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Johnny Bunko

Johnny Bunko 

written by Daniel H. Pink

The narrative story of Johnny Bunko is about learning to find your place in the world and to find yourself and how you can make a difference in your life by making a difference in the lives of people you come in contact with everyday. I like the story as Daniel Pink has written it and would not change a thing about. The way he has used a fairytale genie  to use her magic and knowledge of the world to teach Johnny and his friends lessons in life is a perfect way to show how all of us are trying to find ourselves and our place in the world.

I think the fourth lesson in the book (Persistence trumps talent) has been a part of my whole life and everything that Ive attempted to learn in the world. I started taking photo's when I was given a camera for my Highschool graduation present from my parents. I had to learn on my own because getting lessons would be expensive and I was going to go to college in the fall and wanted to learn the camera on my own. The next several years of my photography self education through professional tips from their books which I purchased helped me understand the basics of photography. 

I would get better with my photography by being persistent and having patience in my photography shot selection. I was able to start to find my own style of photography and capture nature the way I wanted to present it to the public. The first lesson in Johnny Bunko was that there is no plan. The question posed to johnny when he first was interviewed for the job was Where do you see yourself in five years? I would answer this question by saying that I want to be a expert in studio production work and a top remote assignment camera man.

The second lesson is think strengths not weaknesses. The question is what are your strenghths? I think my strenghts are persistence, hard work, enthusiasim for learning new things and perserverence.

The next lesson in the Johnny Bunko story is its not about you. The question I get out of this lesson is who do you serve? I think in any career you have to be a team player and keep your eye's and ears open for opportunities to help the company or the team whithin the company which will improve its success. The fourth lesson in the Johnny Bunko saga is persistence trumps talent. In my first paragraph of this paper I liked this lesson because it leaves a possibility that your enthusiasm will be just as important even though you may not be an expert in your profession, you still may have a brilliant idea which could help your fellow coworkers.

The fifth lesson in the Johnny bunko saga is to make excellent mistakes. Johnny did not make an excellent mistake at first because his first idea was a failure. He wanted to make tennis shoes which carried around seeds for trees to be distributed as people walked from place to place but johnny did not factor in the cons of the idea. He didn't realize that just walking around you would drop the seeds anywhere but not in the right places for the seeds to be burried in the ground to grow. Diana the genie who was trying to teach him these lessons thought he made an excellent mistake with the shoes because he wasnt afraid to take risks because he wasnt trying to avoid failure by not tring something new.

The sixth lesson is leave an imprint which means to leave something behind which has made an impression on your company or fellow workers to follow after you have moved on to a better job or a different career. The question the pose is did i make a difference. I think that all the jobs Ive had and the people Ive worked with that my positive attitude has made a difference to the people Ive worked with down through the years.

The question I ask to people from my first paragraph is Why does persistence trump talent?

Executive Summary

The Future of Cinema

By Eric J. Woody

The Future of Cinema is the 3d movies made by James Cameron like popular film Avatar which earned $3 billion dollars world wide. The terminator was also one of James Cameron's popular and successful movies made in 1984.  Technology has been apart of the Future of Cinema since the beginning of cinema in the late 1870's with the invention of motion photography pioneered by photographer Eadweard Muybridge who photographed a race horse using twenty four camera's lined along the race track taking one photo per frame which turned out to be 1/24 frames per second which when viewed in motion causes the photo's to come to life. James Cameron used minitures and stop motion animation which created his motion in his animation film.

The Future of Cinema is based in advancements in new technologies like 3d and 4d technology but also in avancemets in film resolution like 1080 p and now 2k and 4k filming. These which give digital filming and videography sharper images which bring the images even more too life almost like being their. I used to use manual lenses in my photography and film photography which was a slower more artistic process. The Digital revolution made it easier for photographers and film makers a way to produce images quicker do more in less time than film and save more money in processing of the images

The Future of Cinema is also what we produce as writers and how the writers move their stories to get the attention of their audiences. The content producers now and in the near future can be anyone who uses the internet and portable technology. Smartphones, ipads, digital camera technology like DSLR camera's are a lot less expensive to film on and more portable. The use of SD cards which are used by most people using digital technology allow almost unlimited space for footage to be captured. 

