No quiz this week. Instead, it's midterm week. I'll start by opening the floor to all of you. If you have any questions regarding the midterm or things you'd like me to review before the exam opens Friday, please post them here.
BTW, remember there will not be a chapter or quiz next week either as your Long Tail paper will be due a week from Friday.
And if you haven't posted your favorite film yet, here's your chance.
Quizzes are open until Friday if you need to make one up.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
My favorite film
Motion media is our topic this week. We'll start with movies. Your assignment: Name you're favorite film of all time, and briefly explain why. I'll start.
The Godfather. The descent of Michael Corleone from war hero and Golden Child of the Corleone family to the tragic, fallen man and ultimate villain of the Godfather trilogy, is epic. Corleone, as played by the brilliant Al Pacino, is much more than a one-dimensional caricature of evil. Corleone seems as much a victim of his own obsession with revenge as he does the rival mobsters he battles throughout this and the following two sequels.
Also, my family is Sicilian, on my mother's side. There's something about those scenes filmed on the island that speaks to me, even though I've never been there.
Then there's this. See No. 2 and No. 58. They forgot, "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
No. 2 on this list.
Your turn.
The Godfather. The descent of Michael Corleone from war hero and Golden Child of the Corleone family to the tragic, fallen man and ultimate villain of the Godfather trilogy, is epic. Corleone, as played by the brilliant Al Pacino, is much more than a one-dimensional caricature of evil. Corleone seems as much a victim of his own obsession with revenge as he does the rival mobsters he battles throughout this and the following two sequels.
Also, my family is Sicilian, on my mother's side. There's something about those scenes filmed on the island that speaks to me, even though I've never been there.
Then there's this. See No. 2 and No. 58. They forgot, "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
No. 2 on this list.
Your turn.
So digital didn't kill the music star
We seem to be in agreement: music isn't dead because of change, music is changed because of change.
Click here for a look at the first music video ever played on MTV. There was a time when we all thought video would in fact kill radio. Well, radio is still alive and (sort of) well, while MTV has become some weird channel dominated by reality programing, and little, if any, music.
Watching that video makes my a tad nostalgic for the early 80s, when I was a young college boy working in a record store. The production values seem kind of quaint in today's world of CGI. Watch and enjoy The Buggles.
I'll have another post up on our next chapter later this evening. Next week is midterm week.
Click here for a look at the first music video ever played on MTV. There was a time when we all thought video would in fact kill radio. Well, radio is still alive and (sort of) well, while MTV has become some weird channel dominated by reality programing, and little, if any, music.
Watching that video makes my a tad nostalgic for the early 80s, when I was a young college boy working in a record store. The production values seem kind of quaint in today's world of CGI. Watch and enjoy The Buggles.
I'll have another post up on our next chapter later this evening. Next week is midterm week.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Cigarettes in bed are bad
This really doesn't have anything to do with Mass Media Communication, but we were discussing this poem in my News Writing class this morning and I thought you all might enjoy it.
It's sort of a long story why this came up in class, but let's just say I can sometimes veer off on tangents when I'm lecturing.
"Life Story," by Tennessee Williams.
It's sort of a long story why this came up in class, but let's just say I can sometimes veer off on tangents when I'm lecturing.
"Life Story," by Tennessee Williams.
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