Love Story
by Taylor Swift
We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts:
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air.
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the crowd
and say hello;
Little did I know
That you were Romeo; you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the staircase,
begging you, 'Please, don't go.'"
And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'"
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew.
So close your eyes; escape this town for a little while.
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said "Stay away from Juliet,"
But you were everything to me; I was begging you, 'Please, don't go,'"
And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'
Romeo save me - they're tryin' to tell me how to feel;
This love is difficult, but it's so real.
Don't be afraid; we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story - baby just say "Yes.'"
Oh.
I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever comin' around.
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town,
And I said,
"Romeo save me - I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think-"
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,
"Marry me, Juliet - you'll never have to be alone.
I love you and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad - go pick out a white dress;
It's a love story - baby just say 'Yes.'"
Oh, oh.
We were both young when I first saw you...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Chapter 42 a& 43
Chapter 42 Summary:
Chapter 42, The Power of Rock Music by Simon Frith, is about that people focus on the words of rock music when we must understand it as a form of music. People look at the words and analyze the song from that. But in actuality the impact of rock music is in the the music itself. There are two important parts in the music, sounds and music. And overall rock music is made "in order to have emotional, social, physical, commercial results" and not just music for the sake of it. We listen to music for the emotional aspect of it.
Key Terms:
-Rock Music: A primitive form of music that is made of sound and music
-Words: The lyrical aspect of rock music
-Lyrical Analysis: Analyzing the words and lyrics of the music for the meaning
-Prelinguistic Devices: The sounds and rhythms of the music
Chapter 43
In chapter 43, Artistic Texts by Yuri Lotman, Lotman explained why art is considered as text and that art is a complicated matter. Art contains messages and we as a society see everything as art, nothing is bad art because each hold a message. The message is interpreted in different ways depending on the person and since it is complicated we take a small message the first time and go back to uncover more.
Key Terms:
-Art: Art is a text because it contains a message for the viewers
Chapter 42, The Power of Rock Music by Simon Frith, is about that people focus on the words of rock music when we must understand it as a form of music. People look at the words and analyze the song from that. But in actuality the impact of rock music is in the the music itself. There are two important parts in the music, sounds and music. And overall rock music is made "in order to have emotional, social, physical, commercial results" and not just music for the sake of it. We listen to music for the emotional aspect of it.
Key Terms:
-Rock Music: A primitive form of music that is made of sound and music
-Words: The lyrical aspect of rock music
-Lyrical Analysis: Analyzing the words and lyrics of the music for the meaning
-Prelinguistic Devices: The sounds and rhythms of the music
Chapter 43
In chapter 43, Artistic Texts by Yuri Lotman, Lotman explained why art is considered as text and that art is a complicated matter. Art contains messages and we as a society see everything as art, nothing is bad art because each hold a message. The message is interpreted in different ways depending on the person and since it is complicated we take a small message the first time and go back to uncover more.
Key Terms:
-Art: Art is a text because it contains a message for the viewers
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Chapter 32 Overview and Key Terms
In chapter 32, The Postmodern Eye by Jack Solomon, he states that as a result
of the postmodern style the narrative as we know it is no more. Post modern is
the age of instant communicatin, as Solomon says, for example tv, radio and
cinema. There are no narrative and it essentaily is just a series as "skits".
Solomon says that as a result of this the narrative has lost its power and
that life is now "decentered" because the narrative is no more. He goes as far
as saying "life is nothing more than a decentered, narrativeless course of
waiting for death" basically saying that now our life has no more meaning, not
like what it once was.
Key Words.
-Postmodernism: instant communication for example tv and radio
-Postmodern Eye: viewing the world through the tv lense or movie lense
-narrative: creating meaning to meaningless and makes sense of things that do
not make sense
-decentered: losing the narrative no longer revolving around it, which was what
we centered ourselves around before postmodernism.
of the postmodern style the narrative as we know it is no more. Post modern is
the age of instant communicatin, as Solomon says, for example tv, radio and
cinema. There are no narrative and it essentaily is just a series as "skits".
