Matin
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Reflection
Core assignment #3 was perhaps one of the very few times that I actually was curious to read -or rather, see- what my peers had done. While our videos were all short, they were still a much better portrayal of what went on in our heads because of the presence of elements such as stylistic …
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The “Atypical” Cowboy
Video description The video is the story of a black cowboy who was born a slave and moves West to become a cowboy after being freed during the Civil War. The video is telling the story backwards, starting from when he is a cowboy like other cowboys and then rewinding to show his past, with …
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The Other Cowboys Again
My idea was to make something wild west themed (duh, it involved cowboys). With that in mind, I would probably choose a rather cliche, old, wild west themed song as well as visuals. I will also try to recover some visuals involving black cowboys even though I know that they are going to be much …
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The Other Cowboys
Potential title for essay: The Other Cowboys Listening to the Highwayman song, it’s an old country song sung by four old white men with the music video showing nothing about people of color. All of the people shown in the video are white, but surely there had to have been some people of color in …
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The Highwaymen – “Highwayman”
0:00: The video starts with a classic scene of the deserts and the cliffs of the West, with four white men riding together on their horses with no one else in sight. This would be considered cliche, but this video is a country music video from 35 years ago. 0:18: Another classic Wild West themed …
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Computer
Computers these days almost never hold a sentimental value. Unless it’s the rare occasion of a computer being a collector item, they’re everyday tech pieces; which means they are very easily replaced and the new ones are almost always better than the old ones. I am no exception. I too would take a newer and …
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Matin Hemmati
Hey guys! My name is Matin and I am a rising sophomore at Baruch. I’m into computers, politics, and video games. The picture below is how I look like all day, everyday. I am also very NOT into TV shows and movies, so here’s the link to one of my all-time favorite TV shows. It’s …
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