October 04, 2004
rightsaidfred
i have decided to use the song by rightsaidfred "im too sexy". although it is a silly song and the visual i have planned is silly as well i want to use really interesting angles and movements wth the camera and editing details on final cut pro. a lot of quick angle changes with different lights as well.
June 02, 2004
Write about the extent that you feel the media creates and maintains stereotypes.
I believe that the media plays an essential role in creating and maintaining stereotypes. Stereotyping occurs in the news, TV shows, movies, and in advertising. The media shapes, reflects and reinforces stereotypes about gender roles, race, class, and sexual orientation. Gender roles in the media are changing but stereotypes still exist. For example, almost every commercial we see about a cleaning product has a generic looking conservative thirty-year-old white woman. It seems that women are obsessed with having fabulously clean laundry, kitchens that shine, floors you can eat off of, and bathrooms that smell like flowers. In contrast, commercial about banking and finance usually feature men. In movies and TV shows the president is always a man, and women are too often secretaries.
Continue reading "Write about the extent that you feel the media creates and maintains stereotypes.": To what extent do you see the media influencing our view of society, of politics, of the state of the world in general? To what extent is the media going to win or lose Bush the election?
I think that the media both shapes and reflects our view of society. It is a powerful influence in American society today. It shapes our views because so many people rely on the media for information, and there is no such thing as judgment free or unbiased news. The news media, through what they report (and what they don’t report), and the pictures they show (and the pictures they don’t show), can make people believe pretty much anything. Sometimes the media acts as judge and jury. Look at the way the media portrays Michael Jackson. He is treated like he is already been convicted, and his trial has not even started.
Continue reading ": To what extent do you see the media influencing our view of society, of politics, of the state of the world in general? To what extent is the media going to win or lose Bush the election?"What makes a good film?
To me a good film must have several things. The most important aspect of a film is its message. It must have a message that is clear and somewhat meaningful. Oliver Stone’s Platoon, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, and Milos Foreman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest are examples of films with clear and meaningful messages. The message is the most important part of the film because it is what stays with you long after you leave the movie theater.
Continue reading "What makes a good film?"May 19, 2004
How the media mantains social stereotypes
All forms of media have an incredibly strong power over people. The light that the media sheds on different people is then indicative of how they feel about hem. Uneducatede and sheltered people turn to televisoion and movies for a lot of their knowledge. Their opinions are also very easily formed and molded based on the images and stories they see because these are things they have no real life contact with. For example, imagine somebody who lives in the rural country farmland of America, with no contact to the Big City. When they watch the REAL WORLD: New York, their opinion would be formed solely on the television show.
May 10, 2004
WhAT MAKES A GREAT FILM?
There are a number of films, that I really enjoy and consider my favorite movies. The reason for liking these films is hard to decipher and I am not completely sure, what it is about their themse or plots that I enjoy, so muich. The closest thing, I can relate to all of them is the way that they have the viewer rooting for a character to succeed, who is not a good-guy. A film that makes the viewer hope that a criminal IS, in fact, able to succeed through the bank heist and make out with hundreds of people's well-earned money is strong.
Continue reading "WhAT MAKES A GREAT FILM?"May 03, 2004
Media, stereo type, and what they mean
Stereo types have been a constant in the media, whether you notice it, or let it effect you, is up to you.
Continue reading "Media, stereo type, and what they mean"April 28, 2004
The Very Long Essay On Perception of Race in the Media
The media has become a public staple over the past 50 years. The television sitcom (situation comedy) has become the way to enjoy a half an hour of television to laugh and watch the people acting on these sitcoms do the comedy that put them there in the first place. The way the shows are written are also different from the last 20 years. The idea of the whole duplicate and innovate has gone with the wind so-to-speak. All the sitcoms seem to copy each other and while in the process of doing that, writers seem to have written more and more racial storylines and although it has not been flat out racism, there is still a hint of the racism storylines that are on these shows. Whether its Archie Bunker, america's favorite bigot, to the television show friends having the absence of other races and ethnicites on its series televsion, the media and the people themselves really have created a sort of race riot on TV.
How the media perpetuates stereotypes...
If we look at the media as a group of people, with every channel as a different person, then the media is just an extremely biased group of people, just like every other group of humans on the face of the earth. They, like everyone else, have their own specific opinions. However, the media is more than just any group of people: it is a trusted group, one that society looks towards for answers to their problems (Just like the president or some celebrities). The opinions of the media have an extremely influential effect on the world because of the trust and belief that is placed in it (This is probably due to the fact that we really have no other choice: If you want to find out about Iraq or India, you can’t exactly just go over there and see what’s happening. You have to go to the media for news, even if you don’t trust it.).
Continue reading "How the media perpetuates stereotypes..."April 26, 2004
The Media's Issues: Why Do Some Events Get Media Coverage While Others Do Not? How does this help to enforce steryotypes?
On April 25th, there was an historic march on Washington. It was arguably the largest march on Washington ever to take place. According to CNN, "various police sources informally estimated the throng (of marchers) at between 500,000 and 800,000 strong", and the organizers of the march have estimated that closer to 1,000,000 people marched. So why when Ms. Reed showed me the New York Post today, why was I almost unable to find any record of this event ever taking place? I mean one would think that such a large convergence of people would cause even the closed minded New York Post to take it's head out of it's arse for long enough to write a page or two on what happened. Well, I finally found the article; it came in the form of a paragraph long opinion piece denouncing the march as a huge failure. Now, I understand that the US is a 'free country' and thus most people can pretty much say whatever they want to, but what I want to look at is why a news source would print an opinion saying that a march of about one million people is a failure. And how does the fact that certain stories are omitted contribute to steryotyping?
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