Blog 25(What a experience)

This semester has been an incredible journey with its ups and downs. There’s a lot that can be said about this media cluster. It was filled with a lot of memorable moment. I have grown as a person and student this semester.
First of all let me start off with the professors. They are educators that install us with the knowledge they once learned. This group is composed of three individuals: Dr. Smith, Dr. Joyce Reuben, and Professor Lucca commonly known as Lou. All of whom that have very different methods of teaching. Dr. Smith taught us how to blog. He taught us that we can found ourselves through writing. He showed us how to copyright our work. We watched movies that allowed us to view society differently. He allowed us to explore different learning environments other than our college; he did this by taking us on trips. We went to the museum of movable images, which was crazy fun. We also went to the library for the performing art. He made the semester so much fun, could not even feel the time passing. Now Dr. Reuben, the woman that you don’t want to be late for. She’s an educator that likes to keep the class busy. She is a woman that cares deeply about the art of film. She’s views film a little differently from the outside world. Her deepest desire is us to love film, and find the meaning of the film. She wants us to open our eyes and to explore what a director may have thought when he made a certain film. Dr. Reuben is a professor that cares about her student succeeding in film and in college. Even through me as an individual did not quality understand the elements of film, doesn’t take away from the excellent educator she is. Last but surely not least, Professor Lucca. He is real. He is tactless. He made a early Monday class easy to attend. This man made me think and question my views on society. He gave us homework every week that made us think. He does take shit off of any one. He allowed me to argue with Jarvis, which I love. He allowed me to express my point of view in class. He’s the reason that I wrote my first ten page paper. He showed me being old is not too bad, lol. Don’t tell him that, he’ll fail my ass. He educated me on the fact that we as society have all become watchers. He taught me that the message is controlled. He showed us the power of the religion groups. Lou allowed us to talk about uncomfortable like Sex.
Secondly I want to discuss the cluster, also known as a learning community. We had an interest group of individuals. Old, young, Gay, Straight, lazy, Go getter, Black to Korean, you name it we had it, that what I loved about it. However there are things I disliked about it. We had every class together, so I felt there should have been more teamwork. Even in classes that students are not together the entire time form study group. A lot of times I feel that people were out for themselves. But there were a few people that work together, and at the end I believe it will pay off. Some of my class mates help me through my journey through technology. One of my friends in class showed me how to put a picture on my BBM. My class mate woke me up when I fell asleep in film class. We laugh together. I’m glad to say most us made it to the end of the semester. My class mate helped me view college in a whole different way.
Over all my experience in the media cluster has been a good one, and I will never forget the people I came to know along the way. I also believe that I have obtain more knowledge than I had at the begin of the twelve weeks

Blog 20

The Matrix movie is about a story about a man named Neo who is the chosen one,who is there to save everyone from the take over of the machines. This story is like the story of the "Allegory of the cave". The fact that we are prisoners of the mind and we are unaware of the truth. However when we come into the light, then we are able to determine the true person we really are. Then we go back and try to inform the others of what we discovered. When Neo found the answer to the question what is the Matrix then he dicovered the true him and the person he is inside. Just like the prisoner who broke free Neo was affraid at first and struggled with his discovery. One of the first things he did was throw up,because to find out thatyour entire world is a lye. The character in the movie named Morpheus was the one to help Neo to determine the true him. He helped train his mind in the battle of the machines.He always believed that Neo was the chosen one.

Blog 24

In my opinion the science fiction movie the "Sleep Dealing" is a more relatable film to today’s reality than "The Matrix" film. Both film made around the same year. The "Sleep Dealer", is a story about a young, poor Mexican boy named Memo Cruz. His main goal is to escape from his harsh reality so the only way to do that is by plunging in. By plunging in meaning entering a whole entire new digtal world. Plugs are inserted to the body which connects these indiviuals to this mysterious world. In the movie "the matrix" the character Neo was not faced with this option. Neo had a choice unlike this poor boy that had no choice.

The "Sleep Dealer" movie is a great depiction of the American dream. Memo was on a search for a better life. On this journey he was faced with several obstacles. The main obstacle being the murder of his father. The one individual that taught and lead him. After this tragic event Memo still persuade his quest to get pulled in. I feel that this movie has a greater meaning to what is taking place in society today. For example, one scene in the movie a Spanish guy told Memo that he can plug him in at a discount price, and then he ended up robbing him, however this did not stop the fight in him. No matter what happen he kept going. He was faced with a different choice than Neo. Memo choices were about if he ate or shaved. Neo had a 9 to 5 job. He even had a little hustle on the side which was hacking computers. Also Neo had people to help guide him through his journey discovering that he’s the one. He had Morpheus, Trinity, and the Oracle. This poor boy Memo had no one. When he finally found someone to help him, she was out for herself, and she was trying to take his memories away. By doing this she's able to gain more power, and maybe evenually stay plugged in.

