I.F.S. Adventure: The Game
July 16th, 2008
Check out the new International Flapjack Society game! A rousing adventure story involving ministers battling against the evil waffle goons…check back for updates!
I.F.S.: The Game
Public Education Funding, CA: An Introspective
July 15th, 2008
Documentary on public funding for higher education told from the perspectives of a UCSB Economics professor and an indebted Film Studies Major.
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A Few Snapshots
July 15th, 2008
Children are impressionable human beings. There are always discussions concerned with protecting the youth from the dangers of society and personal interaction. It has been fundamentally established that children should learn from their parents or guardian, instead of being susceptible to outside forces. Therefore, it makes sense that children’s personalities, perspectives and habits develop primarily through a child/parent relationship. In essence, children are being molded into a form designed by their parents, accepting and understanding the world in accordance to the parental model. Read the rest of this entry »
Assessing a visual medium as art is a problematic and convoluted situation. Subjective viewpoints and value judgments are always tipping the scale of merit in either direction, furthering the debate of whether or not something fulfills the requirements of art. But, intrinsically that should be the function of art; to create a perspective of life where opposing human emotions interact in order to reflect and comment on a particular topic. Since an artist has a motivation for creating a piece, their work should incite thought provoking attitudes and discussion. If, as humans, we are constantly reflecting on our world, art should be an outlet for social, cultural and moral issues. As a reactionary experience, art can and does allow for further understanding of the human condition, especially when the work conjures up unusual topics.
Visual media penetrates our everyday existence in our present society. There is at least one television in most households, new films are constantly being played at movie theaters and advertisements plaster the urban landscape. In the majority of these visual penetrations, the accosted is meant to watch, experiencing the medium as a viewer. However, there are devices and systems of visual material that are designed in order to observe and catalogue the social environment, becoming a viewer of society. These cameras developed as a means of monitoring public and private domains for the sake of security and control purposes. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is viewed or recorded video material that is not broadcast and became increasingly popular in governmental and business use in the last twenty years. The proliferation of the ever-omnipresent cameras is primarily due to both an essential and developed need for security and protection. They are used for monitoring of valuables, property and more appropriately for this discussion, human individuals.