Media studies villain compilation

This movie is a compilation of stereotypical villains from movies. I picked these clips because they show off many of the traits that make up the antagonist characters in most movies. In order of appearance, these villains are:

-Johnny, from The Shining

-Agent Smith from the Matrix

-Darth Vader from Star Wars (specifically episode IV)

-The Mouth of Sauron from Lord of the Rings III (deleted content, yes, but he was still one of the best villains)

-Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th

-The Joker from Batman: The Dark Knight

Traits that these villains carry that typically denote someone as a villain are:

-Slight mental instability, which is quite evident in the case of Johnny and the Joker. While their motives may be twisted, they still believe that what they're doing is right. Such dogma is also seen in Darth Vader in his Controlling of the empire.

-Villains seem to tend to like talking about themselves or their exploits, having inflated egos. The Joker and the Mouth of Sauron are both key examples of this. 

-Villains often have an evil power backing them. Classically, the arch-nemeses to superheroes have powers of their own, but it can often be more subtle, such as the Joker’s skill in manipulating others or the Mouth of Sauron’s command over an army.

ICHKMUN Website

Hey, guys. This mainly concerns the model UN people, but I've set up a website to keep all of our news articles, country profiles, rules and conventions etc...
I'm going to be showing you how to set up an account, post pages and link them together.
See you on the interwebs!

Food Diary

Over the course of our holiday I had to record what I ate for a science unit on nutrition, so here it is.

10:30 am - apple

1:45 pm - 2 scones

6:50 pm - chicken curry w/roti

And 12 glasses of water over the course of the day.

I realize that this isn't the healthiest day ever, but this isn't how or what I'd normally eat. We also don't celebrate the moon festival which is why we didn't have the gargantuan dinners and/or lunches that a lot of the other blogs write about.

That's about it, so here's a funny GIF.

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Apple Article Response

            Recently, our media studies class had to read an article containing four points on how Apple effectively gets their products as sought after as they are. I think that the article more or less gets Apple's marketing strategies spot on. One point that stood out was number three, which talked about how Apple executes it's marketing strategies. It said that Apple lets fans do it's marketing for them, which I think is brilliant, because one of Apple's main selling points is that it empowers the consumer. It further goes on to explain that Apple encourages this word of mouth (or two step flow) marketing by cutting down on it's marketing overall and letting people wonder, ask, and speculate about new products. Even when they are openly advertising things, they leave out lots of information and keep only enough to pique our interest, i.e. "letting people fill in the gaps themselves", as opposed to many other companies' hypodermic syringe approach to marketing. 

           Earlier on in the article, the writer says that Apple started making computers for schools before moving on and making computers for the same people that had grown up and wanted something "cool".  Staying with consumers throughout their childhood and far beyond allowed Apple to cultivate an image for itself. If teenagers, who are a very social demographic, value their friends opinions more than any advertising (for whatever reason), then making sure that a lot, if not all of them view Apple in a positive light ensures that they have a good chance of reaching even more people.

Effective Advertising

For our first bit of Media Studies homework, we all had to find two non-apple related videos that fit the criteria for effective advertising that we planned out in class. 

Here are the criteria:

What makes an effective ad?

• Memorability
• Engaging the audience
• Appealing to the age group it targets
• Appealing to the people in the profession/lifestyle it targets
• Airing often
• Airing in the right places
• Becoming a meme doesn’t hurt
• Explains the pros of the product or service being offered
• Hypes those pros
• Decent length

Welcome!

Hello.

I made this blog as part of a media studies assignment and to use to store all my digital schoolwork for future reference and ease of sharing with teachers, friends and the like. Posts will come more or less bi-weekly because that's when I'll be able to update it with new work. Hopefully, having a blog will help with my learning because it will not only give me further insight into how the internet and it's websites work but also help me learn from my past mistakes by having previous work close at hand.