http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gas1KaOAnss&feature=related
The first source I chose is a music video, "My Band" by D12. The video starts off with Eminem talking about how much everybody loves him because he is the lead singer of his band. It then shows him getting massaged by scantily clad women in a dim room. It continues and shows Eminem singing on stage getting hit in the face with an unreal amount of girls' underwear. Next, Eminem encounters girls backstage begging for a hook up. It continues showing all of the fans that D12 has, most of them girls, when the mic gets stolen by the other members of the group who proceed to gossip about how much they hate Eminem. The videos continues cutting to the same scenes of underwear throwing and clubbing. The remainder of the video is more about the band than how much the girls love Eminem, but the fact the girls "love" D12 is still made clear. Basically, the main idea of the video is that since Eminem is the lead singer of the band, every girl that sees him wants him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Wc9JQysOM
This source is a foreign commercial for a drink called Active. The scene starts off with a girl bending over to tie her shoe. A man walks by and stops when he see that her sweatshirt reads "Only want Sex" on the back. The man starts to follow her as she starts running. Eventually there is a huge group of men following this woman as she sprints throughout the city. She sees the men following her and runs into an open field. She then jumps onto a boat and takes a sip of the drink being advertised. The men stop and continue to look at her as she pulls up her hood on the sweatshirt, revealing that the sentence actually reads "Men only want Sex". The men look very disappointed and the commercial ends. This source supports the stereotype that men only care about sex.
Good summaries. For both ads, I would suggest going into more detail about how the characters look. What race are they? What are they all wearing? What social class do they seem to be in? How do these details relate to their actions? These sources go very well with the theme of the class.
ReplyDeleteFor the first source, I would talk about detail for the main character. His behavior to other members and others behavior to Eminem could be good detail for summary. Second advertisement is deeply related to class theme, but I would suggest going into appearance about woman.
ReplyDeleteI think the structures that you provide in your summarizations are well organinzed.
ReplyDeleteProviding the details on the top, and your opinions on the bottoms.
However, i think you need to focus on the details little bit more. Because when i read it with watching the videos,
I felt like you just wrote briefly. Lastly, i think the 2nd source will be more appropriate for course theme.