BLOG #5 - THE STRAIGHT-TO-DVD WORLD OF MOCKBUSTERS

I think mockbusters take away the creativity of filmmaking. Even if it is not the exact same, the movie is still uncreative. Channels like SYFY embrace these movies and I hate it because its like every week a new one pops up. Come up with your own ideas do not use the ideas of others and build off of it like its your own. The idea of filmmaking is coming up with your own ideas and putting them on tape. How can a film crew be proud of their work if they know the film will suck and it is a reimagining of another bigger movie. SYFY and other channels are promoting these filmmakers and I believe that it is ridiculous. They are making money off of someone else's concept and there are millions of independent filmmaker that have great concepts, but have no funding to get themselves out there. I think mockbuster movies are non creative, lazy, and roughly put together. These directors are not looking for progression, they are looking for a quick buck by a stupid channel that will fund whatever is put on the table. This plagiarism on film.

BLOG #4 - ONLINE PIRACY

I think online piracy has become a regular thing in Internet culture. Almost every album that comes out every year gets leaked or becomes available on a website a few weeks prior to the original release date. I am personally pro online piracy. With the increasing prices in movies tickets and even albums as a college student it is very easy for me to download a movie or album for free without feeling remorse for the artist or director because they are still making money off of their product. They should not be upset with the consumer/fan, they should be upset with the companies taking their products and adding a large price on them. Musicians do not even make that much money off of albums anymore. Most of their money stems from concert tours and endorsements. It is also the lack of government regulation of finding those who pirate these albums and movies. Or is it the fact that it is just not that important to them in their current state? All in all no one is really suffering from this, all of these musicians and creators are already rich. If it was affecting them that much then their would be some sort of public uproar for the government to do more to stop it from happening.

BLOG # 3 - Fix The Paper

I feel as though there is no way to help the newspaper industry sustain any longer than it is destined to be. I think this industry should die off because other, more modern, websites technologies have completely revolutionized every aspect of the newspaper. These new methods have made finding a job, obtaining information, and any other useful purpose the newspaper has a lot more convenient. You have job search engines like craigslist.com that replaced the classifieds in the newspaper. There are websites like yahoo news that have made the information aspect of the newspaper obsolete. If you think about any aspect of the conventional newspaper you will realize that there is a website that can do the exact same. Although the newspaper is still around because of the fact that an older generation is still around, but what happens when they die off? Who will fund these companies? The companies will be replaced by TV and Internet, but in the end the Internet will take both over.