THE Meta Fiction Of The Truman Show

      The Truman show is a great example of a meta-fiction. One way that this is a meta-fiction because of how they talk about how they have made the TV show: the Truman show, which makes this a meta-fiction because of how they talk about how it is made and about how everything is an act, just like how they do on real movie sets. Another way how this is shown as a meta-fiction is how Truman talks to the camera in his bathroom like he knows it's there which makes the viewer thinks about how that is how it was made with the actors and how everything was made and how the the movie was created. Another way that the meta-fiction is shown in the Truman show movie is when they are interviewing the creator and he talks about how they are going to introduce a love interest, where the real love interest calls them and reminds you of the real love interest in the movie, which is once again shows a meta-fiction happening.  

video game trailer Analysis (blog post #2)

Video trailer:

Call of Duty®: Ghosts Extinction Reveal Trailer

CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY:

            The portrayal of the world that Call of duty: Ghost Extinction trailer shows is definitely  an unrealistic view of the world. It is clear about that because of how it shows creatures (the Cryptids) as the main enemy, and it is clear that they do not exist in real life. Yes this is how they intended to so this because this is suppose to be a futuristic event, so they definitely meant to show it this way and it is clear that this is not suppose to be a realistic view of the world. The reason that reality is portrayed for this video it to show the problem of Extinction that the world is facing and it attempting to intrigue you in order to get the viewer to buy the video game. It does fit the movies meaning because it is showing a really big problem and that it must be fixed.

CODES AND CONVENTIONS:

           The stereotypes that the trailer for extinction shows that all action movies have to be all about action. The way it shows this is how the majority of the trailer is action and violence with an interesting story mode, which majority of action trailers have. They also have music that makes it sound serious and make it sound like the squad is in danger. Another way they follow the stereotype of the action genre is how loud and dramatic they make the music louder and action parts. They make the whole thing an interesting and entertaining to watch.    

       
  CREEDS AND VALUES:

       
         One creed that this video shows is how that the world is wrecked. Another creed that is expressed through this video is how we own the world not any other kind of animals, we are the ones who are in charge.  The life styles that this video shows is that the world is not perfect and that we choose how to make it. Like in the video, the squad chose to go in there an kill all aliens, they weren't forced to, it is a matter of choice and they chose to stop the aliens.  groups are portrayed different In the video by how they are all working together. An good example is the squad, they work perfect together though the whole thing, where must people are not so cooperative and would probably argue about how to compete their mission. Basically the trailer shows that we are all united to defeat one common enemy.

COMMERCIAL:


           Yes this is an effective way to sell the game. The reason is it gets the watcher very excited about the game and all ready to play it. For example I have already beaten the game but just after watching that video i want to go back and play it all over again. The target audience for this group is probably  from ages 13 to 30.  The I think this is because they want to have a big audience to sell to, but at the same time since young children are so impressionable, they don't want to give them such a violent game so that is why they tried to target an older audience more  late teens and adults instead of kids. I think that the music does fit the video because of how it sounds so serious and doesn't make it seam like a joke but at the same time makes it look very fun fro older teens, while stooping young kids from playing it making it a very fitting music for a serious video. If your still not convinced about how serious this game is portrayed as. link about: The first squad That is what I think about the game call of duty ghosts extinction trailer is like.

assignment #1

      1. I believe that media is not very important in my life. The reason believe this is because I don't feel like that the way that the media "shows" we are suppose to be doesn't matter very much to me and i have known for a long time that people trying to act like media shows people won't work and that it is better just to be yourself, instead of caring what other people think about you.


         2.  The type of media that I feel most passionate about is the media shown in movies. The reason I feel about this is that a lot of younger kids now a days remember movies they watch more than TV shows or ads that they see so when kids remember those characters from those movies and try to act like them, when they will be looked at like a freak because chances are that most movies characters make the real world is not the same as realty.



        3.   My thoughts on modern popular culture is that modern popular culture is fine as long as it is not forced onto you. Basically if a musicians work all in your face you tend to dislike them because you feel their work is being forced on to you where if they aren't you don't mind them. New technology that helps us communicate with other people is a good thing. It keeps peace on a global scale because countries know that if they do something bad, everyone else will know about it and stop them or hate them because of it, the same is with people, celebrities and anyone in any kind of authority. basically media keeps them in check. Elements of popular culture that I don't like is when they try again to force something on you. we talk amount freedom, but when we are basically forced to see the same thing almost everywhere it sort of feels like we lose that freedom to decide if we want to see it or not. There are still some other good things about popular culture, like one example is how the media keeps you up to date anything else that is happening in the world, how things are looking, and what things we have to look forward to for the future.


       4.  I feel that teenagers in the media are portrayed very poorly in the media. The reason i think this is that the media portrays boys to have to be either all muscular or a huge nerd, but never at all in the middle. Girls shown in the media are not very much better. Many cases girls act very slutty and very sexual. It is also bad to girls because the media shows that there face has to look perfect and be this image, or this weight, basically just like the boys they give people an unrealistic image to have people desperately try and obtain. That is why i think the media shows an very inaccurate and poor portrayal of how teenagers actually are.