VIDEO: Behind The Screens

Behind The Screens!!!


This is the movie trailer for the fictional movie 'Behind The Screens'.
It's about a guy on Facebook getting a friend request from a stranger.
They both start talking and flirting <3



SPOILER
But really, they are not the people they represent. They're infact creeps. Whom probably don't shower.

Facebook pictures are played by~

Tahl La'Tae (Tall Latte... get it?) // Darren Criss (Guy from Glee)
Mocha Bamboo // Kim Chiu (Asian Actress)
Male Creep // David Govier
Female Creep // Kassie K*****


Music By~
Even If It Takes Forever - Tynisha Keli
Goodbye - Jade Valerie

Filmed with~
iPhone 5
iPad 3

Edited using~
iMovie

YAY!

Random Post // The dark side of youtube's gurus.

For my essay, I have begun researching the ethics side of youtube.

For years, thousands of paid youtube gurus, whether they're fashion, tech or cosmetic guru's,  large percentage of them have had their opinions paid for in exchange for free products.

A video by, taren916, is one of hundreds of youtubers taking a stand against this issue.

It's very long but does have some great nuggets of truth!

Week 5 // Does staying off Facebook make you suspicious?

Week 5 //  Does staying off Facebook make you suspicious?

After reading this article by Leigh Goessl for Digital Journal.com
... and a discussion in class, does staying off facebook make you seem like a suspicious person?

Of course there are many exclusions to this, but if you fit the demo graph of 16 to 25 years old and don't use the major internet social media platform Facebook, your personality and lifestyle would be questioned. Because Facebook has grown into something that is a part of our culture, you are expected to be a part of it. Humans are very social beings and Facebook is now just a apart our social lifestyle.

To my experience, those whom do not have facebook or not use it (in the previously age range), have generally been... simply put, weird.  They've generally have so ~secretive~ that they borderline or just anti-social. Some of them have claimed to stop using Facebook due to drama, whether they're victims of gossip and cyber bullying, drama is just something that you can choose to create. SO really they;re just annoying drama queens. Also, I've met people that don't use facebook because they're self conscious of themselves, and even uploading a profile picture of themselves is too nerve racking.

So put it short, if you don't use Facebook and you are in the age group of 16-25, chances are you are just anti-social, dramatic and/or just really self conscious.
 

Bb ggurl Sha'Quandra ain't self conscious!

Week 3 // MySpace and it's fall from grace

Week 3 // MySpace and it's fall from grace

In the last 15 years, social networking sites have gotten bigger, multiplied and have slowly dominated our everyday lives. Throughout the decade we have seen social networking sites such as Bebo, Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and a variety of dating sites too. We have seen them rise and fall, proving how disposable each of them can be if they fail to evolve accordingly. MySpace could be considered the flagship social networking site that was embraced by millions of users across the globe and really created the online networking craze.

Originally launched in 2003, it served as an improved mimic of Friendster co-created by a team of four, including the famous Tom Anderson. Originally, the site was only used by team members of eUniverse (now Intermix Media). In order to start up the site, MySpace aggressively held contests with it's team members to see who could sign up the most amount of users. (Percival, Sean (2008). MySpace Marketing.) Eventually, they signed up a massive 20 million users just in it's early stage of launch.

In 2005, MySpace quickly rose as the top social networking site, used by many demographics. In particular, teenagers and young adults. In it's peak, the company had an estimated value of $12 billion in 2007. (Barnett, Emma (2011-03-24). "MySpace loses 10 million users in a month". The Daily Telegraph (London)) But as time went by, any companies wanted to bank on the social networking craze by creating their own platform. Many companies failed, but the now ever so powerful Facebook quickly pulled MySpace from it's peak and it's dominance in the Online Social Networking craze. 

By 2008, Facebook was crowned the #1 social networking site. The blame to MySpace's fall from grace have been pinpointed from many factors. Some including it's failure to focus and evolve it's medium on purely social networking which Facebook and Twitter quickly mastered and polishes. MySpace continued to fish for and sustain it's users by keep it an entertainment platform for music and stuck to it's outdated 'Portal Strategy'. Chmielewski, Dawn C.; Sarno, David (2009-06-17). "How MySpace fell off the pace". Los Angeles Times. Other reasons include MySpace's sluggish servers failing to cater it's growing audience, making the site slower and more stressful to navigate through. MySpace also had a 3 year advertising deal with google which hindered MySpace's efforts to re-vamp it's interface. 

