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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Blog #5: Presentation Responses
I really liked the introduction in the presentation of "Munition Wages" by Madeline Ida Bedford because it poses a question that makes everyone think and wonder about. The question -if you had a million dollars, how would your life be different- creates an answer that really no one knows the answer to but in this poem, the extra money she got made her a happier person. The use of dialect in this poem creates a sort of happiness mood for the reader. It is a very interesting use of dialect because it is one sided and that's what makes this poem unique with the rest of the World War 1 poems. She is content with her life because she is making money during the war and living everyday to the fullest. She doesn't let the thought of death, and how she could die tomorrow, bring her happiness down.
Women's job during war is portrayed in the poem "Glory of Women" by Seigfried Sassoon. "While you are knitting socks to send your son/ his face is trodden deeper in the mud" (ll.. 13-14), this quote shows that Sassoon thinks that women's job during war is useless and that they don't really care about the soldiers because women are safely at home and the men are fighting for their lives. It seems as if Sassoon resents women during war because of how little they actually do. "You worship decorations" (l. 3), this quote shows his resentment because women are doing useless things like worshipping decorations while men are fighting at war.
I really thought the poem "Dulce de Decorum est" by Wilfred Owens was very interesting. The fact that the whole poem contradicts the title is very unique. The use of imagery really informs the reader how terrible war actually is and the imagery does a big part in contradicting the title. "And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,/ his hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin" (ll. 19-20), this quote has a lot of imagery in it that shows the reader what actually happens at war. I am one of those people that never knew how hard war was until I read this poem; I thought that the soldiers marched with their head held high and I never thought that they would be walking through the sludge like they are dying. This poem really gives me a whole new perspective on war and what actually happens there.
"The Wind on the Downs" by Marian Allen is about a woman who has a hard time coping with the fact that her fiancee is dead and has died in the war. The use of diction in this poem creates the elegiac tone because she is mourning the loss of her fiancee. The use of her word choice adds mood and attitude that creates the elegiac tone. The phrases "sluggish-moving" (l. 15) and "walk alone" (l. 20) emphasizes the mournful tone. Allen also uses apostrophes because she is directly addressing her fiancee who is dead, "it is impossible that you should die;/ I think of you the same and always shall" (ll. 16-17).
"Break of Day in the Trenches" by Isaac Rosenberg is a poem about the hardships the soldiers had to go through in the trenches. The reader can tell how bad the trenches were because the soldier says to the rat, "Strong eyes, fine limbs, haughty athletes,/ less chanced then you for life" (ll. 14-15). The soldier is telling that rat that the rat has a better chance of survival than him. Rosenberg uses symbolism with the poppy and it symbolizes death. The fact that his poppy is behind his ear, shows how close he is to death." Poppies whose roots are in men's veins/ Drop, and are ever dropping;/ But mine in my ear is safe,/ Just a little white with the dust" (ll. 23-26). Since poppies symbolize death, in this poem, this quote is showing that men are dying everywhere but he is still safe. The fact that his poppy is "a little white with dust" means that he is even closer to death.
"The Solider" by Rupert Brooke is about a soldier who loved his homeland, England. He loved it so much that even if he died at war, it was all for England. "If I should die, think only this of me:/That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England" (ll. 1-3), this quote is saying that where he dies, will be on foreign ground, but since he is buried there and he is a part of England then that foreign ground will be forever known as England. "Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day" (l. 12), this quote shows that he loves everything about England and he is proud to be fighting for a country that he loves.
Women's job during war is portrayed in the poem "Glory of Women" by Seigfried Sassoon. "While you are knitting socks to send your son/ his face is trodden deeper in the mud" (ll.. 13-14), this quote shows that Sassoon thinks that women's job during war is useless and that they don't really care about the soldiers because women are safely at home and the men are fighting for their lives. It seems as if Sassoon resents women during war because of how little they actually do. "You worship decorations" (l. 3), this quote shows his resentment because women are doing useless things like worshipping decorations while men are fighting at war.
