Monday, December 12, 2011
Final Reflective Piece
Thorough out this semester I have seen the improvement in my writing. I find myself writing a lot more compared to my past pieces of work. The questions that were asked in class helped me think deeply about the topics that were assigned in and outside of class. In the beginning of the semester, Professor Navaro and I can see that my writing is a bit choppy and I could not finish a complete thought within a paragraph. Although, I still see some of it in my writing I try to avoid writing in that choppy way. I try to write so that every idea connects and flows more smoothy.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Qualitative Research Questions
Ada: Do you go on the web once you wake up every morning (or afternoon, Even nights! o.e)?
- What websites do you visit frequently?
- What do you do on these websites? Talk? Post comments/updates? Play games?
- Do you find yourself thinking that you must do something but find yourself surfing the web instead?
- Does your siblings talk to you through Facebook (Social networking sites) or IMs even if they are a few feet away from you?
Sunday, October 16, 2011
9/13/2011 - Assignment 3 - Remix
Original Voice Actor Version
(Focus on the audio and lyrics not the video, it is not an animated music video)
World Remix
Some background on how the remix was made: The creator had a instrumental version of the full song for people to download. The creator told YouTube to create a video of themselves singing it in their language (with the original lyrics or made up lyrics that reflect your country of origin) and then video response it to the video with the instrumental version. After all the videos were gathered, the creator created a mix of those languages together all in one video.
The remix shows a few elements in the video. First element, it shows the nations' pictures of how they look like in the anime. Second, the fact that the editor got YouTubers to sing the song, even if its off pitch, and post it on YouTube. Third, are the many different languages in the video.
The original song was made to sound silly and childish, it's supposed to make the viewer chuckle and giggle at the lyrics of the song. The original also, reflects the character of the anime and the producers made the audio so they can profit from selling the CDs. The remix shows three main components. The first, would be to show that many people view the anime from around the world. Although, the anime is stereotyping nations around the world people generally enjoy the anime. The second, is to make a video that contained a user version of the song, instead of the official voice actors* cast version of the song. The third, is that this remix generates a sense of community and unity within the YouTube community. Since, the anime is based of many nations of the world the users are trying to recreate the song so it would represent their country in their language. Also, because the voice actor can only sing it in Japanese instead of their character's language the users can sing the song in their language for the corresponding character.
*There are many different versions of the song that contain the official voice actors singing they're character's version of the song. The are all published and put on Disc to make a profit off the songs.
If you want to listen to the other official versions of the song you can find them on YouTube. Search Maru Kaite Chikyuu, then type the nation's name and typing official is optional, you might get a user-generated one if you don't search official. Another option is searching for the Non-stop version. The different versions of this song are Germany, Japan, America, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom (or England), Chibitalia (Kid Italy), Holy Roman Empire, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Lithuania, Austria, Prussia, Spain, and Sealand. If you want to know what they're singing about go to Hetalia Wikai and look up the version you want.
Comments on classmate's posts:
(Focus on the audio and lyrics not the video, it is not an animated music video)
World Remix
Some background on how the remix was made: The creator had a instrumental version of the full song for people to download. The creator told YouTube to create a video of themselves singing it in their language (with the original lyrics or made up lyrics that reflect your country of origin) and then video response it to the video with the instrumental version. After all the videos were gathered, the creator created a mix of those languages together all in one video.
The remix shows a few elements in the video. First element, it shows the nations' pictures of how they look like in the anime. Second, the fact that the editor got YouTubers to sing the song, even if its off pitch, and post it on YouTube. Third, are the many different languages in the video.
The original song was made to sound silly and childish, it's supposed to make the viewer chuckle and giggle at the lyrics of the song. The original also, reflects the character of the anime and the producers made the audio so they can profit from selling the CDs. The remix shows three main components. The first, would be to show that many people view the anime from around the world. Although, the anime is stereotyping nations around the world people generally enjoy the anime. The second, is to make a video that contained a user version of the song, instead of the official voice actors* cast version of the song. The third, is that this remix generates a sense of community and unity within the YouTube community. Since, the anime is based of many nations of the world the users are trying to recreate the song so it would represent their country in their language. Also, because the voice actor can only sing it in Japanese instead of their character's language the users can sing the song in their language for the corresponding character.