Solomon says that as a result of this the narrative has lost its power and
that life is now "decentered" because the narrative is no more. He goes as far
as saying "life is nothing more than a decentered, narrativeless course of
waiting for death" basically saying that now our life has no more meaning, not
like what it once was.
Key Words.
-Postmodernism: instant communication for example tv and radio
-Postmodern Eye: viewing the world through the tv lense or movie lense
-narrative: creating meaning to meaningless and makes sense of things that do
not make sense
-decentered: losing the narrative no longer revolving around it, which was what
we centered ourselves around before postmodernism.
Chapter 31 Postmodern or Modern
Chapter 31
Picture 1- Postmodernism because of the mix of high culture and pop culture
Picture 2- Modernism because it is abstract expressionism and it is "serious"
art
Picture 3- Modernism because there is a unified style, there is an overall
narrative and it is harmonious.
Picture 4- Postmodernism because of the fragmented style and local narratives
in the painting.
Picture 5- Postmodernism because it is pop art and it a "punk" feel to it.
Picture 1- Postmodernism because of the mix of high culture and pop culture
Picture 2- Modernism because it is abstract expressionism and it is "serious"
art
Picture 3- Modernism because there is a unified style, there is an overall
narrative and it is harmonious.
Picture 4- Postmodernism because of the fragmented style and local narratives
in the painting.
Picture 5- Postmodernism because it is pop art and it a "punk" feel to it.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Chapter 45 & 46
Summary of chapter 45:
In chapter 45, Humor and Communication by William F. Fry Jr, Fry looked at what humor is and how we find humor funny. Fry said that humor is seen as a play, and this will give the audience the signal that the humor is not "real" but "unreal" for the funny aspect of it. There must be punch lines and climax to the joke, there are no rules as to how but there must be one. Fry also talks about the sudden reversals in the jokes. The reversals are there to enforce the punch line and humor. Fry also says that this punch line "carries an implicit metacommunication". Metacommunication is communication about communication. In the reading after this passage Berger shows a chart that shows the techniques of humor. There are 45 of these, some examples are absurdity, parody and puns.
Summary of chapter 46
In chapter 46, On Comedy by Aristotle, he writes on what makes a comedy different from other styles, such as a tragedy. There are 3 differences to these to genres taht are, the medium, the objects and the way of imitation. A comedy, aims at representing the man at his worse while a tragedy uses higher levels in life. A comedy is an immitaion while the tragedy looks at the serious side.
The reading after the passage looked at the theories of Aristotle and his thinking of mimetic theory which is that art is an imitation of life and relating this to televsion today.
In chapter 45, Humor and Communication by William F. Fry Jr, Fry looked at what humor is and how we find humor funny. Fry said that humor is seen as a play, and this will give the audience the signal that the humor is not "real" but "unreal" for the funny aspect of it. There must be punch lines and climax to the joke, there are no rules as to how but there must be one. Fry also talks about the sudden reversals in the jokes. The reversals are there to enforce the punch line and humor. Fry also says that this punch line "carries an implicit metacommunication". Metacommunication is communication about communication. In the reading after this passage Berger shows a chart that shows the techniques of humor. There are 45 of these, some examples are absurdity, parody and puns.
Summary of chapter 46
In chapter 46, On Comedy by Aristotle, he writes on what makes a comedy different from other styles, such as a tragedy. There are 3 differences to these to genres taht are, the medium, the objects and the way of imitation. A comedy, aims at representing the man at his worse while a tragedy uses higher levels in life. A comedy is an immitaion while the tragedy looks at the serious side.
The reading after the passage looked at the theories of Aristotle and his thinking of mimetic theory which is that art is an imitation of life and relating this to televsion today.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Example of a Smart Mob and Media Target Audience Example
An example of a "Smart Mob" is the youth voters of this most recent election. Barack Obama even sent out a message via text message.
A piece of media that targets a certain group is the network MTV, and they target the youth viewers by broadcasting shows and commercials that would appeal to the younger audience as opposed to the older generation.
A piece of media that targets a certain group is the network MTV, and they target the youth viewers by broadcasting shows and commercials that would appeal to the younger audience as opposed to the older generation.