The Future of Cinema has a bright future because we as a society like to tell and share our stories online and this allows us easier access via youtube, facebook, twitter, vimeo, streaming live, on Ustream and all the portable ways to capture these stories will allow cinema a new way of reaching audiences. . 

Summary of The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat

by Daniel James Brown

Executive Summary

by Eric J. Woody

The Book was written about the quest for Olympic gold and the many trials and tribulations that we as humans go through in life. The book starts off from the story's of several of the athlete's which participated on the Washington State University Crew team. Joe Rantz, Roger Morris, George Yeoman Pocock, Don Hume, Bob Moch and others are the athlete's, coaches, boat builders who are part of this story and Quest to reach the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin Germany. The story goes through many story's in history such as the Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, Hitlers rise to power in Germany, and the rebuilding of the American Dream. This Book is stunning in its visual scope, and makes you see the world through these peoples eye's so as to pull you into the story which comes to life every page you read. 

Future of Cinema slide presentation

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The future of Cinema has to start with movie history because without history you don't have a future.The future of Cinema starts with the first invention to produce motion. In 1873 former California governor Leland Stanford needed help winning a bet he had made with a friend.(Media Literacy and Culture Stanley J. Baran) He was convinced that horses in a full gallop had all four feet off the ground, he had to prove it. The governor turned to professional photographer Eadweard Muybridge for help solving this problem. In 1877 Muybridge arranged a series of still cameras along a stretch of racetrack. (Media Literacy and Culture Stanley J. Baran)The horse raced pass the series of camera's which took a single shot from each camera which proved that when the photo's viewed together in order it created motion. Muybridge continued to experiment with motion shots and invented the Zoopraxiscope, a machine for projecting slides onto a wall. Muybridge met with the great inventor Thomas Edison in 1888 who took his Zoopraxiscope and improved on the idea with his own inventor William Dickson. William Dickson combined Hannibal Goodwin's newly invented celluloid roll film with George Eastman's easy to use Kodak camera to make a motion picture camera that took 40 photo's a second. (Media Literacy and Culture Stanley J. Baran)

William Dickson then used his Kinetograph to film all types of theatrical performances, some non famous people and others famous like Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill Cody.(Media Literacy and Culture Stanley J. Baran)

 Thomas edison was the first to change camera placement and editing. His movie the Great Train Robbery(1903) was the first movie to use inntercutting scenes and mobile cameras to tell a story.

The Future of Cinema continued with these short films which brought audiences to come to the new Cinema the nikelodeons some of these having as much as 100 seats.

The Future of Cinema continued with hundreds and hundreds of these Nickelodeons poping up everywhere all over the country there was a need for more movies to be made.

Production companies started to sping up to produce these movies and people making these movies had to learn all aspects of the process. Writer, actor, and camera operator D. W. Griffith was quickly recognized as a brilliant director. He introduced innovations like scheduled rehearsals before final shooting and production based on a shooting script. D.W. Griffith also used closeups, lighting and costume in his productions which brought a more dramatic look to his films.

The Future of Cinema grew because of D. W. Griffiths film in 1915 Birth of a Nation which was distributed across the country and became won of the highest grossing films until 1939's Gone with the Wind.

The Future of Cinema thrived because of Thomas Eddisons (MPPC) which was Edisons way of controling what types of movies were produced and distributed. The independent producers, writers,directors did not like this so the moved to Hollywood and started their own studio system.

The newly formed studios of Universal, Paramount, and Fox Films started to produce their own films for the twenty thousand theaters that were present at the time.

The Future of Cinema continued to grow in innovation in the mid 1920's with the invention to the talkie. The silent film era was at a close and sound in film became important Don Jaun (1926) starring the great John Barrymore distributed with synchronized music and sound effects. The Jazz Singer (1927) starring Al Jolson, had many speaking scenes (354 words) but was mostly silent.

The Future of Cinema was bright by the end of the 1930's weekly attendance at movie theaters was over eighty million with Hollywood producing five hundred pictures a year. The cinema was a meeting place for family entertainment across the country.

The Future of Cinema is bright according to Christopher Nolan who said that "Movie studio;s, producers, and theater owners will have to work for it, demonstrably inproving the experience of going to the movie theater." Christopher Nolan also said, "that Bigger theaters,expensive projection, and new directors will usher in a new era of cinema.

