Visual Comm

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Casablanca

This film is one of my favorites with its rich storyline and beautiful shots. In every scene there is something important going on even with no dialogue. We were reminded in class about just how important this film was in film history by how many times it was in the hundred best lines in film.   

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Action/Thriller Movies

As access to video equipment increases their is an influx in amateur filmmaking. Hopefully the way audiences will be able to filter out bad filmmaking from good is through the quality of film in full. It is easy to generalize moviemakers adding extra special effects to create as many explosions as possible to keep an audience entertained, but this is still just a generalization. There are many good movies out there; they are just in a clutter with some that are poorly done. 

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Media and Holidays

It is funny to see holidays adapting to modern times. Everyone always enjoys a funny meme they understand. This one has received a lot of laughs from my friends. Miley Cyrus had a great publicity run because of this video, but these runs always brings bad press from people that don't understand or accept differences in others. 

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Hitchcock

Hitchcock, although rather crazy, was a fantastic and groundbreaking photographer. He pioneered the dolly zoom, Hitchcock's Rule and much more. Hitchcock's Rule is the size of the object in the frame should be related to its importance in the story at that moment. This rule is very creative and allows the audience to rely on clues in the images not just the dialogue.

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Editing!

I never had to edit actual film only digital video. I can see why editing film can be stressful just from the look on this guy’s face. Digital editing has always been something I enjoyed; it relaxes me in a weird way. With everything being digitized many more people are given even more opportunities to experiment and create a movie totally new.

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Photographic Technique

  Before this class I was always confused on how bright the day can be outside, but when looking through the camera it is so dark! I was never made aware that the f-stop, ios and shutter speed had anything to do with lighting! I just knew those terms were a thing when it came to taking pictures. This picture I think is a wonderful diagram on how to use your camera to the best of your ability.

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Cartoon Technique

Cartoons have been around since the Egyptians and are not going anywhere. Today's modern cartoon seems to be the meme or gif. Anyways, cartoons let the creator communicate a certain point or to get a message to an audience. Cartoons have ruffled many feathers to where they have been banned in countries all over the world include our own.   

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GSD&M

During Mass Comm week I was able to attend a presentation by GSD&M's Media Director. This was very informational for anyone going into business or marketing. The way advertisement firms are linking every media area together for their client’s product is just amazing. Carmen was able to make you feel like you could do anything in this business.

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Culturalism

Media stereotyping was bound to come up in this class, if we did not address this issue stereotyping would just be ignored. Sadly, stereotypes are a main message in media, but as we go further into the future I am excited to see more people breaking these stereotypes in public around the world. Different forms of media use theses preconceived notions, because people can understand their message clearly and fast. To more past these stereotypes there needs to be a conversation not a blame game. 

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Movement and Color

Color is the most powerful visual component. In film colors can be manipulated in illusions or as symbols for the audience's enjoyment and understanding. You can't really see it with this gif, but lighter objects appear closer and darker objects appear farther away. This has to do with tonal separation that deals with viewers perception of depth.  

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Test Numbing

That test feeling in your brain when you are done with a test and walk out of the classroom like a zombie. I hope I am not alone on this after test numbing. At the end of a big test the next few hours you can find me stumbling around until I get oxygen back up there to work properly again. 

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Saul Bass

For five decades Saul Bass was a design innovator. In his different title sequences I can see the techniques that are familiar to me. He always wanted the title sequence to look nothing like the rest of film, but still give an overview of the film to the audience. The titles are so simple, but aesthetically pleasing by fitting perfectly imperfect together.

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Contrast and Affinty

I knew lighting was important to make a film have that high quality look. I had no idea that part of the quality was the way to use the lights to portray the scene's mood. The audience feels a higher level of complexity and conflict in a scene when there is more contrast. Affinity is the exact opposite, because it equals out the color tones causing the audience to feel more at easy. 

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Photojournalism

As technology keeps striving to make it easier to change pictures electronically people should push to keep ethics in photojournalism. Communication is becoming more instant with through words, videos and pictures. The population has to rely on others not to change or warp the details in events that is going on outside of their world. We come together as a society, because we trust each other to help out. 

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Graphic Design

It takes a lot of people to create one clear communicative design that will catch the consumers attention. The tricky thing is when so many people get involved it is hard to stay on the same page which can convolute the message. These designs are a cycle of what enforces or reinforces stereotypes today. So it is not just important how clear the message is, but what is the message really speaking to. 

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Memes

Memes have become a signature link to generation y and to the time we are in. It is the modern humorist cartoon and filters the Internet bringing average people under a twitter teen spotlight. It brings all that this century is funny, communicative, widespread, involves average people and speaks on important issues. They are always a great way to distress before a test on imgur or twitter. 

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Cartoons

It is great to see how far we have come in technology to develop cartoons. Cartoons have given us a portal to express our opinions without words. This opportunity allows us to looks at the world in a different perspective to hopefully come up with new ideas. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a great example to see corruption even with cartoons and compare with our society today.