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CARLOS RUIZ ZAFÓN

Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Catalan writer who writes in Spanish. He was born in Barcelona on 1964, but now he lives in Los Angeles. A part from writing, Ruiz Zafón is also a composer and a pianist. He's author of many best-sellers, and he's the second most read spanish writer after Cervantes.

He's my favourite writer since I read a novel of his for the first time in 1st ESO called "El príncipe de la niebla". Last summer I also read "La sombra del viento", which I really liked, and now I want to continue with the second book of the saga.

I love his books because the principal stories are always very interesting: they have horror, mistery and usually love. But in my opinion, what make his novels so good are the descriptions of the characters and the places, that make you feel like if you were there, feeling the same as the narrator. I also love the way he explains the action and scary parts of the books. Otherwise, I think the plots of all his books are very intelligent, with a lot of complications that can surprise the reader at any time.

TOURIST INTERVIEW

1. Where are you from?
I am from Argentina.

2. Is it the first time that you are in Spain?
No, no. I am here for the last fifteen years.

3. How did you come here? By plane, ship or train?
By plane, of course.

4. Why are you in Girona?   
I am living here

5. How long are you going to stay here?
One more day, I'm moving to Sant Feliu de Guixols.

6. Are you travelling with family or friends?
 No, alone.

7. What have you visited up to now?
Nothing special, I am walking around.

8. What do you like the most?
Walking around.

9. Have you bought any presents?               
No.                        

10. Do you know any words in Catalan or Spanish?
Yes, of course.

11. Have you tried any typical Spanish or Catalan food?
 Calçots, of course.

12. Do you think Girona/Catalonia is expensive?
 Yes. Much more than south of Spain, or even much more than Barcelona.

13. Do you see any differences from your country?
Many, almost everything is different.

14. Do you know anyone who lives in Girona?
I have a few friends, yes.

15. Is there anything you didn't like?
Well... No, nothing special.

16. Have you watched Game of Thrones?
No.

17. Do you plan to visit Sebastiao Salgado’s photography exhibition?
No.

18. Would you recommend Girona to your family or friends?
Yes, of course.

19. Will you come back again?
Who knows?

SEBASTIAO SALGADO'S PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

The other day we went to Girona to see an exhibition from the photographer Sebastiao Salgado. I particulary liked this photo more than the others because of the contact you have with the animal when you look at it. I think the greatest point of the picture is the look and the position of the leopard: it's looking directly at the camera, with a lot of connection between the photographer and the animal. In my opinion, this is what makes the picture strong and scary.

TEEN WOLF

Teen Wolf is a series about a boy called Scott who's bitten by a werewolf a night while he's trying to find a dead body in the forest. Since that moment, his life completely changes. If he was a shy guy with good marks but very bad at lacrosse and all the other sports, he became the best player of the school team, and also the strongest.

From that point on, unusual things start to happen to him. He and his best friend Stiles discover that he has became a werewolf. Then, he has to face some problems and fight against other paranormal characters. One of the problems that appears in the first season is that he falls in love with a girl whose parents are werewolf hunters, so they want to kill him. Another thing is that the police is investigating the murders whose assassin is another werewolf.

I like this series because it has action and fiction, but it also shows friendship and love stories between the characters. However, I have to say that in the first time I didn't like it, but I continued watching it and then I got so hooked that I saw the whole 5 seasons in a summer.

SHOT TYPES AND CAMERA ANGLES

High angle: This angle looks down on someone or something to make it look small and insignificant. But in this case, in the picture we can see the "pinya" of a human tower to show its power.



Aerial shot: It's taken form a plane, crane or helicopter and it shows a landscape, like a beach in this example, from a birds eye view.



Long shot: This type of shots are used to show distance or a whole setting. In the image there's a railway with a perspective that helps showing its lenght.



Slanted angle: The slanted angle shows the objects from an unnatural point of view. It's usually used to express movement, like in this photo of Spiderman.



Two shot: This shot is used to show the relatioship between two people. In the picture we can see two brothers smiling and hugging, so we can see they love each other.