Friday 24 February 2012

Am I Blue? (Alice Walker)

Am I Blue?

     At first I thought Blue was a human whom was always feeling sad or maybe asking himself if he lives at peace. You would always associate the color blue as something at peace or calm. But this story showed a different perspective to a human its more of an animal associated with humans. An animal analogy.

     In this story Blue is a horse who was associated with humans. He may have the characteristics of a human because he fell in love he got hurt and he suffered. Animals do have feelings too. At the end of the story the owner of Blue himself  felt guilt knowing he separated Blue with his beloved brown horse.This story only showed that animals like Blue shouldn't be treated badly.

Propaganda Tachniques in Today's Advertising (Ann McClintock)

  Kinds:                               Examples:

Name Calling                     propaganda tactic

Glittering Generalities         Globe prepaid

Transfer                             Nike with the Check symbol
                                         Vote for .... using flag of the country

Testimonial                          Sharon Cuneta Mcdo

Plain Folks                         Asking for comments of random people
                                               Coke -showing the life of other people

Card Stacking                       Colgate -Approved by Most Dentist

Bandwagon                             Sun-cellular prepaid
                                             
                                             
                

Advertisement Technique


Humor for Advertising
    
     There was a couple peacefully sitting on a couch .They were reading a magazine suddenly the girl freaks out and points toward a tiny black spider on the floor. It was just a very small spider it seemed so harmless and easy to squash. The guy stands up effortlessly tries to pick up or maybe squash the spider using a finger, not knowing that the spider was super strong. The spider attacked the guy just holding on to the guy’s finger throwing the guy side to side crashing him to the walls, table and dragging him out the room.  This result only to a messy room with broken glasses and the girl left horrified. At the end a Mentos Rainbow with its slogan “Its better to know what’s coming next”.  It’s really hard to get the message of the advertisement there was no connection but I found it a little funny and ridiculous.  But it only really means that suppose now you can see what color is next. It was an extraordinary way to show the fact that Mentos now has different colors and flavors in one pack.

Monday 20 February 2012

Favorite Pet : Relationship


Relationship
     I really don’t have a particular favorite pet but if ever I really need to choose one I would like to have a companion dog, Shih Tzu they have an affectionate, friendly, trusting nature. But my mother she has this cats which we consider as our pet. I don’t even want to be with it, I prefer dealing with my friends and family than any other pet.
     We have a pet cat but I really don’t want them. My mother, brother and sister find them truly loving and cute. I only think they are worthy for scaring rats away which is a really excellent benefit. I really don’t know why I don’t like animals that much; I think maybe because I’m afraid of what harm they may bring. Every time I see our cats they rub their fur around my legs, its irritating that’s why I always tend to stay away from them. But there are also times when I’m in a good mood or I just don’t have any other choice but to sit beside them and brush my hand around their soft fur. Then I get bored, it’s really weird to talk to animals especially you know they’ll never respond or even understand you. So instead I go find my brother or sister or whoever I could talk to. I like mingling with my friends and family more often than to stay with pets -just adoring their moves really it’s boring for me.
     I think pets like our cats and my most wanted Shih Tzu are only for company and entertainment. They can bring relief especially when I’m bored and don’t have anything to do. Humans like my family and friends can bring me care, joy and comfort especially when I need someone who can talk and interact well with, someone who will respond well to me. My relationships with both are really different it’s more reasonable to relate with my own kind.

Sexism and Language (Allen Pace Nilsen)



    This showed mostly about the rights for an equal role in the society. Mostly sexism has been male driven and accompanied by a belief in the inferiority of women. Often we use the word men to refer for generalization of a whole. Languages in the female version could always be misleading to a repulsive meaning.
    

Happy Feet: The Pleasure of Teen Dance Movies (Joan Acocella)



     Dance can be a form of expression or communication in an interesting way. We usually express ourselves through movement. It can transform even the simplest moves like walking to amazing. Dances have emerged through different stages already but still a lot of dances became an entertainment to us. Today with film and videos we can enjoy watching them with joy.
     There were a lot of different dance movies since the 1950’s there were original moves. Even this 20th century there was many remakes of the movies from the past. The remake movies showed the difference in arising of modern moves and themes in dances. The difference in every move may have brought divisions through the audiences’ perspective but it didn’t let the dance movies less than perfect. Every dance movie has brought different messages but all have illustrated wonderful shows.

Friday 10 February 2012

Movie Genre


Entertainment
     Comedy films are a major dramatic genre that is intended to amuse the audience. It’s really hard to please a lot of audience but I think it only depends on their sense of humor. But for me, the purpose itself of the films makes me more interested and makes me more expect for a lot to watch in the film. Every time I watch one it lightens up my day. It’s like I’m free to express myself and release all the tension kept inside me. I really like comedy films because it brings out the real meaning of entertainment.
Topic Sentence: I really like comedy films because it brings out the real meaning of entertainment.