Thursday, February 18, 2010

Super Bowl Ads $3 Million!?

When it comes to the Super Bowl im not a huge fan, but I do like to watch parts of the big day because.. well of the interesting and funny Ads that are played at the Game. When I read that there was a $3 million price tag to the 30 seconds of fame at the SuperBowl I thought WOWW thats alot of money. I was looking at a Artical saying that "The cost of a 30-second spot for Super Bowl I in 1967 was $42,500 on CBS and $37,500 on NBC. Twenty years and 20 games later, the cost had spiraled to $600,000!. I think that the cost of the ads is HUGE!. I think that Companies and Business jump at the fact that even though there is a huge price tag attached, Their Commercials being aired at the game that because of that hopefully their businesses is going to be booming and things will be getting better for their industry. One of my favorite Ads played at the 2010 Super Bowl is the Doritos Commercial with the little Boy and the Moms Future Man. It made me laugh ALOT! check it out :)



Friday, February 12, 2010

Media Constructs reality..

The are many different kinds of ways that Media can construct itself into making us think that what they are producing out to society is real reality, there are many ways that the media shows us this such as from watching televison, the internet and in Magazines.Many people have trouble telling the difference between what is real reality and what isnt. I think that most shows that are coming out on tv is all made up reality such as for example The Real World Cancun is a show that is suppost to be what happens in the life of 8 strangers all of which are people who look good and who fit into the "perfect" looking human and all of their lifes struggles it shows real life situations of these people living in the house together.I think that these kinds of shows are very pointless because people tune into watch these shows ever week to see all of their BS and Drama People need to realize that these shows are all made up and scriped and are not a real reality show.

Photo Retouching Video


Photo Retouching..


I think that computer retouching has gone to far because many young woman look at all of the Celebrities and think that they are very beautiful and they want to look like that and many young girls strive to look like the people in the media. The truth is that none of these woman in Ads and Magazines look like this without Computer retouching, their bodies and faces have been changed so much from everything to their eyebrows shape, hair colour being changed to having their legs and thighs changed to look smaller and longer.The effects that photo retouching has to the general audience is that these ads are showing young girls that this is what your suppost to look like even though everything in the pictures are fake. Since this has such a impact of society because media is posted everywhere there is a increase of eating disorders and girls are starving themselfs to look that beautiful and skinny.