Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Movie ( Next)

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_3/NextMoviePoster325.jpg

Who created this media message? Why?
The film was directed by Lee Tamahori and it is based on the science fiction short story " The Golden Man" by Phillip K. Dick. because the director thinks it will be interesting to put this up onto the big screen.

Who is the target audience? What text, images or sounds suggest this?
The target audience is people who are interested in science fiction and supernatureal power.The movie is about a man who can be able to see the next 2 minutes of his life. after he met Liz in a Las Vegas diner, she soon must make herself belief that "anything's possible" to the ultimate test when she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, the FBI is looking for him to help stop the detonation of a nuclear weapon.

What is the text (literal meaning) of the message?
The name of the movie "Next" mean what is going to happen in the following step, and which is 2 minutes and that is what he can predict for the future.

What is the subtext (unstated or hidden message)?
He can actually predict not just what will happen in the next 2 minutes, but allso 2 minutes after 2 minutes...... unlimitedly.

What tools of persuasion are used?
The main actor Nicolas Cage is a tools of persuasion of the movie. He is a very good actor of futureistic movie, and he present the idea of the movie very well.

What part of the story is not being told?
At the end of the movie, the was actually not explore yet, the whole movie of the mission was just his prediction, so which mean he predict can be wrong or according to what he is going to di will change the consquence of the mission.

Ipod Ad.

http://www.pso-world.com/images/fanart/ep3ipod-Lovejuice.jpg

Who created this media message? Why?
Apple created this ad. to sell their mp3 product ipod.

Who is the target audience? What text, images or sounds suggest this?
The target audience is from teenage to elder, any trendy person who likes music. The ad. use very tendy color, with a simple of white shadow on a trendy looking female. I think the ad. change to not have too much definition of the age range of the product, that' s why it's only show a shadow of a figure, so that face is hidden.

What is the text (literal meaning) of the message?
(This a Whole New World) is the slogan of the ad. it is trying to tell the audience that with this ipod, you will live in a trendy whole new world.

What is the subtext (unstated or hidden message)?
as long as you trendy, your the target audience of the product, since the model in the photo didn't show face, we can't tell if she is a teenager or a elder.

What tools of persuasion are used?
The bright contrast of the color and the simple active shape of the human figure speck for itself that it is all about urban trendy cool.

What part of the story is not being told?
You don't actually would live in the world of the ad. if you use this ipod.

Deconstruction Dove's Commerical

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U

Who created this media message? Why?
Dove created this commerical to sell their product that is give customer natural beauty.

Who is the target audience? What text, images or sounds suggest this?
Women is the target auduence, who like natural product. After showing the whole progress of photoshop, it shows this slogan ( no wonder our perception of beauty is distorted) (take part of the Dove real beauty workshop for girl).

What is the text (literal meaning) of the message?
The literal meaning of the message is that Dove is a real beauty workshop but not a photo workshop.

What is the subtext (unstated or hidden message)?
After the photoshp, the poster mount right on the billboard and it seem to want to tell us that this is how the adverister lie to make people buy their product.

What tools of persuasion are used?
Showing a very ordinary woman totally changed under the photoshop is amazing and leave deep impression of fake beauty in the audiences mind.

What part of the story is not being told?
Dove would not work as much beauty effect as the makeup plus photoshop to women.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

about the presentation

Our presentation is going to analyze facebook identity. We are going to open a facebook account with fake identity. We are going to use facebook as the presentation medium. We will also show videos and slide though facebook. We are going to show the contrast of how the person reacts in front of the facebook and the respond within the facebook community. We will present the idea with a video that record the person in realty of he’s emotion and reaction when playing the facebook, and with screen shot of what is going on in the facebook network in the same time. People communicate with friends through different kind of application that provide by facebook, it has a lot of cyber world that let people to get interact with each other, and we will show how they work in a image slide show

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Mid-term (respond to classmate's post) 5

Respond to Si One Youm's Gucci ad

This Gucci advertisment is selling their new collection of clothing just like the other designer clothing advertisment, they use young, pretty, and skinny models to promote how nice is their clothing on those models. However, most people don't have prefect body as those model, specail if the advertisment is targeting American as their audiences. The advertisment is also trying tell people that they would look like them if you buy their clothings and thought that they could have the same wonderful monemt as the couple in the advertising. But the reality is that if you wear those clothing without the same prefect body, you might not going to pleasure you parthner, and it is very likely that you might make you loved one feel sick of you if he or she seem the same adveristment.by Yardly Ng
February 27, 2008 9:16 PM

Mid-term (respond to classmate's post) 4

Respond to Mike's Absolute Vodka ad

It is very interesting that you have bring 2 advertisements of Absolute Vodka, and I think you did a good job on analysising the method of how they promote the product on print ad. I agree that they sell the product with tragedy. I think it is very neat that Vodka use a car accident backgrand to promote their beer, I'm not sure if the ad really increased people to buy their product, but I would for sure thinking of Absolute when I'm drunk driving, which mean it at least leave a deep impression to an ad reader who does drink sometime. Many people use alcohol to reach fantasy, something that could never happen but longing for it. I think that ad do make some people interest get Absolute, just to have a sweet dream.
February 27, 2008 9:41 PM

Mid-term (respond to classmate's post) 3

Respond to Brinna'sDeconstruction Ads, Movie, andMusic

I agree that media of today is not selling as what you said, "a nice car, a good job and the white picket fence to the 2 story house that holds a family of five." Their target audience, which mean our generation ages of around 16 to 40 is more looking for some sensation satisfaction. Sex, drug,trippy atmosphere, and fantasy are good souces to promote products in ad, those are things that can really catch our attention, and it also reflected that our generation don't like to face the reality.
February 27, 2008 10:10 PM