Compare and Contrast Paper Review

Good Morning to all:

            Sadly to say this might be my last post for a while, I’m not sure if I will take this up again in the future or not.  In this last post we will be discussing my compare and contrast paper I’m turning in later today on the last movies of the hunger games series Mockingjay to the book.  I know I cut it close but timing got away from me between work and struggling to get my words on to paper.  It was hard because I was not only sure of what to put on paper but how I wanted to do the project.  After watching both movies in theaters and reading some of the book again it helped refresh things for me and gave me lots of material to write about.  I did cover a lot of similarities and differences doing the best I could.  I never have an easy time writing any form of paper because English was never my strong subject but I manage to get through it somehow.   This class has been an interesting one and it is sad the semester is coming to a close so soon.  I wish my fellow classmates the best of luck and hope we see each other later down the road.  Until then, reach for the stars and keep dreaming. 

Sarah B

Third Media review- Mockingjay Double Feature

      Attention Moviegoers:

I would like to discuss my thoughts and feelings on the conclusion of the Mockingjay part two movie.  I went to see both parts as a double feature and was rather excited about the whole experience.  For going to the double feature each moviegoer received a special lapel pin.  This was the three finger salute district 12 gives their citizens to give their last goodbye and is also considered a sign of admiration.  The first movie was well edited, but in my opinion flowed slowly without a lot of action.  I feel other than some minor things the movie did it’s best to follow the book.  The second part of the movie is where the action picked up and things got interesting.  I did not like some of the parts and characters that was left out o the movie and I also am not sure how I felt about the movie being more focused on Jennifer Lawrence rather than her sharing the spotlight with Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and even Julianne Moore.  Those actors had characters that played very crucial parts in the storyline, from what I read there are some people who are upset about it.  Again this part of the series was well edited and had some great special effects.  If you have not read the books it is a great series to get into and even if you have it is worth watching at least once.  The next time we chat I’ll be talking about the Compare and Contrast paper I wrote on the Mockingjay movies verses the Mockingjay book. 

Sarah B

New Media Presentation in Review

Good evening to all,

            I wanted to take a little time to talk about our very first project the New Media Presentation.  That is a three to five minuet presentation on any form of media of the student’s choice.  The class picked a topic and a day they wanted to present, I happened to go first and decided to give mine on Audible.  That is a wonderful ap that allows you to buy audio books at a discount of course and listen to them on any smart device such as a phone, tablet or even your computer. The ap really helped me when I used to commute and when I came home from Hawaii.  I liked it because I could load the ap on my phone and plug the phone into my Auxiliary port so I could listen through the car speakers.  I like it because there is no CD’s to change, no worries of scratches and skips or even having to worry about batteries for the portable cd player.  I also like the variety of books they have to offer, I mean 180,000 books is a lot to chose from. Clearly Amazon knew what they were doing when they acquired audible.  At the moment I am borrowing my great aunt’s account but soon I hope to set one up for myself.  I was a little nervous when I presented but after it was all said and done I feel I did a good job.  I just hope it made the time requirements.  Until we meet again, I bid you all good night. 

Sarah B

Research Project Review

Good Afternoon,

     Today I want to talk about the research project I just presented for my introduction to communication media class.  It was on censorship and how it effects the media, well it was more about censorship but that’s beside the point.  I did learn quite a bit about the FCC and how it operates, until I started to put the project together.  Example the way the FCC makes and/or updates rules is with the notice and comment process.  That process is pretty much the FCC announces the change/ adoption then has to wait for comments from the advisory committee.  I have to admit that I was rather nervous to present but for what we had it went alright.  I even found a bleep button to use during the presentation, it was in my mind a good add on to it.  I hope the class enjoyed it and my partner and I get a decent grade.  I’m hoping my next review will be of the new James Bond movie Spectre or Mockingjay Part Two. 

Until we meet again,

Sarah.  

Better late than never... Second Media Review

Good Afternoon my fellow followers,

I know this is a bit overdue but I really wanted to do a review on a movie I really wanted to see in theaters but had to wait for pay-per-view.  The movie I wanted to review is Jurassic World.  Before I watched the movie I had my reservations about the movie as well as excitement.  I was excited because I really enjoyed the series for the most part.  The things I enjoyed during the movie was the following:

Music

Special effects

The choice of acting talent

The things I am not sure about was the storylines that was going on throughout the movie.  The fact there was a good three storylines going at the same time can get confusing if you don’t pay attention.  One of the storylines really wasn’t clear to me until the kid’s talked about it when they were alone in the park.  Hopefully the next time we meet I will be talking about my research presentation and maybe the new James Bond movie Specter. 

Until we meet again….

Sarah B