Sunday, September 30, 2012
"Shame"
The song "Shame" by the Avett Brothers is about getting a second chance with someone. The use of the phrase "Boatloads of shame" gets this across by emphasizing how sorry the speaker is. He does not feel shame, or lots of shame, but entire boats full of it! Another word choice he uses to establish the feel of the song is "Blame." The speaker feels so strongly about it that he cries for it to stop, showing how he wants to apologize. The author saying he wants to fall back in love is about the clearest message he can send that he wants a second chance. If someone comes right out and says "I want to love you again" it's fairly obvious they are pleading for a second chance.
Blackbird
Three words
1. blackbird- the marginalized people
2. broken wings- lack of rights
3. fly- rise to equality
They work in conjecture to establish that people should not be marginalized. This song may have been referring to the Civil Rights Movement.
1. blackbird- the marginalized people
2. broken wings- lack of rights
3. fly- rise to equality
They work in conjecture to establish that people should not be marginalized. This song may have been referring to the Civil Rights Movement.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sign Language
Purpose
The purpose is to show that being deaf isn't a barrier to love.
Three things the director does
1. The shy nature of the protagonist makes you want him to succeed
2. The fact that the pole is form his grandfather shows you the business is in the family
3. The title of the video adds meaning because sign language is the language the deaf use to communicate, and he is a sign holder.
The purpose is to show that being deaf isn't a barrier to love.
Three things the director does
1. The shy nature of the protagonist makes you want him to succeed
2. The fact that the pole is form his grandfather shows you the business is in the family
3. The title of the video adds meaning because sign language is the language the deaf use to communicate, and he is a sign holder.
Love Language
Purpose
The purpose is to raise awareness for the deaf foundation it mentions at the end.
Effective/Ineffective
It was effective because it was entertaining. It made me happy, making me want to support the foundation. The choice to show only certain notes helped it because it got the video to the point faster. The setting also helped it because it was a common place that most people can relate to.
How does it make you feel?
It made me feel happy, because in the end they end up with a functioning relationship despite her being deaf.
The purpose is to raise awareness for the deaf foundation it mentions at the end.
Effective/Ineffective
It was effective because it was entertaining. It made me happy, making me want to support the foundation. The choice to show only certain notes helped it because it got the video to the point faster. The setting also helped it because it was a common place that most people can relate to.
How does it make you feel?
It made me feel happy, because in the end they end up with a functioning relationship despite her being deaf.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
"Good Old Desk" by Harry Nilsson
S- The subject is his desk
N- The person who uses the desk is the narrator.
A- The audience is people who enjoy his different style of music
P- His purpose is to make you think about dependability.
Three instances
"Keep my hopes alive"
"Such a comfort"
"It's the friend I've got, a giant of all times"
N- The person who uses the desk is the narrator.
A- The audience is people who enjoy his different style of music
P- His purpose is to make you think about dependability.
Three instances
"Keep my hopes alive"
"Such a comfort"
"It's the friend I've got, a giant of all times"
"Semeadores" by Diego Rivera
S- The subject is the farmers
N- The artist is a hispanic who understands the workers' plight.
A- The audience is the rich upper class who have the power to do something about the common workers' working conditions.
P- The purpose of this piece is to show how monotonous the life of the common worker is and the gloom. The way the man's back bends with the terrain almost makes him start to blend in, showing how the average worker can be forgotten because he's just a peasant in a far off place.
Technique
By making the painting plain, he emphasizes the monotony of their daily lives.
N- The artist is a hispanic who understands the workers' plight.
A- The audience is the rich upper class who have the power to do something about the common workers' working conditions.
P- The purpose of this piece is to show how monotonous the life of the common worker is and the gloom. The way the man's back bends with the terrain almost makes him start to blend in, showing how the average worker can be forgotten because he's just a peasant in a far off place.
Technique
By making the painting plain, he emphasizes the monotony of their daily lives.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Pinch of Poverty
S- The poor
N- probably a non wealthy artist who is portraying his feelings
A- The audience is the wealthy that will buy or at least see it
P- The purpose is to show how difficult life is for the poor
Two techniques
The bright colors in the center draw the viewer's eyes towards the family
The rainy scene the family is in emphasizes the gloom that lingers over them all the time
N- probably a non wealthy artist who is portraying his feelings
A- The audience is the wealthy that will buy or at least see it
P- The purpose is to show how difficult life is for the poor
Two techniques
The bright colors in the center draw the viewer's eyes towards the family
The rainy scene the family is in emphasizes the gloom that lingers over them all the time
The Singer Solution to Poverty
S- The article talks about poverty
N- The author is an extremely biased writer.
A- The audience is middle class Americans
P- The purpose of this is to convince people to give money. If we dig deeper, we can see that the author is attempting to guilt his readers into giving money by saying that because people CAN do something they MUST, else they become an immoral monster. He is so extremely biased in his article that I, personally, am turned off to it. My only wonder is if he lives in the real world.
N- The author is an extremely biased writer.
A- The audience is middle class Americans
P- The purpose of this is to convince people to give money. If we dig deeper, we can see that the author is attempting to guilt his readers into giving money by saying that because people CAN do something they MUST, else they become an immoral monster. He is so extremely biased in his article that I, personally, am turned off to it. My only wonder is if he lives in the real world.
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