Gangnam Style

He is walking through a horse barn and then there is a fan blowing on him and two girls. Now he is doing a dance move that looks kind of like he is riding a horse so I think it might have something to do with horses. But he also has a lot of girls in here, so it could be about sexy girls.

Class activity 11-16

For my postsecret activity, I decided for my audience to be for just about everyone that knows who Spiderman is. I chose them because anyone that knows who he is secretly wants his powers because they're awesome. My design is very basic, just a picture of Spiderman in his cool Spiderman stance looking out over the city, and I wrote in plain pen "I wish I was Spiderman". My card is plain but gets the point across clearly. My secret that I wrote might make the person understand why there is a picture of Spiderman on an index card. Also, it makes people think about how bad they want superpowers and they use their imagination.

Peer Review

The peer review we did today in class was very effective in giving me better ideas for my paper. I would say that what we did today was probably the most helpful we've done so far, for me. My partner was helpful in pointing out what I should elaborate more on, and other things that I should include in my paper to make it better overall. Reading her paper also gave me good ideas for things to include in my paper to make it more interesting to the reader, and set a more appropriate tone. Overall I would say that the peer review we used today was the most helpful to me in terms of getting better advice and finding out what I can do to better my paper.

Adbuster

This is a mock ad aimed at countries that have so much excess, while other countries are starving. First you see the skinny african child clearly starving to death, holding out a bowl, and you also see a "got milk?" slogan. I thought this ad was very messed up originally but then I read the tag at the bottom that says "Why are one billion people dying of hunger while another one billion are dying of excess?" and I realized that it actually has an important message to send. It is saying that people need to quit living in excess and spread the wealth.

Class Blogger 10/31

Things we did today

1) Discussed creative writing project we did on class Friday.

2)Advertising

3)Start talking about Paper 3

We started class by watching a clip from the TV show "Madmen". We discussed how the clip shows how advertising works, and in this example, love is the theme. Don Draper explains that love is misleading and advertising makes it more appealing than it actually is. 

Then we looked at a beer advertisement and analyzed the audience, and classified it as an add for men in their early to late 20's based on the fact they were still dressed in Halloween costumes. We also analyzed that it was aimed to convince people that it was a special event to buy the beer, not just any other day, because it is Halloween. It is aimed at a more mature audience, specifically older men. 

Then we moved onto another add displaying a picture of an owl holding a flashlight in its face. It is in the way that you hold a flashlight in your face when you tell a scary story, and it is an add for Boo at the Zoo. It is most likely aimed at families because it is at a zoo, and it is somewhat childish, but still spooky. 

Now that we have some practice, we are assigned to find an ad and analyze it like how we did earlier. Some of the things we looked for were the audience, what the ad is selling, what kind of elements does the ad use, and what does the ad make you think will result if you buy the product. We then shared our ad's and our analysis' and moved onto discussing Paper 3. We talked about ads and what are their goals. She then showed us the assignment sheet and we talked about what we need to do on this assignment, and where to begin with this.  

Link for Assignment 3

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4LEqo5RknpkUXRDaV8yVDNhUjQ

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I chose an ad about Mott's Applesauce from US magazine to analyze for this assignment. It displays a happy mother giving her son a piggy back ride while he is holding a tube of Mott's Applesauce To Go. It uses many elements in this ad such as the happy family smiling, bright colors to make it seem even happier, and it pulls at parent's heartstrings by saying that giving your child Mott's is a way to show your children you love them. This ad is selling to parent's and their children, and it promotes the lifestyle of a happy, loving family. The ad basically says in it that if you buy your child this applesauce, it will love you, and your family will be happy.

Feedback

I just received feedback on my paper and I can already tell that it will be very helpful. I got a lot of helpful information about what is wanted out of the paper, so I can be sure to do it to get the best grade possible. One of the biggest things about my paper I need to work on is identifying, summarizing, and analyzing things better, because it makes the paper more interesting and relatable to the reader. I also need to focus more on myself and less on making broad claims about other people. I lastly need to organize my paper better to demonstrate growth. Hopefully after I do all of this, it will make my paper better overall.