Week 13

In my slideshow I plan to develop my ethos by showing that I also fit into the group of children that watch adult oriented content. I will establish pathos by using the photos that I chose to match the words perfectly, and I will establish logos by using my sources.

Week 12

Currently both my entertainment group and my advertising group is working together quite well. In the entertainment group we currently have our topics chose and we have peer reviewed our proposals. We have also turned in our project grid. In the advertising group we have been brainstorming what two outlets to get the word out. We have come to the agreement that Facebook and either passing out flyers or hanging up posters. As for comments or questions the only one that I have is aren't the podcast and the slideshow very close to being the same exact thing? Besides that there really isn't anything that I am having trouble with.

Primary Research Protocol

The primary research that I have decided would go the best with my subject would have to be a survey. In the survey I intend to ask people that are 18 and up both male and female if they have ever watched a film that was intended for mature audiences while they were children around the ages of 12 and below. The place that this survey will mostly be held is in cyber space although I will also be asking around campus, to other people in my classes, to my friends, and to some of my family members. The reason I am doing this is because the other two options don’t make much sense. The subject that I chose is too broad to set up a interview with any number of people and it’s too large and time consuming in order to set up a observation. Doing a survey best get my question out to get enough answers to put together a good chart on the subject. I will conduct this survey in a simple manner of a yes or no question. It will either be “Yes I did watch mature rated films while I was a child” or “No I did not watch mature rated films when I was a child” simple yet straight to the point. With this research I want to see how many people actually watched programming that was actually meant for their age brackets seeing that children watching movies of mature content is currently on an upward trend. 

Week 9

The challenges that I faced was hitting the time limit and keeping my pitch consistent. It was also pretty hard to find the sources for this one but other than that there wasn't that many problems. I built egos, pathos, and logos by sound professional and having good sources to back up my facts.

Week 8

I don't really have any questions, and you already have helped me with the sources

Week 7

I couldn't find any sources in Google scholar. In advanced search I typed in film producer qualification, top rated movies of all time and worst movies of all time. I also used the keyword of film production and movie production with not much success. What I have so far is.

Taylor, A. (2006 April, 1) Five Good producer Skills. Filmmaking.net. Retrieved from http://www.filmmaking.net/blog/show_article.asp?id=13

IMDb staff. IMDb Top 250 Retrieved (2011 October, 13) Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

IMDb Staff. IMDb Bottom 100. Retrieved (2011 October,13) Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom

Week 5

The revisions that I plan on adding to my piece would be a trailer of an original shown next to a remake. Add a bit more to my reasoning behind why people are against it. I also plan to caption the content that I will include with my piece in order to make it look better. I would also like to get more into my introduction before I turn it in also.

Week 4

The found both articles with Purdue Cal's Primo but the first one the link was broken and I had to search it with Google Scholar.

The first article entitled "Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?" was written by Roger Ebert. It is about how easy it is for Hollywood to green light a new sequel but how hard it is to get a new film green lit. Ebert also goes on to talk about that there are 26 sequels coming out this year and that most of the better directors are going to do TV because there really aren't any adult movies any more. He adds more by quoting director Steven Soderbergh that sent him an email "The quality of theatrically released films has been dropping so precipitously in recent years that the Academy Awards are no longer a fair gauge of audiovisual entertainment. Several decades ago audiences could expect a film such as The Social Network every week; now we are lucky to have one or two a year. Add to this the fact serious dramas have more or less migrated to television, and it's clear that the Oscars have become progressively less relevant. Last year arguably the best male performance of the year (Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack) was not eligible for the Oscars." 


In my opinion I agree. There have been fewer and fewer really good movies and an increase in movies that are just made to rake in money.


Ebert, R. (2011. May 18).  Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?   The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0518/Pirates-and-26-other-sequels-this-year-Are-Hollywood-execs-ruining-movies

Week 3 discussion

In the recent years Hollywood has had a big draw back on original intellectual properties. They consistently rehash old ideas and try to pass them off as new ones.

My paper will discuss Hollywood's been there do it again attitude and show the figures behind the titles of the films.

"Hollywood: Bright Lights, Dull Ideas"

Key Question "What affect does Hollywood reusing ideas have on movie goers?"

Sub-Questions "How many remakes or sequels are in the top ten highest grossing films?" "Has Hollywood made any new big intellectual properties?"

Week 1

Tropical Storm Irene the most recent hurricane in the United States. Over the past couple days it has caused high winds and torrential rains in the eastern coast of the United States. As of right now there are at least 15 deaths that are blamed on the storm. While it didn't destroy any single towns it did cause flooding, downed trees, and power outages. While it mostly effects the people on the east coast it would also effect the people that have family or friends over in that vicinity also.

The rising cost of college textbooks are a major concern of college students. Most college students pay for school with federal aid from the United States, from loans, or from various scholarships that they are awarded. Over the last twenty years prices have increased at nearly 6% per year. If things keep going like they are right now most students will have funding to go to class but not be able to afford the textbooks that go along with the class.

The increase of remakes and sequels in Hollywood is a slap in the face by production companies to the basic movie goer. Within the last couple of years quite a few have been released every year. It blatantly shows that Hollywood has no new ideas and generally need to rehash older things to take advantage of their fans. They begin by taking something that was good for its time almost completely change it to match today's inventions and completely destroy any of the charm that the original once had.