Both films demonstrates how the computers are taking over, and how we all have to be plugged in constantly. They both require plugs that are inserted from the body to a computer port. Being plugged in the such as in the movie “sleep dealer”, it was the only escape from the destruction of the world. Also in the Matrix it was stated , that humans destroyed the world, that how the machines were able to take over.Today in our society the internet has been many people escape from the reality of their life. For example another movie we saw in class “existentz”, was about this flesh made video game system. The character uses the video game as escape then they have difficulties tell reality from the eloution. And many times in the movie it is hard for the audience to follow along with what is real or not. In the matrix the director makes it very clear when Neo is in the matrix and when he is in it. When Neo and the others are about to enter "The Matrix", there is a plug that is connect to the back of their brainstems,and computer software is being used. Once they are in "The Matrix", all of the plugs then disappear,and they are dressed up into sexy leather clothing. They also have carry guns, and they are extreme strong. Their main connection back to their reality is any phone line. But if they get kill in The Matrix", then they are also killed in the real world. In "Sleep Dealer" the primary goal is to stay pulled in. When the characters are plugged in they are safe. They desire that sense of connect like the people in the movie "Existentz" did.

Matrix and sleep dealer both have similar characteristics, for example that in the matrix film they had the agents and in Sleep dealer the terrorists. These agents and terrorists are one in the same to me. They are both are developed by the machines to keep the human population docile in their captivity. Morpheus and his crew belong to a group of free humans who "unplug" others from the Matrix and recruit them to their resistance against the machines. In the "Sleep Dealer" the terrorist are set in place for that the Mexicans can be destroyed before they reach the border. So they are blocking the truth and they feel that if the immigrants don’t deserve the American dream. In the matrix they feel that by being unplug you can deserve the truth, but in “Sleep Dealer” all the answer are when you are pulled in.

In conclusion both movie are great, however I believe that the sleep dealer is a better depiction of today’s reality.

Blog 22

The Matrix movie is a better depiction of reality than the Existenz movie, even through they are made the same year they are totally different movies. One uses human flesh and the other uses machines. The matrix movie is what is going on in society today. The fact that machines are taking over the world todaY. The fact that we are unaware of reality from fiction and that we are using devices and computer to control our lives. It is evident that this movie is a better example of real life. A prime reason for this is the way they show that we are controlled by machines.

In the book "The Matrix and Philosophy",chapter 17 a woman named Cynthia Freeland claims that eXistentz is abetter film,however I disagree with her. I feel that the Matrix a better film, because it gives us examples of the modern day age. It shows us that we all have choices in life. An example of this would be the blue pill and the red pill. Also the movie demonstrates the difference between good and evil. An example of that is Neo trying to save everyone from the agents that want to use the machine to take over the world and do evil.

The matrix film has the ability to attract more diversity audience because of all the different ways the movie can be interrupted. This movie can be viewed in a religion way, scientific way, and it can even be seen as a action fIlm. I did not gather that same feedback from the eXistentz movie. I felt disgusted by a lot of parts of that movie, and so many of the parts were very difficult to follow. Existentz movie to me feels like a horny,lonely woman is seeking a young man to take advantage of and use a setting of a gosh game to get her rocks off. The end of the movie was so stupid, most of the movie they were inside the game,unlike the matrix where the people navigated in and out.

In the matrix movie they use real weapons other then fake weapons. Existentz had weapons that was made from human flesh, the bullet were actually people teeth,which was extremely nasty. You were able to create this gun with a lunch special from the chinese restaurant ,which was part of the game. This fake gun that was use both to kill the chinese man and to shot Allegra Geeler. It was strange that the bullet did not affect her however this same bullet blow his head off.

Blog 21

Today in class I will reasearch more video on youtube about my late aunt and try to narrow the clips down. Last week I barrowed a book from the library called the Raw Pearl. It is one of her autobiographies based on her life. I did not know her to well so I wanted to get alittle background information about her. It was very interesting to see that our school library had it there, because when I went to Barnes and Nobles they told me it was out of print.
Secondly I'm going to google some museums that I may have to visit to gather more information about her. I decide to discuss in my project the struggle of black entertainers in the 1950' and 1960's especially since the recent death of another legendary performer Ms. Lina Horne.

What i actually did?
I found video of my aunt. I found one scene I want to use for my project for Joyce class,which is from the movie Under the Cherry moon

Blog 20

The reading in the book entitled "penetrating Keanu: New Holes, but the same old shit,written by Cynthia Freeland she is basely expressing how she dislike the Matrix movie and she believes that another movie that was made the same year called Existentz was a better film. She feels that the films have one main similarities which is the computer effects otherwise the film are very different. I am opposed to the way she views the Martix one main reason why I feel this way is because the other film I never even heard of before.

Granddaddy doing moonwalk

moonwalk at the end.

From: You Tube

Blog 18

Today in class I’m going to research some information about my aunt Pearl Bailey. I plan to get clips off of You Tube and determine how to combine them together. Yesterday we also lose another Hollywood legend Lena Horn, and I have decided to do my project on the history of black American actress and their struggles. There was a time that blacks weren’t allowed to use certain restroom, however they were good enough to perform. It took these two woman and others to make a stand to make it possible for the other who follow them to have the rights black Hollywood actress have today. Even though they were told they shouldn’t dream, it still did not stop them. I will reasearch some of the areas where they werent allowed to perform. Also how much African American made back in the day compared to what they made today. Famous people deal with alot of challenges,however hese woman delt with more,that some of them couldn't over come.
The rest of the week I am planning to go to the editing room in the B-building and have them help me arrange the clips that I gather on these pioneers.
Today in class I research other black actress that worked along side with my Grand aunt such as Dorothy Dandrigde. I found out they had a movie together. I also discovered that my granddaddy was moonwalking long before Michael was.