The future of Cinema rests with the creative writers, producers and directors of the future and what they produce for the Cinema. Wally Pfister say's that. " While people can watch content on any device, in any location, the future of movies rests in delineating the theatrical experience from your home theater and your mobile phone."

Christopher Nolan hopes that new film makers like we had in the 1990's such as Lars von Trier, and Quentin Tarantino will bring in new life to the cinema.

The Cinema Journal 45, No. 1 2005 states that "convergence now stands as one measure of success in the studios. To acheive this end, the conglomerates constantly work to exploit the economic conditions and business practices in film that historically difined television."

The Future of Cinema has to include the innovations of technology which should excite and thrill cinema's future audiences. Michelle Lhooq say's that because of lasers in IMAX movies the lasers produce deeper black colors which make sharper images overall.

Laser projection systems also promise to fix the washed out, eye straining quality of 3d movies according to Michelle lhooq. The major film studios during the 2012 CinemaCon gave their stamp of approval on new technology with a prototype shown at the con.

The other improvements in cinema are in the use of digital camera's like the Red One which Steven Soderbergh have been using to shoot their new film productions. They are less expensive for studio's and easier to carry to on location filming.

Iphones have also made their way into the future of cinema with whole movies being shot on smart phones. In 2011 the movie Olive was shot by Hooman Khali on a Nokia smartphone.

The Future of Cinema also features improvements in 3d movies with Lenticular lens technology which redirects light to each eye allowing the audience to process two different images at the same time(the way we do in real life) giving us greater perception of depth.

The Future of Cinema also includes sound and the only masters of sound for the past fourty years have be Dolby. Dolby has come up with the Atomos sound system which debut in 2012. They say by adding a rigging of speakers to the ceiling and adding more speaker feeds/audio inputs all around, the system pushes sound out from even more directions- making auditory effects almost alarmingly naturalistic.

In conclusion the Future of Cinema is bright because it includes the elements of technology with the elements of the creative minds of our new century. Cinema is not dead its just starting a new phase in its history. Hopefully instead of the Comic book movies which Hollywood has been producing the past couple of years, they will focus on better narrative story telling and less on the blockbuster movie making.

Field Trip continued

Hirschhorn Museum Field Trip 

by Eric J. Woody

The third work of art I chose is from artist Claes Oldenburg who wrote "Iam for all art that takes its form from the lines of life itself." He created this work 7-Up made in 1961 which was made of papiermache. He wanted to show his work as a slick piece of  commercial design into a lumpy, paint-dripped object, simultaneously equating the sale of art with everyday retail. I saw it as a representation of American culture which we see in television commercials everyday. It is an Icon of advertising which has been around for decades. We as americans love our soft drinks and 7-Up has been as popular as many others like Coke, Pepsi, DR. Pepper. 

What other works of art or TV shows/films or advertisements do these inner images remind you of?

I think these art works remind me of everyday life, and show how art imitates life in the way we create art.How do these inner images get borrowed back-and-forth? We usually repeat things we see that are successful in advertisement, TV shows, film, and things in nature.Does this change the Art-ness of these images? I think everyone has their own interpretation of what is art and how they want to create art and what messages they want people to see in their art.If Art is defined as any form of media, which makes you, think in a new way, how did your three selected works challenge you to think differently? How art they Art? I think that the works of Art i wrote about were interesting, and got me to look at art with more understanding of even though I am not a fan of art. The works of art i looked at are art because these are the interpretations of life that the artist want to project to the audience and these are there creations from their unique ideas.

