Copyright Laws- Ridiculous or Reasonable?

This film was made to show the general public how ridiculous copy right laws are and how we should have more freedom with the downloading laws.  An example of this would be the single mother who was originally charged something like 200, 000 dollars for 24 songs and the total cost ended up being 9000 dollars per song when Itunes lists a song at 1 dollar.

Here is the trailer for the documentry, the trailer gives examples of how Girltalk mixes music.  By watching the trailer you will have an idea of how the documentry is presented.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oar9glUCL0

I think this particular documentry makes a good point and is very acceptable because the facts are presented.  There is no bouncing around facts even though there is a bias opinion.  Even though there is a bias opinion presented it is still the truth and people should realize that the music industry and the lawyers are only out for money.

My thoughts on the Copyright laws have changed tremendously, this film, even though you can tell the film has a strong bias, shows that Copyright laws are out of hand and something needs to be done about it.  It is not the same to take parts of a film and put it into your own film unless it is to make fun.  Music is different, if you take a second from a song you aren't stealing their music, you are simply building off their music.  No music is truly original, it has always been based upon something.  If people are not going to let other people base their music upon other music the music industry will decrease decently fast. Take hiphop for an example; it began from old records and repeating the 'break'.  Just like Rock and Roll originated from country, blues, gospel  and jazz.

I think this film was well constructed and the arguement was constructed even better.  I did enjoy watching it even though I didn't find it too interesting, it still presented a very good point.

Blog Assignment #3 The silent Film Era

The topic on silent films is fairly hard for me because I have no interest in talking about silent films and how they have developed.  It is hard for anyone to talk about something they have no interest in. The reason I have no interest in these films is because there is no plot, it is in black and white there is no tone in the actors/actresses voices and some of the films only last a few minutes.  If I am going to watch a movie it will be one with colour, a good plot and it will be longer then 2 minutes.  Back in the day I am sure people were very interested in films and the production of them but now they are simply a piece of history.  People nowadays may think silent films are interesting because they were such a break through in the cinematography world but they aren't interested in the movie's plot or story.
Personally, I think 'Citizen Kane' wasn't very interesting and could have used a lot of work. I do not think they should consider 'Citizen Kane' one of the best movies ever made because it is not very interesting and does not hold the viewers attention through out the whole movie. Or at least it didn't hold my interest.  I think 'Citizen Kane' should be considered one of the best movies for its time not of all time.
Movies from the silent film era and the black and white era can not compete with newer movies.  I think that modern movies have reached a plateau and they will no longer be better. The 3D has even peaked with Avatar being released. The only thing they could do to improve 3D  is remove the glasses and make the movie 3D without glasses.

Blog Post #2

The song I chose is Kool Aid and Frozen Pizza by Mac Miller, I chose this song because it has many examples of the video appealing to teenagers. Reality is presented as life is a vacation in this video, Mac talks about living a life simliar to yours, this is appealing to teenagers and he is saying he can relate to teenagers. By doing this more teenagers will be drawn in to his music because they can relate.

Reality is presented as a fantasy in this video. Mac walks around town with people following him while he says hi to the whole town, as if he knows everybody and he is an idol to everybody.

The stereotypes presented in this video are pretty obvious. The main one is if you are good at rapping you are famous and everybody loves you. In one part of the video Mac walks up to some random women and gives them hugs and kisses, in reality you can't just walk up to random women and do that.

A creed that is presented in this video is everybody that raps smokes marijuana.  He states "Cali for the kush because boy I know there is plenty there" implying he knows all about weed.  He also says "I smoke herb" again he is promoting the use of weed and telling all his listeners that he follows the creed of smoking weed.

There are so many things in this video that apply to teenagers, right from the begginning a voice states "This party was dope" a lot of teenagers do like to party and that is a big pass time for teenagers.  Through out the song he talks about partying, smoking weed, living similar lifes to ours, going to school, playing sports etc. A good majority of teenagers can relate to something in there.

Overall this is a pretty good music video in my opinion but some people probably wouldn't like it because everybody isn't the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnAbszcy3bs

Big sexy's first post

1.)I believe that media is fairly important in my life.  I think this because I listen to music, watch tv, play video games on a dailey basis. If they were to not be in my life I think life would be pretty boring.
2.) I would think all of them are pretty important to me.  I would say half of my time is spent listening to music, going on facebook, watching tv or playing video games.
3.) My thoughts on modern popular culture music is they music is produced fast so they can make more money faster.  It also doesn't take very much talent to put your voice on auto tune and talk. 
I like the way  new technology lets us communicate and makes it very easy for us and convenient.
Media is not just for entertainment, it helps us with learning what is going on in the world dailey and I do use it for learning and information.
4.) If I was to have to choose a favourite artist it usually changes month to month but as of right now I would choose Mac Miller.  I like a lot of his music right now and have for the past couple months and just can't listen to enough of it.  If I had to choose a favourite artist to bring to a desert island it would be him.

If I had to choose a favourite tv show it would probably be Seinfeld.  I love other shows but have always liked Seinfeld and probably always will.  The other shows that I love right now I know I will get tired of and Seinfeld I will not get tired of so thats why I would bring Seinfeld.

I would also bring my favourite video game, Call of Duty Black Ops.  It is very entertaining and I enjoy playing it a lot