In the future, I think there will be a huge change in our education. I think that it will be mandatory for every student to have a computer and access to internet. Students will have to be able to type and work computers. Lessons will be taught online and the students will hardly talk to their teachers in person, other than over emails. I think the level of education will change, where kids in elementary schools are learning material that high school students would be learning today. In the future, it's possible the courses that will be taught will be a lot harder, and because new jobs are developing every year, there will be lots of new courses and probably some of the courses we have now will no longer be needed. It's possible that because of everyone is working on computers, paper companies and factories, that make pens and pencils, will go out of business,because they aren't needed anymore. Society will no longer learn how to write, they will learn to type and communicate in new ways we don't even know about yet. Along with newspapers, magazines, books, everything will be over the computer, because there is no need for paper. In the future, I believe that life as we know it will be different. If technology and life has already developed so much within the past 10 years, imagine how society will change in the next 5?

Is it worth it?

Superbowl Sunday. Its been the championship game of the NFL since 1967 and is the second largest day for U.S food consumption after Thanksgiving. In 2010, it costs 3 million dollars to run a 30 second commercial. There is a large portion of the Canadian population who only watch the Superbowl to see the American ads. I think that the superbowl commercials are so exspensive because it is the most-watched television broadcast in North America. Even if you are not a consistant football fan, people usually tune into watch the event, just for the commercials.
The TNS Media Consumption web site says, "The data confirms that Super Bowl advertising has enormous holding power. In the 2008 game, the index of commercial viewers to program viewers was right around 100, indicating that people opted to watch the ads instead of switching the channel. The halo extended to pre-game spots as well, but not the post-game as viewers gradually tuned away entirely".
Below is a table showing the Index of Commercial Viewers To Program Viewers: 2008 Super Bowl

Pre-Game-101
First Half of Game-101
Half-Time of Game-99
Second Half of Game-99
Post-Game-85
Avg. Primetime Show -90
Source: TNS Media Research

Watch It? Or change the channel...

The first short film I watched was an animated film called "Vistas: Ignition". I thought the film was interesting but it was too much of the same thing the whole time. I was waiting for the cars speed to change or something to run out in front of the car, I was waiting for some kind of climax to the story. I liked how they had the camera view as if you were riding in the car, almost like you're at an IMAX theatre.

"Tower Bawher" was an interesting film. The flashes of different shapes kept you curious about what was next. I found that it took me a while to figure out the story. I don't think you would know that it was about Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, unless you read the blurb beside the film.

After I watched the short film called "How Do They Put the Centres in Chocolate" I was definitely craving some chocolate after! Some of the shots were kinda fast, so it took me a few minutes to figure out what everything was (I know what chocolate looks like, but the centres looked different then they do when I bite into it!). I thought it is the kinda film that lots of people would be interested in watching and it is a type of movie that would be aimed for people who don't work in the chocolate making industry and would be interested to watch because they don't deal with it during their everyday lives.

What do you think about this short film?

CSI Effect

These days, television and movies are always in the spot light, everyone wants to know how movies are made, and the secrets of movie magic. Movies can make you feel so many different emotions, happy, sad, scared, sometimes even sleepy! They are entertaining and are our society is facinated by the glamour and glitz of Hollywood. Unfortunately, media's "versions" of reality can have a bad effect as well. Young children are really effected by what they see and hear. They are unable to disconnect movie reality, to real life. I think that media's "version" of reality has a positive effect on our society, because we are connected to new things, we can experience from the safety of our couch.

To The Extreme

Photoshopping in the media has gone way too far. Media is taking advantage of their audience (young men and women) and making them believe that people in magazines are what normal, healthy, young men and women are suppoed to look like, even when the models on the page don't look like that! Even though photoshopping in the media has it's advantages, like providing jobs, saving money and it also allows and broadens opportunities to be creative, it also has created eating disorders in young men and women who strive to look like a "Barbie doll." Even Barbie is unconventional! If she was a real women, she would be so top heavy that she would not be able to stand up and her hips would be too small she would be unable to produce children. Everyone wants the perfect skin, and a fit body, but in the media industry it seems that healthy won't cut it, and for a while, if you looked like a skeleton, that was beauty. I believe that beauty is when you are confident, and are healthy and happy in your own skin. Everyone is built differently, why would you want everyone to look the same anyways?

http://www.teen-beauty-tips.com/barbie-body-image.html

At the Outset... Media Obsessed?

de⋅pend⋅ent: relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
Me personally, am dependent on my cellphone, my Ipod, keeping up with the latest celebrity gossip and the latest fashions. If someone were to ask me if i needed those things for support, I'd say no. I don't need those types of media to survive, but they have become almost obsessions in my life. Since I got it for Christmas, my cell phone has never left my side. If it's not in my pocket, I feel like something is missing, which is strange because I'm definitely all here. :)

in·de·pen·dence: The state or quality of being independent.
Reality can disappear with just a click of a button. The television can take you out for dinner, to Las Vegas or to the beach. You can tune into news around the world just by pressing a button. I have found that as technology grow and becomes more complex, I don't need to watch TV to do exotic things. Compared to when I was little, I watch less TV then I did back then. My independence from this type of media taken a large toll on my lifestyle. I no longer sit inside for hours on end, and I am more active because I have found other ways to feed my media needs.