What books and gifts can be purchased at the gift shop? What does this say about the works of art in the Museum? Art books and art gifts are the main attractions of the Hirschhorn Museum gift shop and this shows that the works of art are the main focus of the museum. Who decides what goes into this art museum? Why did they get this privilege? Who paid for the Museum Who paid for the special exhibit. Joseph H. Hirshhorn

The Hirshhorn Museum’s founding donor, Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899–1981), immigrated to New York from Latvia when he was eight years old. His widowed mother settled with her children (Joseph was the twelfth of thirteen) in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

In time, Joseph Hirshhorn would become a financier, philanthropist, and well-known collector of modern art whose gift to the nation of nearly 6,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and mixed media pieces established his namesake museum on the National Mall. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has been open to the public since October 4, 1974. The Board of Trustees get the privilege of picking the art which goes into the Hirschhorn Museum. The Smithsonian paid for the building of the Hirschhorn Museum in honor of the philanthropist and art. What should have been in this museum, but wasn't? What should have been in the gift shop but wasn't? Why do you think these were left out? I think picasso should have been in this museum but wasn't because his abstract art fits the modern art theme of the museum. I didn't see a lot of standard Smithsonian gifts which show the Museum and the Smithsonian logo. These gifts were left out because the museum wants people to absorb the atmosphere of the modern art exhibits not the standard brand gifts which are in the rest of the Smithsonian Museums.How is the value of the artworks in this museum determined? What makes one piece of artwork more valuable then the others? In a world where artworks can be reproduced (like the books and posters in the gift shop)- how does this change the original work of art? Why is a reproduction worth less money than an original Can you describe a type of artwork which doesn't have an original? 

What Determines the Commercial Value of Art?

Like currency, the commercial value of art is based on collective intentionality. There is no intrinsic, objective value (no more than that of a hundred-dollar bill). Human stipulation and declaration create and sustain the commercial value. Reproductions mimic the original artwork but try to enhance the original works value by making it a brand 

The reason that many people continue to be astonished or enraged when they hear that a particular work of art has been sold for a large sum of money is that they believe art serves no necessary function. It is neither utilitarian, nor does it seem to be linked to any essential activity. You cannot live in it, drive it, eat, drink, or wear it. Even Plato considered the value of art to be dubious because it was mimesis, an imitation of reality.

.Reproductions mimic the original artwork but try to enhance the original works value by making it a brand which will be recognized with a larger audience. 

What is the difference between an original artwork and a reproduction of it?

7 Answers

Michelle Gaugy, art gallery owner, author, art consultant

2.3k Views • Michelle is a Most Viewed Writer in Artwork with 200+ answers.

When an artist creates a unique artwork, that is an original. That original may be a painting of some kind, or a sculpture, or a performance work, or one of many other kinds of media. It seems that the types of original media proliferate daily. However, if the artist makes it with his/her own hands OR under his/her supervision (Jeff Koons has a huge workshop with lots of "helpers" as does the glassmaker Dale Chihuly - and so did many of the Renaissance artists), then it is an original.

With printmaking, there is a lot more confusion in the artworld, and in fact, Bernd's answer needs a bit of clarification. When an artist does original printmaking, they make a printing plate from which an edition is printed. The plate does NOT copy a work of art that was originally produced in some other medium (an oil painting, acryclic, etc.). It is a unique work, created solely as a print. The pieces of the edition are signed and numbered by the artist. (note: There are also "monoprints", which are one of a kind prints that an artist makes - each one a unique piece - these are just like originals, except they are made by a printing process)

If the printing plate - these days plates can be made photographically - copies, or in other words, REPRODUCES an image that the artist originally made in some other medium, and then the works in the edition replicate THAT image, then even if the artist numbers and signs them and even if he or she makes some little extra unique squiggles on them with their own hand, and even if the gallery calls them "originals", they are stillreproductions.  And what is really important to understand, is that they are of much less value that any kind of original created by the artist, no matter how they are hyped.  This is the area where the greatest misinformation and flat out frauds in the art business have occurred.

To be clear, there is absolutely nothing wrong with reproductions. They can be great, and serve an excellent purpose. I own reproductions of images I love, because I could never afford the originals. But the question is an important one, because it is critical to understand the difference, since the words "original" and "priint" are so frequently misused and misexplained, and substantial amounts of money can get caught up in the confusion.

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Hirschhorn Museum Field Trip

The Field Trip to the Museum

by Eric J. Woody

The first work I chose to talk about is a photo work by Jan Dibbets called the Tide created in 1969. It is a series of photos of the shoreline showing the tides coming in and going out. Jan Dibbets created a trench at this beach site which looked too me like a painted line drawn in the sand. Jan Dibbets photographed this scene in such away too make each shot appear square. It appeared to me like he moved up towards the tide to get a closer look of the tide as it came in and went out making the trench seem as if it was disappearing into the surf. The first couple of frames only showed the trench as if it were a line drawn into the sand going forward toward the surf. It didn't do anything for me until I saw the surf and the way it blended into the background and created a peaceful scene.