Blog 17

I'm going to do my final media project on my aunt Pearl Bailey. She was a legendary singer,actor,writer. She from an era where there were very few colored people who were able to have the privilege to do whatever their talent was.She was one of the pioneers of that time.She was a Apollo legend. One of her most well known songs was "Bill Bailey won't you please come home". Which was dedicated to my last Grandfather which was her brother. He was a famous tap dancer.I think I will do well on this because it is close to my heart,because there are several things yet still don't know about her. By doing this I will finally get o know her. She died when i was only nine. The first time I met her was at her funeral. I'm going to start my research off of Youtube. I am considering putting clips of her together and make it into a video.Today I also google information about her.

blog 15

Rosetta Bailey
Professor Lucca
May 3rd, 2010
HUC 130

Imagine one day you lost your television. You lost your favorite talk show, your CNN, your favorite cartoon and all of your connections to the whole world. Throughout decades, media have become one of the most powerful weapons in the world. As time passed, more and more varieties of media were shown, like television, magazines, and internet. From reporting the news to persuading us to buy certain products, media became the only connection between people and the world. But violence in media is shown everywhere, it is hard to turn on your media source and not find violence displayed on the screen, no matter its television, internet, print media, or even radio. Eventually, media became a contributing factor to violent and aggressive behavior of youngsters, especially teenagers. In a book entitled SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance? authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen Dubner discuss their position on the effect of media violence on children. Media violence has caused many negative effects in society. The main reasons for the unstoppable growth of media violence are because of the continue disregard of this matter, the demand for violence from the audience, and the effects it has on youngsters.
The amount of violence shown in the media has posed a lot of controversy. Many video games, television programs, adverts, films and music lyrics depict different forms of violence. Some people feel that there is too much violence exposed in the media. Many studies have made the claim that the media is responsible for much of the violence seen in the world we live in. However, people have choices and responsibilities we cannot allow ourselves to blame it on other things such as the media. The violence seen in our media has an impact on both adults and children. Since children are also exposed to various forms of media, there has been additional concern for how they process and think about the violence they see, read or hear. Excessive exposure to media violence can also affect people in many ways as they can become disturbed and develop serious fears of being victimized in real life.
The media is almost everywhere in our day to day lives. From television to movies, to videogames, it is a very large source of entertainment in our culture and thus has a vast impact on our lives. With the large impact that the media has on us the content of them are very important as well. When obscene violence is depicted on television and our other forms of entertainment it will be seen by many, including our children. The effects I speak of are vast, numerous, and too much to be ignored. But are these effects enough for us to get rid of this genre of entertainment all together just to protect our children? This type of entertainment does tend to sell very, very well, and is a large part of many entertainment companies revenue. To simply get rid of them will hurt the entertainment business to a very large degree, possibly destroying some companies with the current economy being what it is. In this extended argument paper I will discuss the general topic of how big of a part the media plays in our day to day life, and the influence it has on our personalities. I will then proceed to narrow the topic of media down to when violence is portrayed, and the negative effects that its viewing has on us. I will narrow even farther and describe the influence portrayed by from the youth of our country. I will then go into depth on media rating systems that are in place to prevent those too young to few it, from viewing it. Given the importance of social learning in contributing to violent behavior, we should pay careful attention to the kinds of role models we provide to one another. A powerful source of role models is located in almost every home: the television. Television is the source of more knowledge in the past several decades than any other type of knowledge distributor, such as books and news papers. It is by far the most influential invention of the twentieth century and has established more role models than radio or magazines combined. But to some the role models that are established through the media and television are not upstanding citizens like Ronald Reagan or Larry King, but instead psycopath murderers and serial killers such as David Koresh, Timmothy McVeigh and Charles Manson. Not only are people mesmerized by the media attention that these types of people receive but they are also taken away by the movies that portray the bad guys as tough fighters who can kill people with the snap of a finger.
What has our society come to these days? Everywhere we look, violence is present; in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. Even if one might be a pacifist, violence will seep its way into our homes through the television. Some children that see violence on television are pulled into its harmful deceptions of problem solving. Scientists have tried to explain why children are so amused by a big glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that television is a major source of violence for children. This research shows us that violence appeals to every audience, including children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. One example, from Alabama, was when a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his teacher. He suggested to one of his friends that he send the teacher poisoned candy as revenge. He had seen the same scenario on television the night before. In California, a 7 year old boy sprinkled ground-up glass into the lamb stew the family was to eat for dinner. When asked why he did it he replied that he wanted to see if the results would be the same in real life as they were on television (Howe 72). Some people might not accept a child’s diversion of blame, but it must be pointed out that all of children claimed to have seen a similar act on television. We should not hold television directly responsible for these acts, but understand that it is television that plants a violent seed in the minds of these children.

Some psychologists and psychiatrists feel that continued exposure to such violence might unnaturally speed up the impact of the adult world on the child. This can force the child into a kind of premature maturity. As the child matures into an adult, he can become bewildered, have a greater distrust towards others, a superficial approach to adult problems, and even an unwillingness to become an adult (Carter 14). Others see television as an unhealthy imposition into a child’s learning process, substituting easy pictures for the discipline of reading and concentrating and transforming the young viewer into a hypnotized non-thinker (Langone 48). As you can see, television violence can disrupt a child’s learning and thinking ability, which will cause life long problems. The television violence can cause actual violence in a number of ways. As explained above, after viewing television violence the world becomes bland in comparison. The child needs to create violence to keep himself satisfied (Dorr 127). Another reason why television violence causes violence in children is apparent in the big cities. Aggressive behavior was more acceptable in the city, where a child’s popularity rating with classmates was not hampered by his or her aggression (Huesmann 166). Scientists have all found one thing in common; violence in the media does have an effect on its viewers. Such results have been obtained in a survey of London schoolchildren in 1975. Greensberg found a significant relationship between violence viewing and aggression (Dorr 160), Children who had just seen commercial violence accepted much higher levels of aggression than other children. The results were published in a report. A Surgeon General’s report found some preliminary indications of a casual relationship between television viewing and aggressive behavior in children (Langone 50).