Summary of Chapter 37
In chapter 37, How Crowds Think by Gustave Le Bon, Le Bon looks at what the crowds think about and what provokes it. The figurative imagination of a crowd is very powerful and active. When they think of an image, their mind makes it as life-like as reality. Le Bon states that in history, the images have always been more important than history itself, the images attract their attention or draw them away. The theatrical representation is the best way to show that crowds are visual people.
Summary of Chapter 36
In chapter 36, Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold, he looked at the phenomenon of "smart mobs" and technology. In 2000, Rheingold, while in Tokyo, noticed that everyone was using their cell phone. However they were not talking with it, they were looking at it. Texting has become rapidly the way of communicating. Rheingold described this group using the word, "smart mobs". "Smart Mob" is a group of people who orgamize themselves for social and political purposes through their common use of cell phones and text messaging. Rheingold believes that even though we are not seeing the implications of this "mob" now, he believes that the future implications will be profound.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Chapter 34-35
Important points and Key Words of 34:
Key Words:
Singularistic concept: Message and Receiver in traditional communications theory
Ergodic art: Work that contains the rules for their use.
Key Points
One of the Key points in this chapter is the question, what is the communicational aspect of video games, do the games play the people or do the people play the games? Also, video games would be considered ergodic art because the games come with the rules as to how the game is used.
The player becomes text for the video game.
Key Words and Important Parts for Chapter 35
Key words:
Neil Postman- author is Amusing Ourselves To Death
Aldous Huxley- author of Brave New World
Digital Technologies- TV, Video Games, Internet etc
Key Point
This chapter questioned what society will be like in the future with all these new technologies, could we end up like the societies in the 2 books, Brave New World or Amusing Ourselves To Death. At what point is the moral judgement with the new technologies going to disappear.
Key Words:
Singularistic concept: Message and Receiver in traditional communications theory
Ergodic art: Work that contains the rules for their use.
Key Points
One of the Key points in this chapter is the question, what is the communicational aspect of video games, do the games play the people or do the people play the games? Also, video games would be considered ergodic art because the games come with the rules as to how the game is used.
The player becomes text for the video game.
Key Words and Important Parts for Chapter 35
Key words:
Neil Postman- author is Amusing Ourselves To Death
Aldous Huxley- author of Brave New World
Digital Technologies- TV, Video Games, Internet etc
Key Point
This chapter questioned what society will be like in the future with all these new technologies, could we end up like the societies in the 2 books, Brave New World or Amusing Ourselves To Death. At what point is the moral judgement with the new technologies going to disappear.
Monday, November 10, 2008
TV show exercise for Chapters 40-41
My favorite TV show is ER, although I was unable to watch it and respond because it airs on Thursdays and this assignment was given on Friday. But I am attracted to it because of the high dramatics and the realism of the show, the events could actually happen. I am not fully aware if this show greatly affects my life however a few years ago the show made me want to become an ER doctor until I realized that I get very nausous when it comes to medical stuff and blood and the insides of the body. The dream of becoming a doctor is better left to just watching it on TV and actually doing it, I'm sure no one would want me to work on their body like that if I faint.
Chapter 41 Summary
In Chapter 41, Television is A Dramatic Medium by Martin Esslin, he discuss the amount of TV the average American watches and why we are attracted to the television over movies and plays in theaters. Esslin says that the average man watches over 21 hours a week and a woman will watch over 25 hours of television in one week. We as a society are more attracted to the television because it is more intimate then other communication media. The theater and movies are shown in a public area away from the audience. Television on the other hand is intimate with the viewer, people sometime watches it by themselves and the actors are right by the viewer. Also the intimate dramatics of the TV shows goes with the narration principle that was discussed in chapter 40.
Chapter 40 Summary
In Chapter 40, Narratives in The Media by Michel de Certeau, he discusses how the media is mostly all in narratives and from the moment we get up to the moment we go to bed we are constantly bombarded with different narratives. All of these narratives influence how we live our lives, we are use these as a model to how we live our own life and the ideas we had. An example given in the after read was the study of women who watch soap operas. These women believed that these soap operas offer an insight on how to deal with relationships and as an escape. Certeau goes on to say that our society has become a "recited society" and there are three parts to it. The first is STORIES, which is the medias use of advertising and the narrative stories in them. The second is CITATIONS of the stories. And the third is RECITATION of the stories, which is the retelling of the stories. Without even being consciously aware, these stories and parts of the narratives has influenced dramatically the way that we live and think.
