Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Project Info!
Hello, everyone. It has been a long time since I posted last. Since getting my widsom teeth out last week I've been a little under the weather. I am disappointed that I missed people's projects last week. I'm sure they were all wonderful. Now that I am back on my feet, Willis and I are meeting in the library this evening to begin our media literacy project. Again, this is a project on the popular TV show, "Family Guy." I have several of the DVD's and that is all fine and great, however, we not only want to focus on the show itself, but we also want to focus on the commercials that air during the time the show is broadcasted. This would mean we would have to wait and view a live version of the show, as it is on weeknights at 11:30 on the Cartoon Network. What we plan on doing today is watching some of the videos, getting some good clips, and anazlyzing them by using Hobbs' book as a prompt. There are several questions in her book that will greatly help us begin this long process. Then, as previously mentioned, we are going to be using the clips and excerpts from the actual show and incorporate it into a podcast. Believe it or not, as ridiculous as this show would appear to be, it is quite controversial and political. Our goal is to answer several important questions when doing a close analysis of any television program: Who is the intended audience? Why is the show aired at the particular times it is shown on television? We have come up with several other questions, along with many of Hobbs' ideas, that will surely help to make this project possible. We will be sure to keep you posted on our progress. We are meeting in the library tonight at 7:00. Talk to you all later!
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Lindsay,
Your project sounds very interesting. I used to be a big fan of Family Guy (until I realized that they could recycle any of the jokes in any of the episodes, but that's neither here nor there) and I think it's awesome that you can use something so popular and seemingly immature and sophomoric to study in a serious academic manner. I think about South Park in the same way. Sure, you have Cartman and Timmy, and they are funny. But certain episodes really touch on important political issues; satirizing both sides of the coin. I think it's brilliant. I also like the fact that you are studying the marketing effects of the commercials played during the episode. Way to step out of the usual path to find supplemental information!
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