Final Project- Gone to the 70s

              The films from the 1970s had a huge influence on today’s movies.  The movies of the 70s had started to become more advanced in the film and money aspects. The movies started to have more violence, sexual content and coarse language.  By having more violence, sexual content and coarse language, film became very risky and forcing the envelope. All of this risky business was due to the younger generation on directors and film producers.

                There were many films that became great hits in the 70s. This was due to the fact that most of the movies were aimed towards to younger audience. By aiming their focus on to the younger audience, the film makers could make more money and which would then allow them to make more films quicker. Some major film hits that were filmed in the 70s were movies such as; The Godfather, Taxi Driver, All the President’s Men, Rocky, The Omen, Halloween and Jaws, just to name a few.

 In the 70s movies were being released quicker than you could count. There were many different genres in the 70s. The main focus seemed to be action based and horror films. Horror films, as well as slasher films, were said to be based on true stories.  Films such as; The Exorcist, Jaws, Halloween, The last house on the Left, The hills have Eyes, The Omen, and the Texas chainsaw Massacre, sacred people in to hospital. The 70s also brought forth comedies. The most well-known comedy of the 70s would be “Animal House”. Animal House was about students living at a college campus. Another comedy that was popular was “Up in Smoke”.  Up in Smoke starred Cheech & Chong. Up in Smoke, appealed to the teenagers of the time, due to the use of marijuana.  The 70s era of film also introduced the beginning of the Star Wars series with “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope”. 

The 70s also introduced more special effects to their movies. Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind truly brought their game when I came to special effects. The special effects of today are now way more advanced than the ones in the 70s but the ones in the 70s were ground breaking and awe aspiring when they were first released.  

The films in the 70s had a great influence on the films we see today. Whether it be from the special effects, aimed towards the younger audience, or just pure awesomeness, the 70s have influenced it.

Mini-REview #3 - A mashing good time.

The documentary called "rip" was about artists that would do mash-ups which consisted of other song being put to together to make a new song, and the conflict behind the copyright of the songs being used. Rip showed this conflict from a strong point of view of the artists. The narrator talked about and to Girl Talk, a well known mash-up artist, and how copyright has affected him. The story continues to talk about the prices of copyright fines as well as why you can not copyright and how to get around the copyright laws. This documentary was well put together but was a but bios to one side.

Mini-Review #2 - Get out of here you goddamn JACKASS!

The Winnebago Man first started off as a commercial shoot for a Winnebago company. This shoot later was released to friends and viewers. This video showed Jack Rebney on one of his worst days ever. This video showed him swearing up and down the whole time. This video inspired a documentary on the life of JAck Rebney after his video went viral. The documentary followed and interviewed Jack Rebney to see if he was truly the "Angriest Man in the World" or just got caught in a bad mood. The first interview with Jack , he was very kind and well mannered, this was not what they were looking for. Jack later called the documentary person and said that the whole nice guy personality was not really him and he wanted them to do another interview. The second time around Jack Rebney was who he was in the video. The story progresses and the ending turns out good. Winnebago Man was a well put together documentary that showed most all parts of the story.

Mini-Review #1- Let's see if you bastards can do 90.

Back to the Future is known as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all times. In my opinion it would be at the top of my list but, not first. Back to the Future contained many aspects of a great movie. It had plenty of action, romance, chase scenes, and of  course time travel. This movie was always leaving you wanting more and right as it seemed to slow down it would be right back with full force. The cliff hanger ending set it up for more to come. A memorable moments in the film were when Marty McFly is be chased by the terrorists and the try to blow him up with a RPG. This moment, is the exact moment when Marty travels into the past and starts the whole point of the movie. After Marty's adventure in the past, he returns to future only to find it is completely hanged, but for the better in his favor. 

Wub Wub

Dubstep. Dubstep originated in London, England during the early 2000s. Dubstep would be classified as electronic dance music because of it being mainly electronic instruments with hard bass. Dubstep can also contain samples from other music or sayings, some vocals and particle mash-ups. Some major people that were influenced in the creating and uprising of Dubstep were just every day people wanting to try new sounds. People that made Dubstep become more famous  would be Dj Hatcha, Skream, Benga, Digital Mystikz and Loefah. Dj Hatcha was the first well known artist of Dubstep on the scene. The other four revolutionized Dubstep to what we know it as today. Some more recent artist are Kode9, Deadmau5, and DjEphixa. The newer age of artists have brought Dubstep to a whole other level.

