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February 18, 2008
Never Say Never
Never ever ever have I had writer's block. I have written many things that simply are not good. But I've always written SOMETHING. I always have so much to say people have to shut me up sometimes.
But for some reason on this past weekend and Monday afternoon, I have found it impossible to write a draft of paper 2. I've thought about it continuously but no original thoughts come out. I feel passionately about the ads that I picked but I cannot for some reason write about them. Even though I feel there is so much to say!
So I figured hey maybe a minute blog stream of consciousness might help. Dont laugh..
Advertising. Selling. What the viewer wants... desire - is it necessary? do they need it? must be made necessary. not selling real product selling life through celebrities models relationships love lust beauty
effect on society - conned into buying what we dont really need. how do we fall for this? so obvious yet not so. made subtle connections not out in the open. ads become socially accepted. so much exposure. this exposure changes our ideals for life. personal goals and desires dictated by advertisements.
Pathetically, my minute just ended and that is all I have...
Oh well, I'll just keep going till 5 pm Tuesday.
Posted by amyljb at 05:21 PM | Comments (2)
February 08, 2008
Change?
So until reading Romaine’s article and talking about it today in class, I had never thought about advertisements. I don’t watch that much TV (strange, I know) and I always glimpse over them when I’m reading magazines and newspapers, etc.
Anyway, I got back to my room. And I decided to turn on the television and BAM. Right in my face is an ad for Pantene shampoo with some celebrity that I probably should know but don’t. Surprisingly, the ad didn’t focus on her hair a lot. More like her perfect white teeth, long legs, and flawless skin. Hmmm. Now this ad is supposed to be targeted towards women, but I just felt annoyed watching it. In my head, I was screaming: “you’ve been manipulated so you look amazing! It’s not real!”
It may just be me, but I think that more and more people are starting to realize this. And with writers like Romaine, the obvious is becoming clearer and clearer. These ads do not represent real life. Because of this. I really do think that the advertisement industry has to change. It has to adapt to what appeals to US. So if we realize the problems with certain ads, they will be modified. Kind-of crazily optimistic, I know. But hey, sometimes you have to be.
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February 02, 2008
Paper One
Phew. What a relief to be done with Paper One. In past experiences, when I had a paper due, I would just sit down and whip it out. And then I would be done. Sigh of a relief. It wasn’t fun. But it was quick and easy. Oh, but how things have suddenly changed…
I feel confident in saying that this is the MOST I have worked on one single piece of writing. Recap on what we did: 2 short essays that kind of were pre-writing activities for the long essay, a explanation paragraph and mindmap, a rough draft, followed by peer evaluations, a final draft, and then a self-assessment!! Well, I hope it turns out midly decent!!
Anyway, the point of listing all of this is kind of my realization of what writing is – it’s a lot more complicated than I thought. It’s not really just WRITING. It’s organizing, thinking, brainstorming, revising, and re-writing, and re-working, and assessing. So really a writer is all of these things. Not just a writer. Confusing, yes? I think so. Hopefully once we do this more it will all become clearer. But wow is it exhausting
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