In other research among U.S. children it was discovered that aggression, academic problems, unpopularity with peers and violence feed off each other. This promotes violent behavior in the children (Huesmann 166). The child watches violence which causes aggression. The combination of aggression and continued television viewing lead to poor academic standings. In yet another piece of research children who watch a lot of violent television were compared to children who don’t. The results were that the children who watched more violent television were more likely to agree that it’s okay to hit someone if you’re mad at them for a good reason. The other group learned that problems can be solved passively, through discussion and authority (Cheyney 46). Perhaps the most important way to prevent children from watching television violence is to stop it where it starts. The parents should step in and turn the set off when a violent program comes on. The parents are the child’s role models from which he learns. If he can learn at an early age that violence on television is appalling, then he can turn the set off for himself when he is older. Education should start in the home. One of the main reasons television creates a fair amount of violence in society is the fact that children learn the specific behaviors they observe. It has been established above all that children watch television to keep themselves occupied and for amusement. Television has and informative and social function. Children have said from television they get ideas, learn about good and evil, and get an idea of reality. Dr. George Camshich's analysis on the effects of television is the "vicarious socialization that television conveys our values and norms to maturing individuals in a way that could affect how they function in society" (Williams, 161). In order for a child to be influenced significantly by a particular program, they must find the programs credible. The child then develops opinions through different sources(parents, teachers, peers), and then the child will have their own experiences, relating what they saw on television with the similar situation they have encountered in their own lives. It is true that the programs that have the greatest influence are the ones that deal in matters we have no knowledge of. An example of this is the scenario of a child who has no experience with death, but is confronted with it on television. When he or she is told that their Grandmother has died, the child asks, "Who shot her?" (Van Der Voort, 72). This proves that television will fill the gaps in a child's immediate experience, therefore altering the way they think about and understand certain situations, causing them to act a certain way based on what the television program has taught them. Young audiences exposed to mass media portrayals of violence learn how to perform violent acts. Audiences who have learned violent behavior from television are likely to exhibit that learning, (or engage in acts of violence), if they encounter a situation similar to the portrayal situation, and expect to be rewarded for that violent behavior. Lab experiments performed on children and aggression have been done where children are randomly picked and observed alone after watching a violent film, a non-violent film, or no film. The children are then given the same toys as in the film and observed on their behavior. The results of this experiment clearly state that children who watch aggressive behaviors imitate the behaviors and are more aggressive than the children who watched non-violent films or none at all. Another experiment done by Streuer, Applefield and Smith in 1971 consisted of five pairs of preschool children. One child from each pair watched a ten-minute aggressive cartoon each day for eleven days. The other child watched non-aggressive cartoons. The children that had watched the aggression behaved that way during free play. In another naturalistic experiment(done in a natural setting), the behaviors of children were examined on the basis of how much television they watch, and the results support the conclusions of the lab and field experiments. "Television viewing is positively related to aggressive behavior" (Williams, 307). Stanley and Riera in 1977 have documented incidents in which violent acts seen on television have been imitated in real life. These experiments prove that aggression is learned behavior, and television is a main source of learning available to children today.

The establishment of sex-roles that television has made is another important contributing factor to increased violence. It seems as though the barriers between male and female roles on television have been well embedded, and this distorts reality further, and therefore has a profound effect on the child who is viewing. Male characters outnumber female characters by seventy percent on both adult and children's programs. When women have leading roles, they usually appear in comedic roles more often than crime or drama programs. They are employed primarily in clerical, nursing, and entertainment positions, while men are employed as professionals such as doctors and lawyers. "Television confirms if not exaggerates these biases by portraying markedly more males than females in programs, by showing males in dominant roles, by having women more often victims of violence, and with only a few exceptions, by showing that the career world is primarily a male one" (LaRose, 26). The fact that women are often times victimized on television demonstrates violence as a social power. Surveys taken show that females occupy one-third of prime-time roles, and less than one-third percent of roles on Saturday morning television. In PBS programming, the network responsible for some of the most popular children's shows, the ratio of male to female roles is two to one. Children who watch this get the message the programs are sending out: men are always in the professional, powerful roles, while women are in marital, romantic, and family roles. "Despite the vitality of the women's movement throughout the early 1970's, there is no evidence that this has been reflected in changing sex-roles on television" (Williams, 29). As a result, the effects on television portrayals of sex-role attitudes range from ages kindergarten to the sixth grade. The children in this age group that watched a lot of television were more likely to give more stereotyped answers to questions about sex-roles than light television watchers. The same experiment but this time reversed was conducted by Davidson, Yascha, and Tuser. They concluded that when sex-roles were reversed(when women had more power), after children viewed these programs they were less likely to answer questions from a stereotypical standpoint. Clearly, this shows the influence television has on the viewpoints of children. These viewpoints will eventually lead to beliefs which may bring out hostility in the individual when met with opposition. The belief that women are inferior to men is a belief that does not express reality, only the fake reality seen on the television. However, women are not the only group that is victimized in a way by television. It also creates a distorted view of ethnic minorities. Hispanic characters are often portrayed as unskilled and semi-skilled laborers. Usually they are cast as comic characters or in law-breaking or law enforcing roles. Since children are usually unfamiliar with different minority groups, it is likely that television will influence their views of these groups. The establishment of sex-roles and other stereotypical attitudes on television is a contributor to increased violence. If women and non-whites are frequent victims of violence on television, the viewer gets the impression that these groups are made for the role of the victim, therefore, increasing discrimination and violent acts directed towards therse groups. Before graduating from high school, the average American child will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence on television. This overwhelming presentation of violence to society can only mean one thing: violence sells, and sells big. But we must ask at what cost?

