One of my favourite male celebrities would have to be Allan Pineda, or better known as apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas. One of the main reasons I envy him so much is because of where he came from and where he made it to despite all the hard work. Born to a Filipino mother and African-American father in a small town called Angeles, Pampanga, Apl grew up with very little money and struggled most of his childhood just to find food to eat and a shelter over his head. Allan never met his father, and at the age of fourteen, his mother and stepfather allowed him, with his consent, to be adopted into an American family with hopes of having a more promising life ahead. Apl is now huge, and known world wide. He is part of one of the biggest hip-hop bands available and the last worry he has is finding enough money to survive. He came so far but never ever forgets where he came from and what made him who he is, which he sings about in many of their songs. The main one being The Apl Song.
One of my favourite female celebrities would be Alecia Moore, or better known to us as P!nk. I love her, everything about her. She doesn't care what people think of her and that, in my opinion, is the main reason why so many people are so attracted to her. So many people claim "I don't care what people think of me, if they don't like me for who I am then they're not worth my time anyway". But I have never seen someone live up to that as much as she does, whether it be with her unique style or different beats. There is just something about her that draws in people from all over the globe. Even her name is enough to catch your eye. If you heard of someone who refers to herself as "Pink", most would think of her to be all flowery and girly, basically "pink". No one expects her to be the rocker chick with the tom boy style and screaming beats that she is.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The hero always saves the world, the villains get what they deserve, the boy will always get the girl when I am king!
I'm sure it would be easy for Great Big Sea's lead single, Alan Doyle, to relate to many of us after growing up in a small town himself with just one main road connecting them to civilization and spending much of his childhood playing hockey like many of us do.
Growing up, Alan always had a strong ambition to play music. And although there was no room for him to be the lead singer or play the guitar in his school band, he didnt let that slow him down. Instead, he settled for the drums.
Alan had his first run in with Hollywood when his hometown became the main set for infamous "whale" movies and although most of us know him for his singing and guitar playing, he has also starred in the 2010 film, Robin Hood along with several other small parts in various films.
My favorite song by Great Big Sea, Here and Now released on their 2007 album Fortune's Favour.
Canadians are often viewed as being down to earth and realistic. This is one way I see Great Big Sea to be purely Canadian. All their music is real, no auto tune on their voices and no lip syncing whatsoever. Unlike many other artists, their live performance was almost better than on track. Also when I saw then in concert, they gave shout outs to everyone in the crowd and even went as far as to mention us little people in the Miramichi. They have to be the least big headed celebrities out there, no matter where they are or how far they made it in life, they are always keeping in touch with their fans daily through blogs. Also, in one of the blogs I read written by Alan while on tour, he told us about some ideas he had for their future album and looked for thoughts and advice from fans and made a space available to give input. Another reason I consider them a down to earth, Canadian band is because many of their songs are about Canada, Newfoundland in particular with one of their songs being titled Banks of Newfoundland. All in all, they keep it real and simple and down to earth and they never let their fame take control of their life or seize to remind them of the country they came from.
- On March 11th, 2011 GBS celebrated their eighteenth anniversary together.
-Currently has three band members, Alan Doyle, Sean McCann, Bob Hallett and past member Darrell Power who retired in 2003.
-Released 9 studio albums and four other albums.
Growing up, Alan always had a strong ambition to play music. And although there was no room for him to be the lead singer or play the guitar in his school band, he didnt let that slow him down. Instead, he settled for the drums.
Alan had his first run in with Hollywood when his hometown became the main set for infamous "whale" movies and although most of us know him for his singing and guitar playing, he has also starred in the 2010 film, Robin Hood along with several other small parts in various films.
My favorite song by Great Big Sea, Here and Now released on their 2007 album Fortune's Favour.
