Globalization is when societies and cultures from all over the world become more united through some form of media or phenomenon. But if you want a more solid definition then according to the lecture, "Globalization is a process of increasing interconnectedness among nations, cultures, and people."s
One way that globalization occurs is through glocalization which is pretty much the fusion of global and local. Glocalization is when one form of culture or phenomenon starts out small and becomes huge enough that it becomes know and is used around the world. An example of this is when music is first written and played and it becomes such a big hit that eventually it becomes known on a global scale. That process that became such a big hit locally is then used globally to try and reach that same result.
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HPUoQ-1dPk
In this case that was presented above, a "local" artist was recommended to make a music page from her friends. After taking the advice that was used by many other artists who made it big this way, she ended up reaching that same result. From a computer at home, she became a successfully known artist.
Another example is when a band first starts out playing at local shows in small venues to becoming more popular to then progressed to playing to larger audiences in different countries.
From Local
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiE1iue4Qkg&feature=channel
To Global
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhBzS2EdpEQ
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
RTF 305 Post - 11/7/10 - You Are The Controller
The new Kinect for the Xbox 360 was released early this November and it brought a lot of attention from teenagers, kids, and even parents. The Kinect is a camera that makes your physical appearance a part of the digital world of gaming. The strategy of this commercial is to give parents a way to be "connected" with their children in the world of gaming by just being yourself.
The usual story would be that the parents would buy a game system for their children just to make them happy no matter if they were going to be involved or not. Maybe the only game that most adults played in their lives was Pacman or Pong. But with the Kinect commercials, it welcomed everybody to have fun. You didn't have to be a hardcore gamer with fast reflexes and coordinations while using a controller. All you needed was to be yourself and you would be able to play. This ad invites families to come together and share the experience of gaming with their children.
What makes this commercial different from others is that it isn't focused on teenagers, kids, gamers, or any other specific group. It is inviting everyone including Mom and Dad to be part of the fun too. It invites not only in the household, but also in businesses where employees are taking a break and any other social areas. And it's slogan "You Are The Controller" says that you don't need anything else except yourself to play.
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwz-YKSIXk0&feature=pyv&ad=6598530456&kw=kinect
The usual story would be that the parents would buy a game system for their children just to make them happy no matter if they were going to be involved or not. Maybe the only game that most adults played in their lives was Pacman or Pong. But with the Kinect commercials, it welcomed everybody to have fun. You didn't have to be a hardcore gamer with fast reflexes and coordinations while using a controller. All you needed was to be yourself and you would be able to play. This ad invites families to come together and share the experience of gaming with their children.
What makes this commercial different from others is that it isn't focused on teenagers, kids, gamers, or any other specific group. It is inviting everyone including Mom and Dad to be part of the fun too. It invites not only in the household, but also in businesses where employees are taking a break and any other social areas. And it's slogan "You Are The Controller" says that you don't need anything else except yourself to play.
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwz-YKSIXk0&feature=pyv&ad=6598530456&kw=kinect
Sunday, October 31, 2010
RTF 305 Post - 10/31/10 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" was one of the first movies I've seen growing up. As a kid I'd love the music and the characters and even now I still enjoy watching it once in a while. But now that I'm much older and mature, I know what a great storyline it has. It has the classic happy ending with a three act structure.
So how much better could it be to post on Halloween Day with a Halloween based movie?
Act I
The movie starts off with the introduction of Jack Skellington, the main protagonist, and that he is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. In the town of various monsters and creatures, Jack is the scariest and dominant creature giving him his reputation and his position as leader of the town. It also introduces Sally, the main female protagonist, who is a creation of the mad scientist who longs to be independent and has feelings for Jack. The main conflict of the movie begins to rise during Jack's personal introduction as he sings amongst himself. Being the leader of the town during every Halloween celebration, he begins to grow bored and in search for something different. Sally seeing this feels a connection with him since she is confined within her creator's grasp as if she were a child. He then wounds up finding Christmas town and wanting to bring that holiday back to Halloween Town to celebrating it. So the climax of Act I, or the first plot point is Jack creating Christmas in his own way for a new experience for him and the town.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv1HX80u5x4
Act II
This part is the longest part of the three acts where new problems arise and new goals must be reached.