Since violence in the media has long been analyzed and discussed by researchers and media, several measures have since been implemented to stop or reduce violence on television. But even with the recent measures, such as the V-chip and a television ratings system, we must question why television violence continues and the purpose it serves. A 1999 Communication Research article reported that several studies have been conducted to reveal some of the effects television violence can have on our youth and on society in general. The results of these studies have consistently found a correlation between viewing television violence and the viewer's aggressive behavior and lack of emotions after the viewing. In 1996, President Bill Clinton commended the television industry's implementation of a television ratings system as a step in the right direction.

"The actions of the television industry show us what can happen when visionary business leaders make a commitment to values and the common good," he said.

However, his comments are contradictory. As Clinton compliments the industry for its movements to regulate the amount of media violence, he improperly supports industry leaders for making "a commitment to values and the common good." Certainly repeated violence on television does not expose society to important values and lessons. Joanne Cantor, professor of Communication Arts at UW-Madison and author of the book "Mommy, I'm Scared," discussed the media's presentation of violence. "Television and movies, by their very nature, have the ability to introduce children to frightening images, events and ideas, many of which they would not encounter in their entire lives without the mass media," Cantor said. Professor Joanne Cantor speaks on violence in the media, with society's continued exposure to these disturbing images, recent measures have done little to affect the number of violent programs produced. Since money is a fundamental driver and serves as an incentive for people to work not only for themselves, but to better society, certain fundamental steps, both money related, would provoke production companies to create more innovative and thought-provoking programs.

As a result of television violence, two forms of action must be taken by society to compel the television industry to reexamine the violent content in their programs and potentially lead producers to divert from their exploitations of violence. The first would entail a national boycott by advertisers sponsoring violent programs. If such a movement could gain support and momentum, then producers would ultimately need to seriously abolish their violent programs for without the financial investment of sponsors their programs could not gain national exposure and survive. The second form of action concerns the network sponsors who have the final say over what gets aired. Network sponsors could refuse to air any programs that are violence-oriented. However, such a move could lead to a lengthy court case featuring production companies arguing over their first amendment rights to produce such material. Once network and advertising sponsors reevaluate these programs, examine what they truly have to offer and then boycott sponsoring such programs, the television industry may too be forced to review their current standing and return to programs that exemplify a "commitment to values."





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Rosetta Bailey
Dr. Joyce Rheuban
American Film
26 April 2010

