Elijah Cortez's Blog
http://elijahhasarandomblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-entry-2-sabotage.html#comments
Andrew Phillip's Blog
http://mediaredundant.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-entry-4-from-spray-can-to-light.html?showComment=1301269382572#c568507667030103461
Karan Shetty's Blog:
http://karanberrysaresweet.blogspot.com/2011/01/do-you-feel-safe-on-facebook-blog-entry.html?showComment=1301274638645#c1862612176129958280
Emilio Lindo's Blog:
http://elindo25.blogspot.com/2010/11/look-at-music-videos.html?showComment=1301274793322#c1476296939689749339
Brandon Abas's Blog:
http://brandonfma.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-entry-6-logo-parodies-that-speak.html?showComment=1301274963676#c953258550234571990
Brandon Chang's Blog:
http://xbrandonxmediax.blogspot.com/2010/10/you-get-no-love.html?showComment=1301275603731#c8423620423064415691
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Blog Entry #6: Logo Parodies that speak the truth
The logo is the symbol of British Petroleum (BP). This logo was made to tell us what the BP oil spill caused. The orginal logo is the the leaf in green and yellow but due to the recent oil spill the artist who redesigned the logo added black to the bottom half to represent the oil spill.
2. Describe the symbols used in the logo. Why did the graphic artist use such imagery?
The symbols in the logo are the dolphin, birds and sea gulls covered in oil. The artist used this imagery to show us the negative impacts that the oil spill had on the animal and their habitats. The other symbol is the leaf which represent the earth and since the bottom half of the logo is covered in oil, it represents the damage done to our environment.
3. What does this logo say of BP's corporate identity?
The logo says that BP is not a petroleum company but just a bigger problem.
It says that BP doesn't care about the animals and their habitats and that they
just care about the oil and the money they make. This logo is blaming BP for the oil
spill and the damage it caused.
*Side Note
In my opinion the oilspill isn't all BP's fault because their plan was not to spill oil in to the ocean. It was just that BP did very little to try to clean it up or fix it the minute it happened which then launched the event to the medi and the media took it and as usual twisted it around to make it look like it was all BP's fault. The truth was that, it was an accident. I feel that BP shouldn't be blamed for everything. In my opinion for BP to be good in my books they should spend some money in restoring some of the habitats and the beaches that were damaged due to the oil spill.
Blog Entry #5: Digital Actors
1. Is this acting or is this animation?
For the movie Avatar there was mostly acting with some animation but both were needed and one of them by its self would not work. Avatar is mostly acting because there were actors there to say & act out their lines and there were doubles to do the stunts & some of the other stuff. The animation is needed in order to give the aliens the real look and the real feeling. The animation would have been needed especially because this movie was also released in 3D so the animation aspect would have been very important
2. Do you think that animated character should be eligible for acting awards?
I don't think that animated characters should be eligible for acting awards because they don't do anything, only the actors and the animators deserve the awards because the animated character is a creation of both their works. Without the human actor's raw emotions the animation the animated characters would not exist and would not have a personality.
3. Do you think that human actors will ever become obsolete? Why or why not?
I do not think that human actors will ever become obsolete because there will always be a need for raw human emotions, and even if there are only animated movies the prodcuers of these movies would always need voice actors. Since all the movies are watched by humans there will always be a need for humans to watch humans act, instead of watching animated movies over & over again.
For the movie Avatar there was mostly acting with some animation but both were needed and one of them by its self would not work. Avatar is mostly acting because there were actors there to say & act out their lines and there were doubles to do the stunts & some of the other stuff. The animation is needed in order to give the aliens the real look and the real feeling. The animation would have been needed especially because this movie was also released in 3D so the animation aspect would have been very important
2. Do you think that animated character should be eligible for acting awards?
I don't think that animated characters should be eligible for acting awards because they don't do anything, only the actors and the animators deserve the awards because the animated character is a creation of both their works. Without the human actor's raw emotions the animation the animated characters would not exist and would not have a personality.
3. Do you think that human actors will ever become obsolete? Why or why not?
I do not think that human actors will ever become obsolete because there will always be a need for raw human emotions, and even if there are only animated movies the prodcuers of these movies would always need voice actors. Since all the movies are watched by humans there will always be a need for humans to watch humans act, instead of watching animated movies over & over again.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Blog Entry #4: From Spray Can to Light: Graffiti Revisited
My Favourite Example of Light Graffiti
This example of light graffiti is one of my favourites because it is very funny because the action seen in this picture was from Dragon Ball Z which was a cartoon i used to watch when i was a child. Though this picture looks very simple, it is actually very complicated because the person doing the action is in the air and also the light graffiti impact towards the far left is very detailed. The picture is very balanced ,connected and looks perfect. Though the light grafitti colours are very simple they are very effective at the same time because the light blue matches well with the dark sky.
This is my favourite example of street graffiti.
