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I am at home in New Orleans with my parents, sister, brothers, and dog. I am using zoom on my laptop. In general, I guess I am worried about how it might be hard to hear people or if my internet will hold up. I think that this class will help us to adapt toContinue reading “Activity 3/23”

I am currently in Dallas Texas with my family. My zoom setup is on my laptop in my bed. I am worried about my internet connection since it is being shared by my entire family at the same time. I am also worried about the distractions and new challenges that come with being back withContinue reading “activity 3/23”

I am back home in the Rio Grande Valley, sharing a room with my brother since he is also back home from Baylor. I have a fairly nice computer with a webcam and two monitors, however my room is a mess and our WiFi bandwidth may not be able to handle everyone on the internetContinue reading “Activity 3/23”

Where have you relocated to? I am back home in Austin, Texas. I am with both my mom and my dad. We have two foster dogs and my emotional support cat, so it is a full house. My dad just started working from home so we are all in the house 24/7. I’m kind ofContinue 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”

Jacob Sanchez is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Jacob Sanchez’s Zoom MeetingTime: Mar 23, 2020 12:15 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/2622686644 Meeting ID: 262 268 6644 Plan for today, Lecture, Blog posts, Activity. Your activity will be due as a comment to this post on WordPress. Make sureContinue reading “Agenda 3-23”

Reading Summary In Chapter 6 of What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss, Smith discusses the ideas surrounding “Us” and “Them” and introduces the “Other”. The idea of Us and Them starts at a very young age. Either with high school clique or with political groups. The words, ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘you’, have a lotContinue reading “Role models and stereotypes: An introduction to the ‘Other’”

Summary This chapter focuses on the human desire to have consistency within the media. As consumers of different types of media, we create our own pattern of likes and dislikes to make future decisions. In the chapter the author uses the example of a person enjoying romantic comedies to rely on the same genre toContinue reading “What media classes really want to discuss”

Reading SummaryThis chapter deals with the various shots, sequences, cuts, and transitions of film. These terms describe film techniques that impact how a film is interpreted. Different techniques can elicit different emotions, so each choice is important. Shots refer to single operations of the camera. These include close ups, close shots, extreme close ups, longContinue reading “Film, Space, and Mise-en-Scene”

Reading Summary: Genre greatly impacts our decision making. In film brands are replaced by actors and or genres, because the simple names of production studios will guarantee that a view will necessarily like a product or not. Instead the genre components are often used to choose preference. Components of a genre include: internally consistent expectationsContinue reading “What media classes really want to discuss.”