Sunrise Paper
I will prove that the director F.W Marnau, somewhat portrays the movie, Sunrise, as a vampire story through the qualities he gives to the Antagonist and the film’s lighting.
In the film, the Antagonist’s appearance is vampire-like. The character who’s called the city woman plays a prominent role in the film. She is the other woman in the film. She’s the one that tries to convince the husband to kill his wife. The city woman skin is very pale. Her eyes were evil. She had sharp and somewhat curved nails. All of these things are characteristic of vampires.
The director indicates through the character behavior that she is a vampire. The entire film she‘s always wearing black clothing. Black clothing is associated with death. The Antagonist was very aggressive towards the husband. Even when the husband tried to resent her, she came on stronger. The man even smacked her and it only aroused her even more. She forced the man to do something that his conscious knew was totally wrong. The man didn’t understand how this woman possessed a certain hold over him. It is evident that the moon’s reflexion turns her on even more. From folklore we are aware that the moon is one of the vampire’s driven forces.
The part of the title of the film which states the “the tale of two humans”, is the one of the main forces behind the movie. The statement means that the wife and city woman are total opposites from each other. The wife is shy, childlike in a sense, and a committed housewife. The wife does her share of work on the farmer. She also appears to be depressed, because the husband doesn’t spend any time with her. However she keep spend her emotions inside. She probably of what the husband is doing, but never once did she bring it to his attention. She is a conservative woman who doesn’t even where makeup.
The shoot when the husband is in the bed room looking at his wife while she feeding the animals, and he starts to visualize the woman. This is an example of Super impression. Also how he told the city told him to kill his wife came to his image. The lighting of the shot at the lake sets the tone of a vampire movie. The light is dark. The camera is forced on the moon. The man and the Antagonist is shot long range medium key. The camera comes in for a close up as the couple kisses.
The contrast in the movie of the wife and the city woman demonstrates the difference between good and evil in the man’s character. He’s faced with an inner conflict whether to kill his wife or not. In the church shot he asks the wife to forgive, because that was like the person who tried to kill her on the boat wasn’t really him at all. That other person even scared him. The wife is a forgive woman, so she forgives husband and then they go off to the city together. They are so into their renewed love, they can’t even see the traffic.
In the sequence at the barbershop it looks as if the city woman is deliberately trying to make the wife jealous as she asks the man if he wanted a manicure .Also the barber is trying to take the husband attention of the wife as another man was trying to approach her. It looks like the barber was working along with the city woman. I believe that he was a vampire too. The barber and the Antagonist probably attentionally had that man in the suit to come and distract the wife. However what they were trying to do didn’t work. It just argued the husband more. Another example that the barber appeared to be a vampire to me was when he was using the razor to shave the husband face he look like he want to cut him and make him bleed. The barber was pale looking just like the city woman. Vampires need blood to survive. That is probably why the woman wanted the wife died so she can live off of her blood.
Another prime example that he’s under the city woman’s spell is that when he arrives home from the lake. The first thing we are shown as viewers is the large spider web. This can be an indication that the city woman has a certain hold over him. He was trying to fight the lust and temptation he was feel, however this vampire was too strong for him to fight off.
The sequence on the boat, various shots shown us the viewers the inner struggle that the man was faced with about killing his wife. The dog in the sequence sensed that something was wrong and dived in the water in the attempted to rescue the wife from her possessed husband. Wife unaware of what was going on was in shock, when she sees her husband try to push her into the water. The wife was so happy at first, with just the thought of spending time with her husband. Eventually the husband good side that loves his wife won the inner conflict and he was unable to go through with it. When the wife and husband are traveling back home from the city on the boat, the wife is knocked overboard. This is ironic because this is how this is how the husband was supposed to kill her. Like the saying “what goes around, comes around”. The point where he realizes that he loves his wife is the same point where he may lose her.
In the lake shot the director cuts from the lake back to the house where the wife is with their child. This shot is to show us the viewers where he’s at and where he should be. There do this technique so well, through parallel editing.
In conclusion the 1927,film the Sunrise, is a story based on a vampire that is trying to stealing a man away from his wife and family for her own twisted reason, and this is made clear through her appearance, behaviors, and lighting of the file

blog 13(the rough draft of paper) sunrise

I will prove that in the movie Sunrise the director is making the city woman appear to be a vampire and the husband as if his possessed by her.
First of all I believe that the woman’s appearance plays a prominent role. The woman was very pale. There is not any color in her face. Her nails were very sharp. The woman also had evil eyes. Every time she embraces the husband, she looked as if she wanted to bite him and eat him alive. She also was very aggressive; she put herself on this married man. The husband did tried to fight her off but she was too strong. The harder he fought the more it turned this monster on.

Blog 12

For the last fifteen minute of class, I have been researching television and does it have any effect on children. I have been looking for statics that will help me in my argument. Over the weekend I'm going to try to organize my thoughts and make some sense out of what I am saying. I also need to narrow my research down and stay focus on my prompt. This weekend I will write out my rough draft

Blog 11

Today in class I determined a claim. I believe that violence on television has some inference on criminal acts that are commented; however it is not the sole reason. There are other factors that play a part. Like for example I believe that an individual’s upbringing plays an important role. I started my research on the home page, and I found some evidenced to support my claim. I use the home page of our school library. I clicked on the link to find books and articles; however when I tried to search for “factors that affect a rise in crime”,no results were to be found. I think that means I have to put my search in shorter terms. I think it would be easier for me to interview people or to get information from a book, because it a little challenge to resource off the computer. I also came up with some reasons for my claim, because there are some people that never watch television and still they commit crimes. It can also be the way the person envision reality from fiction. Another reason can be that they had violent acts oppose on them or someone they love. Look at the Chris Brown story, he claimed it was because he witnessed his mother getting abused that why he abuse his girlfriend

BLOG 10

In class today we wrote a response to another class Nings. This is a website that is similar to blogging. The other class had an assignment to choose an article and describe the article in their own words. Then I was assigned to comment on their description of the article. There were two people that I responded to.
First there was Reynaldo. Reynaldo choose an article that figured a man and woman. He viewed the article as if it was based on domestic violence, which I felt to be a sensitive topic for a male to address, however he did a good job doing it. I felt that he had a great interruption of the article. It’s also a good written reaction to the article. It had few mistakes. He was able to write it clean, where it was easy for the reader to get through. I feel like he will be a good writer, because he made it is easy to view the picture in his way. The article was also a good choice to write about. I liked the way the article appears gray. Also the fact that the male and female were attractive, because that show that can happen to anyone.
Secondly was Giselle, she chooses an article about dolls. She compared it to everyday women. I think she selected a good article. It was different from her other classmates. I like the way she describe the article. It was just a little problem with the grammar, and I told her that she is fond of the word seem. However to me it seems that she did well on the assignment. I liked the way she discusses the outfit they had on. She said that these dolls were dresses as working woman, and they were from head to toe. They were Barbie dolls, and you know as a little girl we all looked up to Barbie. Barbie had everything.
This assignment was fun to interact with another class, and to see other student’s ideas. I hope that they like it to. I also hope they take the feedback and improve on whatever it may be they have to improve on.