This second work by Nick Cave called the Soundsuit made in 2009. Nick cave has made dozens of this visual wearable art suits which create sound as well as a visual effect for the audience who is present during a performance. He made these wearable suits out of cast off materials from flea markets and thrift stores. I first thought it was an assembly of junk sculpted to make a sculpture which represented our wasteful society. We as humans waste a lot of materials and do not recycle most of what we throw away. Nick Cave wanted the suits to be worn by performers so as to amplify the performers movements from the materials attached to the suit and be both visually appealing and aurally interesting.

The Future of Cinema.

Remix of The Donkey

My Remix of Grimms fairytale The Donkey

by Eric J. Woody

There was a boy who was born into a wealthy family and had everything that he wanted except his family's attention. He was loved dearly by his parents and he loved them but he thought that they did not spend enough time with him because he was an only child and thought that they did not like him because he had pimples all over his face and so was not perfect as he thought in his own mind. The young man grew up and wanted to go out on his own without the help of his parents so he left his money and luxeries behind and went out to explore the world. He took his favorite music instrument with him his cellphone which he had downloaded enough music on his phone that he wouldn't have to be without his music. The young man put on his oldest jeans and old boots and went out in the world to make his own way in the world. He came upon a small store in town and went in to ask for a job. The old man who owned the store hired him immeadiately because he thought the young man had an honest face and he needed someone to help his daughter out in the store. The old man invited him to his house and offered him a spare room in his house until he could afford his own place. The young man thanked him and said I will work very hard for you in your store. The old man asked his daughter to come down stairs to meet her new empoyee and coworker and sit down to dinner. The young man was overwelmed by this blonde haired geeneyed beauty and gasped as she came down the steps. The old man noticed this and said do find my daughter attractive, the young man said yes I do. The old man told the young man that his daughter is very picky and you may not be her type but you are welcome to talk to her if you want. The months went by and the young man and the old man's daughter fell in love after working together closely for so long. The two young people decided to get married but the old man asked them where are you gonna get the money to get your own place. The old man said I don't have a lot of money to give you because I need my savings for my retirement. The young man said I wil call my parents and ask them for the money. The old man and his daughter were shocked because he had told them he was very poor. The young man told them don't worry my family is actually very wealthy and we will live very well. The young man's parents welcomed him and his new bride back with open arms and gave them everything they asked for. The two would live happily ever after.

 

Telling Stories

The Donkey
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Translated by Margaret Hunt

The story was about a King and Queen who had no children and were not able to have children. The Queen was not going to give up on her wish to have a child so she prayed day and night and asked God to please send her a child. The story is set in a 16th century castle in Europe probably in Germany. The story was published in 1812 with many other stories in Grimm Brother Book in German was called Kinder-und Hausmarchen or in English Childrens and Household Tales. The Queen and King were blessed with a child after many nights of praying to God when the Queen gave birth to a son. They were a little disappointed because there son came out as a baby donkey. The Queen was not pleased and wanted to throw the child into the water so that the fishes might eat it. The king did not feel that way and sayed since God gave them this child he would raise it as his heir to his throne. The Donkey grew up proper and became a prince and was a very happy donkey. The Prince loved music and learned to play the lute and was quite good at playing this instrument. 

The Donkey after seeing his reflection in a pond was upset and wanted to travel the world for awhile to reflect on his life. He took his faithful companion the lute with him for companionship until he came upon a kingdom. The kingdom was ruled by an old King and his beautiful daughter. The donkey knocked on the gate of the castle but nobody answered so he sat down and played his lute over and over until the gate was opened. The Kings servant invited the donkey in and they were taken to the king and all the servants laughed at him. The king wanted the donkey to eat with the servants and the donkey refused. The donkey said to the King that he was no common stable ass and that he is of noble one. The donkey wanted to sit with the king and the king agreed and let him sit by his side.

