Week 8 and 9 Tasks - Interent Field Trip & Preparation for essay

This week is a catch up or what I like to call BLUDGE WEEK lol no not really.
Weeks 8 task was to look up some interesting and interactive websites. I found a couple that I consider to be unique and somewhat obscure:

http://www.habbo.com/
this webpage is an online interactive game where the user can play as a character and move around in a 2D world to undertake various tasks, chat and interact with other online people playing the game

http://www.superbad.com/
hummm words cant really explain, check it out

Week 9 is based on preparation for the essay thats due next week 10. It sounds stupid but Im finding it difficult to come up with an informative and interesting topic when there is no specific essay question and we can write about anything and everything. I think im going to go with a topic based on internet privacy and its moral and ethical issues that influence activities on the interent. This would be a good topic because im sure i could gather a lot of online and written materials. This is important because my downfall in the last essay i wrote (in another subject) was my use of references. Also the topic relates to everyone that uses the net, everyday users through to large scale finance and business use.

Week 6 - More Photoshop

Last week we learnt some basics of photoshop. We also had to find unedited photos that represent the following subject matter... (some of the photos I took myself with my Olympus FE-210, 7mega pixel digital camera, the others I found on the net. Their URL's are referenced)

FRIENDS: my friends and I...slightly intoxicated lol at the pub having a good time. Friends and being at the pub go hand in hand

HIGH TECH: A scene from Terminator 3 of the machines at war. A fictional movie but it does raise the question, how long is it until true judgement day, will man kind go too far? http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/terminator/t3endoskeletons1.jpg

NEWS: haha the Naked News, what will they think off next. Mass media targeting the specific demographic of males. Its interesting, if most broardcasts took that format would the programs be more popular, would people really care about the news?

http://www.efc.ca/pages/media/2001/images/2001-01-16-a-nakednews.jpg

SUMMER: mmm Krystal Forscutt...hot! I think this is what a lot of blokes think of when summer comes to mind, beach and babes. Am I right Jules?http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89007271&MyToken=2cb6acb8-2ac5-4bb5-8a89-0e092a143537

UNCONVENTIONAL: I dont know, this was the 1st thing that came to my head.

http://ventnorblog.com/copy_images/surfingdog.jpg

UNIVERSITY LIFE: The Balancing Act - I took this photo because I think it answers the sterotypical question of what is uni like? Balancing Social life/drinking vs actually doing some work haha

This is the photo I made through Photoshop>>>

Bush and Bin Ladan, finally agree on something

I found a photo of The Halo 2 Xbox launch, featuring the main character (master chief) presenting the 1st copy of the game to one person. From this I came up with the idea of using President Bush at a soldier/commando figure, representing his NEED for war and Bin Ladin unifying with him as they hold what was the game but now editied to be a symbol of "rape the world" an i idea that both parties clearly partake in. How appropiate it is, im not sure but all in all I think its a pretty clever idea.

Cheers

Week 5 - Introduction to Photoshop

The purpose of today is to learn about photoshop and how you can manipulate and combine images together to make an interesting subject matter. I find this technique is very popular with satire and parody, especially involving current movies and high political profiles. Some examples can be seen below:

I came up with a photo of me and my buddy Borat....."NICCEE!!"

more photos to come...