Persuasions: Identities, Stereotypes, & Fights

As you know for my paper I’m writing about Kanye West and how he is an example of how certain types of media and society could affect an individual. I think I’m making a lot of progress with my paper so far. It’s really easy to find all the information about Kanye’s life, especially the vma incident with Taylor Swift. I’m more worried about the video aspect of this project. I haven’t really ever made videos or something like this so its new for me, but it should be simple enough. I’m still not sure what I want to do for this video. I’m thinking about possibly reenacting the incident. There are some other options too though. Besides this I think I’m fine so far and once I decide what my video will be on it should be easy to do.

As most of you know for my project I’m focusing on violence in video games and how it affect kids negatively.  I can’t wait to start shooting.  I already have a visual idea of how my video is going to go down.  I already have a cast of people to shoot in my movie.  I used final cut and Imovie my entire senior year in high school so editing it won’t be difficult.   My video is going to be pretty funny even though it focuses on a serious topic.  I’m going to act situations in how Grand Theft Auto could make a teenager kill.  My thesis will be pretty clear through out the video.

As everyone knows I am working in a group with Danielle Minch and Vicky Vien. For our digital essay we will be doing a still motion love story with Dreamers by The Terribles playing in the background. There will obviously be no words in this film, being that it is still motion. But we also didn’t want anyone speaking in this film because we want our message to be understood clearly by just the pictures. We might even go to the extent of buying one of these Barbie Basics doll. Stay tuned for a love story you’ll never forget!!

My group is doing a stop motion film. What that is, is a series of photographs that will be in slideshow form, moving so fast that it almost appears as a movie. We chose to do this because it will allow for the highest quality, since I have a Nikon D3000, and because it will impact the viewers differently than will every other group’s project. You have to be original right!? So far, we are going with a love story, as I posted about in my original proposal. This will allow many different perspectives to be seen at once; the perfection seeking boy and girl and the boy and girl who are comfortable in their own skin. I’m hoping our message is clear to everyone; that perfection seeking will end in disappointment.

My progress on finding relevant information on Lady Gaga’s effects on society was quick and easy. The only problem that I have is writing my essay. The pressure to write the perfect essay is high when I have all the information at my disposal and approved. I guess whats left is my video. I’m not afraid of it because I have already used Mac’s Final Cut Pro and luckily I have it on my Mac. Shooting scenes or whatever is needed for the digital essay might be the only problem considering my last project I was on my friend’s roof and got kicked out by the landlord. Being on private property is definitely a problem.

I’m gathering material for my topic, I already have my copy of Romeo and Juliet and I have some ideas I want to work on. In terms of the digital part, I’m thinking of reenacting scenes from Romeo and Juliet, but I’m unsure of whether to portray the scenes exactly, or to do them in a modern sense. Actually I’m kinda worried abut writing a 7-10 page analysis but once I get all my ideas down, I think I’ll be able to cover that much.

I’m really excited about the video part of the research. I’m not a pro at making videos, but I love trying new things involving technology. I think that this will be really fun. I don’t know how I’m going to do my video yet, we’re still trying to find a way that we [me anna brianna] can do the video part together. I would really prefer to do it with them.

I looked through my computer programs and I have windows maker =D now I just gotta figure out how to use it!

Hi all,

I am happy to say that I’ve secured us all seats at the lecture that we had mentioned going to (when Luke Waltzer came to class).  Please let me know if you are unable to attend. I’ve gotten us all reserved seats. Here is the information:

How Should the University Evolve?

A Conversation About the Future of Higher Education

Thursday, November 18, 2010–6PM to 8PM

VC14-220

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eica-_nnPs

Who hasn’t played video games as a child?  I know I did.  I first started off with games that dealt with mathematics and reading.  As I reached the age of 7 I started to play racing and more intense games.  Once I hit 9 I encountered violent video games such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto.   I was able to handle guns and blow peoples heads off.  It was fun and made my adrenaline rush at the same time.  I would at times scream “die , die” and even start to curse while playing these game similar to how the characters in the game would curse.  As I grew older these games didn’t seem that exciting.  I became used death and blood splattering all over in games.  Also in reality I would see fights breakout all the time and not even care.  These game made me think that violence was fine and that everyone does it.  I realized that violence is a big issue and these video games have a negative effect on children.  Parents should stop their children from playing games such as these.

The topic I chose to work on is violence in video games . I want to focus on how such games such as grand theft auto, counterstrike, and mortal Kombat promote violence and encourage kids to some of the actions these character do.  Parents need to censor these game from there children. Children don’t really know right from wrong. Some may think since them murdering people virtually in these games and stealing money from banks to gain points it’s fine to do it in real life.  Distinguishing reality from fantasy is difficult at times. In these game blood is splattering all over and hookers slaughtered, children over time become desensitized to death and violence that when they encounter it in reality it doesn’t seem to phase them.  This is a problem it should phase them because death is a big deal.

I want to write this paper about the health of every woman that is influenced by the media. The main thing I want to focus on is commercials. People hate waiting for commercials so why are there are always three to four of them within a half hour show? As we’re waiting impatiently for our show to come back on, the commercials are out to trick us. Commercials portray everything in a positive way towards their product and don’t tell us the flaws. It makes everything so perfect and creates envy. Envy to be able to be like those super skinny, perfect proportioned, unbelievably gorgeous women in every commercial. Sadly, people attempt to be like this, hurting themselves physically and mentally; harming their health. Along with commercials that make us envy others, there are commercials on food. These commercials are advertised by skinny men/women that inform us about how good the food is but never about how unhealthy it is. Commercials are harming our health in every way possible.

I think this would be a great topic to write about for my 7-10 page research paper because it is specific yet broad. My topic isn’t too specific so it can be very flexible. Having flexibility is a great thing so I am not limited to talk about only one thing. I feel as though I would be able to research a lot and talk about various things in commercials that affect us. I definitely want to make use of good sources. Online resources will be a huge part of my research project. I would be able to find an abundant amount of information about my topic on the web. I plan to prove that media affects a person’s health in a negative way. I hope to achieve this by writing about how big of an impact media through commercials give to people watching.