Canadians are often viewed as being down to earth and realistic. This is one way I see Great Big Sea to be purely Canadian. All their music is real, no auto tune on their voices and no lip syncing whatsoever. Unlike many other artists, their live performance was almost better than on track. Also when I saw then in concert, they gave shout outs to everyone in the crowd and even went as far as to mention us little people in the Miramichi. They have to be the least big headed celebrities out there, no matter where they are or how far they made it in life, they are always keeping in touch with their fans daily through blogs. Also, in one of the blogs I read written by Alan while on tour, he told us about some ideas he had for their future album and looked for thoughts and advice from fans and made a space available to give input. Another reason I consider them a down to earth, Canadian band is because many of their songs are about Canada, Newfoundland in particular with one of their songs being titled Banks of Newfoundland. All in all, they keep it real and simple and down to earth and they never let their fame take control of their life or seize to remind them of the country they came from.
-Currently has three band members, Alan Doyle, Sean McCann, Bob Hallett and past member Darrell Power who retired in 2003.
-Released 9 studio albums and four other albums.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.
The first example of violence in movies that came to mind was in the movie United 93. I believe this film was created with violence because :
1. Movies can portray violence with spectacular realism through the use of computerized special effects.
and also because
2. Production companies want a good return on their multi-million dollar investments.
September 11th, 2001 was a very memorable day for nearly everyone who lives today. Obviously people are curious to know what happened on that day and in my opinion, Hollywood did a very good job of retelling the story and sharing it with the world. If I were giving the option to make a film on 9/11 verses a film on planet earth, I would definitely choose 9/11 because it is excitement and drama and something that attracts and interests many people. It also makes it better because it is realistic and was something that happened close to us just 10 short years ago.
The second example of violence in movies that came to mind was from the film War of the Worlds. I believe this film was created with violence because:
1. Historically, stories have contained a hero and a villain and any conflict between them is resolved by violence.
and also because
2. Movies can portray violence with spectacular realism through the use of computerized special effects.
In this case, War of the World's contains a villain; the aliens, and a hero; us humans. It is the classic story retold time and time again of the alien invasion of earth. How they plan to take over the world and eliminate man kind. This is very well portrayed through the advancements we have in today's technology. It is so life like that could easily be believed to be real footage, that is, if aliens themselves did exist. I believe this is one the the reasons so many films about alien invasions have been created and why they continue to make so much money in the release of them, because it has been a question for centuries of whether aliens really do exist. I believe that until that question is answered for good, films like this will continue to be created.
Q: Does violence make a good movie?
A: Some might say yes, but not all movies have violence in them. This question will be answered differently by everyone because everyone has different preferences in films. There are all types of movies: comedy, romance, action, horror. But not all movies have violence. You're not going to find very much violence in your Walt Disney cartoon movies, yet they all sell just as well as the other. So no, I do not think violence makes a good movie.
Q: Consider whether you feel there is too much violence in some movies.
A: I agree, in some movies there is too much violence. But every film is made differently and people are drawn into watching violence and the unexpected. It's what keeps us entertained and at our seats edge. The unexpected that's about to happen. Whether there is too much or not, people are still going to watch it. We don't limit ourselves to much in this day and age. There is not much out there that people will stop themselves from seeing.
Q: Is the violence realistic or necessary? Is it justified when you consider the storyline?
A: It may not be necessary but most times it is realistic, just very unlikely to happen.
Q: Can an effective action or fast-paced film be produced without violence? Why or why not?
A: Sit down and try and think of an action based film without violence? In my opinion, I'm not sure there is a film like that out there. No one wants to watch a car driving at 200m/h, scale around the edge of a mountain and making it without any slips or close calls. It's boring. People want risk, they want to live on the wild side and see the unexpected.
1. Movies can portray violence with spectacular realism through the use of computerized special effects.
and also because
2. Production companies want a good return on their multi-million dollar investments.
September 11th, 2001 was a very memorable day for nearly everyone who lives today. Obviously people are curious to know what happened on that day and in my opinion, Hollywood did a very good job of retelling the story and sharing it with the world. If I were giving the option to make a film on 9/11 verses a film on planet earth, I would definitely choose 9/11 because it is excitement and drama and something that attracts and interests many people. It also makes it better because it is realistic and was something that happened close to us just 10 short years ago.
