I Search Movie

      At nearly the end of the year we started a project called I Search. We had to write a topic relating to Media Literacy but for my 6th period Media Arts class we had to make a movie. So we decided to research about social networking if its affecting people of socializing in face to face time. It took a lot of research and time to do this project. Basically I think we used a lot of what we learned this year to this project mostly. Such as making our own music in Garageband, getting pictures that can be used with permission, and making the scripts and storyboard better.

    

    

Media Questions & Answers

Your group may work together to come up with the answers. But each of you will be given a grade based on your blog entry. It's OK if they are the same IF they're really good. 

1. Which of the 8 rules of Media Literacy is illustrated in the Beauty and Body Image article? Why and how?
2. The article on advertising to children is a great example of media constructing reality (#2 rule of Media Literacy). Can you think of an example of media constructed reality aimed at teens? Tell me what it is and how it constructs reality.
3. The commercial implications (#4) of media literacy are illustrated in The Economics of Ethnicity link. Do you think most media does a good job of showing what your real life is like? The number of minority people you see daily, the kinds of problems you have in real life, the way those problems get solved - are these things that you see in TV shows, movies and advertising?

Hopefully, answering these questions will help you understand what media literacy is and guide you in making your presentation. You will be graded on evidence that you read and discussed the articles and the thoroughness of your answer. It's important that you get this job done today. If you don't finish in class, do it for homework.

1. The rule of Media Literacy that illustrates the Beauty and Body Image article is rule number 5 Media contain ideological and value messages because it tells all media is constructed and Media is built by people. Your thinking of the ways you think about all media that makes this world our reality. 
2. In other parts of the world it’s not a big deal of kids watching movies people having sex in movies such as Europe. 
3. I do think our media does a good job of showing what our real life is like. All advertising is media, and its also giving us what is popular and good in life. 

Media Arts Commerical

   My group had to make a commercial on our Media Arts class. My group members are Gordon and Stephanie. The commercial isn't about encouraging future 7th graders of joining this class because you can't choose your class if you have bad grades. But, for those who have good grades and can choose this as their elective class. The commercial shows what our class did this past year. So they would know what similar projects they might be going to do for their entire year. But, this commercial will not be shown to anybody except for Ms.Hendrix. My job was to record part of the video and we just kept on switching roles. We had a hard time cooperating because we were constantly getting distracted. I think we did a good job doing our commercial.

Super Bowl Ads Are Out to Get You!

    One ad or commercials that I like a lot when I was a kid was the chuckeee cheese one. It reminds me when I was kid how fun it looks like. They are very good at attracting kids to go there because of all their games they have. But, when I think about it now it seems very annoying and weird. Times change when you grow up.

Alcohol PSA

    In these 2-3 weeks I made a PSA about teenage alcohol abuse. I didn't make the PSA alone, we did it in a group. Plus there was also a group of people who helped us were the SFFS. Three of them came to our classroom.(Kirithi, Ryan, and Masa) The PSA was very new experience for me seems I never did before was very useful for me when I'm, maybe going to do anot her one in the future. The people that are in my group is Aqua, Connor, David, and me.
   My role is to film Connor. Connor was editing and the main character, Aqua and David were making the music together. It took us about 2 weeks to finalize our project plus it took us 2 periods that means taking away our lunch time. I think it was a good experience to do this for a chance and expressing to the world about the problems a lot of teenagers have everyday. Our group thinks alcohol is one of the major problems for a lot of teenagers as well as families, so that was why we choose teenage drinking as our PSA.



 The link to my video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg48PW8oW2E

My Public Service Announcement of Drinking

   This week our class is doing PSA's. My group is doing a PSA on drinking. My partners for our drinking PSA are Connor, David, and Aqua. Connor will be the one acting and editing. While Aquarius and I will be taking turns taking pictures. David is going to make the sound. We don't need anybody to bring the props becaues Ms. Hendrix (teacher) will provide us with a beer bottle and a flask for the beer which won't contain any liquor. This is a PSA for teenagers to stop them from trying to drink, not only is it harmful do your body in many ways such as the brain and its highly addictive to some people. Our slogan for our PSA is "From drinking to sinking" made by our talented classmate David Pan.  

John's Escher Picture Assignment

   This is a related M.C. Escher picture I made in class these last 2 days. I think I have more than 3 perspectives in this picture. I putted the text box there to make it funny. I think the one upside down in the ladder is the best perspective I made out of this whole picture. At first I didn't know how to make an Escher picture but then after I saw his drawings it made me have a clear idea of how to make one. I find it very easy in fact to make this picture because I did it in Kerpoof.