Links to Movies Online That Were Discussed In Class

Sherlock Jr.

The Corner in Wheat -which can also be downloaded from the Internet Archive.

The Kleptomaniac Transcript
(Movie can be watched in Online Reserve)

Century Of the Self (Part 1 of 4)

Media Journal Reminder!

Dear Media 180 Secs 001 & 002,

Don't forget! Your entire media journal (including entry #12) is due next Monday May 11th in our discussion section (along with Assignment #3).

In your final entry (#12), please evaluate the media journal assignment throughout the semester. Did you find the journal a useful part of the class experience? Why or why not? How do you think the form that you chose to write the media journal in affected your experience (i.e. looseleaf or notebook, blog, handwritten vs. typed etc.)? Optionally, you may also write about something that you learned in the class which you found of interest. (Be as broad or specific as you like.)

-Along with entry #12, please turn in all your other entries next Monday, May 11th in the discussion section. Turn in any missing entries as well at this time, if you haven't already. Visit the blog for a list of journal entries and the readings corresponding to each one. Please note: your entries should be all bound together! I will not accept a stack of looseleaf paper - be sure to either staple/clip or put in binder or folder!

-Don't forget to include journal entry #11 as part of your complete journal. Note: I will return entry #11 to you this week at the Wednesday May 6th lecture. Please be sure to find me at the front of the room to pick up your entry. As usual, I will be sitting up in the front to the left of Professor Ewen.

-I will be returning the journals, along with your 3rd assignment, at the final on Wednesday May 20th, 2009. If you would like your journal back sooner to help you study for the exam, please let me know and I will return it to you in the last lecture class on Wednesday May 13th. (Note: I will only do this if I hear from you in advance!)

As usual, let me know if you have any questions.

-Ariana

More posters & pics

Posters from the Viral Marketing Campaign

More pics

Check out more pics from class at Chloe's Flickr site!

Pictures from Wednesday's class

Viral Campaign for Universal Healthcare

Dear IMA Students, Faculty, Staff:

I don't know whether you've heard about this yet, but we are encouraging artists, designers, media visionaries, citizens of the world, outraged pitchmen and women, armchair academics, and frustrated couch potatoes to contribute to a mounting "Viral Campaign for Universal Healthcare."

Choose the surface. medium and occasion for your intervention, but please intervene.

This is an attempt to bring the discussion of healthcare in line with the all-embracing network of life of which we are a part, and emancipate it from the individualistic, free market claptrap that has held the issue hostage in the United States since the late 1940s.

Built around the theme "Healthcare: Not a Private Matter," it's an attempt to remove the issue of universal healthcare from the ideological stereotypes that have crippled it for more fifty years (socialist, tax and spend, we can't afford it, unfair competition to private insurers, Harry and Louise) and remind people that while we may experience illness personally, we are all part of a vast human organism.

As long as some are at risk, all are at risk. The nature of illness and prevention needs to be reframed by the unavoidable biological connectedness of an extended ecosystem, and this is an attempt in that direction. Current news about the swine flu simultaneously avoids and dramatizes this fact of life.

Some of the early work is posted below, but the idea is to move the ball way beyond that. Post it whereever you think it will turn the buzz into a roar. Spread the word. Let no social network go untouched. For submissions to Stereotype & Society, send file to archiebishop@mac.com. But don't stop here. Let no stone go unturned.

Let the great rumpus begin. And continue until the medical-industrial complex and its legislative toadies tremble, and healthcare is organized for the common well being of humanity.

Some of the early work is up at http://stereotypeandsociety.typepad.com, but the idea is to move the ball way beyond that. That's up to you.

Best,

Stuart Ewen

Social Marketing PR Campaign Information

This may be of interest to you as you work on your 3rd assignment:

Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity Through Social Marketing: Current Practices and Recommendations
(UC Davis)

Also, visit the Social Marketing Institute for more information and further links.

Some Interesting Links

Branding These Days:
New York Times: "Putting Yourself Out There on a Shelf to buy."

Game links from Giancarlo:
Team Fortress 2 is a class-based First-Person Shooter (FPS) which requires players to work together as part of a cohesive team in order to achieve a number of goals (Controlling/defending territory, capturing the flag, or escorting/stopping a moving object)

cp_well developer commentary (explains map design, HUD elements, The Medic as a class, and designing maps to make Snipers useful.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrohjqB0XII
part 2 (slight overlap, explains taunts, the use of silhouettes, color and shading to convey relevant information): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utiGY9IX0Lc

tc_hydro developer commentary (explains Total Control gametype, neutral color schemes, map boundries, stylized game design as opposed to realistic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfufWOSWMYQ
part 2 (no overlap, class design and ability choices, voice acting, J.C Leyendecker's influence on the game art): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhn0rM-LPuY

J.C Leyendecker art examples:

http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/art/leyendecker.jpg
http://drawn.ca/wordpress/wp-content/images/leyendecker.jpg
http://parahlemen.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/leyendecker1.jpg