The second example of violence in movies that came to mind was from the film War of the Worlds. I believe this film was created with violence because:
1. Historically, stories have contained a hero and a villain and any conflict between them is resolved by violence.
and also because
2. Movies can portray violence with spectacular realism through the use of computerized special effects.
In this case, War of the World's contains a villain; the aliens, and a hero; us humans. It is the classic story retold time and time again of the alien invasion of earth. How they plan to take over the world and eliminate man kind. This is very well portrayed through the advancements we have in today's technology. It is so life like that could easily be believed to be real footage, that is, if aliens themselves did exist. I believe this is one the the reasons so many films about alien invasions have been created and why they continue to make so much money in the release of them, because it has been a question for centuries of whether aliens really do exist. I believe that until that question is answered for good, films like this will continue to be created.
Q: Does violence make a good movie?
A: Some might say yes, but not all movies have violence in them. This question will be answered differently by everyone because everyone has different preferences in films. There are all types of movies: comedy, romance, action, horror. But not all movies have violence. You're not going to find very much violence in your Walt Disney cartoon movies, yet they all sell just as well as the other. So no, I do not think violence makes a good movie.
Q: Consider whether you feel there is too much violence in some movies.
A: I agree, in some movies there is too much violence. But every film is made differently and people are drawn into watching violence and the unexpected. It's what keeps us entertained and at our seats edge. The unexpected that's about to happen. Whether there is too much or not, people are still going to watch it. We don't limit ourselves to much in this day and age. There is not much out there that people will stop themselves from seeing.
Q: Is the violence realistic or necessary? Is it justified when you consider the storyline?
A: It may not be necessary but most times it is realistic, just very unlikely to happen.
Q: Can an effective action or fast-paced film be produced without violence? Why or why not?
A: Sit down and try and think of an action based film without violence? In my opinion, I'm not sure there is a film like that out there. No one wants to watch a car driving at 200m/h, scale around the edge of a mountain and making it without any slips or close calls. It's boring. People want risk, they want to live on the wild side and see the unexpected.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology.
"My grandmother has facebook" was a statement on the chart we looked at in class. This really struck me as surprising because facebook is a now generation site that has only existed in the past few years. I've grown up with computers all my life so for me to know how to use one is just second nature. But even when it comes to mom, she wouldn't know how to turn on a computer let alone get onto the internet and search a site. So for a grandmother to have facebook would be twice as surprising. None of my friends grandmothers even have a computer that I know of.
"There are 11 TV's in my house" was the second statement that really struck me as surprising. According to BBC News, the daily household is led by one married couple and has on average two children. So I would never imagine the need to have 11 televisions. There isn't even half as many people in the house as there are TV's, and unless technology has discovered a new way to be in two places at once, than that just seems like a complete waste of money and space to me.
"The majority of my music is illegally downloaded" is something I can relate to. Whether it's right or not, everyone does it and we have access to it on countless number's of sites such as Limewire, Isohunt, Ares or Bearshare. It's free, and it's easily accessible. I'm in no way about to go out and spend money that I don't have on CD's. Why buy music off of iTunes when it is justt as easy to access for free and the same quality somewhere else?
"I'd rather check the news online than on TV" is something else I agree with. Although it is easy to lay back on the couch each evening and get caught up on wordly events, it is much easier to do it on the internet. When watching TV, you cant fast forward to watch exactly what you're looking for, if the news you are looking to hear more about is the last on the news report, than you are forced to sit through all the other reports just to get to that three minute information session you were looking to hear more about. On the internet, you google what you are looking for and hundreds upon thousands of sites pop up giving you options to all the information there is known on it. It is much more specific and easy to access whether it be on your laptop at work or your cell phone on the bus ride home.
If I were given the option to survey Blackville School on two media related subjects, the first one I would choose would be cell phones. I would love to find out when students in high school got their first cell phone, verses when the students in middle school got their first cell phone. I got my first cell phone when I was 14, and I believe most of my friends got theirs around the same time. I wouldn't see a need to have one when you are any younger. Cell phones are to keep in contact, and when I was 14 I was beginning to go out with friends alone and go on sports trips and what not, and the cell phone was mainly so my parents would have a way to contact me when they needed to find me. But now I'm seeing kids who are seven and eight years old with the newest and most technologically advanced cell phones out there. I don't see any point for that. When I got my cell phone, I was in charge of paying for it myself. I was forever doing yard work for neighbors whether it be shovelling the snow or mowing the grass to gain the money to pay for it. But how is a child seven or eight years old to pay for it? They are too young to work and also, are too young that they shouldn't be out without their parents at that age. So who would they have that the need to keep in contact with? Friends that they see every day at school?
