The Crap in Media
Yes finally a title for my reflections.haha! Thinking of titles is a real chore.I wonder how people can endless come up with movie/book titles ? Im pretty sure they use a Thesaurus whenever they need titles. But then again some of them take the easy way out but just adding numericals at the end. Scary movie 1,2,3 etc…
Sigh!What is the media doing this days? I mean yes it is a continution of the previous movie.Oh wait it does not apply for scary movie since it’s a parody of other movies in a really odd way at times.But yeah what is the media coming up with nowadays?
Another dreary thing in the media. Like mentioned before, the weather channel. Who in the world will watch the weather channel. Unless the person is an insomanic who is trying new ways to get some sleep. I doubt anyone would want to watch it for more than 5 minutes. Moreover it’s a real pain to wait 30 minutes as they list countries and cities just so you can find the weather in the destination you are looking for. 30 long minutes ( and they say it a small world??!!) and by then I am pretty sure the weatherman decided to change gears. Check the window!Check the newspaper its faster. Check the god damn internet its just as reliable as the weather channel anyway.
Ever wondered why despite having a thing called the weather channel people still get caught in the rain?Bring bikini in freezing Snowville?Bingo you got it right? Its our dearest weatherman on the weather forecast channel. I like the fact that some of them are honest though like saying there is “50% percentage chance of rain tomorrow evening at woodlands.” But to ensure that they sound convincing i think they use a higher numerical like 70%. I remember reading somewhere that people tend to believe you more if you add numbers or statstics to your arugments. {Oh i will try and find that article and post the link here one day} Maybe they are following it here?
I seriouly hate the weather channel as everytime i carry my umbrella it would tend to be useless and just an extra weight that i have to lug around.This is especially true when you are chasing birds and trying to escape from mad squirrels at the Botanics. Whenever i do not bring the umbrella and really far away from any civilisation, i will hear the rumble of thunder and get drenched.
Ah i might as well just look out of the window or even at ants.Oh did you know that When ants travel in a straight line, you should expect rain; when they scatter, expect fair weather? This is some old weather proverb. Go try it out and see if it works!If it does then we can start having a weather forecast segment in discovery channel or something instead of wasting network space where more dramas like Prison break can be seen.:D NO Lost please! After watching two seasons,on and off, i have given up on it as i have a feeling they are going to be permanently lost.They might as well change the title now right?
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Back to the confinements of our very fine classroom 07-13 at Fms. Lets see what did we do?We talked about dynamic action.Last week was dialogue and this week action. It made me feel as though as we are shredding a film and then trying to learn about the different elements of it. Like i said before i prefer action to dialogues.Its more visually stimulating.Like In transit that we watched in the previous lesson, we watched Terminal Bar this week.This film Is a short documentary. It takes place in NYC right across the street from central terminal. His father owned the bar and took pics of everyone who came into the bar. The purpose of watching this wad: To notice visual trigger. (Ah i knew there is always a motive for letting us watch films instead of pure entertainment) Anyway it was Done by Flash animation. The effects was awesome i must say. It kind of made me feel that i was in photography class instead of storytelling. Anyway back to the film, some pictures caught my eye more so than others. I also like the pictures of those taken over the years. I cant remember the exact name of one of the guy but there were three pictures taken of him in the movie that showed him ageing tremodoulsy over the years. It was an interesting movie overall i must say.
Check out this Video
It shows the pictures of a guy who took pictures of himself everyday for 6 years straight.Its a bit similar to Terminal Bar accept that it focus on one person. You can notice the changes if you have a keen eye.
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Week Eight Notes
NOTES TIME!!
Dynamic action
Stories that you write are action
Story is action
-action is any kind of activity,movement,interaction of characters with their surroundings.
-talking about feelings is not as powerful as illustrating why you feel this way through your actions.
Better to do what they want rather than say what they want
Film is behaviour
Actions are simply manifestations of behaviour
Human emotions are understood by watching the actions and reactions of the characters.
Action is the visual element in a film. Very important!!! You can have a movie without dialogues but not without actions!
What is the purpose of dynamic action?
-add subtext-not explict, like what he is thinking or saying
mimesis
in short stories you cheat but in film you cant since its visual.
Eg apple pie reminds him of grandmother
So first show apple pie with grandma then later in present he sees it then his expression will show that he got a reminder etc…
Dynamic action has the potential to enrich the experience of the audience by building an emotional relationship between the characters and the audience.]
Improve for the audience ,creative way.
