Free Choice (Week 4)- 12/27/18

December 27, 2019

Madison and Vine Part 3

       Hey people, welcome back to the blog with your favorite blogger, Noelle.  So basically my sister and I love watching Just Go with It and while watching it I was telling her that I am sure there is plenty of things I can find and use in my blog. Turns out I was completely right because within the first few minutes I saw Madison and Vine pop up.  In this movie there was plenty of name brands that they specifically of that stores name that they went into.  One of the most prominent ones was from the brand Gucci.  They specifically highlight Gucci in movie by showing the stores name and when the two main characters leave the store holding a large Gucci bag with its name pointed at the camera.  By doing this they highlight that to be visually beautiful, happy, and to get what you want, you must shop at Gucci.  This is seen as after they leave the store Jennifer Aniston has a huge smile on her face and Adam Sandler is able to get this girl to go along with his schemes.  You can also see that after shopping at these stores, Jennifer Aniston is magically transformed into this woman of which is what society considers to be beautiful.  If you want to see the movie I think you should, but it is not for everyone so you may not like it but you can figure it out. There is also a link to her transformation at the bottom of this blog so you can see the beauty that comes from shopping at Gucci and the other name brands presented. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9jVNWurxVo 

Free Choice (Week 3)- 12/17/19

December 17, 2019

Madison and Vine Spotted Again

       Hey guys, welcome back to the blog with your favorite blogger, Noelle.  Today we are going to be talking about Madison and Vine once again because guess what, I have spotted it out while watching a show that is not that good.  The show that I had spotted it in was Fuller House during episode five of season five. During this episode, the mom, DJ, is trying to better communicate with her son and does this through playing video games of which is considered to be the best game and cannot be stopped playing.  Throughout the episode there is a clear view of one of Nintendo's new products, the Nintendo Switch, and even has multiple shots with the logo just out in the open.  Throughout the episode, DJ is able to communicate with her son and understand him better, and by them end they can confront each other with the issues they feel of which brings them closer together.  The message that is being presented is that Nintendo products bring families closer together and allow for better communication when played by all.  It makes viewers feel as though they may need this product to have a wholesome, family bond, of which otherwise would not have came without the usage of the Nintendo products. If you would like to watch this episode, please do it may help give more context as to what I am talking about, but also you do not need to and it was not that good of an episode. But you do you!

Grey's Anatomy (Week 2)- 12/9/19

December 09, 2019

The Meaning Behind it All

     Hey guys welcome back to the blog with your favorite blogger, Noelle. Today we are going to talk about Grey's Anatomy and the episode of "I want a new drug." This episode in particular has highlighted modern day issues such as addiction. As this crowd of people come into this hospital, all suffering of an overdose, it represents the amount of people who suffer from addiction yet are not given the proper help or care but are suffering in silence due to the wall the society has put up around this disease. this message is all being portrayed throughout this hospital as they cannot help everyone, the huge crowd of people come in and there are people who look completely normal, although they are really suffering. there is also a stigma around this disease of addiction that it portrayed as the wife of someone is suffering, but the father just becomes angry and hateful towards her rather than seeing that she needs help and medical treatment. This episode of Grey's Anatomy can be found in season 15 episode 1,if you would like to watch it to get a better understanding as to what I am talking about, but you do not need to. 

Madison and Vine (Week 2)- 12/9/19

December 09, 2019

Madison and Vine

      Hey guys welcome back to the blog with your favorite blogger, Noelle. So recently we have been talking about Madison and Vine in my critical thinking class. So basically, for all those who are confused, it is basically product placement. This is key in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, in respect to the product placement of Starbucks. There are many more advertisements throughout this movie, although this is one that I found was huge but sneaky. Many scenes are centered around Starbucks as the the center of her plans as she must go there everyday to get her bosses coffee. In doing so, it allows viewers to see that this coffee from Starbucks is an essential part of her day and cannot be skipped out on no matter what. This further makes viewers feel as though Starbucks is super good and only the cool, fancy people get it, making them want it.  

Impeachment (Week 1)- 12/3/19

December 03, 2019

Trump's Impeachment Things

       Hello those of you who read this article, today I am going to analyze the language that is used within two articles of similar things that use very different language of which ultimately end up persuading readers. I noticed that in the Fox New article, there were lots of attacks, or fallacies, on the other political party and the people who were involved in this court. This ultimately weakened this authors article and standpoint as it did not have clear facts of which specifically proved a strong argument. A better way that this author could have done his article was to look at the facts of which happened and explain the wrongs and errors in that rather than having the whole article as an error. The difference with the New York Times article was a far different standpoint and level of sophistication, especially compared to the Fox News Article, that held values of a more democratic political preference. These subtle touches in the usage of language, such as the word rejected, allow a negative view on Trump of which provides an overall view of greatness on the impeachment of this president.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/trump-impeachment-supreme-court.html
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/donald-trump-democrats-dad-office-punish-supporters

Frozen 2 (Week 1)- 12/3/19

December 3, 2019

Frozen 2

       Recently, I went and saw Frozen 2, and it was a very good movie of which I highly recommend. It provided people with a great story plot and lots of emotion! Although this may seem as just another one of your average children's movie that hold simple themes and morals, movie watchers can began to notice something in the dialogue and plot of movie along with the time of year that the movie had been released. This is going to be a bit of a spoiler so if you are planning on watching this movie and do not want to know what events and endings take place, this may not be the blog for you this time. The main issue that took place was the spiritual calling that led Elsa to figure out the truth that had happened between the protecting people of the magical forest and the people of Arendelle. This truth of what really happened was hidden beneath lies told of Elsa and Anna's father's father had told of which was that the people of the forest started a war after the former king Arendelle had built them this great dam. After going through this huge journey it was found that the people of the forest were completely harmless and loving and the people of Arendelle we in fear causing them to build the dam as a deceiving gift that ultimately harmed them and they had started the war. This finding had to do with the indigenous people of the forest and others who entered a land of which was not there and tried to control them related to the colonization of the United States. A very similar thing happened as Europeans came to the United States and killed thousands of indigenous people and then lied about the actions of which took place, making it into a holiday. This movie played off of this and was purposely released near Thanksgiving to show that although everyone is healing from the trauma that was caused my Europeans, we must remember the truths of what happened.