Beginning of Dubstep

Growing Stages

Today

The original Dubstep tracks were quiet and more relaxing beats. The didn't tend on having much bass or volume. As Dubstep progressed  the volume began to louden and there was more involved then just putting some electronical beats together. Todays Dubstep is at a higher volume, has more bass and drum, easier dance to, as well as a more technical based design. In the newer Dubstep the music tends to start off slow and then just pick-up from there. It is uncommon for Dubstep these day to all-of-a-sudden just pick-up the rhythm and bass, but have a "drop" which lead into the more upbeat sound. The drop can be anywhere from a dead silence to a word. The "drop" will also let anyone that is dancing to this start dancing quick or more to the beat.

In the video above, the "drop" is at 00:39. For the first 38s of this song the tone is softer and not as upbeat, but once that "drop" happens the whole song changes. It is more upbeat, rhythmical, and there is tones of bass and drum. Now within one song there can be more then one "drop".  At 01:58 of the video above there is another "drop". With having multiple "drops" the artists can allow the dancers to take a breather in within the same song. The "drop" is also appealing to the listening audience as well. The drop can allow the listener to feel a surge of excitement or any emotion through them.

Up to this day Dubstep has been revolutionizing and changing into new sounds and new genres. In my opinion Dubstep is one of more enjoyable genres of music to listen to. The newer type of Dubstep is the type I enjoy more, but the classic Dubstep is still quite good.

Another DjEphixa, if you haven't noticed he is awesome and Canadian too.

Why talk, when you can listen?

 "Rise Against" brings reality and emotion into a amazing song called "Hero of War". Throughout the entire video they go back and forth between being in the hardships of war and the artist playing his acoustic guitar. The acoustic brings sadness to the pictures of war and fighting. The monotone colour palletes also contribute to war being a sad picture. In this video, war is shown well by the killing and death bring sadness to the viewer.

 The song is classified as Rock/Pop, but the video as well as the melody and lyrics don't truly give off Rock/Pop. The only reason I believe that this song is classified as Rock/Pop is because of other songs Rise Against does.

There are many values that are in this video. Whether they are true or not they are put in plain sight. The video shows a solider having a hard time being in war, suggesting that war is always hard to cope with. They also talk about how the solider came home and ended up killing because he could not bare the stress in what he has seen.

This video could appeal to teenagers in a plethora of different ways. The melody and rhythm could appeal to a teenager or maybe they have a relative in the war and with this song they can have some knowledge of what it real is like in war. "Hero of War" along with other Rise Against songs may give someone the need of emotion that they are looking for.

Overall I would have to say whether if you are looking for a well put together video and song, or just wanting a enjoyable song to listen to "Hero of War by Rise Against" is a good music video for you.

Thinking About Media

 I believe that media is extremely important in my life. Media is important to me because without media I would not have entertainment such as videos, movies and music. Music, videos, and movies can give you enjoyment when you are down, or when you are wanting hear or see a more serious, you can find it. Media can help you deal with a lot of different emotions and feelings, some media can even give you information about anything you want.

 Modern popular culture is quite overwhelming. With new technology coming out constantly it is hard to keep up and not be left behind. But, some of the new technology is helpful when it comes communicating. Before you would have to phone someone to get a hold of them, but now you can text, email, tweet, bbm and much more. When I use media it is mainly videos, music and movies for mainly entertainment and enjoyment. If I need to use media for information I will.

If I was trapped on a desert island I would want to have music, videos as well as movies. For the music my playlist would consist of rock, metal, some pop, and random awesomeness. The band I would be listening to would be Rise Against mainly. For videos I would watching anything entertaining. It could be from commentaries to random guy falling. Videos are quite informative and can be useful when you need to get news. If I got bored of music and videos I would watch a movie. Most of the movies would containing action, mystery, horror and comedy. These types of media would be most important to me if I was on a deserted island.