Blog 9

1. A thesis statement is something you own, it is your idea. It is the beginning of your essay. It helps the reader figured out is your essay even worth to read.
2. For example: The glass is greener on the other side. Now it is my job to prove to you why my statement is true. The thesis statement is essential in any essay or paper.
3. Research: It is the investigation of your claim or argument. For example: What make what I say to you the truth. It is my job to research it and convince you that my idea is true.
4. Argument: Why the other claims are false and mine is the truth. For example: We need to build a recreational center instead of the newer lunch room , because the children need that space to play. Now they have no space to play.
5. Reasons: the ideas that are the support of your claim. For example: They don’t need the lunchroom, because the one they have now was just built two years ago.
6. Evidence: something that would prove my claim. It is clear that Michael Jackson is died because his body is cold and his not moonwalking around anymore.
7. MLA Citation style. It is the places that you got all of your research for your paper. Author’s name, title of the book or website, title of article, title of periodical, volume (the amount of pgs you gathered your information from).
I believe that all of these factors are going to play an important role in the way I start my research. It will allow me to be able to organization my truth and ideas. By doing all of this steps my claim will be supported well. I gathered my information from dictionary.com and Google search

Blog 8- The reflexion of the day at the museum!

Our class went on a trip to the musuem of movable image. On this trip we learned alot about media and the way that images are displayed in society. What I find most interesting about this trip is the old video game system they had there. Like for me being a 80's baby I know how to appreciate games such as the first Nintendo system. The whole trip I was drawn to that game system, I don't know if it's because it reminded me of a better time when there weren't any bills. I love the first mario game. I also believe that in that time children really appreciate and value certain things,not like today. Back then if a children got a fifty dollar game they had a good reportcard or something. Now a days the children own aleast three game systems, which are three hundred dollars a pop. At the musuem I also enjoyed seeing the picture of the old actors like Marliyn Moore, Dorothy Dandrige, Bill cosby, and others. It was also very cool to see the old time movie cameras. I wasn't aware that the first camera was actually sharped like a gun. That was very interesting to find out. It was also cool to see actual outfit that movie stars wore in some of their films. For example they had Eddie Murphy outfit from Beverly Hills cop, that was cool to see. Sarah Jessica outfit from on of her first film,and freddy's outfit from the nightmare on Emerstreet was interesting to see. The actual fake hand that Freddy used was on display, and you can visualize that sense of fear that you apppeanced with the movie. I feel as if that what the musuem wanted to created , and the fact that you are able to feel that emotion. In a way you get the opportunity to connected with the characters without actually being there persay.
1.Why was the security so tight at the museum?
2.Why was the first camera created, sharped like a gun?
3. Why there weren't anymore costumes of more well known movies such as Star Wars or the Martix?
4. Why wasn't a tour guide there to show us around?
5.Why was the cameras created after the gun camera was so large?
6. There was a image shown of the movie the wizard of oz, why does the image look as if it were a blueray picture?
7. Why were the television and radios back then a combination?
8.Why was the flipbook so cool?
9.How is it that the people back then didn't need sound to get their ideas across?
P.S. In the same group with Ahmed and Christopher M

Blog 7/ My reflections

So far I really enjoy my experience in the cluster. I believe that I'm learning a lot about the media and a lot about technology. Time is going by so fast. I really feel like as if I were playing catch up. I feel that at times I feel a bit challenged. I know that I'm capable to work much harder than I have been. It has been a little difficult to get in the swing of things, but I will. In the class we are learning a lot about media and I'm amazed with what I have learned. The blog makes the class more fun, and it allows us as a group to communicate with one other. We also have this kind of interaction in Professor Lucca's class, through the dashboard on blackboard 8. In Dr. Rheuban's class we are being exposed to movies that I wouldn't have normally seen. It is a course that is teaching me the value of film making. Now as for class as a whole, we began to develop friendships. That's another form of support we have. From what I have been exposed to so far, I believe this will be the semester that I will discover who I am as student. Part of me is excited about this discovery, and the other part is scared as hell.

Blog 5

Let me start of by saying that the time is going by so fast. It is amazing that it is that it is about to be a month into this semester and it feels like I’m already begin to play catch up. In our cluster we have three professors Dr. Smith, Louis Lucca, and Dr. Rheuban. I’m going to start off with Dr Smith class we have blogs that are doe after each class and we have a blog cycle where Dr. Smith reviews our blogs. We also have to post comments on our fellow class mate’s blogs. Each blogs that we right eventually leads up to a big essay that will be graded pass or fail. We also will have Quiz after each reading. That will determine that we actually read the readings that have been assigned to us. Also we will be going on class trips together. I think that’s fun. One the things that I enjoyed about Middle school were the trips. The only thing that is missing is the big yellow school bus. Now for professor Lucca’s class we have a homework that is posted on blackboard. It is due every Sunday at 11:00pm, and also we have to respond to our class by that time as well. Since school has started I have told myself I want this assignment to be complete by Wednesday, however the way things are going, I’m lucky to get it accomplish by Saturday. I’m a survivor so I’m confident I will get in the swing of things. For Dr. Rheuban class we have our first writing assignment that is due on March 23. Our first test is on April 6, which is right after Spring break. The next test after that is on April 27. She also told us that it is no changes in the dates. Before each we are assigned a reading which is like a preview of the class.