*There are many different versions of the song that contain the official voice actors singing they're character's version of the song. The are all published and put on Disc to make a profit off the songs.
If you want to listen to the other official versions of the song you can find them on YouTube. Search Maru Kaite Chikyuu, then type the nation's name and typing official is optional, you might get a user-generated one if you don't search official. Another option is searching for the Non-stop version. The different versions of this song are Germany, Japan, America, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom (or England), Chibitalia (Kid Italy), Holy Roman Empire, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Lithuania, Austria, Prussia, Spain, and Sealand. If you want to know what they're singing about go to Hetalia Wikai and look up the version you want.
Comments on classmate's posts:
- The video is definitely humorous! The song is stuck in your head after a while and its still in the back of my mind. I think the original is just to report what had happened, just plain news. The remix is more humor and intended to be funny.
9/12/2011 - Assignment 2 - Example UGC
This video is effective because if the viewers have watched the anime they would understand the video perfectly. If the viewer has not watched it, in the comments I've seen "what's the name of this anime?". The song fits with the anime pretty well although the anime is not based on war the lyrics resembles parts of the anime. For instance, in the beginning of the video they show the Vongola family(protagonist group) depicted as "the good" and the Millifore family(antagonist group) as "the evil". The scenes they used match up with the lyrics, such as, the part where they say "the lier, the honest" the creator put the most dishonest character and then the most honest character in the series. The video editor did an excellent job at running through 203 episodes to find the right scenes to put this all together, and timing the video with the audio at the right time. If it was generated from traditional media, I believe that this would have not been made unless they would profit from the video or the video would generate more viewers for the show.
P.S. Am I aloud to share one more?!? It was so hard to choose a video!
P.P.S. I'll just post links if your interested in any of these:
- Clannad - A Walk to Remember <== Based on a movie trailer
- Maplestory - It's Missin' a Mouth <== Based on the anime Axis Powers Hetalia
- Harry Potter - This is War <== Movie music video
Comments on classmate's posts
- Enjoyable...and most definitely never going to be produced in traditional media. The true wonders of the web is being able to post these videos!
- Tragedies are not my thing but traditional ending are getting old. Happy endings could have a tragedy, I still loved Titanic even if the ending was...dare I say too dramatic for me. It's still one of the top movies I've ever seen.
- I remember this it was a brilliant video with little budget! Not millions of dollars that Hollywood spends for movies. This is a true work of art.
9/8/2011 - Value and UGC
Yesterday, in class we wrote about an object that is of value in our life. The object I chose to write about was my Game Boy SP, and as we were discussing the objects with our classmates we kind of had a "remember back then" moment. I remember having that Game Boy SP and sharing my gaming experience to my friends around the neighborhood. We would all sit outside a house and talk about these games (Pokemon, for example, was one of our favorites). If you didn't have a Game Boy, all you did was sit and watch them play having no idea what they were talking about. In my homework, a day in the life of our internet usage I talked about games. I still play games while I'm at this age of transitioning into an adult. Although, it is a different gaming experience the Game Boy SP was one of the first and few game systems I had when I was a child. It was one of the sparks of how gaming became a hobby in my life.
The internet itself was a phenomenon and I'm glad to have it in my daily life. It has become my sort of communication to the outside world. To the people around the country or in different nations and share ideas. Now, I have the internet within my reach it has become a great tool to connect with people around the world playing MMOs. If this was taken away because of people in power fearing that they might lose control of what they have (in the video’s case profits), then I would most definitely protest against it. The United Nation is correct, in the most part the internet has been a tool to express opinions, and it promotes the progress of society as a whole. We can now connect to a different side of the world and have a diverse conversation. This can most definitely change the way the next generation thinks, as more websites bring together people of different backgrounds, engage in conversations/debates that can change the way people view other nations. I would disagree with the control over the internet and limiting the content on which it is show. This is now viewed as the government (or people in power, who have fortune) silencing those that have something to say. It is as simple as playing monopoly, where this one player has all this land and the other players are piqued by the fact that they have to cross that side of the board. Then, eventually leading to the other players paying the rent for landing in that player’s area.
I have no comments on the critic discussion. Okay, maybe one comment, critics are educated on what they should say for the readers to pick out the information that might interest them on what the critic is criticizing. They are professionals and are educated for criticizing. Some of the comments make a valid point that the internet did not take away critics jobs just create a large amount of critics.
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