media appreciation #5: Questions for Be Kind Rewind

Media Appreciation #5

Questions for Be Kind Rewind

1.     Casting; Do the actors suit the roles that they were cast in?  Are they believable as part of the reality they are in? 

a.      Jack Black as Jerry Gerber

b.     Mos Def as Mike

c.     Danny Glover as Elroy Fletcher

2.     How does technology impact the community at the beginning of the film?  At the end of this film? 

media appreciation #4: SPOOFS

These are the comedy pieces that spoof the oil and plastics industry (an oil product derivative). I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find more... Does Big Oil deserve to be made fun of?




This is the link to the Senator Interview

media appreciation #4: Beyond Oil Ad

media appreciation #4: Cute new BP ad

Here are the two BP OIL ads, "Beyond Oil" and "Cute BP Video: Say Hey".  I encourage you to watch these on You Tube and look at the other videos that come up in the recommendations.

  

media appreciation #4: CBC News - World - Massive oil spill hits U.S. coast

Follow this link to watch news about theFollow this link to watch news about the Massive Oil Spill.  Be sure to look at the link to the videos!  Remember the video we saw in class was from April 29th.  Feel free to look around at other news services to see how they are reporting it.

CBC News - World - Massive oil spill hits U.S. coast  

media appreciation #4: the Questions

Questions for #4 media appreciation!

1. Discuss and review the two BP Oil ads.  Why does BP Oil choose the images/style it does to use in their ads?  What is the target audience(s)?  Which images stick in your mind and why?

2. In light of the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, is BP’s slogan (Beyond Petroleum) and Logo (the flower) appropriate?

3. Consider responsibility; considering that it was BP’s oil rig that burned in the Gulf of Mexico and the resulting oil spilled would have been BP’s profit, do BP and other oil companies deserve to be ridiculed, made fun of, and/or satirized?