Blog 4 "what's the Truman Syndrome"

The "Truman Sydrome" is a disorder that some people have where they have a idea that they are stars of their real life reality show.They are under the impression that they are being watch all the time. The developed the name for this mental disorder after the 1998 movie "The Truman Show", where the funny Jim Carey plays the character of Truman. The character is unaware that his on a television. It is a little different then the people that think they are. Actually some people had this disorder way before they had a name to label it. You can image that people faced with this problem find it very diffcult to go in the outside world. That is when this illness can become dangerous for them and for the public as well.These people can also feel like the goverment is watching them,they may even think that everybody is literally out to get them. Some indiviuals may feel that they are being setup for failer.
There is not much treatment for this illness,because the doctors are really not aware on how the brain is working when the delusions are occuring.

Blog 3

In class we watched a movie called the Truman show. Jim Carey plays Truman, a man that is a star of a reality show. The only catch is that he is not aware that he's staring in the show. He has been the star of this show through birth. Truman family are actors that are hire to play his mother and father. His whole entire life is a lie. He is confided to a place called seahaven. A man named Christof is the person that is keeping Truman enslave for all those years. But if you ask Christof he will claim that he’s doing this for Truman good, however his not. Christof is playing God with Truman’s life.

There was one person ,out of the entire cast of this reality show that felt guilty and sadden by what was taking place to Truman. This character name in the movie was Sylvia. She was cast to be a possible love interest to Truman, and she played the role well. Truman had a instinct attraction to this woman. There was a scene in the movie where Truman was dancing with his wife, however looking at Sylvia the entire time. Christof felt that this woman may develop into a problem for the entire show,that's when he eventually cast her off. Before she left she decide to tell Truman what was taking place, the fact that his entire life was a lye. That nothing is true. Like for example in Socrates story the Allegory of the Cave. When the prisoner broke free,and he came back to tell the others. They didn’t want to believe the fact that they have been imprison all of these years, just like Truman was. So a few years have pass then Truman began to question many aspects of his life.One key point is when he was in his car and the radio was telling his every move.Right then he know something was up.But the real reveration came to him when he faced one of his biggest fears, by going on the sea search of a new world.When Truman came to face with that brick wall he knew it was it.That was the first same time he heard Christof. The man that kept him in bondage his entire life. However Christof felt as if he didn't do any wrong. He spoke to Truman as he was his son.He told him that here you are safe,and protected from the outside world,and for his entire life he had brought so much happiness to the viewers.Then Truman was faced with the choice of staying seahaven and leaving.Truman made the best possible choice ,which was to break free from the chains, and live the life he was suppose to live. The one that was meant for him, not scipted for him.

Blog 2

In Plato's Allergory of the cave he protades people as prisoners. These people are in chains from head to toe. They are down in a cave where they don't receive any light from the outside. The only images that they see, is the shadows that are being provide to them from thhe people that keeping them inslaved.There's a fire place behind them to help the shadows to be seen. These prisoners are not aware of their bondoge ,to them this is the reality.Prisoners who have been in this predictment sent birth, so this is what they know. One day a prisoner's is let free. At first he doesn't know what's going on, and his scaried as hell and don't know what to do. Now his outside, first the sun light begans to blind him . Right at that moment he gets the reveration that he was enslave all of his life. Then he desides to go back and tell the other prisoners. When he goes and tells them,they dont believe him. They think that his out of his mind, and even he begins to appear creepy to them.This allegory to me is the story behind the Christian religion. For instance how christan believe that we are in darkness here on earth and our light is God. When Christians find themselves within Christ they want to go back and tell the others about their experience, for they can began to break free from the chains. However they have to want to break free themselves.You can bring a person to the water, but you can't drink it for them.
Another metaphor for this story is education. By gaining knowledge,we evenually escape from the chains. Our educators were imprisoners, they broke free and then they felt the desire to come back and give us the messages.And it is still our choice to listen. Do we want to be igonant? Can we just seattlle for the images that are shown on television,or do we actually want to know the truth.

Blog 1

I believe that I am a" cyborg ",this is a person that is addicted or dependent on any electronic devices. These devices consist of cellphones, computers, dvdplayer ,facebook, ipod, videogame systems, etc. All of these gargets have been very evident in society today. Some people can't even walk out their houses without their blackberry or ipod. To me these things have become a security blanket for some of us.
Like the media portrades that these are items that we really need,and everytime you turn around there is a new phone or device that being made. For instance like the kiddle, over a hundred books at the palm of your hand. I think it takes away from the essence of actually reading a book. Another example is the dvd player. That wasnt clear enough for some people,so then blueray was made. So when will enough be enough. As soon as you live the car dealership with your car it loses value, the same with the ipod; as soon as you leave the store it loses value, because apple will be coming out in the next couple of months with some new. It is almost impossile to keep up with the Jones.
As a consumer I feel sometimes overwhelm with all the new technology. Like things that I wouldn't normally do, is being thrown at me. For instance now all my homework has to be done on computer. This is a challenge to me, because this is not something that I would normally have to do, so it is like i'm out of my element. Now the public libraries are becoming technology friendly. When you are checking out your items, it's a computer doing this task for you. What about the elderly people that have no idea on how these machines operate. Is that fair to them?
Eventhrough there are some cons to these newer technology,there are also many people that can't picture their lives without it. They use this new technology to go shopping, buy movie tickets, network, listen to music, recieve their news, and even down to a pacemaker that is place in the heart to keep the heart beating. I mean some of these products are life saving. It is not all about having one device that can mutitask, it is about making differences in someone's everyday lives.
In conclusion I am a "cyborg", i'm sorry: it is something that i can't help. Can you?