Final Thoughts

Once again while reading "Eyes Wide Open", I found myself very confused. During the group discussion today, I found myself rethinking what I had been thinking. I really think that I had been taking what Romanowski is saying in the wrong way. I read something and think that I understand it, but once the class begins to talk I reliaze that I was way off. Now I've come up a few thoughts to why this could be. We all have been brought up to believe different things and view things in a different way, so it could be that. But one of the big reason I feel is because of the types of media he is focusing on. He has spent a lot of time on movies, and because that is something that I one day want to be invloved in I take a lot of what he is saying to heart. But the more I even think about that, I shouldn't take what someone else is saying about what I care about to heart. As long as my thoughts aren't totally out there, I'm just fine thinking what I've have always been thinking.

Being a Severnt

Today in class we began to talk about the book "Eyes Wide Open". We foucused on section that talked about how we should all be servents to the one who created us. The comment was made that since everything was created by God everyone is serving him and everything is being done for him. I disagree with that on many levels. Yes we all were created by God, but that doesn't mean that everyone is doing for the glory of God. In music, not everyone is singing for God. Marylin Mason, is a great example of this. He tells everyone that he worships satan and lives to serve him. The music that he is making is not for the glory of God. And even though to have a good message it doesnt have to say Jesus Jesus Jesus, but just listen to one of Mason songs and see that in no way shape or from will you see God. So, I said all that to say this. Even though we are all made to serve God that doesn't mean we all do. We all serve something but even though everyone is called to serve and glorify God, it doesn't always happen.

Moives, How do you put them in geners?

Over the weekend I watched the movie "Born into Brothels". I found it to be a very interesting moive. The whole story line was about children growing up in the sex trade, but not really wanting to be involved. This women comes in and teaches them how to take pictures to find a way to get them. All through the movie it went from live flim to still pictures. By doing this the director gave me an emtion. He made you look at the lives that these children and not only feel bad for them but know that they have the chance to get out. Through all of this I found myself looking at what gener I would put it in. It was a documentary but I thought it as more of the story of the childrens lives. It was a drama that made you want to do something to help them and get them out of this horrible place.

Media within Us

I noticed today that we use some from of a media text every second of our lives. In class we are constaly taking notes, making our own personal media text. We read books and even highlight parts of the media text that are important to us. We get on the internet to take part in many froms of media text. We check email, facebook/myspace, and even write blogs. Then take the ever wonderful cell phone. How often can we do almost everything that ive said with just the opening of a phone. We text our friends and hold conversations even we don't need to be. Media is everywhere. Magaizens are in offices and books. Take the radio even. When you're in your car you listen to music or talk radio all of which is trying to get some type of message across to you. If you look at this even deeper, you see that people pick texts based on what they enjoy. So then you can classify eveything into on certian group. Meida is all around and effecting us in every part of our lives.

Media Effects Us

While finishing the moive on the fans of Star Trek, I found myself really seeing how media effects us. The people in this film had based their enitre identity on this show. There was the women who wanted to be called Commander. Star Trek was her life, it was who she was. She had based her whole life around this show. This is a huge example about how media effects us. Some people take something that they care about and go off with it. That was what these people did. They took a show that they really cared about and made it how they functioned in their lives. We say a dentist office that was all Star Trek theme. This was a show that had become a big thing all over the world. Media shows how we "should" live. This show is how some people live. The people in this world are happy with how they are.

Fandom

Today in class we were watching a moive on a Star Trek convention. While watching it I began to think about what we had just learned. Fadom can be both good and bad. Its great to be passionate about something and be really into it, but when you go way over board I find that people tend to cross a line. While I was watching the moive I found myself being very judgemental of the people who were talking. I thought that they were crazy and had nothing better to do then to find things wrong with the costume or pay head pieces for thousands of dollars. When I thought about what I was thinking after class, I saw how disrespectful I was being. I enjoy watching racing and some poeple might find me over the top when it comes to that, but it is something I really enjoy. So why should I look at these people and call them over the top when all that they are doing is showing the world how much they care about something.