Week #7

(Wednesday, October 18, 2006)

This was the first class so far that enabled groups to share parts of the documentaries or creative videos that anyone had made. My group finally had the opportunity to show the music video that we had created. The response that we received from Mark and fellow classmates really proved to me that the collaborative effort put into producing this video really was worth it.
We also discussed the semiotic paper and what the expectations are for this assignment. My idea for this paper is going to be focusing on a music video, potentially only a portion of it, which satirizes the American dream and what it now considered and how it is significant in society today. I was not able to discuss my idea with the teaching assistant, Chantelle, which concerns me slightly; However, I believe that there are a lot of possibilities as far as what I can discuss in my analysis. The most challenging task will be to determine what exactly I plan on focusing on in my semiotic analysis. I have a lot of good ties to the book “We the Media,” which shouldn’t be a problem for me to incorporate into my idea. I look forward to making next week as productive as possible since it is the week that we do not have classes on.