by Alexandra C ’19 – The BACC Rag

On Wednesday, March 25th, sixty-five BSGE seniors each showcased five artworks they created as part of the IB Visual Arts program. This took place at the Aurora Gallery, less than 3 blocks from school. The exhibition took around a year and a half to complete, for seniors had to produce a minimum of 12 artworks for their IB Art submission. In the start of their junior year, each student chose their own personal theme for their artworks, which ranged from beauty, nature, social class, emotion and more. Each senior chose five pieces of art that they felt communicated their theme best. Everyone was welcome to attend the art show, and make bids on possible artworks they would like to take home.

Avengers: Age of Ultron Preview

Avengers: Age of Ultron is a superhero film based on the Avengers team from Marvel Comics. The comics are produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The movie is the sequel to Marvel’s The Avengers from 2012 and the eleventh movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie was created and directed by Joss Whedon and has a cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk, Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver, and Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch. The movie also has James Spader as Ultron, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Paul Bettany as Vision, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig, and Don Cheadle as Colonel James Rhodes. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers must work together to defeat Ultron, a technological enemy wanting human extinction.

After the successful release of the first Avengers movie in May 2012, the sequel was announced. By the time Whedon had completed the first draft of the script, it was April 2013. In June, casting began to take place starting with the re-signing of Downey. Some filming started in February 2014 in South Africa with principal photography taking place between March and August 2014. The film was mostly shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, with some scenes filmed in Italy, South Korea, Bangladesh, New York, and various locations around England.

Matthew Olfino ’19, a comic book lover said that the trailer “was very ominous and looked like a horror film because of how the music’s tone was a bit creepy.” He liked the villain’s entrance within the trailer, and how “it has his deep voice being the narrator that becomes more human as the trailer goes on.” Olfino added, “I’m most excited about the X-Men and the Hulk Buster, which is something that I’ve been waiting for to be revealed sometime.