I really thought the poem "Dulce de Decorum est" by Wilfred Owens was very interesting. The fact that the whole poem contradicts the title is very unique. The use of imagery really informs the reader how terrible war actually is and the imagery does a big part in contradicting the title. "And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,/ his hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin" (ll. 19-20), this quote has a lot of imagery in it that shows the reader what actually happens at war. I am one of those people that never knew how hard war was until I read this poem; I thought that the soldiers marched with their head held high and I never thought that they would be walking through the sludge like they are dying. This poem really gives me a whole new perspective on war and what actually happens there.
"The Wind on the Downs" by Marian Allen is about a woman who has a hard time coping with the fact that her fiancee is dead and has died in the war. The use of diction in this poem creates the elegiac tone because she is mourning the loss of her fiancee. The use of her word choice adds mood and attitude that creates the elegiac tone. The phrases "sluggish-moving" (l. 15) and "walk alone" (l. 20) emphasizes the mournful tone. Allen also uses apostrophes because she is directly addressing her fiancee who is dead, "it is impossible that you should die;/ I think of you the same and always shall" (ll. 16-17).
"Break of Day in the Trenches" by Isaac Rosenberg is a poem about the hardships the soldiers had to go through in the trenches. The reader can tell how bad the trenches were because the soldier says to the rat, "Strong eyes, fine limbs, haughty athletes,/ less chanced then you for life" (ll. 14-15). The soldier is telling that rat that the rat has a better chance of survival than him. Rosenberg uses symbolism with the poppy and it symbolizes death. The fact that his poppy is behind his ear, shows how close he is to death." Poppies whose roots are in men's veins/ Drop, and are ever dropping;/ But mine in my ear is safe,/ Just a little white with the dust" (ll. 23-26). Since poppies symbolize death, in this poem, this quote is showing that men are dying everywhere but he is still safe. The fact that his poppy is "a little white with dust" means that he is even closer to death.
"The Solider" by Rupert Brooke is about a soldier who loved his homeland, England. He loved it so much that even if he died at war, it was all for England. "If I should die, think only this of me:/That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England" (ll. 1-3), this quote is saying that where he dies, will be on foreign ground, but since he is buried there and he is a part of England then that foreign ground will be forever known as England. "Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day" (l. 12), this quote shows that he loves everything about England and he is proud to be fighting for a country that he loves.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Blog #4: Mise-en-Scene Analysis
Setting and Props:
It appears that they are in a underground room. There is also a large dining room table with a bunch of food on it. The walls are stones with carvings on them and there is creepy artwork on the walls.The setting they are in seems to be realistic and could be real because they didn't exaggerate anything like the colors or what it looks like. The girl had a key and she used it to unlock a door and inside was a knife. The knife seemed to be dominant because it was locked in a safe. The usage of the grapes and how it makes the creature come alive when one eats the grapes, makes it creepy and odd. The grapes would be a dominent element because it makes the creature come alive. The colors are very dark and dull. The walls are stones so the walls are grey and the food on the table is also very dark; there is a lot of red, black and brown. The setting and props show that this is meant to be a dark scene and to be somewhat frightening. The timer, that shut the door to the underground room when it goes out, makes the scene also very suspenseful.
Lighting:
The lighting seems realistic and expressionistic. There is natural lighting in the first room with the dining room table because there is lights on the ceiling. There is also natural lighting in the hall that the girl is running in because the sun is coming into the hall through the windows. There is directional lighting in the first room because it seems more bright in the middle where the table is than towards the outside by the walls. There is frontal lighting when the creature puts out his hand and the light shines directly on it. It is dark in the room with the timer in it and in the room that the little girl goes into in the very end of the scene. The directional lighting in the first room makes the scene more dramatic and really makes us focus more on the middle of the room and the creature. The frontal lighting of the creature's hand makes the viewer directed to the hand and makes the hand stand out.
Costumes and Make Up:
The costumes and make up is very exaggerated, especially with the creature. The creatures costume and make up really makes him stand out and they exaggerated it a lot to make him look scary and make people fear him. The colors of the creature are very plain. His body is white and his eyes are red, that makes him more creepy because if his costume had a bunch of colors then it wouldn't be as scary looking. The way he is shaped makes him look like a mummy skeleton, it makes people fear him more because he is abnormally shaped. The costumes and make up of the little girl are realistic and they just make her look like a little girl. The costumes and make up helped develop the meaning of the scene because it is supposed to be spooky and suspensful and the costumes and make up of the creature makes him spooky and it makes the scene suspensful because he is a scary creature chasing after a little girl.