It would also be interesting to see which students have facebook as a home page on their laptop/computer, mainly because facebook is definitely one of the most popular and most visited sites out there right now. We could do a survey including everyone in the school who has their own personal laptop/computer. See which students have facebook as a home page verses which ones have say, google or hotmail as a homepage.
"There are 11 TV's in my house" was the second statement that really struck me as surprising. According to BBC News, the daily household is led by one married couple and has on average two children. So I would never imagine the need to have 11 televisions. There isn't even half as many people in the house as there are TV's, and unless technology has discovered a new way to be in two places at once, than that just seems like a complete waste of money and space to me.
"The majority of my music is illegally downloaded" is something I can relate to. Whether it's right or not, everyone does it and we have access to it on countless number's of sites such as Limewire, Isohunt, Ares or Bearshare. It's free, and it's easily accessible. I'm in no way about to go out and spend money that I don't have on CD's. Why buy music off of iTunes when it is justt as easy to access for free and the same quality somewhere else?
"I'd rather check the news online than on TV" is something else I agree with. Although it is easy to lay back on the couch each evening and get caught up on wordly events, it is much easier to do it on the internet. When watching TV, you cant fast forward to watch exactly what you're looking for, if the news you are looking to hear more about is the last on the news report, than you are forced to sit through all the other reports just to get to that three minute information session you were looking to hear more about. On the internet, you google what you are looking for and hundreds upon thousands of sites pop up giving you options to all the information there is known on it. It is much more specific and easy to access whether it be on your laptop at work or your cell phone on the bus ride home.
If I were given the option to survey Blackville School on two media related subjects, the first one I would choose would be cell phones. I would love to find out when students in high school got their first cell phone, verses when the students in middle school got their first cell phone. I got my first cell phone when I was 14, and I believe most of my friends got theirs around the same time. I wouldn't see a need to have one when you are any younger. Cell phones are to keep in contact, and when I was 14 I was beginning to go out with friends alone and go on sports trips and what not, and the cell phone was mainly so my parents would have a way to contact me when they needed to find me. But now I'm seeing kids who are seven and eight years old with the newest and most technologically advanced cell phones out there. I don't see any point for that. When I got my cell phone, I was in charge of paying for it myself. I was forever doing yard work for neighbors whether it be shovelling the snow or mowing the grass to gain the money to pay for it. But how is a child seven or eight years old to pay for it? They are too young to work and also, are too young that they shouldn't be out without their parents at that age. So who would they have that the need to keep in contact with? Friends that they see every day at school?
It would also be interesting to see which students have facebook as a home page on their laptop/computer, mainly because facebook is definitely one of the most popular and most visited sites out there right now. We could do a survey including everyone in the school who has their own personal laptop/computer. See which students have facebook as a home page verses which ones have say, google or hotmail as a homepage.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Critiquing Blogs
Great Big Sea
This blog entry by Alan Doyle, a group member from Great Big Sea, was very well done in my opinion. There are lots of blogs out there, one that may interest one person might completely repulse the next, this blog isn't for anyone. You probably wouldn't be interested in reading it unless you are a GBS fan or a young musician. But for those of us who fit that profile, its very entertaining. He talks about his home life and life on the road and the way his life flows, being a musician of such high demand. Although his blog is not posted in point form, it is broken up into paragraphs to make it easier to follow and read. He gives his thoughts and ideas for up coming albums and new things he would like to try within 2011. He asks his readers many questions and looks for feed back and ideas and has a place available on the web page to do so. He is very personal with his readers, he really seems to be himself and I as a reader love the idea that he is looking for his fans ideas and suggestions and the fact that he really seems to take them seriously and into considering makes it all the better. He really communicates with his fans. Replies back to what they have to say and always says thanks. He uses humor and makes fun of himself and the fact that he has no clue whatsoever how to use Twitter, but he explains that the reason he got it was to really keep in touch with his fans. It really makes us as viewers see him as down to earth and not too famous to live beyond his fans. Also, there is a link on web page to the blogs of the other GBS members and tour dates along with their entire discography and online store.
