Create your own Reality TV Show

TLC Present's My Animal is a Racist

Who is the intended audience?

       This is show is directed towards the  traditional viewers of TLC. It features a ridiculous plot with non-existent problems. It will end up making more of a statement on the pet owner's than the animals themselves.

Do you have a hook?

       The hook of the show  is the over the top measures that will be taken to stop people's pets from having a problem that is entirely fictional. To an intelligent viewer  the stupidity of the pet's owners will  also  be humorous. The typical TLC viewer may actually feel  deep interest in the problems at hand and wish for animal racism.

Who is the focus of the show?

       Each episode  will focus on a new pet owner who is worried  that their animal may be racist. The show can move to anywhere across the US but is  more likely to go to the crazier owner's houses.

What are they going to be  doing?
       In the course of an episode  a new racist will be found and undergo tolerance therapy. Throughout the  therapy sessions the owner's will be asked if they notice a  difference and their reactions  will be broadcast.

Where will this take place? 

       Every episode will take place in a new location across North America. The families who are a concerned about their pet will call in and the "My Animal is a Racist" team will head on location to their neighborhood.

Is there a goal?

      The goal of the is to solve the 'racism problem' among the animal kingdom.

What will make this show a successful format?

       The expectations on TLC are already low quality wise and we will monopolize on this. We'll take advantage of their gullible fan base in order to create the new "Honey Boo Boo". 

(This is entirely a fictional work)

By: Judah, Cory and Andy

Music Video Analysis

For my music video analysis I will be analyzing a bizarre video I found on Youtube. The song is SOURCE by Fever the Ghost with animation by Felix Colgrave and can be viewed below. I choose to analyze this video not because I enjoying the song, but as a creative/artistic person I found the animation style very unique. So let's get started shall we?



Construction of Reality

It is quite clear well watching this music video it was not meant to be an accurate representation of reality. The characters are all very stylized, and cartoony and give off a psychedelic vibe. The yellow cloaked man (if it's even meant to be a man) is the only human in the video, which displays, living hills, an Oriental dragon, Aliens, and a disco dancing Sun and Moon. It can be easily assumed drugs inspired some of what is seen.

The video in itself is very unique however, and I found myself perplexed to see what would happen next. The obscure video matches the alternative music that is playing and unifies into a strange experience to say the least.


 Codes and Conventions

SOURCE's music video, like many in the alternative genre, displays plenty of nonsensical imagery. The lyrics of the song itself are highly representational or metaphoric and lacks a serious tone. If anything in this video is meant to be overly symbolic or make a statement it is lost through all the interesting turns the video takes.

Creeds and Values

No values are directly displayed in this video, however if one were to look deeper a message resembling "Friendship is important" can be seen. The connection of the yellow robbed man and dragon is prevalent as the sit and enjoy a meal together, while a secondary connection between the dancing aliens can be seen.

This video treats all groups equally (all the monsters are welcome to do as they want) feeling free to dance their lives away.

Commercial

I believe that the music video was a perfect match for the song. While it does not appeal to everyone, the people who enjoy this genre will enjoy the quirks of this video. I myself found that I have a great appreciation of the song due to the strange and creative atmosphere created by the music video.
 

Introduction to Blogging

1.

I believe that media is very important in my life. In our modern culture it surrounds us so it'd be difficult to live a life with out it. Media has become embedded into my life and use of it is now as natural as breathing.

2.

The three most important forms of media to me are music, social media and video games.

Music - While never an activity I focus fully on, I normally have a headphone in my ear and listen to music while completing tasks. It can help time pass by faster and helps me concentrate one what I meed to do. My favorite artists and songs may I change constantly but music is a must have in my everyday life. 

Social Media - While personally I don't care much for the use of it, social media is a necessity to communicate. I usually use it at least two hours a day in order to speak with others.

Video Games - Video games can be a great way to pass time. As a creative/artistic person I find myself especially drawn to games with a unique or interesting art style. I also love anything I can play on my phone to pass time anywhere.

3.

I believe modern pop culture is some what flawed. This is extremely evident when you realize no one particularly likes it. Famous people are being hated more and more, and negative press is more popular than positive. This can be seen as a drawback on enhanced connectivity and that you can be caught doing anything at any given moment, and that the bad sticks out more than the good. Despite this most Pop-culture doesn't bug me because I don't feel over involved in it.

I think communication technology is impressive but maybe too advanced for what modern people are capable of handling. Again, think of all the stupid things people post daily or take pictures of as evidence of this. Social media to me is only useful as a form of IM.

I use media for a variety of activities, ranging from: entertainment, education and shopping. Although the most common is use for entertainment and least common is for shopping.



4.

I believe teenagers ( and along with that, everyone) is portrayed incorrectly in the media. The teens in the media can be generally categorized into three groups: the overly heroic ( such as Katniss Everdeen from the hunger game series), the overly stupid (Any group of teens from any generic horror movie) and the overly mature (While no specific example comes to mind the thought that every teen is usually played by 20 + year old can contribute to this).

Let the above picture speak for itself. It is unrealistic. No teen can be a hero the may media portrays. No teen can be the one hope for an entire nation or the savior of everyone. It is extremely unrealistic and for some may create an unobtainable desire to be that individual.

Next up are the overly stupid. While these characters are in plenty of movies or TV shows they are especially prominent in the Horror genre. The types of movies where someone in the audience yells "Don't go into the basement!" when everyone else knows the character is going to the basement regardless. The tens in these movies make unrealistic and possibly the worst decisions given their situation and are only meant as killer fodder to the antagonist. Not too pleasant of a way for teens to be presented.

Finally and probably the worse offender is how teens are showed to be overly mature. While the previous two points can be logically explained by "Oh, the screen writer's were trying to make her interesting" or " The movie wouldn't be scary if the characters weren't in a bad situation" the maturity of the actors can create real problems. With 20+ year olds playing teens it creates an unrealistic body image teens try to obtain. Girls feel insecure they can't have the body of every movie teenager and boys can't put on the muscle that any movie character has. It makes real teens feel poorly about themselves because they can't look like what media says teens should.

In conclusion the way in which teens are portrayed in the media is ludicrous. It gives teens a bad reputation and unrealistic standards and worse of all might be unchangeable. Stereotypes exist everywhere and are usually negative the only way to overcome them is to be smart enough to realize they aren't true.