Category: Media Studies
Posts of studies, opinions, and reviews on multimedia communication including film, digital graphics, performing arts, and other mass media.
Learning to Hear the Chicken’s Voice Part 2: An Interview with Dynestee Fields
In this second part of the interview we cover the ramifications of Dynestee’s documentary, we’ll learn about how chickens are genetically modified, the odd place chickens occupy in the discussion of animal rights, how Hurricane Katrina gave chicken advocates unexpected information, how female and male chickens differ, what happens when you show a documentary about chickens to a chicken, and which on-screen talking heads in “The Voice of the Chicken” voice values that best match and clash with Dynestee’s own.
Learning to Hear the Chicken’s Voice Part 1: An Interview With Dynestee Fields
After successfully defended her honors project, Dynestee took the time to talk with me about her project and about its goal: to get people to see and hear the real chicken, not just the one who has been produced for our gustatory pleasure. “The view of chickens that humans have is either food or ‘they’re unintelligent,’” Dynestee told me. “The vocal repertoire is really a way to crack into their world. It’s really central to understanding their world and how they look on what’s going on around them.”
Loving What’s “New”—Frank Luntz & Words That Work
What intrigues you the most about a commercial? Is it the glitz of the world they provide? Or the glam of the actors presented? Or maybe those who are behind […]
The “Nightmare” of the Unmediated Life
Reading Life, Animated by Ron Suskind opens the eyes to the prevalence of mediated forms in everyday American life. In his book, Suskind relates the journey of his family of […]
Uncle Rick’s Warehouse
Kit Schleifer Will Kaufman wrote that Uncle Tom’s Cabin “helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.” In the limited time I gave myself to finish this blog, I spent […]
Captivating Tales
Miranda Alexander The human race is undeniably allured by stories of crime and captivity. Something stirs deep within us when we tune into the news and are bombarded with the […]
Symbols and Allegory in Blade Runner 2049
Seth Williams Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner 2049 features quite a bit of symbolic and allegoric imagery. In this examination of a single, isolated scene, one can grasp the despair and desolation […]
“You Can’t Stop” Andy Mineo
Leonard Holmes What is it like to live your life with doubts and fears constantly surrounding you? Rapper Andy Mineo brings this struggle to life in the music video to […]
Justice League for Earth
Shawndre’ Young When a world-ending threat arrives on Earth’s doorstep, only a group of superheroes stand a chance of saving the planet. Can the combined powers of Batman, Wonder Woman, […]
Impact of Fear and Loss in IT
Dallas Collins What impact does fear and loss have on a child? Stephen King’s It, in both its film adaptations, seeks to answer this kind of question. With the nefarious Pennywise the […]
Visions and Commentary from The Illusionist
Nathaniel Keay Couched in the guise of a magician drama, 2006’s The Illusionist serves as a commentary on many modern social issues. When a magician’s love is torn from him by a […]
Tim Burton in Wonderland
Dallas Collins With Alice in Wonderland’s definitive style being whimsical and odd, was Tim Burton the correct choice to bring the story back to the big screen? While Burton is […]