Go Travel and See The World
This blog was extremely well done as far as I can tell and I, as a traveller, will definitely be visiting this blog before any trips I will be taking in the future. It gives tips on everything! It tells how to make your own blog (which has nothing to do with travelling but I found very useful because we will be making our own blogs soon), told of her personal experiences in many many places in the world, and even has an alphabetical list of links to all the places in the world in which she has posted blogs about. It tells of the best way to really get the full affect of the city or town you plan to see and the "must see places". The site of full of links to travel sites such as Expedia and hotel deals all over the world. It even has links to other travellers blogs and "deals of the day". She keeps it personal, all the pictures that are on there are taken by herself. All in all, its full of color and kept up to date and lifelike. No wonder her blog was suggested to us!
This blog entry by Alan Doyle, a group member from Great Big Sea, was very well done in my opinion. There are lots of blogs out there, one that may interest one person might completely repulse the next, this blog isn't for anyone. You probably wouldn't be interested in reading it unless you are a GBS fan or a young musician. But for those of us who fit that profile, its very entertaining. He talks about his home life and life on the road and the way his life flows, being a musician of such high demand. Although his blog is not posted in point form, it is broken up into paragraphs to make it easier to follow and read. He gives his thoughts and ideas for up coming albums and new things he would like to try within 2011. He asks his readers many questions and looks for feed back and ideas and has a place available on the web page to do so. He is very personal with his readers, he really seems to be himself and I as a reader love the idea that he is looking for his fans ideas and suggestions and the fact that he really seems to take them seriously and into considering makes it all the better. He really communicates with his fans. Replies back to what they have to say and always says thanks. He uses humor and makes fun of himself and the fact that he has no clue whatsoever how to use Twitter, but he explains that the reason he got it was to really keep in touch with his fans. It really makes us as viewers see him as down to earth and not too famous to live beyond his fans. Also, there is a link on web page to the blogs of the other GBS members and tour dates along with their entire discography and online store.
Go Travel and See The World
This blog was extremely well done as far as I can tell and I, as a traveller, will definitely be visiting this blog before any trips I will be taking in the future. It gives tips on everything! It tells how to make your own blog (which has nothing to do with travelling but I found very useful because we will be making our own blogs soon), told of her personal experiences in many many places in the world, and even has an alphabetical list of links to all the places in the world in which she has posted blogs about. It tells of the best way to really get the full affect of the city or town you plan to see and the "must see places". The site of full of links to travel sites such as Expedia and hotel deals all over the world. It even has links to other travellers blogs and "deals of the day". She keeps it personal, all the pictures that are on there are taken by herself. All in all, its full of color and kept up to date and lifelike. No wonder her blog was suggested to us!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Key Roles of Mass Media
Strong and Free
This book is definitely one that informs us about events that happen internationally. Before speaking with Becky and reading her book, I had no idea about the kind of things that still happened in the world today. I thought there was no place on earth that acted in such inhumane ways. It really makes us aware of the way a big part of the rest of the world lives, we should all be more thankful and really appreciate the life we live as Canadians.
Mean Girls
This movie has got to consume most of the cruelest humor out of all of the movies I've ever seen. The way girls back stab each other and talk behind each other's backs, they do it so much that it almost seems normal. It seems to come natural to most of these girls. In the movie there is a book they call the "Burnbook". The girls take pictures of all the other students in the school, paste it in the Burnbook, and write a nasty comment or rumor about them under it. After this movie was released, things got to the point where even girls I know were making their very own Burnbook. Life is cruel enough, we don't need Hollywood giving us ideas on how we can be even more horrible to each other.
National Geographic , "Inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888."
National Geographic is by far one of the largest and most well known magazines in the world that links us with all sorts of information we could never imagine. It opens us up to the world of anything from Cenotes to the worlds most dangerous fish. I'm sure you could list off any topic in the world and National Geographic would have done an article on it. The best part is, all of their information is researched and factual.
