peruvian avant-garde animated comedy series, created by Joel Guerra and published on YouTube and Newgrounds. The series combines 2D and 3D animation and draws inspiration from many pieces of surrealist media and worldwide culture, particularly from Peru and Japan."
Yeah guys, this amazing Peruvian (GRHAHHAHAHAHAH) piece of fiction is pretty dang weird! It's quite kooky, just like the last two media texts I researched the other day. What it has in contrast to Beetlejuice and Dan Da Dan though is that it is DREAAAMMMMMYYYY. Yes, there is plot in every episode, and yes there are characters to follow, but it surely is NOT your typical "oh I'll sit down and zone out" type of show.
I'd say that if you wanted to sit down and watch ENA then you would HAVE to pay attention because of how confusing it can be, and that is for sure what Joel G was going for. [He] wanted to create "characters with strange shapes in a very colorful world where nothing makes sense ("ENA (Series)," n.d.). This piece is very absurd, all the way down to its character design, hilariously strange dialogue, general aesthetic, and worldbuilding and it is definitely something I'd like to take away for our short film :D ENA is SO unrealistic, the only "real" parts being in some of the character designs as ENA's costume was actually based off of Peruvian school girl uniforms which is SO COOL when I found that out I was like WOAHHHHHH!!!! I'm DIGGING the Peruvian rep!! LOOK AT THIS
Peruvian school girl uniform
ENA! :D
Anyway, I think the pure absurdity of this piece is amazing to take from since our project is also very NOT realistic. Obviously, our piece isn't gonna be as abstract and UNREAL like ENA is but it isn't going to represent everyday normal life like mine or yours either. It won't show someone waking up to go to school or work and go through silly situations or adventures, NOPE! It will show someone waking up, wanting power, and going through batshit insane adventures and situations just to then be fooled by Satan himself. Yey :DDD
Now anytime I need inspiration for the absurdity of our film, you'll find me turning to my favorite yellow and blue Peruvian gal! ;D (HFDHUBAGFABFJHAUGDUKJ)
Alrighty now time for ENA: Dream BBQ!! VAMONOS AMIGOS! ES LA HORA DE LA PATRIA!! TODOS SOMOS PERUUUUUUUU CHAMACOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! VIVA LA PATRIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I am having so much fun right now
PART 2- ENA: Dream BBQ (2025)
Okay so unlike ENA, I haven't heard AS much about this video game. I saw like 2 seconds of the first trailer and a couple super awesome pieces of fanart but that'd be about it. AND THAT SUCKS!!! Cause dude this game looks SO freaking cool. Imagine ENA but like 10x cooler looking and awesome, that's how she looks like in Dream BBQ. Below I'll embed the trailer I saw a while ago so I could introduce the general vibe of this piece to you all :D
LOOK AT HERRRRRR
So an ENA video game! I bet you're wondering how that played out, and I did too! If you guessed correctly just now, YES it is super duper weird just like the web series :D This whole game follows ENA, with a coloration and personality new to the series...[being] tasked with finding, and killing, The Boss.
MarcoCardenas (2025)
Directed by Froggy, thanks to the route persuaded out of The Receptionist, and with confusion from Dratula, ENA proceeds through various doors to ultimately find the boss ("Dream BBQ," 2025). If you are confused, oh trust me I am too. But again, this was Joel's ultimate objective, and it always has been! The difference here, besides the plot, is that the tone and general vibe/aesthetic is miles different from the OG ENA. This project, according to the ENA fandom wiki, has been "thought of even before the release of Temptation Stairway." What Joel wanted to approach with this one though, is a darker tone and story based off of the concept of nightmares. I love this guy :D
"Months ago even before uploading Temptation Stairway, I thought about the probability of doing an ENA project based on nightmares. This is the reason why DREAM BBQ looks different and uncanny in some aspects" -Joel G. ("Dream BBQ," 2025).
This wacky video game taking place in a very wacky, darker world than the ENA web series has been greatly regarded by both fans and critics, with 5 stars on Steam (Steam, 2026) and 98% positive reviews from Google users (Google, 2026). This huge success wasn't just because. It truly had a good reason!!! ENA: Dream BBQ..exudes such a high level of quality and love for games, the internet, and digital media as a whole (Pasta, 2025).
Joel G's creations are always filled with so much passion and such a clear art direction while also implementing total appreciation for just about every art form, which I love with my whole entire heart :] I want our short film to feel no different.
It's really important to myself and the same likely goes with my team, to see audiences really noticing and admiring the absolute passion oozing out of our piece. This project is crazy important, not only for our grades, but also for ourselves and our creative ambitions/personalities :D! Another aspect of ENA: Dream BBQ that I took away and will refer back to when taking care of art direction for our short film would definitely be the color palette! I love the red, black, dark orange, spooky looking aesthetic thats going on in this video game and would adore to implement the same/similar colors to our film, as it's also gonna be dark and potentially nightmareish! :DD All in all, Dream BBQ is so freaking cool and I'll surely check it out one day before I die :D
It has been so awesome learning all about the ENA multiverse throughout this post, the proud Peruvian side of me is very happy! Joel G is such a great creator, I wanna be like him when I grow up :DDDD
Most of all, it is actually so amazing and heart warming to me knowing that Peruvian media has made its mark out there on just about every platform. We surely made it big and it was all thanks to one guy and his silly little abstract creation, ENA :]
(Art by Quibb_le on X!)
Thank you all for reading through another one of my super awesome research posts for this week! :D I'll surely be back very soon for my third and final post and I am SO excited to yap all about it. I enjoy especially one of them an unhealthy amount! :DDD YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY GET HYPED YAYAYYAAYYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYYYAYAYYAYAYYAYA
Alrighty bai bai! :D God bless Peru and make sure to always drink water!
CITES:
ENA (Series). (n.d.). Ena Wiki. https://enajoelg.fandom.com/wiki/ENA_(Series)
Spin Syudo. (2021, March 14). I’m Allergic To People - ENA Animation. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAm0GAiRDtk
Cótiles. (2021, February 22). Cótiles - ENA REMIX. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmmERgX0FgI&list=RDDmmERgX0FgI
Joel G. (2021, February 15). ENA - Temptation Stairway. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juBv2XWnwt8&list=RDjuBv2XWnwt8
Pacific_Watercress. (2021, September 9). Salutations Sir Animation Meme // ENA - FLASH WARNING ⚠️. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvd0B5qm0qA
G, J. (2020b, September 16). ENA - Extinction Party. Www.youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td7CBNu0914
ENA - Power of Potluck. (n.d.). Www.youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmXe-ZGr5RM
Pasta, N. (2025, March 29). ENA: Dream BBQ Review: A Surreal Art Game Blending ’90s Nostalgia & Avant-Garde Design. Bitsnpixels.org; Bits N’ Pixels. https://bitsnpixels.org/p/ena-dream-bbq-surreal-art-game-review
Wiki, E. (2025). Dream BBQ. ENA Wiki; Fandom, Inc. https://enajoelg.fandom.com/wiki/Dream_BBQ