Sound:
The diegetic sounds are from the fire crackling, when she starts to breath heavily when she gets startled and when she is running, and the noises that the creature makes. The noises that the creature makes the creature seem more terrifying and spine-chilling. When the girl starts to breath heavily when she gets startled, we know that she is scared. The non-diegetic sounds is the suspenseful music that plays when she gets the knife and when it shows the timer, there is a "boom" when she first sees him, babies start crying when she is looking at the art pieces on the ceiling of the babies and creature, it turns to dark music when she eats the grape, and there is a type of "dun-dun" noise when the creature is coming alive. All of these sounds really bring out the suspense and dark mood that they are trying to portray in this scene. The type of music that plays during particular moments sets the mood and tone of the moments and it shows us how we should feel during that moment, for example if a certain moment plays suspenseful music then the viewer will feel suspense. It turns to very dark and creepy music when she is eating the grape and that it is a dark and creepy moment.
Behavior of figures:
The camera angles are very defined because they seem to always have the creature somewhere in the background. When she is in the first room, it seems like the creature is always somewhere in the background. I liked the camera angle of when she was eating the grape and you could see the creature coming alive behind her, without her knowing. There is also a side camera on her when she is running down the hall. I liked the front camera angle towards the end of the scene, when she is trying to escape, where it it just showing her feet and then the creature chasing after her. All of these camera angles make the viewer feel the suspense and it tries to make the reader feel fearful.
It appears that they are in a underground room. There is also a large dining room table with a bunch of food on it. The walls are stones with carvings on them and there is creepy artwork on the walls.The setting they are in seems to be realistic and could be real because they didn't exaggerate anything like the colors or what it looks like. The girl had a key and she used it to unlock a door and inside was a knife. The knife seemed to be dominant because it was locked in a safe. The usage of the grapes and how it makes the creature come alive when one eats the grapes, makes it creepy and odd. The grapes would be a dominent element because it makes the creature come alive. The colors are very dark and dull. The walls are stones so the walls are grey and the food on the table is also very dark; there is a lot of red, black and brown. The setting and props show that this is meant to be a dark scene and to be somewhat frightening. The timer, that shut the door to the underground room when it goes out, makes the scene also very suspenseful.
Lighting:
The lighting seems realistic and expressionistic. There is natural lighting in the first room with the dining room table because there is lights on the ceiling. There is also natural lighting in the hall that the girl is running in because the sun is coming into the hall through the windows. There is directional lighting in the first room because it seems more bright in the middle where the table is than towards the outside by the walls. There is frontal lighting when the creature puts out his hand and the light shines directly on it. It is dark in the room with the timer in it and in the room that the little girl goes into in the very end of the scene. The directional lighting in the first room makes the scene more dramatic and really makes us focus more on the middle of the room and the creature. The frontal lighting of the creature's hand makes the viewer directed to the hand and makes the hand stand out.
Costumes and Make Up:
The costumes and make up is very exaggerated, especially with the creature. The creatures costume and make up really makes him stand out and they exaggerated it a lot to make him look scary and make people fear him. The colors of the creature are very plain. His body is white and his eyes are red, that makes him more creepy because if his costume had a bunch of colors then it wouldn't be as scary looking. The way he is shaped makes him look like a mummy skeleton, it makes people fear him more because he is abnormally shaped. The costumes and make up of the little girl are realistic and they just make her look like a little girl. The costumes and make up helped develop the meaning of the scene because it is supposed to be spooky and suspensful and the costumes and make up of the creature makes him spooky and it makes the scene suspensful because he is a scary creature chasing after a little girl.