Lollipop
This song and video, produced by Lil Wayne, is the first video that came to mind. I've been singing this song for a few years now, and knew all the lyrics off by heart, but never stopped to think about what they actually meant until a few months ago. I couldn't believe that I had been singing those lyrics for such a long time without cluing into what they were actually saying and the meaning behind them. Songs like come everyday to us, were all at the point that we sing them without even listening to ourselves and for most of us, even after realizing the meaning behind them, still don't stop because this kind of thing is so common to us that we believe it has no impact on us whatsoever. If this were even ten years ago though, there is no way it would be playing on radio stations and seen on TV.
Also, even from working in a movie theatre, I see the way the ratings are changed. I couldn't believe it when I saw a grandmother and her young grandson walking into a sex scene during one the movies and not even thinking twice about it. What really caught me off guard though, was the fact that the grandson was even of age to see this movie, ratings have dropped so much even since we were young. Cartoons now come with swearing and what used to be a parental guidance film has now dropped to children.
The Coolest "Billboard" Ad's Ever!
I was originally looking for the ad with the wire's travelling through the bald man's nose (advertising for nose hair trimmers) and found this site with the top 10 "Coolest "Billboard" Ad's Ever!". I couldn't choose just one so I posted them all. I think all of these advertisements are awesome, they all interact with the public and some even get them involved in making their own ad like the Sharpie ad for example, where it was a digital screen that allowed to you write on it with their digital markers in any color you chose. I also like the ad for the batteries, it made it seem like they had the strength to power an entire city bus. The ad for skydiving was the best though I thought, where they painted a scene looking downward onto a city on the floor of an elevator. That would have a huge impact on people! I know for sure I would not be able to go on that elevator, just the idea that we were crashing onto the ground would be enough to scar me. They are all very memorable ad's, ones that I'm sure people will never be able to forget about.
Simon's Cat
Simon was just a normal guy who made up cartoons about the real life experiences with his cat. He then began publishing them on Youtube a few small years ago and has gained tons of recognition since then. He has also just recently published his own cartoon strip book called "Simon's Cat". The videos are absolutely hilarious, we literally sat around for about an hour at our last family dinner, everyone crowded around the computer, watching these cartoons he published of his cat.
This book is definitely one that informs us about events that happen internationally. Before speaking with Becky and reading her book, I had no idea about the kind of things that still happened in the world today. I thought there was no place on earth that acted in such inhumane ways. It really makes us aware of the way a big part of the rest of the world lives, we should all be more thankful and really appreciate the life we live as Canadians.
Mean Girls
This movie has got to consume most of the cruelest humor out of all of the movies I've ever seen. The way girls back stab each other and talk behind each other's backs, they do it so much that it almost seems normal. It seems to come natural to most of these girls. In the movie there is a book they call the "Burnbook". The girls take pictures of all the other students in the school, paste it in the Burnbook, and write a nasty comment or rumor about them under it. After this movie was released, things got to the point where even girls I know were making their very own Burnbook. Life is cruel enough, we don't need Hollywood giving us ideas on how we can be even more horrible to each other.
National Geographic , "Inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888."
National Geographic is by far one of the largest and most well known magazines in the world that links us with all sorts of information we could never imagine. It opens us up to the world of anything from Cenotes to the worlds most dangerous fish. I'm sure you could list off any topic in the world and National Geographic would have done an article on it. The best part is, all of their information is researched and factual.
Lollipop
This song and video, produced by Lil Wayne, is the first video that came to mind. I've been singing this song for a few years now, and knew all the lyrics off by heart, but never stopped to think about what they actually meant until a few months ago. I couldn't believe that I had been singing those lyrics for such a long time without cluing into what they were actually saying and the meaning behind them. Songs like come everyday to us, were all at the point that we sing them without even listening to ourselves and for most of us, even after realizing the meaning behind them, still don't stop because this kind of thing is so common to us that we believe it has no impact on us whatsoever. If this were even ten years ago though, there is no way it would be playing on radio stations and seen on TV.
