Dear Reader, Murder. Treachery. Hidden secrets and... song? In today's article we'll be diving deep into a rather new aspect of storytelling. That can be done not through the bleeding droplets of ink on simple parchment but through song and television. So, without further ado: lights, camera, action! What is Only Murders In the Building? A thrilling whirlwind of comedy and murder, Only Murders In the Building does one of the most wondrous of jobs when it comes to storytelling, incorporating not just dashes of panache in its script and character dialogue but also through its score and music. The series follows Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) & Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin) solving cold murder cases via their podcast, within their block of apartments known as the Arconia . With the first two seasons being your regular yet exciting comedy-thriller show, the third seaso...
Dear Reader, Today, we'll be delving into the scientific aspect that makes reading so unique and utterly beneficial to not just our soul, but our noggin too. Simple, clear, concise - so let's get to it, shall we? *** The brain is one of the most complex enigmas in the known universe. With its intricate wirings and high-end abilities, it allows humans to empirically grasp its mysteries through the acquisition of knowledge by reading. The synergy between the brain and the ability to read highlights key elements such as neurotransmitters, the hippocampus, and brain plasticity. Figure 1 The way the human brain functions once exposed to words on a page, is a highly technical process. First, the eyes capture images of the individual words, which are then converted into electrical signals and transferred to the back of the brain. There, these signals are processed and stored for future recognition in the “letterbox” . (Figure 1). Then, the frontal and temporal lobes tell us ...
Dear Reader, Today we delve into one of the most wonder-filled films I must declare is out there: Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle ! If you didn't know, fellow reader, is that this film was adapted from the book of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones and let me tell you, the tale is phenomenal ! I have decided to touch on this tale with the reason of showing how through literature and film, one can form an amalgamation that resembles a true masterpiece. Tying both reality and fiction, love and loss, despair and self-discovery, the way film can not just contrast literature but essentially add on to it is one of the greatest things I must say a director, like Hayao Miyazaki, can do. The story incorporates a sense of wonder and magic as it circles around the major theme of self- discovery within a romantic sub-plot. Following the 18-year-old, Sophie Hatter works at her family hat-shop trying to make ends meet ...
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