As Jack has the town prepare for Christmas Day, he gives different roles to every member to help out. Sally makes Jack's Santa costume, The Mad Scientist makes the reindeer, townspeople make toys and decorations, and the mayor keeps check. But as the plans continue to progress, Sally sees a that Christmas isn't his place and that the whole operation might end badly. Jack misconstrues her words and thinks his missing something which turned out to be the hat. He has three mischievous characters to capture Santa to borrow his hat. Although he doesn't mean harm and only wants him to have a break for the year, the children bring Santa to the villain of the movie, Oogi-Boogie. Oogi-Boogie is being that eats bugs and other creatures and has a craving for Santa once he has him in his grasp. Meanwhile, after Santa is kept prisoner and Jack has the hat, he departs to bringing the "gifts" to children. Unfortunately, the gifts come to life are start attacking the children and so the army shoot down Jack and his sled ending his mission. Sally learns of his failure, she goes to find Santa Clause hoping he can make things better but ends up being prisoner as well. Jack realizes what harm he had caused as well as the great experience he went through. The plot point for this act is the Jack had a great experience but now he has to set things right with Santa Clause and the children.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ftU2vxIC0
Act III
Act III has the climax of the entire movie in this structure where everything comes together to the final conclusion. Jack confronts Oogie-Boogie and saves Sally and Santa Clause. After he admits to Santa the mistakes he has made, Santa assures that he can still fix his mishaps and save Christmas. The climax was basically Jack saving Santa in order to save Christmas. The resolution is aftermath of the climax and where everything else comes together. Jack realises Sally has feelings for him when she tried making things better for him. Once Santa removes Jack's gifts and saves Christmas, he makes it snow in Halloween Town for them to truly experience the holiday the way Jack intended them to. Sally walks off on her own until Jack follows and finally end together.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4kzOQ-WNpc&feature=related
Overall, this movie has the three act structure with two plot points (mini climaxes) a climax followed by the resolution.
So how much better could it be to post on Halloween Day with a Halloween based movie?
Act I
The movie starts off with the introduction of Jack Skellington, the main protagonist, and that he is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town. In the town of various monsters and creatures, Jack is the scariest and dominant creature giving him his reputation and his position as leader of the town. It also introduces Sally, the main female protagonist, who is a creation of the mad scientist who longs to be independent and has feelings for Jack. The main conflict of the movie begins to rise during Jack's personal introduction as he sings amongst himself. Being the leader of the town during every Halloween celebration, he begins to grow bored and in search for something different. Sally seeing this feels a connection with him since she is confined within her creator's grasp as if she were a child. He then wounds up finding Christmas town and wanting to bring that holiday back to Halloween Town to celebrating it. So the climax of Act I, or the first plot point is Jack creating Christmas in his own way for a new experience for him and the town.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv1HX80u5x4
Act II
This part is the longest part of the three acts where new problems arise and new goals must be reached.
As Jack has the town prepare for Christmas Day, he gives different roles to every member to help out. Sally makes Jack's Santa costume, The Mad Scientist makes the reindeer, townspeople make toys and decorations, and the mayor keeps check. But as the plans continue to progress, Sally sees a that Christmas isn't his place and that the whole operation might end badly. Jack misconstrues her words and thinks his missing something which turned out to be the hat. He has three mischievous characters to capture Santa to borrow his hat. Although he doesn't mean harm and only wants him to have a break for the year, the children bring Santa to the villain of the movie, Oogi-Boogie. Oogi-Boogie is being that eats bugs and other creatures and has a craving for Santa once he has him in his grasp. Meanwhile, after Santa is kept prisoner and Jack has the hat, he departs to bringing the "gifts" to children. Unfortunately, the gifts come to life are start attacking the children and so the army shoot down Jack and his sled ending his mission. Sally learns of his failure, she goes to find Santa Clause hoping he can make things better but ends up being prisoner as well. Jack realizes what harm he had caused as well as the great experience he went through. The plot point for this act is the Jack had a great experience but now he has to set things right with Santa Clause and the children.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ftU2vxIC0
Act III
Act III has the climax of the entire movie in this structure where everything comes together to the final conclusion. Jack confronts Oogie-Boogie and saves Sally and Santa Clause. After he admits to Santa the mistakes he has made, Santa assures that he can still fix his mishaps and save Christmas. The climax was basically Jack saving Santa in order to save Christmas. The resolution is aftermath of the climax and where everything else comes together. Jack realises Sally has feelings for him when she tried making things better for him. Once Santa removes Jack's gifts and saves Christmas, he makes it snow in Halloween Town for them to truly experience the holiday the way Jack intended them to. Sally walks off on her own until Jack follows and finally end together.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4kzOQ-WNpc&feature=related
Overall, this movie has the three act structure with two plot points (mini climaxes) a climax followed by the resolution.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
RTF 305 Post - 10/24/10 - [Episodic] VII: [Serial] Killer
What I really enjoyed about the TV sitcom lecture by Colin Tait was the two major types of television shows that you continue to see today. Episodic and Serial. Which is why my 7th RTF post is named as such. Episodic is quite the opposite of Serial of which has more comedic qualities than the other which is why it fits in the sitcom genre.
