Questions 4-20-11

1. Which of the 8 rules of Media Literacy is illustrated in the Beauty and Body Image article? Why and how?
The Beauty and Body Images article illustrates the 4th rule because it is a business and commercial. It advertises and tells us what is good in our life.


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.
An example of media constructed reality aimed at teens is when a new song is introduced in the radio and a lot of people like listening to music and the radio.


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?
Yes, I think most media does a good job of showing what your real life is like because some commercials teach me stuff.

Commercial

In our group for Media Arts, we made a commercial about Ms.Pon's 6th period Advance Orchestra. We first put Ms.Chu's hand playing the piano showing them how professionally they could play. Then we recorded the three bassist in Ms.Pon's class playing the bass. It was easy making the commercial but it was only our first time.

High School

     The high school that accepted me is Galileo Academy of Science & Technology. When I first heard that I was accepted to Galileo, I was excited because that was my first choice. My second choice was Washington and my third was Lincoln. I decided to go to Galileo because my cousins go there. I hope I will like being in Galileo.

T.V Advertisement

I like the Chuckie Cheese advertisement because it makes me think of my childhood times when I use to go there when it was my cousin's birthday. The slogan for Chuckie Cheese is "Where a kid can be a kid!"

PSA

     In our group, we made a PSA about no littering. We wanted to make this PSA because we want to help the world be more clean. We made the PSA from iMovie. Our idea about littering was to peel an orange and dump it on the floor so it would look like he was littering. There were volunteers that came from San Francisco Film Society.

     When we first started our PSA, it was boring but after we recorded everything, it got more fun. We recorded Anthony peeling the orange and dumped it on the floor. Then we recorded the peels dropping on the floor. At the end, we reversed it and added it on iMovie. Our PSA slogan is "Don't litter. It's not that hard to throw it in the trash!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvV4oqnl9hA

PSA Blog

In our Media Arts class, we are making a PSA this week. Our PSA is going to be about littering. Our audience is our peers in school. Everyone has a job to do. Annie will be taking the pictures, I will be editing the PSA in iMovie, Derek will be making the sound affects ad music, John already got the props, Anthony is going to act out the scenario.

M.C. Escher Assignment

     M.C. Escher was an artist who made a picture that was similar to the one up top. He made this picture with many perspectives. Some are going in one direction and some are in the other. I kept on having to turn my head to see where it goes and which way it's facing. It was hard making this picture.