The King asked the donkey how do you like my daughter and the donkey said she pleases me above measure. The donkey said he had not seen anyone as beautiful as she. The king smiled and told the donkey to please sit next to her. They all had a good time in each others company and when it was over the donkey became sad because he knew he would have to return back to his own kingdom. The king saw this unhappiness in the donkey and offered him all sorts of riches to make him happy but that did nothing to please the donkey. The king then offered his daughter to be the donkey's bride and the donkey was very happy. The king thru them a lavishly beautiful wedding and sent them to their wedding suite after the wedding was over. The king was curious how the donkey would behave with his daughter and sent one of his servants to hide in the room and spy on them and report to the king the next day. The donkey and his bride got in the room and the donkey looked around and then locked the door. He threw off his skin and became a handsome young man and showed his bride who he really was. The princess was very pleased and loved him the rest of the night. The king came and asked his daughter how she felt about the donkey and was sure she would be sad about the nights events but she told her father she was quite pleased. The king was surprised by her response and then asked the servant to reveal what had happened. The servant revealed everything that went on that night about the donkey pealing away his skin and turning to a handsome man. The servant suggested that the king go and see for himself and then take the donkey skin away and burn it so that the young man would have to reveal his true self. The king came late at night and saw the young man in the bed with and saw the donkey skin on the ground. He took the skin and made a large fire where he burned the skin until it was ashes. 

The morning came and the young man was shocked and full of anxiety that his skin was not there and decided to leave the kingdom. The young man went outside and the king was waiting there for him and said why are you leaving, The king offered the young man half of his kingdom if would stay and after my death all of the kingdom would be yours. The young man excepted and the old king died a year later and he had the kingdom also later on his real father died and he inherited that kingdom as well and lived well off the rest of his life.

The social themes in this story are many but there are three main social themes that make this story interesting. The first one is about his parents who wished and prayed for a child and got a donkey instead. The quote which say's " Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it" It shows that wishing for things can be good but you may not like the results even when you get what you want. The second main theme when the donkey reveals himself to his bride by pealing off his skin and showing a handsome young man underneath. The princess had already excepted him for who he was which shows the beauty is only skin deep but he was not satisfied with himself enough as the donkey and revealed his true self underneath the donkey skin which could be interpreted as his inner beauty. The third theme I got from this story is that he received both kingdoms in the end which shows " Patience is a virtue" and if you seek happiness you shall find it.

Taking Advertisement Seriously

Master Lock Commercial

The Master Lock commercial narrative is about how durable its master lock is even under the most strenuous situations. The Commercial pitted the Master Lock against an expert marks man who would demonstrate that even a bulls eye shot could not open the master lock. The second key shot in the commercial was when the bullet in slow motion is shown striking the Master lock square in the middle of the lock and even after penetrating the lock it appeared to be unbroken. The third key moment in the commercial is when tryed to shake the master lock and despite this high powered rifle bullet hitting the lock the could not open the Master lock. I think that the advertisers wanted to demonstrate to it's audience that the Master lock is as tough and rugged as America and will always be durable and long lasting no matter what test you put it through.

The archetype of this Master lock commercial is showing us good vs evil where the clash of forces that represent goodness with those that represent evil. The Master lock is the good force which is durable and unbreakable despite facing it opposing force the bullet which represents the evil and struggle in our everyday life. The Master lock is up for the challenge and willing to take on the most extreme obstacles and secure whatever the customer needs secured. The ad is outdated for today's generations and needs a more gritty urban conflict such as someone living in the city trying to keep there selves or family safe and they are faced with a burglar who is bent on entering the apartment or house. The master lock could be used to secure the property's entrance or a safe which holds valuables that are precious to only the owner of the property. The Master lock shows even through the decades it has been around nothing penetrates a master lock no matter what the future may bring.

Xerox Monks Commercial

The monks in the xerox commercial represent the communication of the old world and how people in our past had to face those challenges in their slow methodical way. The first key shot in this story is the monk straining his eyes after painstakingly transcribing a copy of a text under very low light conditions. The second key shot in this commercial is of the monk brother dominic meeting with his superior and being praised for his transcribing skills as he had finished a document that his superior had asked him to finish but wanted to ask brother dominic if he could make 500 more copies. The third most key shot was when brother dominic meets up with the xerox professional to plead him to please do a large job with this new technology. The advertisers chose this story to demonstrate how the new technology can make a difference in anyones life no matter how far in the past your living. The future is there to bring us out of the darkness and into the light of technological advancement and move our society forward.