Serial Television shows are shows that have a progression in the storyline with every episode while Episodic has different plots and situations with no overall plot. Episodic usually have episodes that last only a half-hour because they are so sweet and simple. You don't have to worry about missing an episode and being left out on serious plot points because episodic shows don't truly have a storyline.The characters go through some crazy shenanigans within that time period and end up coming out of them with no aftermath that would lead to a continuation of the story. These Episodic shows have more comedy than drama which has gives the characters a small arc of growth. Not too much time to spent on the problem as the plot must move on to finish within those 30 minutes.
One episodic show that I used to watch awhile back was "Viva La Bam" which had some of the cast from the comedy show "Jackass". The show was basically about Bam Margera and his crazy and unusually life that involved his friends and his parents that are unfortunately caught in the middle. From the start of an episode, Bam and his crew would either confront something that they must get past or come up with an idea that would put the family through more insanity. Throughout the episodes, he would either have a goal to reach, a game to play, or an obstacle to eliminate. At the end whether he fails or succeeds, the story doesn't really continue on that would be considered a sequel. Every episode is quite predictable and has the same pranks, quotes, and unusual family living.
In one episode, Bam's father and uncle said, "Anybody can be a Rockstar". Disgusted by this, Bam bets $1000 that they wouldn't pass that test which he calls, "Rockstar Training". In the end after all the tests, they pass and Bam gives them $1000 with the catch that their money paid for most the expenses for providing the tests. Here's a clip of the show revealing there's not too much seriousness to create a real storyline.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpp0yW10NUE
Overall, Episodic is more casual than Serial because it's not so structured and doesn't have as much effort as a Serial show like "Lost" would have. Every episode has different situations and plots while Serial has episodes that progressed through the overall storyline.
Serial Television shows are shows that have a progression in the storyline with every episode while Episodic has different plots and situations with no overall plot. Episodic usually have episodes that last only a half-hour because they are so sweet and simple. You don't have to worry about missing an episode and being left out on serious plot points because episodic shows don't truly have a storyline.The characters go through some crazy shenanigans within that time period and end up coming out of them with no aftermath that would lead to a continuation of the story. These Episodic shows have more comedy than drama which has gives the characters a small arc of growth. Not too much time to spent on the problem as the plot must move on to finish within those 30 minutes.
One episodic show that I used to watch awhile back was "Viva La Bam" which had some of the cast from the comedy show "Jackass". The show was basically about Bam Margera and his crazy and unusually life that involved his friends and his parents that are unfortunately caught in the middle. From the start of an episode, Bam and his crew would either confront something that they must get past or come up with an idea that would put the family through more insanity. Throughout the episodes, he would either have a goal to reach, a game to play, or an obstacle to eliminate. At the end whether he fails or succeeds, the story doesn't really continue on that would be considered a sequel. Every episode is quite predictable and has the same pranks, quotes, and unusual family living.
In one episode, Bam's father and uncle said, "Anybody can be a Rockstar". Disgusted by this, Bam bets $1000 that they wouldn't pass that test which he calls, "Rockstar Training". In the end after all the tests, they pass and Bam gives them $1000 with the catch that their money paid for most the expenses for providing the tests. Here's a clip of the show revealing there's not too much seriousness to create a real storyline.
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpp0yW10NUE
Overall, Episodic is more casual than Serial because it's not so structured and doesn't have as much effort as a Serial show like "Lost" would have. Every episode has different situations and plots while Serial has episodes that progressed through the overall storyline.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
RTF 305 Blog - 10/17/10 - Your Shot is the Teller of the Story
"Inception" is one of the most recent films by the successful director, Christopher Nolan who we all know directed "The Dark Knight". To play on the promotional quote "Your Mind is the Scene of the Crime", I used "Your Shot is the Teller of the Story" just for this post. Of course it isn't close to great of a quote, but i tried.
