Carlos is seen here using an ancient form of letter-writing called pen on paper.
Matthew is sitting comfortably in his office writing an email to his boss, paying his cable bill, and Skyping his mother in Ireland, all for free with Hunter wifi.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ethics
What is your favorite piece of media you saw recently?
Inception the movie
Why did you like/dislike it so much?
Cool sci fi concept of covertly entering someone's dream and psyche to retrieve information.
How did you feel after you saw it?
I wanted to fall asleep and dream.
Did you think or understand anything new?
Perhaps that the unconscious mind is capable of so much complexity.
Do you think the piece said anything (overtly or covertly) about the world, about the way people live in it?
The complexity in which the unconscious mind operates may often lead to life-changing revelations in the conscious world.
Do you think this media is ethical or has ethical concerns behind it? What constitutes ethical media?
This movie has not crossed any ethical boundaries. Ethical media has the responsibility to its audience to
What would unethical media be? Is there a difference between media that is about moral or ethical notions; versus media that is not about ethical issues, but where the maker has taken them into account in the making?
Unethical media may contain information that is offensive or considered deviant in relation to the social norms of our habitat. Media that is about moral or ethical notions tend to
Inception the movie
Why did you like/dislike it so much?
Cool sci fi concept of covertly entering someone's dream and psyche to retrieve information.
How did you feel after you saw it?
I wanted to fall asleep and dream.
Did you think or understand anything new?
Perhaps that the unconscious mind is capable of so much complexity.
Do you think the piece said anything (overtly or covertly) about the world, about the way people live in it?
The complexity in which the unconscious mind operates may often lead to life-changing revelations in the conscious world.
Do you think this media is ethical or has ethical concerns behind it? What constitutes ethical media?
This movie has not crossed any ethical boundaries. Ethical media has the responsibility to its audience to
What would unethical media be? Is there a difference between media that is about moral or ethical notions; versus media that is not about ethical issues, but where the maker has taken them into account in the making?
Unethical media may contain information that is offensive or considered deviant in relation to the social norms of our habitat. Media that is about moral or ethical notions tend to
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Artist Statement
I can say that my extensive knowledge of media-making includes expert use of Adobe CS5, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Dreamweaver - but then I'd be lying. In truth, I am as much an artist or maker of media as MTV's Jersey Shore is a documentary of genuine Italian culture. Today, we are engulfed in media of the digital variety and my complete and utter unfamiliarity of it all is my motivation for taking this course. Until recently, I'd only ever been brave enough to open and edit a Word document. Once I even created a PowerPoint presentation that took a mere 18 hours from start to finish. I later learned that my 6 basic slides should have taken the average person no more than 2 hours to complete. My extensive technological experience also includes a Facebook page that I recently created. I am thoroughly entertained with the idea of openly "liking" everything I see, but am equally disappointed in my inability to profess my "unlike" for things that I don't. So this is the extent of my knowledge with digital media-making and with this course, I hope to be able to finally get my hands dirty on the actual production side, rather than dwelling solely in the consumer end of the equation.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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