2011-2012 BIOLOGY BLOG

Starting today this will be my biology blog and will include my opinion on certain topics involving biology.

Blog comments

Andrew's blog -  http://mediaredundant.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-entry-6-logo-parodies-that-speak.html?showComment=1305738631872#c7966072849495239788

Ernest's blog -   http://mediabloog.blogspot.com/2011/02/digital-actors.html?showComment=1305739204902#c6018679453549479256

Melanie's blog -   http://melaaaniee.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-entry-4-from-spray-can-to-light.html?showComment=1305739813675#c7384724990031806252

Millicent's blog -   http://meyelleyex51.blogspot.com/2011/02/mashups-and-copyright-laws.html?showComment=1305740203725#c622092562869661363

Alex's blog -   http://alexk12.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-g6-xd.html?showComment=1305740510984#c1324398886069986559

Roberto's blog -   http://robertolagman.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-entry-1-social-networking-privacy.html?showComment=1305740766064#c6923861231905268292

Social Networks

Social network sites are great places to interact with your friends online, find old friends to connect with and share photos with. But are you sure that your information and photos are only seen by the people you trust? Is it being viewed by a stranger? Earlier this year, a social networking site called Facebook had a privacy update. This new update caused many security issues, this caused Facebook to create a new privacy system which concerned a lot of users and caused them to doubt how safe they are on Facebook. 

When you think of your safety on Facebook, you do wonder if you are safe or not. You have your name, personal interests, and your photos online that strangers can view, see what you look like and what kind of person you are. Some facebook users do change their last name to something else to hide their identity but still keep their first name so, their friends could still find them. Most users put up a block to hide their information and on who can view their pictures. Some users actually don't think of their profile's safety and have no privacy settings on so, anyone can view there profile. By doing this, you make yourself open for random strangers writing on your wall, viewing your photos and gaining stalkers online and offline. People who don't have Facebook are lucky that they won't experience any privacy issues but still have to be cautious on what they do on the Internet. 

Some tips on how to protect yourself on social networks are to view your privacy settings and set them accordingly on your preferences. By doing this, you avoid any cyber bullying and harassment. Be careful of what you write on your social network because if your friends read it and take what you wrote in the wrong sense there would be confusion and mixed feelings between one another. Make sure you are posting appropriate pictures of yourself.

In the end, it is important to always protect your privacy online no matter what social network you use, and to be cautious on what you post because you don't want negative attention.

LOGOS

1.  The logo I have selected demonstrates many different principles of design.  It has three main points which makes it easier for the viewer to understand.  At the top it has "bp" as the headline, in the middle it has the altered logo as the artwork, and lastly it has "black pollution"as the body with some information under it.

2.  The artist uses the normal logo and adds a gradient effect with black, and lastly adds a small droplet of oil starting to leak from it.  The artist used this imagery because for him this is how he sees the oil spill in relation to the BP logo.

3.  This logo is saying that on the surface BP is trying to say that nothings really happening, but really they're trying to hide the facts by putting it in the bottom, rather than being open about it.

Digital Actors

1. Is this acting or is this animation?

   I'd have to say that this involves elements from both acting and animation.  I say this because for this movie the actors were given special equipment to act with, the equipment that they wearing sensed each motion and facial expression they made which were than transferred into a computer that turned them into animation.  

2. Do you think that animated character should be eligible for acting awards?

    I think that based on this movie that in a way you could say that they do deserve an award, but at the same time i would say that they don't really deserve them because they were made from the actions a real person did with equipment that were mentioned in question 1.

3. Do you think that human actors will ever become obsolete? Why or why not?

    Personally in my opinion i believe that one day human actors may become obsolete because, as shown in the trailer for Assassins Creed Brotherhood, the animation in our day and age has become so amazing that it looks like the characters in the game are played by real people.

From Spray Can to light: Graffiti Revisited

Light Graffiti

     In this picture the light art is used in a very unique way.  In this situation the artist used light art to make seem as if the car is going extremely fast, although in reality the car may or may not be just stationary.  The way the artist drew the lines of light was very well done.

Street Graffiti

    I picked this picture for my favourite example because from a certain angle it looks as if the ground were ice and there was a huge gap in the centre.  This example took a lot of effort, simply from looking at the piece you can see the it took a very long time to draw this.  This artwork also makes use of angles similarly to how it was used in the light graffiti picture I selected.

Light Graffiti Vs. Street Graffiti

   Light Graffiti and traditional Street Graffiti are very similar in many many ways.  Both are a form of art artists use to express themselves in a very unique style.  Another way they are similar is that unlike traditional art their tools and be bought anywhere and is more easily acquired.  By saying they have many similarities you could also say that there are also many differences.  One major difference they have is that street graffiti is illegal in the sense that it is vandalism, while on the other hand light graffiti isn't really permanent but can be kept on a photo for a very long time.

MashUp 3

1. What is this mashup trying to communicate? Is it technical experiment, social or political commentary, a comedic parody, or an abstract work of media art?
This mashup is trying to communicate the transition from rock into rap, it's also means that the two aren't that far away from each other and that when mixed can become something very great.

2. Did its creator follow or break copyright laws in its production?
In it's production the creator( Danger Mouse) did break copyright laws, he broke the laws because he didn't ask the original artist( The Beatles) permission to use their song, although Danger Mouse didn't really plan on creating many copies. Danger Mouse only intended on creating 3 000 copies. 


3. Do you think that mashup like this requires copyright permission? Why or why not.
I think that Mashups like this require a lot of copyright permissions because the one of the original artist is very iconic and it would be very disrespectful if the creator wouldn't respect them enough to just ask for permission.