This movie has become one of my favorite films of all time from the moment I figured out what the concept of the movie was in the beginning. It's use of shots to create parallel universes and greatly to tell the story. In this clip below, it shows all three shots which are Long Shot, Medium Shot, and Close-Up. These three play a significant part in the experience that the audience goes through. See for yourself.
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eAuBSTinYw
The clip first starts out as a Close-Up of Ariadne (Ellen Page) and of Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio). These shots show the personal one-on-one relationship between the two as they converse and it gives the audience a sense that they're eating lunch with them as well. This would be a Denotative form of a Close-Up because it brings the audience in a relaxed normal state. It isn't too complicated or emotional, it's just a casual conversation between the the two...at first.
Then once Cobb reveals to Ariadne that they are conversing in a dream, the mood shifts from subtle to a more frightened and confused state. The shot transitions into a Connotative Medium Shot which shows the audience exactly where the two are at. Just as Ariadne is confused and wonders how they got to where they are now. As Medium shot transitions back and forth to Close-up, it shows her reaction and how she is accepting the situation.
Then as Ariadne accepts the situation, she begins altering the physical reality of the dream by making boxes and glasses break and expand. The shots transition to Denotative Long Shots of the whole setting of where the objects are exploding. One shot has both of the main characters in the center as Ariadne continues to shift the dream which shows the subtly of them as they remain seated versus the chaotic noise and destruction going on around them. This also tells the audience that they both are in complete control of the situation.
As you go on into the movie beyond this clip, these three forms of shots continue to tell the story in various ways as it is done in almost every other movie in cinematics. So if one was to become a director, using these methods is a must. And of course by all means, use your own methods as well.
And remember, "You mustn't be Afraid to Dream a Little Bigger, Darling."
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCjnRrSlU0&NR=1
This movie has become one of my favorite films of all time from the moment I figured out what the concept of the movie was in the beginning. It's use of shots to create parallel universes and greatly to tell the story. In this clip below, it shows all three shots which are Long Shot, Medium Shot, and Close-Up. These three play a significant part in the experience that the audience goes through. See for yourself.
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eAuBSTinYw
The clip first starts out as a Close-Up of Ariadne (Ellen Page) and of Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio). These shots show the personal one-on-one relationship between the two as they converse and it gives the audience a sense that they're eating lunch with them as well. This would be a Denotative form of a Close-Up because it brings the audience in a relaxed normal state. It isn't too complicated or emotional, it's just a casual conversation between the the two...at first.
Then once Cobb reveals to Ariadne that they are conversing in a dream, the mood shifts from subtle to a more frightened and confused state. The shot transitions into a Connotative Medium Shot which shows the audience exactly where the two are at. Just as Ariadne is confused and wonders how they got to where they are now. As Medium shot transitions back and forth to Close-up, it shows her reaction and how she is accepting the situation.
Then as Ariadne accepts the situation, she begins altering the physical reality of the dream by making boxes and glasses break and expand. The shots transition to Denotative Long Shots of the whole setting of where the objects are exploding. One shot has both of the main characters in the center as Ariadne continues to shift the dream which shows the subtly of them as they remain seated versus the chaotic noise and destruction going on around them. This also tells the audience that they both are in complete control of the situation.
As you go on into the movie beyond this clip, these three forms of shots continue to tell the story in various ways as it is done in almost every other movie in cinematics. So if one was to become a director, using these methods is a must. And of course by all means, use your own methods as well.
And remember, "You mustn't be Afraid to Dream a Little Bigger, Darling."
Original Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCjnRrSlU0&NR=1
Sunday, October 10, 2010
RTF 305 Post - 10/10/10 - Faces of the Classic Hollywood Studio
Back in the Classical Hollywood cinema days, the studio and the stars worked hand in hand. The studio would create the image from the actors that would reflect the studio itself and the type of movies it made. The stars would be under contract and be made famous which also helped the studio in bringing more publicity.
By using the star system, they'd make the actor the symbol of the genre. For instance, if group of friends wanted to see a gangster or a detective movie, then they'd say,"Hey, that movie has Humphrey Bogart! That's gotta be a great movie." Then they'd buy one movie while another guy in the group being a big fan of the genre buys a whole stack of movies starring Humphrey Bogart. The same thing went for mostly women viewers who wanted to see a musical genre. All the buzz about MGM studios was that Judy Garland was the main attraction for that genre. She played Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" and Betsy Booth in "Love Finds Andy Hardy" to name a few.