This is one of my favourite examples of street graffiti because it is very amusing and very complex at the same time. This type of street graffiti also plays with your mind because the drawing is on a flat surface but the talented artist just created an optical illusion to make it look like there is a bottom. This picture is very balanced, the coulours are very bright and it is visually attractive. This example of street graffiti is very impressive because the person is painting this with chalk. These are the many reasons why this picture is one of my favourite street graffiti's.
Light Graffiti and Street Graffiti are the same and different in many ways. Both of them look great and both of them are ways artists express themselves and their emotions. The difference is that light graffiti doesn't vandalize or deface property & light graffiti artisits have to be good with technology. Light graffiti and Street Graffiti both take a long time to do but Light Graffiti is more challenging in my opinion because it involves a more complex process to make.All in all both Light Graffiti and Street Graffiti look very good,are very intresting to look at and they are very creative.
This is my favourite example of street graffiti.
Light Graffiti and Street Graffiti are the same and different in many ways. Both of them look great and both of them are ways artists express themselves and their emotions. The difference is that light graffiti doesn't vandalize or deface property & light graffiti artisits have to be good with technology. Light graffiti and Street Graffiti both take a long time to do but Light Graffiti is more challenging in my opinion because it involves a more complex process to make.All in all both Light Graffiti and Street Graffiti look very good,are very intresting to look at and they are very creative.
Blog Entry #3: Mashups and Copyright Laws!
The Mashup i watched was from the hit show Glee.
1. What is this mashup trying to communicate? Is it technical experiment, social or political commentary, a comedic parody, or an abstract work of media art?
I think the video is trying to tell people to never let other people bring them down and not let anyone get in their way of doing what they do no matter what it is. The video in a way is inspirational because the music in this mashup has very powerful lyrics. Since this video was made for the very popular show Glee I think this mashup of multiple songs is a peice of media artwork because when the viewers that watch the show, probably think of the mashup as just another song and don't look into the depth of what the mashup really means.
2. Did its creator follow or break copyright laws in its production?
I think the creators followed the copryright laws in its production because Glee is a very popular show and is viewed by the million this would mean that someone would have looked at the mashup and see that it enforced the laws otherwise the mashup wouldn't have been aired. If the copyright laws were not followed the producer would have changed it to follow the rules or they would have not have aired it at all.
3. Do you think that mashup like this requires copyright permission? Why or why not.
I think this mashup requires copyright permission because this mashup is making money for the show using other people's work. So the producer would have had to make sure that the artisits were properly credited for their work. If this mashup had just been made to be viewed by people for non-profit, I do not think you would need copy right permission.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Blog Entry #2 :Do You Know Who's Viewing Your Profile?!?!?!
The word socializing has change. Many people say that the best way to socialize is through networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. There have been many controversies over these types of sites. Ever since the release of Facebook in 2004. One of the controversies is how privacy and security is unprotected. Facebook is very open which, in times can be good or can be bad. It gives strangers an instant access to your contact information, pictures of you and in times can be used to steal your identity. One of the best ways to protect you from the invasion of your privacy and security is to always be aware of the threats. The reason why many people’s privacies have been invaded is because they don’t know who is viewing their profile. There are many ways to protect you ways, one of them is by going into your Privacy Settings and clicking on “friends only”. This will make your Facebook profile seen by your friends only and no one else, keeping out strangers & stalkers from your profile. You should also make your contact information private which means you should make sure that only friends can view it and no one else. You can do this by going on your profile, going under “Contact Information” in the “Info” tab of your profile. There are many other ways of protecting yourself like make sure that you only accept friend’s requests from people you know. Make sure that if you are having a person conversation with someone you should talk to them by writing to their inbox. This can be done by going to your friends profile and under the view videos option there is an option that says “send message to Friend”. This makes your conversations private. One Final thing to protect yourself is to always stay clean and safe on the internet, don’t brag, boast, insult or mock people because this may only aggravate them.
There was a movie recently released about a movie called "catfish". It is an american documentary which is about how two people start a relationship but it ends up to be a mystery when the girlfriend ignores his idea about meeting up. This is also about how people can deceive you on the internet.
There is a video to the trailer below:
If you want to read the rest of the plot you can click HERE.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Blog Entry #1:HEY YA!
The song Hey Ya! is a popular song released in 2003. The song is ranked #186 on the Rolling Stone Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This song also topped the Billboard Hot 100. The video features André 3000 as eight different versions of him, playing the whole song by himself. The song received lots of positive critiques, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.The music video starts off with the Band Manager telling the band which consists of 8 versions of André 3000 not to mess up or they won’t get paid. Then the song starts of with the entrance mimicking the Beatles 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, well I guess after that it’s just girls screaming like it’s a crazy concert and a bunch of wacky dance moves. It’s funny to see André 3000 doing 8 different things at the same time. The video also seems to target all ages and genders because in the music video you can see an old lady dancing along to the video.The catchy beat is accompanied by the crazy dance moves in the video. I first heard this song in 2003 a couple of months after it came out and till now it has not gotten old for me. This song is filled with crazy dance moves and catchy lines such as “what’s cooler than being cold! ICE COLD!”.
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