The archetype in this commercial is the Hero which could be represented by the monk who struggles to solve a problem and come up with a better solution. The xerox representative who helps the monk could also become the hero because he is the solution the monk needs to resolve his big copy job problem.

The story of the old world being brought into the light of new technology could be improved for today's audience by having the monk represented by a old executive stuck in old world of snail mail and a young person introducing him to the new world of email,social networks,and live streaming. I think this would appeal to younger audiences who are tech savvy but show the corporate world that it can improve its productivity by adopting new and faster ways of communicating.

The Jeep commercial Portraits

The Jeep commercial Portraits narrative is its long and varied world history for the past seventy five years and how it has been the vehicle of so many key moments in our history for the past seventy five years. The first photos of millitary soldiers and who have used this jeep to survive there struggles of war and loss. The second key shot that captures my attention is the photo of an astronaut and a famous aviation hero Amelia Earhart which demonstrates jeeps witnessing of our triumphant moments in history. The third key shot shows the jeep of today after showing so many of its predecessors throughout the commercial. 

I think advertisers chose this way to tell the story of jeep is to bring our emotions into the foreground while showing us the significant moments of our history that jeep has witnessed together with us. The product is tough,independent,durable just like our culture and the human experience. I think that the mentor would be a good arhetype for this jeep commercial because it is there to guide us through tough events,stand with us in our struggles or loss and give us independence of movement as we explore our world.

Jeeps big idea is that we are tied to our vehicles on a emotional level and they help define who we are as a culture and what drives us. The star moment of this commercial would be the ending sequence of photo's of the past jeeps and there progress toward the future. It is also the photo's of the people which tie jeep to its history and end the commercial with a quote "We don't make jeep, you do". This ties jeeps history to who are culture is how they choose to live their lives thru tradition and innovation. The Jeep is part of us because we need it to move us thru our adventures and obstacle that we will always face as long as we our human.

"Initial Essay"

My view of the Article by Zuiddan Saudav

 

"Introducing Media Studies

The Assignment is to answer these compelling questions. 1.) How does the article make you feel personally? I read this article twice and by the second time gained a little insight into what the article was about. The article hit on many subjects and Ideas from Media as an Industry,Forms of retelling stories, too the Hegemonic Model and the Pluralistic Model and terms like Gate-keeping, synergy, and Mega-conglomerate. The article brought a lot of information about the media and its future into focus for me, so I think it was interesting and informative but not something I would read on a daily basis.

2.) What is your relationship with technology? I have a close and constant relationship with technology from video games on, console, computer, and mobile devices. Another way of being intimate with technology is through these web blogs we write, post we write through twitter,facebook,tumbler,pinterest,google +, linked-in,snapchat,instagram etc... I use my computer to do my homework, check email, compose essay's and do research for other projects besides writing.

3.) What a your friends and family? I know most of my friends and family members are quite well versed in technology today's world. They all have cell phones,flat screen TV's, Desk top computers, Laptops, notebooks and other technology. 4.) How has your life changed online? I have learned to reach out to people for advice, share interest, share my photography over many platforms, from ipad's,cell phones, websites, and talk to various people on a variety of subjects. This new technology allows me to talk about and understand subjects which I wouldn't have had access too without it.

5.) How is it continuing to change? It is continuing to change because these forms of communication such as blogs,websites, online news feeds, video sights, and online radio also podcast are continuing to be used more and more. People are relying on these sights to get their news,express their views on subjects that matter to them.

6.) What do you think your relationships and culture will be like in 15 years? I think that they will be similar too today but with new technology it creates faster and more direct communication over great distances with people that we would not be able to communicate without this evolving technology.

7.) In the light of current events, how do you think online  culture is going  to change given the use of social networking, internet video and online collaboration? I think that with the collaboration of people on social networks sharing news, opinions, views,that the culture will be more connected on a informational level and may create friendships with groups and organizations which share similar ideas and values.

