DLP @ MIT

Friday we went to MIT to get a more better idea of Media and learn some things about "free use" and things.

That day we went to MIT was probably the most interesting day I had yet.We learned about media more extensively at that time and did some pretty interesting things, too.

What I enjoyed most was the video games we tried out over there. They were developing some games (in only a 3 month time span) and we got to try one of them out. It was then I realized why my mother never wants me on my PS2....

But its what we learned later that made me enjoy this trip the most. The names of those who taught us escapes me, but I know what they taught me will stand in my mind for awhile.We learned the difference between a remix(I'm pretty sure that many of you are familiar with it already) and a mash-up.

Its important for you to know that even though they sound if they are hinting at the same thing they are completely different and its important not to confused them. A remix is a song that has been edited (something has been added, subtracted, mixed up etc.) to make a a much different song. A mash-up is a piece that Incorporated the lyrics of one song and the instrumental of another.We did a similar thing with poems- we did a "remix" of one poem by cutting lines from one poem and mixing them around; and when we were given the same poem, but this time with another, different one we created a mash-up of those two poems.

The conversations that followed helped us understand the dilemma facing the music industry. Who owns the mash-up or remix of the poems we did? Us or them? What if you made a mash-up or a remix of songs, do you own it? Can you sell it?

"Free use" answers this in some ways-which is what we will be thinking about as we make our videos.We also got to see a remix of a video and how using images in a certain way in poetry can affect the listener/reader strongly.

Overall I enjoyed it and can't wait to get to put to use what I learned.

summary : preparing for the interview & camera practice

Hey all!!!!

Today was a nice day the birds were chirping and the sun was shining but i was tired - enough about me

Today we started off by breaking into our groups and picking out our top 15 questions for our interviews.It seemed to be hard for almost every group because we all had great questions.Then we came back together as a group and went over them as a group.We helped each other edit our questions.

Then we looked over the the correct film terminology.next we looked at the films The Color Purple and Jaws and we studied the scene's set up and why certain shots were used in the movies. Paulina kept talking about "intention" and how important it is to be selective with our shots.

After that we learned how to use our cameras and we went outside to test them. We went in our groups and set up shots .They really came out great!!!!

OK its time to go home now and watch GH(general Hospital).

MIT trip reflection

some of the good ways for me to become a good film maker is by trying my best to stay on task. I've learned so much about camera's, shots,a seen, and all that sweet jazz.
so now its up to me to do what i have to do and gave my team the best they need. Kevin's a hard worker and so is jelly.taking the right shots at the right time will be pretty good as well...the shots at first seemed hard but once we got our hands on the camera i stared getting a better understanding.i get it its all business now...SO LETS GET TO IT AND DO WHAT WE DO BEST....the best is on its way....lol....lol...

Misz Yana'sz MIT Trip!!

2 start we went 2 mit saw som cool sprinklerss went 2 an overpriced store && finally we went inside...we got 2 no da peoples dat worked derr we met Andres Anna Deb && Milo I 4got da rest ov da names....2 warm us up we learned bout remixes && mashups...In our genereation wat a remix isz is a song dat has already been produced wit a nuu artist addin hisz style...&& i lerned dat,,, dat waz not wat an actual remix is A actual remix isz one song that has been cut up && reordered...That waz sumfn nuu 2 lern && alll the tym on jamn 94.5 they hav mashupsz but I didnt no dat waz wat dye waz a mash up isz 2 songsz put 2gteha one wit da beat && de otha with itszz lyricszz....We ate burtuccis pizza wit pepperoniszz lolszz...I lerned wat not 2 du in a documentry it waz pretty kool && i saw alot ov cool thingszz it waz l yk "totally dude" hahaha I am soo ampt writing thiss && I am soo done writin...We also went down && play videogames haha well I didnt participate cusz I am not a videogamer but lyk evry1 waz workn so hard bcusz dey had deadlines som ov my co-workersss were able 2 play the video games dere waz this weird one but it waz kinda weird wit sound && dey were killn bunnies && da people who made da games were sooo excited 2 c dere own games @ work....I looked @ da back wall && dere were som great drawingszz && dey were gunna name the game Wiip bcusz u use a whip 2 tame da animalsz usin da wii remote hahahah

Misz Yana Roxsz~~toodles~~

Summary : Practicing with cameras

lisa

today was lisa's first day with us. it was fun meetin` her. she seems reallie nice. &&is reallie pretty. she jumped right in and wasn't shy to voice her opinions. she has a lot to contribute. i think she will be a big help to us when we make edits so paulina won't go crazy.

today-mornin`

in the mornin` we did draft #2 of our questions. everybodyy came up with some really go0d questions, some reallie WOWed us. cuttin` down our questions with the help with the rest of the team-mates.

so by the end of today, i've learned that teeyanna is not camera shy to say the least. it was very fun workin` with her to make our commercials which was a success. i kept awake today until after lunch, go me =] the cameras` were amazin`. i had so much fun with them. watching everybody's videos` was really fun.

SEVON

poor baby. hopefully, he will join the team tomorrow

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guys ?

umm. ..what happened to the guys ? post something ! we want to hear what you think about the past week. s0rry juan, i mean people under the age of 20. you only miss the cut off by a bit, a tad bit.

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Outtake

everyone seems like they had an excitin`, busy weekend. hopefully we'll be able to strap on &&take on the new challenges we will endure this week. i can't believe this project is only goin` to last four weeks. sniffles. i've already made some strong ties amongst some of the team-mates last week. i'm excited to grow more with them. thanks to julie, juan &&paulina for pickin` these awesome, amazin` people. me &&teenyana are takin` turns writin` the questions we've chosen right now. i thought it'd be kind of arkward to just sit &&stare at her so i decided to blog.

oh yeah, i think we should hang out outside of techboston. movies, dinner anyone ? any suggestions ? i personally would love to go ice-skatin`. what do you guys think ? =]

mmm. ..juan is on stalker status right now, with his lil` camera &&everything.

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