Reality vs Fiction (Numba 9)

Real vs Fiction
The Life of Truman Burbank
By: Garrett Coles

Imagine a world where yore whole life is the center of attention, 24/7. Everyone knows your name, everyday at least 1 person smiles and waves at you acknowledging your existence. Sounds great? Now imagine not knowing that your the main feature of this world, but everyone else does, that is, Truman Burbank.

Truman did lead a very average/good life. He managed to become a good citizen. He had a job, he graduated high school, he got married. He had all the experiences, that everyone else his may or may not of had a chance to experience. There was nothing fake about Truman, he was honest, he had friends and he was able to connect with people establishing relationships. However, as much as Truman was real, the people around him were not.

Truman led a very good life, but almost every event in his life was scripted. Truman was protected from the dangers in the "real" world, but still given plenty of experience. His best friend Marlin, was truly his best friend, but anything they did together was fake, plus anything Marlin said was from a script. Now as much as people believe this to be bad. All the lies that were given and conspired around him. It did give him experience and help him grow as a person. Sure Truman’s personality was gained from a so called "fake" environment, so what, He still became a good person and had all the experiences nesseccary to survive in the "real" world.
Truman may have lived in a dome, on a island, and cut off from the rest of the world but he was still a person, living a life, and growing up in a community. As much as Truman’s life was fake and full of lies, it was still a life of safety and experiences that led him to become a very decent and well rounded person. So what if his life was scripted, if my life was scripted to be like that, it be one great ride.

Blogsmack 7 Smacked By Reality

So i'm back with another topic to blog to everyone about. This time im bringing on thoose reality shows. Everyone who has a T.V and doesn't live on the under a rock has heard the term reality televison. Shows like "The Osbournes and Jon & Kate + 8" that have become ever so popular.

Now that i think about it, i realize why thoose shows have become so popular. I mean i think that what the exuctives are trying to do with this show is make it so that everyone can realte to. I mean sure not everyone has 8 to 18 kids but i mean its possible that even if they don't they can relate to the troubles that the mother has. However with it comes the downside that it gives the idea that the average family has that many kids and that muc trouble mangaing them. So kids are demons and some aren't so that's not very fair.

Speaking of children, that's a problem i have, normal when someone is in a televison show, even in a documentary, some buddy gets paid. I wonder if any of these kids get to see even a penny of this money. It's not right to even call this a doucmentary because well, no body's dead and there is nothing really life changing or historical about it. You can't have a documentary without that stuff.

So all in all this is a very difficult subject, so i am just going to leave it with a simple..indeed this is a unique world.

Dream Theater 6

Ahh mall's, who doesn't love malls, a place where you get to lose all that hard earned cash, almost like a casino. Now that i think about it it is alot like a casino. Vaughn mills mall, was definitly like a casino, think about it, each place had its own neighbourhood. There was the out door one, with Bass Pro, their was the fashion district with thoose fancy clothing stores, the kids section with things like build a bear and a toy store. I mean it was almost one stop shopping. If you knew what you wanted you just went their and got it. But back to what i said. It is alot like a casino because of a few things, the first being the prices, which by the way were outragously high. I mean 7 dollars for fries and a pizza. Come on! The other thing that makes it alot like a casino was the fact that no matter where you went there was some technique to try and get you to come inside. Build a bears fancy music and jingles, pop music from clothing stores. I mean even some of the sotres lighting and the staff's slugish techn iques of we really don't care if you come in or not, making it seem they are not pressuring you for their buissness was a lure.

I loved the trip all and all but there are definitly a few things i would change. The first would be make it linear, and maybe 2 stories, therefor forcing you to pass each store to get to the one you want. Add the second story for potenialy more shops. I would ask them to lower their prices a bit because, it is consindered a outlet store, things should be cheaper. It is a great mall however. All in all i learned that when it comes to running a business and selling things, it's all about the selling stragies and how you get the customer in the store. I mean its almost like a dream, your trapped untill you wake up and realize, WAIT I CAN'T AFFORD IT!

This is Bloga Numba 5

Wow celebrity endorsements, who saw this coming!?!? I did!. Celebs have always been a topic of discussion with anyone, be it a rocker or a actress, they are a topic of discussion. Some people out their obsess so much about celebs, they are willing to do anything they do. By having a celeb "shop" at their store or even walk around wearing or using their product, people automatically flock to that store and copy what they are using/doing, almost doubling sales, it's amazing what people will do to be like famous people. However their is a downside to that. There are people out their that do easily subcumb to thoose techniques. *cough cough me* These peope have a tool that works even better than celebs. Word of mouth. I these so called rebels, starting spreading negative commments about a store, i woulkdn't be surprised if sales drop.

Honestly though if stores are willing to let people shp at their stores for free, it might be worth it to become famous i mean i could use some free stuff!

Blog Number 4 (thats right nothing special this time)

Ahh slogans, natures catch phrases, a jingle and a little peice of this world that involves advertising. Whenever you watch t.v or read a magazine their is always some kind of advertisment or something that you will see that has a slogan. This week we did an activity on matching slogans with their product company. My group was successfull in matching them allthough for a bit of misunderstanding we had 4 people instead of two, but not like this really mattreed, it was just a assignment on seeing how we react to advertising.

Advertising useally involves some sort of trick to keep or catch your attention. I consinder myself to be one of the people who are able to push ads away and not really let them effect my life. i was easily able to recall which ad went with which product because of one simple thing. Memory. I have seen most of the ads before and was able to recall the info and match them up. It wasn't stuck in my head, or silently brainwashing me, it was just a good recall ability. I still consinder myself a very good person who is good at being immune to ads.

Entry Numero Trez (lol i'm spanish hehe)

I am loyal to the Randy River brand. It is a sweater brand that i tend to wear. Normaly i don't really care about what i wear but i find that their sweaters provide the best comfort and style for which i am looking for. Another brand i am loyal to is Samsung phones, because they are almost indestructiable. My phone was in a snow bank for 2 months and it still works, now that is what i call durability. The last brand that i am loyal to is Coke a Cola, i have always enjoyed it's taste, it provides the quick rid of thrist that i need.

Three brand that i am not loyal to are yamaha drums. The durability of their drum heads is ridicuolisly over rated. They hardly last as long as you would want them to. Motorola phones are a brand that i can't use. The service is ridicuolies and the they break all the time. The last brand that i can't stand is ipod. The prices are ridicoulis and then afterward, you have to only use their products to put music it on it.

I am usually a self-pointed type of person, meaning i pick my values and my own views on things. I hardly ever let other people choose my mind. Although it is good to know more information about certain things, i usualy keep the same opinion.

How effective is advertising? #2

Over the past week, we have looked at multiple forms of advertising. A popular one seems to be product placement in movies. That one however seems to be mistaken. For me I hardly notice the products and am to focused on the movie. The advertising compaines put to much work in trying to get the product across that they seem to have forgotten that people are smarter than they look. I say that direct advertisng(posters) is a much better form. You actually focus on the ad and are able to comprehend what is going on in the ad. It works so that you are able to actually know the product and determine if you need it. As always the direct techniques work the best.