The star system made the image of the movie rather than the movie making the actor. As the studios continued filming the same type of movies, the stars became more popular and respected for their better work in each movie. And in the flipside, this made the many Faces of the Classic Hollywood Studio.
Here are some clips of they're films and how they all mostly have the same feel.
Humphrey Bogart
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv14rwUdqyw&feature=related
Judy Garland
Wizard of Oz
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhzbzwPNgXA
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Original link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0WXzdkT_e4
By using the star system, they'd make the actor the symbol of the genre. For instance, if group of friends wanted to see a gangster or a detective movie, then they'd say,"Hey, that movie has Humphrey Bogart! That's gotta be a great movie." Then they'd buy one movie while another guy in the group being a big fan of the genre buys a whole stack of movies starring Humphrey Bogart. The same thing went for mostly women viewers who wanted to see a musical genre. All the buzz about MGM studios was that Judy Garland was the main attraction for that genre. She played Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" and Betsy Booth in "Love Finds Andy Hardy" to name a few.
The star system made the image of the movie rather than the movie making the actor. As the studios continued filming the same type of movies, the stars became more popular and respected for their better work in each movie. And in the flipside, this made the many Faces of the Classic Hollywood Studio.
Here are some clips of they're films and how they all mostly have the same feel.
Humphrey Bogart
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv14rwUdqyw&feature=related
Judy Garland
Wizard of Oz
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhzbzwPNgXA
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Original link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0WXzdkT_e4
Sunday, October 3, 2010
RTF 305 Post - 10/3/2010 - "All In The Family" VS "Everybody Loves Ramond"
I wasn't much for watching family-based TV shows, well shows that were rated under PG-13...but I remember watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" everytime it came on when I was watching TV. This show was so much different than "All in the Family" even though they were shows about a family and had a lot of comedy.These two shows differentiated because of the content that was shown during their airings.
Since "All in the Family" was aired during the 1970s, they're a lot of controversy about how discrimination was percieved at the time. These disputes were about racism, sexuality, and other social issues. What "All in the Family" did was broadcast a family that represented a common family during the 1970s in which they brought up issues on these subjects. In the episode shown during the screening, it brought on the issue of sexuality and how it was first being accepted.
Nowadays even though they show re-runs of it, "Everybody Loves Raymond" was about issues within the family during the 1990s and later. It represented a family that would be on each other especially trivial fights between the husband and the wife. This show didn't focus on social issues as "All in the Family" so bluntly did. It talked about issues between grandparents butting into family situations, spending time with the children rather than being away all the time, and other common issues you would see in a household during this time.
But just because these shows had different ideas and time periods doesn't mean that they didn't have the same goals. As you can tell just by watching maybe the first 5 minutes of an episode that the show was a comedy since you can hear the laughter of the audience that you'd never see. They gave the audience a warm feeling when they both brought in scenes of the family together in which they can relate to. It didn't take much to get the laughs and it brought families closer as they would sit in the living room during a specific time just to watch the show.
Here are clips from both shows below and you can tell how they differ and how they are the same.
All in the Family
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_UBgkFHm8o
Everybody Loves Raymond
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAFiU6bZ678
Since "All in the Family" was aired during the 1970s, they're a lot of controversy about how discrimination was percieved at the time. These disputes were about racism, sexuality, and other social issues. What "All in the Family" did was broadcast a family that represented a common family during the 1970s in which they brought up issues on these subjects. In the episode shown during the screening, it brought on the issue of sexuality and how it was first being accepted.
Nowadays even though they show re-runs of it, "Everybody Loves Raymond" was about issues within the family during the 1990s and later. It represented a family that would be on each other especially trivial fights between the husband and the wife. This show didn't focus on social issues as "All in the Family" so bluntly did. It talked about issues between grandparents butting into family situations, spending time with the children rather than being away all the time, and other common issues you would see in a household during this time.
But just because these shows had different ideas and time periods doesn't mean that they didn't have the same goals. As you can tell just by watching maybe the first 5 minutes of an episode that the show was a comedy since you can hear the laughter of the audience that you'd never see. They gave the audience a warm feeling when they both brought in scenes of the family together in which they can relate to. It didn't take much to get the laughs and it brought families closer as they would sit in the living room during a specific time just to watch the show.
Here are clips from both shows below and you can tell how they differ and how they are the same.
All in the Family
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_UBgkFHm8o
Everybody Loves Raymond
Original Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAFiU6bZ678
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