In 2011, CNN had reported that the company was sold for 35million. A massive drop of worth compared to it's peak gross of 12Billion in it's heyday. As of today, it is now co-owed by annoying, douchebag entertained Justin Timberlake. Ugh.



Bless Lohan xoxo

 

Week 4 // Cyberpunk Timeline! 2/2

Week 4 // Cyberpunk Timeline! 2/2

//TIME LINE//

1980 - Web Of Angels by John M. Ford  

The probable first novel to depict cyberspace within it.  

Bethke, Bruce. "Cyberpunk" Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Vol. 57, No. 4; November 1983

<http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/cpunk.htm>

1982 - Blade Runner (Movie)

Set in 2019 in a dystopian future in which manufactured beings called replicants are slaves used on space colonies and are legal prey on Earth to various bounty hunters who "retire" (kill) them.

Blade Runner (1982), IMBD, Visited 24th August 2012

<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/>

1995 - Ghost In A Shell (Anime adaptation of the Manga of the same name)

Cyberpunk has greatly influenced Anime and Manga culture. Ghost In A Shel was one of these groundbreaking and classic titles. The manga was first adapted into a theatrical anime film adaptation in 1995, titled Ghost in the Shell, directed by Mamoru Oshii.

Ghost In A Shell (1995), IMBD, Visited 24th August 2012

<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113568/>

2000 - Sony Center in Berlin 

Some real life places have been described as cyberpunk, such as Japan, the Sony Center in the Potsdamer Platz public square of Berlin, Germany

Suzuki, David (2003). Good News for a Change:How Everyday People Are Helping the Planet. Greystone Books. p. 332. 

2005 - Lady Gaga (Entertainer)

Lady Gaga draws in inspiration from the cyberpunk genre for her music, fashion, and music videos. Most notable and controversial 'Born This Way''s music video. Lady Gaga gives birth to a new race on Earth.

 

Week 5 // Social Media Survey

Week 5 //  Social Media Survey

As part of our tutorial tasks, we were required to create a survey relevant to our discussion on social media! It would be great if y'all could participate in mine! It'll only take 30 seconds to answer 5 questions!  I'll post the results next week!

 Click here to do my survey!!

Have fun!!

Week 4 // Technology, Ethics and Media! 1/2

Week 4 // Technology, Ethics and Media! 

Mankind has created all sorts of technologies. These technologies help us communicate with one another (eg, mobile phones), help us see beyond our eyesight's capabilities (eg. telescope), and in a medical sense, they help us create solutions for medical disadvantages such as disease. Technology has helped create life (I.V.F -In Vitro Fertilisation-), but if technology gives us the power to create, it gives us the power to destroy and take away life. While man made cures have been created for natural diseases, man made disease do exist.

A group of scientist are pushing to publish research  about how they created a man made flu virus that could wipe out civilisation. It’s a supposedly genetically altered version of the famous H5N1 bird flu virus, but ultimately more destructive. Mail Online reports that the research has cause controversy between scientists with some saying it should have never been carried out. If this new genetically altered virus is placed in the wrong hands, it could very well be used for bio-terrorism, and could wipe nations at a time. 

Anthrax Isn't As Scary As This: Mail Online 2011, viewed 17th August 2012,
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2066624/Anthrax-isnt-scary-compared-Man-flu-virus-potential-wipe-millions-created-warns-frightened-scientist.html>

On a lighter note, Bio-Terrorism has been a theme for various video games and movies such as Resident Evil. Resident Evil’s plot is based around the release of the destructive ‘T-Virus’, in which reanimates infected dead into blood thirsty, meat hungry, aggressive ‘zombies’.  While this is a glamourised, hollywood, fantasised exaggeration of bio-terrorism, with the growing technology could possibly happen? lol probs not.