Defining Words I Did Not Know:
-Simulacra as defined by dictionary.com:
1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
-Ex Cathedra as defined by dictionary.com:
Descriptive term for an official pronouncement from the pope. Ex cathedra is Latin for “from the chair.” Roman Catholics believe that the pope speaks infallibly when speaking ex cathedra on questions of faith or morals, such as when Pope Pius XII declared in 1950 that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was physically taken up to heaven after her death.
Defining Words I Did Not Know:
-Simulacra as defined by dictionary.com:
1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
-Ex Cathedra as defined by dictionary.com:
Descriptive term for an official pronouncement from the pope. Ex cathedra is Latin for “from the chair.” Roman Catholics believe that the pope speaks infallibly when speaking ex cathedra on questions of faith or morals, such as when Pope Pius XII declared in 1950 that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was physically taken up to heaven after her death.
Friday, November 7, 2008
3 Favorite TV Shows and why
1: The Hills- I like this show because of the drama (even though it may not be completely real) it is entertaining and it shows people who are better off and how their daily lives are and the struggles they face. The purpose of this show is purely for entertainment
2: ER- The real drama of the show is what attracts me to it, the trama is practically real and it pulls at your heartstrings. The purpose of this show is also for entertainment.
3: Nip/Tuck- I enjoy this show also for the dramatic aspect and it plays into how superficial our society is with the plastic surgery industry. The over the top drama is what makes people watch. The purpose of this show is also entertainment
2: ER- The real drama of the show is what attracts me to it, the trama is practically real and it pulls at your heartstrings. The purpose of this show is also for entertainment.
3: Nip/Tuck- I enjoy this show also for the dramatic aspect and it plays into how superficial our society is with the plastic surgery industry. The over the top drama is what makes people watch. The purpose of this show is also entertainment
24 Hours
Thursday:
Sleep: 12:00am-5:30am, 11:00pm (went to bed)
Commitments:
Work- 6:30am-9:00am
Group work for class- 9:50-11:00
E-board Meeting For Draft- 12:00-12:30
Class: 1:15-4:15
Leisure time:
Watch tv, hang out with friends- 4:15-6:00pm
See a show- 8:00-9:00pm
Homework: 6:00-8:00pm
Sleep: 12:00am-5:30am, 11:00pm (went to bed)
Commitments:
Work- 6:30am-9:00am
Group work for class- 9:50-11:00
E-board Meeting For Draft- 12:00-12:30
Class: 1:15-4:15
Leisure time:
Watch tv, hang out with friends- 4:15-6:00pm
See a show- 8:00-9:00pm
Homework: 6:00-8:00pm
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Summary of Chapter 33 and relating it
Chapter 33:
This chapter is about how we believe that we control our minds and our unconscious. In acutally the media controls our mind without our knowledge. The media influences our everyday thoughts. The chapter went on to say that our minds our industrialized social products.
Related to other topics:
Frued and the unconsious
How there is no idividual in a society.
This chapter is about how we believe that we control our minds and our unconscious. In acutally the media controls our mind without our knowledge. The media influences our everyday thoughts. The chapter went on to say that our minds our industrialized social products.
Related to other topics:
Frued and the unconsious
How there is no idividual in a society.
Chapter 30
3 examples of Hot Media:
-An Inconvienant Truth (Films)
-Pictures of the Iraq War (Photographs)
-United States or Europe (First World Country)
3 Examples of Cold Media:
-Haiti (Third World Country)
-SpongeBob Squarepants (Cartoon)
-Telemarketers (Telephone)
-An Inconvienant Truth (Films)
-Pictures of the Iraq War (Photographs)
-United States or Europe (First World Country)
3 Examples of Cold Media:
-Haiti (Third World Country)
-SpongeBob Squarepants (Cartoon)
-Telemarketers (Telephone)
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