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Instagram Now Offers Live Streaming Option Junior Carson Koy Said, “Not an Students Share Their ‘Alone Time’ Thing 6 THE NEW TRIER NEWS THE 385 FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017 Instagram now offers live streaming option Junior Carson Koy said, “not an Students share their ‘alone time’ thing. People, myself favorite moments included, would only go live if they have friends do it with them. I go on it with the help of because it’s cool to see who actually starts watching your stream. It could Instagram Live be someone you’ve never talked to but still follow on Instagram. It by Katie Kim creates friendship.” “It’s also cool to know that Instagram, one of the most you’re sharing with an audience that popular social media platforms, you may not know,” Koy said. updated the app and launched a live “You may not be able to tell what streaming option. a person is really like until you hear With this launch, users are able the way they talk and their emotions to share what they are doing, when and their body language. I feel like they are doing it and where. this live launch helps me show my Differing from other apps that personality in a more genuine way.” offer live stream, after the Instagram Other students choose not to Live has ended, the whole video make their own videos, and instead disappears and is unable to be watch others. retraced back to the user. “I don’t Instagram Live often. This update gives users the I watch a lot of my friends’ though. I Instagram Live helps social media users connect with friends over a live video chat feature in the app Google Images ability to “live the moment” with think it’s a really cool concept, even met one or two people that do not watching whatever I decide to show meant to be shown. their audience. though there was already similar ones own an Instagram account. on camera. When more people started It is made clear that Instagram Solely judging from what like Periscope and Facebook Live but However, not everyone that joining in, it was lit,” Sophomore Live is a way for us, the social media I witness on my feed, the peers on Instagram, it’s gone forever, kind has one willingly chooses to put Haseeb Husa said. obsessed generation, to share our of like a Snapchat,” Senior Yeji An themselves in the hands of their Additionally, Instagram Live experiences, personality, and to make ‘I feel like this live explained. followers whom they may or may not simply is not as risky as other social new friends. launch helps me show “I think Instagram live is really know. media applications that offer a Some think that it’s a step funny because it’s kind of like video For the ones who are happy to similar live feature. forward in the interactive world my personality in a chatting. I don’t do it alone though, I share their experiences, they’re able Instagram is the only application and some choose to keep their lives more genuine way.’ would only do it with friends because to because of this new launch in a that offers a live streaming option personal. it wouldn’t be as awkward as it would popular environment. that disappears as soon as they are that I am connected with through be if I was going solo,” Junior Stella “I did it once and it was kind ended by the user. Instagram have never done a live Garland said. of weird to know that these names It’s safe in case something was stream alone. What I know so far, from that pop up on my screen are now said or done on camera that wasn’t “It’s more of a social thing” attending New Trier, is that I’ve only Newest King Kong film revolutionizes the franchise New King Kong revenge for the death of his men. film redefines This vengeful act by the Colonel contradicts the rest of the citizens, who the decades long desperately want to get off the island. Vogt-Roberts produced the films franchise with an experienced eye that manages by Danny Kogan to capture both the pre-historic and modern motifs in the film. The release of the most The movie is still a traditional recent remake of King Kong has King Kong movie, but it isn’t a modernized the classic franchise. redundant remake of the story Kong Skull Island manages that most people have heard. to stay true to the classic King It differs from other versions Kong films, while simultaneously in that it’s an action film that’s reinventing the somewhat dated film. able to amplify the original The new adaptation portrays intent of the film with modern the story of a massive ape technology and special effects. fighting for his own survival, as Vogt-Roberts left out well as protecting Skull Island’s the building-crumbling effects ecosystem by scaring off the Big that are present in many of the Skullcrawler, a prehistoric animal remakes, and chose to focus that destroys everything in it’s way. on characters development. The director, Jordan Vogt- He also focused on making the movie look real rather Roberts, re-imagined and brought The new King Kong film has hit theaters and takes a modern twist on a emaker of the classic movie Tencent Pictures to life this new version of Kong. than merely action packed. Unlike previous remakes, Skull The movie was shot and social issues, and it shows explorer seen in the earliest film. of what King Kong was and what it Island is set in the year 1973, taking live on location in Vietnam. just how different this Kong The petroleum frenzy follows should be, and brings to light the new spectators in 2017 back to a somewhat Rather than use a green film is from it’s predecessors. the business man as he travels wave of cinematography that’s taking forgotten time. screen, Vogt-Roberts made the The equality of women in the to Skull Island with a group of Hollywood by storm. The Vietnam War had recently decision to invest in the location to film is far from perfect, but at least people, including a woman that Moreover, the film ended, and two paranoid scientists Bill give the film a more realistic feel. it’s a step in the right direction. the giant gorilla falls in love with. incorporates a healthy mixture twitter.com Randa (John Goodman), and Houston Interestingly, this Kong was Each generation has made The next remake in 2005 is of political messages as well as Brooks (Corey Hawkins), figure out the first film to have the main a spin off of the King Kong arguably the most popular, creating providing a strong female lead. a way to make a military escorted female character be viewed as franchise, continuing to ingrain the the imageimdb.com of King Kong that most With so many adaptations expedition to map the exotic island. powerful instead of helpless. King Kong films into American of us associate with the franchise. produced in the past few years, it They bring along a fugitive Mason ends up in Kong’s culture. The remake paid homage to the has become a challenge to create guard (James Conrad) and an palm, but the bizarre romance that The first “King Kong” hit original roots of the Kong legacy by an innovative and creative sequel. intelligent photojournalist Mason we’ve seen in past Kongs is gone. movie theaters in 1933, and since opting to keep the story line similar. Kong: Skull Island defied Weaver (Brie Larson) to help This change in story line is no then it has been remade five times. The director, Peter Jackson, expectations for a Hollywood sequel. them take on the mysterious land accident. It proves that Hollywood, “King Kong Vs. Godzilla” focused on creating a realistic Without a novel to follow, where they are now trapped. one of the biggest influencers in (1963) was a successful spin off world instead of making and therefore less fans engaged When the group lands on society, is taking baby steps to aid of the original classic with the many changes to the story. with the exact story line, the “Skull Island,” the visitors are met in the fight for gender equality. addition of Godzilla: A giant dragon- The final and most recent creators of Kong are free to create by the island native; a massive, Though a small detail, like creature that tries to destroy remake, “Kong: Skull Island,” was the fictional world as they desire. terrifying ape named Kong. this is also the first King Kong Kong. released in early March of 2017 and Warner Bros. studio has Choppers charge Kong, but film to feature a brunette as the Godzilla and Kong fight their has taken the box office by storm. announced that a new King Kong the beast manages to push them female lead rather than a blonde. way through New York City in an In the first five days, the film vs. Godzilla movie is set to be away and watches triumphantly Perhaps the franchise is epic battle that leaves the city in ruin. raised $20 million at the box office. released in 2020. Until then, Kong as they burn at his feet. opening up to a new idea of In 1976 there was yet If viewers were expecting fans must wait in anticipation for the This angers American beauty that it hasn’t before. another remake of the movie. In a remake of the original new release. Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel These advancements for this adaptation, the main male King Kong film, the newest L.
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