Author Archives: Cooper

In this reading, the author talks about how media changed how we feel about love. In movies, TV and songs, love is perfect and soulmates are meant for each other. He calls this fake love. each of the characters are unnatural, like Cinderella and Prince Charming. This makes people feel different about love and feelContinue reading “This is Emo”

In chapter 8 of Smith’s book, he talks about mediums. New types of mediums are categorized by their level of interactivity. Interactivity is how well you can interact or connect with things within the media. In some ways, past mediums we use to consume content is not interactive, such as TVs or radio. However, SmithContinue reading “Chapter 8 Homie”

Mediums are very important to what we are trying to convey to an audience. We typically look at them in relation to technology, but they’re more inclusive than that. Smith talks about painting, photography and film. Different mediums can influence how we absorb a message. Mediums are always changing because technology is always changing. TheyContinue reading “Ch 7 Good Sire”

The author of this article talks about what live sports are like in comparison to recorded sports events when you’re rewatching them. You get much more excited when watching them live instead of running it back. There are 5 reasons why this happens. The first is with commercials, there is less drama and less ofContinue reading “Space Time and DVR”

I’m in Austin Texas, trapped in this house and very bored and sad. None of my boys can hang because one of my friends actually has COVID-19 so that’s pretty sketch. SO therefore the squad and I are split up and very bored. Austin is about to do a shelter in place order which meansContinue reading “Activity 3/23”

This chapter is all about film and the choices that directors make to film their movies. These film techniques shape the way that an audience perceives the movie. Directors often pride themselves on the choices that they make to film their movies. In relation to the camera, there is a lot of different ways toContinue reading “Film, space, and image”

Host Jessie Thorn explains a comedy skit where two comedians perform a duo skit involving a song and dance where Kristen Shaal dances like a horse and Kurt Braunohler sings a song. On first performance the audience laughs, but then they repeat it again and again. The audience doesn’t laugh. They duo keeps doing theContinue reading “Podcast for 3/2”

Pop culture is always changing. Therefore, our ways of studying must change as well. A sign is something that carries a meaning to the audience. Pretty much anything can be a sign in pop culture. The semiotics method uses these signs. It is a method where you focus on these signs and interpret the meaningContinue reading “Semiotics Reading for Monday”

The videos went through Gestalt Theory. The first one is proximity, which is when different objects are placed together so that the audience thinks that they are a group. Similarity is next, which is when different objects are similar-looking, then the eye thinks that they are a group together. The next is continuance. Continuance isContinue reading “Monday Videos”

In the reading for today, Rebecca Hagen and Kim Golombisky talk about different errors and mistakes that some designers and creators make. These errors can make the message you are attempting to convey unclear, or they can distract the intended audience you have. They give us 13 layout mistakes and some are bulky borders margins,Continue reading “Ch. 4-5”