Also, even from working in a movie theatre, I see the way the ratings are changed. I couldn't believe it when I saw a grandmother and her young grandson walking into a sex scene during one the movies and not even thinking twice about it. What really caught me off guard though, was the fact that the grandson was even of age to see this movie, ratings have dropped so much even since we were young. Cartoons now come with swearing and what used to be a parental guidance film has now dropped to children.
The Coolest "Billboard" Ad's Ever!
I was originally looking for the ad with the wire's travelling through the bald man's nose (advertising for nose hair trimmers) and found this site with the top 10 "Coolest "Billboard" Ad's Ever!". I couldn't choose just one so I posted them all. I think all of these advertisements are awesome, they all interact with the public and some even get them involved in making their own ad like the Sharpie ad for example, where it was a digital screen that allowed to you write on it with their digital markers in any color you chose. I also like the ad for the batteries, it made it seem like they had the strength to power an entire city bus. The ad for skydiving was the best though I thought, where they painted a scene looking downward onto a city on the floor of an elevator. That would have a huge impact on people! I know for sure I would not be able to go on that elevator, just the idea that we were crashing onto the ground would be enough to scar me. They are all very memorable ad's, ones that I'm sure people will never be able to forget about.
Simon's Cat
Simon was just a normal guy who made up cartoons about the real life experiences with his cat. He then began publishing them on Youtube a few small years ago and has gained tons of recognition since then. He has also just recently published his own cartoon strip book called "Simon's Cat". The videos are absolutely hilarious, we literally sat around for about an hour at our last family dinner, everyone crowded around the computer, watching these cartoons he published of his cat.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Media Literacy and Your Expectations
What is media literacy?
The first video is summarizing the actual definition of the term "media literacy". Media basically being anything from commercials and advertisements to billboards and computers and literacy being the way we read and create, AKA how we interpret what we see. It "summarizes the 21st century digital media landscape" says Rob Williams during an interview. The video also rhymes off facts about the media, for example; people see about 3000 discrete advertising messages a day. Its quite a big eye opened and makes you more aware of what you really see everyday. It also discusses the useless media today, saying that the read media producers of the world have to work especially hard to stay on top of and keep the attention of viewers today, getting across the important facts rather than the useless ones.
Media Literacy, Education & Choice
"Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in all of its forms" is the opening line in this video, and it also describes what the video itself is about. It describes the five core questions of media literacy and talks about the way we need to learn to interpret and deal with today's media and the different ways people interpret things. Maybe the message we view doesn't include all the true facts and evidence behind it? The video is telling us that we, as viewers, will probably never know everything that is actually going on behind the news stories we are hearing. There are probably many things that are and are not being said.
One of the major things I would like to look at in this course, is the racism and manipulating going on behind many of the Walt Disney movies. For example, in the movie Dumbo, all of the characters are white in the entire movie, except the circus workers who are all, for some reason, black. What kind of image are they really trying to portray to the public?
The first video is summarizing the actual definition of the term "media literacy". Media basically being anything from commercials and advertisements to billboards and computers and literacy being the way we read and create, AKA how we interpret what we see. It "summarizes the 21st century digital media landscape" says Rob Williams during an interview. The video also rhymes off facts about the media, for example; people see about 3000 discrete advertising messages a day. Its quite a big eye opened and makes you more aware of what you really see everyday. It also discusses the useless media today, saying that the read media producers of the world have to work especially hard to stay on top of and keep the attention of viewers today, getting across the important facts rather than the useless ones.
Media Literacy, Education & Choice
"Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in all of its forms" is the opening line in this video, and it also describes what the video itself is about. It describes the five core questions of media literacy and talks about the way we need to learn to interpret and deal with today's media and the different ways people interpret things. Maybe the message we view doesn't include all the true facts and evidence behind it? The video is telling us that we, as viewers, will probably never know everything that is actually going on behind the news stories we are hearing. There are probably many things that are and are not being said.
One of the major things I would like to look at in this course, is the racism and manipulating going on behind many of the Walt Disney movies. For example, in the movie Dumbo, all of the characters are white in the entire movie, except the circus workers who are all, for some reason, black. What kind of image are they really trying to portray to the public?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)