8.) How can this type of digital communication be a form of "Art"?

• Systems Design – Focused on technical art and digital animation. Students will learn digital animation, interface protocols and programming, game design, and media systems development. Appropriate for those with strong interest and some background in technology or programming.
• Media & Storytelling – Focused on using digital media to effectively communicate and craft new forms of stories. Students will learn strategic digital communication, linear and non-linear narrative, messaging, and branding using traditional and emerging technologies including social media. Appropriate for writers and communicators wishing to acquire fluency and expertise in the digital arts and sciences.
• Design & Production – Focused on using digital media to design virtual and augmented environments, projection and audio design, and digitally-enhanced performances. Appropriate for students with identified interests in traditional areas including music, dance, theatre and design arts wishing to merge these interests with digital technology and production techniques.
• These forms of digital technology and its use are forms of Art and create more opportunities for a broader understanding of the world and its cultures.

https://games.onlive.com/games/featuredgames#&tab=top_games

Refrences:

http://digitalworlds.ufl.edu/programs/ba-in-das/

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"Introducing Media Studies
Zuiddan Saudav(1994)

Three terms I found while reading this essay of Zuiddan Saudav are the focus of this web blog today.

I looked up the term Gatekeeping and found a wikki on the term. It states that Gatekeeping in the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the internet, or some other mode of communication.

I found two quotes about Gatekeepers. One states," The internet has really democratized ideas. There are no real gatekeepers anymore, because if you have a great idea, and you put it online, people will find it and it will get in front of who it needs to get in front of. "(Justin Halpem)

The second quote was written by Anthony J. D'Angelo "Always be nice to secretaries. They are the real gatekeepers in the world." The third quote is from Ray William Johnson "One of the amazing things about the internet is that the content creators are the gatekeepers.We think of an idea and execute it quickly, and we didn't have to pitch the idea to a major network or convince a studio head to sign off on the concept."

The second term I found in the essay was synergy. Synergy a state in which two or more things work together in a particular fruitful way that produces an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects. "The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" Aristotle

I found another quote for synergy which brings the meaning to life. "Teamwork makes the dream work" Bang Gae


The third term which interested me was Mega-conglomeration. Mega-conglomeration is a corporation that is made up of a number of different, seemingly unrelated businesses. In a conglomerate, one large company owns a controlling stake in a number of smaller companies, which conduct business separately. Each of a conglomerate's subsidiary businesses runs independently of the other business divisions, but the subsidiaries' management reports to senior management at the parent company.

I found this quote about conglomerates: "Global conglomerates can at times have a progressive impact on culture, especially when they enter nations that had been tightly controlled by corrupt crony media systems(as in much of Latin America) or nations that had significant state censorship over media(as in parts of Asia). The global commercial-media system is radical in that it will respect no tradition or custom, on balance, if it stands in the way of profits. But ultimately it is politically conservative, because the media giants are significant beneficiaries of the current social structure around the world, and any upheaval in property or social relations-particularly to the extent that it reduces the power of business-is not in their interest." Robert W. McChesmey The new Global Media; Its a Small World of Big Conglomerates. The Nation Magazine. November 29th, 1999

The second quote on conglomerates was written by Rifka Rosenwein "Having a few huge corporations control our outlets of expression could lead to less aggressive news coverage and more muted marketplace of ideas" Why Media Mergers Matter, Brills Content, December 1999.

Sources and Refrences: www.businessdictionary.com/definition/synergy.html
www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/synergy, www.brainyQuote.com/quotes/keyword/gatekeepers.html ,
www.globalissues.org/article/159/media-conglomerate , Investopedia.com/terms/c/conglomerate.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeping_(Communication), www.globalissues.org/article/159/media-conglomerates-mergers-concentration-of-ownership

First Thoughts

Im writing you on the subject of writing my blog I just wrote a post but somehow my computer decided to delete my post or I was hacked by online assholes trying to hack my page. Anyway Im back and will continue to write my post and post it. I was saying that writing is hard and tedious unless you have interesting subject matter. I am not a good writer and will purchase a book by the Dummy Series probably writing for Dummies or Creative writing for Dummies. I hope this will give me the help I need to write compelling content and interesting subject matter. The government expo in December 2015.