Sound:
The diegetic sounds are from the fire crackling, when she starts to breath heavily when she gets startled and when she is running, and the noises that the creature makes. The noises that the creature makes the creature seem more terrifying and spine-chilling. When the girl starts to breath heavily when she gets startled, we know that she is scared. The non-diegetic sounds is the suspenseful music that plays when she gets the knife and when it shows the timer, there is a "boom" when she first sees him, babies start crying when she is looking at the art pieces on the ceiling of the babies and creature, it turns to dark music when she eats the grape, and there is a type of "dun-dun" noise when the creature is coming alive. All of these sounds really bring out the suspense and dark mood that they are trying to portray in this scene. The type of music that plays during particular moments sets the mood and tone of the moments and it shows us how we should feel during that moment, for example if a certain moment plays suspenseful music then the viewer will feel suspense. It turns to very dark and creepy music when she is eating the grape and that it is a dark and creepy moment.
Behavior of figures:
The camera angles are very defined because they seem to always have the creature somewhere in the background. When she is in the first room, it seems like the creature is always somewhere in the background. I liked the camera angle of when she was eating the grape and you could see the creature coming alive behind her, without her knowing. There is also a side camera on her when she is running down the hall. I liked the front camera angle towards the end of the scene, when she is trying to escape, where it it just showing her feet and then the creature chasing after her. All of these camera angles make the viewer feel the suspense and it tries to make the reader feel fearful.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Blog #3: Amusing Ourselves To Death
Social media and technology has changed the world
drastically. The way people interact with others and the way people go on
with their daily lives is all changed because of technology. According to
the article, "How Technology Has Changed Society as We Know
It", it says, "A cell phone was something hard-wired into your
vehicle, only accessible in emergency situations and the subscription fee
attached to the service was highly overpriced. Now, owning a cell phone is more
like a necessity that most people cannot live without." This quote shows
how technology has advanced and how people are adapting to the advancements. In
result of this huge change in technology, people always have to up to date with
the latest technology and have to feel like they fit in with the rest of the
world. Facebook, Twitter, IPhones, Instagram, and all the
social networking sites are all huge advancements in the social media
and technology world. It helps everyone be connected and know what is going on
in the world every second.
Technology and
social media changed the way people interact with other. From the article,
"How Technology Has Changed Society as We Know It", it states,
"The courtesy that we have for one another seems to have nearly
disappeared." People don't want to talk to each other face to face because
they have the technology to call them or send a quick text message. In some
instances, people in the same household would call or text each other rather than
going to talk to them because it is easier and faster and technology has made
everything easier and faster. Technology and social media also changed our
culture for the greater good. Everything is more convenient and faster. You
don't have to search through the dictionary to find a definition anymore, you
can just find it on the computer. Everything is now quick, simple, and more
effective. You can now talk to someone and see someone when they are across the
world. Even though the interaction with people face to face has
decreased, the interaction with people over technology has dramatically
increased.
According to
Community Media Center, media literacy is, "the practice of turning
passive media consumers into critical thinkers and media creators." It is
making people think more and be more invested and knowledgeable about the
media. According to Community Media Center, being media literate is,
"being able to think critically about news, entertainment, and
advertisements, asking questions such as "who is this targeting?",
"what interests does it represent?", and "what techniques and
tools are they using to persuade the intended audience?" I would
consider myself media literate because even though I am not actually
asking myself those questions, I still can figure out those questions
based on my knowledge of the media and from my education in my school.
When I see commercial or articles, I can figure out who the
target audience is based on the content and I can figure out what
they are persuading and how they are persuading it.
I do agree
with Postman's article, "Amusing Ourselves to Death" because he
is agreeing with Huxley and that the world today is so invested in technology
and social media that their real self is "dying". Their
personality and interaction with people is dying because they only use their
technology to interact with people. They aren't showing their true selves
anymore because all they do is amuse themselves on their technology. I agree
that Huxley's vision is more relevant today than Orwell's vision because Huxley
thinks that people will be so amused with their technology and that no one will
read books anymore; and that statement is true today. He also visions that
people will adore their technologies because it makes them not have to think so
much, which is also true today because everyone wants things to come easier to
them and not have to try or think so hard. Huxley fears that what we love will
ruin us and I very much agree that is what is happening today. Technology is
something everyone loves, but technology is ruining themselves because everyone
is so caught up in their technology that they aren't ever seeing and
experiencing the real world
http://www.allbestarticles.com/society/how-technology-has-changed-society-as-we-know-it.html
http://www.grcmc.org/medialit/what.php
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