Best. GIF. Ever.
The Oatmeal, as usual, explains everything you need to know about SOPA/PIPA while A. making you laugh, and B. making Oprah ride a jet ski in space.
Copyright and intellectual property are complicated. But I know this: We have the right to make Oprah ride a jet ski in space! And that’s why we cannot allow SOPA or PIPA to regulate the Internet.
“Custom made wedding bands with waveform of couple’s own voices. ”I do” Ring offers a unique opportunity to own a timeless representation of your partner’s voice. Any words can be recorded to make a ring.”
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Sooooo adorable.
I still cannot get over the fact that someone wrote about me in their blog.
“I also managed to make friends with a tiny asian girl who, due to her lack of conversational skills, introduced herself by stroking faces and announcing:
‘I have come to socialise’.”
www.stuffwhatiwrote.blogspot.com
Making dreams come true, is what I do.
Very occasionally.
In which Henry Green once again does not forget to be awesome…or say it.
Positively adAWWWable.
(Source: jullibjones)
Just looking at the covers of Time Out and The Big Issue there are a lot of discernable differences. Whilst the only real solid factor of The Big Issue covers is the distinctive typography of the masthead, the rest of the covers is commonly played with to compliment or work with the cover story to instantly convey a message or grab the reader’s attention (Bright colours grabbing attention, and going with the 50’s vibe of the artwork).
However, Time Out magazine tend to go with a more uniform set up of main image, the same block copy masthead in the top left corner, and a few bits of anchorage relating to the cover story/main image. This grasps a much more uniform image that is easily picked up by anyone – whilst the bright imagery and poppy vibe of The Big Issue might make it more attractive to a younger audience, Time Out has a cover that seems a lot more accessible, in that anybody could pick it up and read it.
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Upload a media text and analyse using your new found knowledge.
This is an advert at a bus stop for Rice Krispies Squares, and I chose it because it stuck in my head not only for the techniques that it uses but also for the fact that:
a) I read this every morning I was at the bus stop and it made me smile every time, and:
b) My brother genuinely bought two packets after he drove past this the first time.The text uses bright colours to grab the viewers attention, with two pictures of the almost iconic Squares packet to instantly let you know what the advert is for. This is complemented with the bright pink tagline: ‘BUY TWO - GET A FREE BOAT’.
This not only grabs the readers attention and makes them think ‘Woah, really?’ (Even if just for a second) before they see the tear in the bottom right (The tear connoting that theres something not right, or cheap/cheesy) and the words ‘It’s all lies, they’re not even Square!’.
This plays not only on the fact that although they’re called ‘Squares’ and are rectangular in shape, but also is clever advertising, in the way that they have gotten your attention, placed a product in your mind, made you laugh, and not made any promises or said anything about the product in itself.
Just signed my name for the 100,000th time.
The best thing about this is that if you didn’t know any better, you’d think this a hyperbole.
It isn’t.
(Source: fishingboatproceeds)
Quick Tumblr Task
“WEEK BEGINNING Monday 3rd October - chose a great text that demonstrates lighting techniques (this can be a film still, TV still or advert) Blog about the techniques used and how (along with mise-en-scene and camera) meaning or narrative themes are established for the audience. - PLEASE INCLUDE THE IMAGE IN YOUR POST!!”
As soon as you mentioned ‘great text’ and ‘lighting techniques’ I immediately thought of the film Bronson. As well as being a film that stuck with me for it’s sheer horror and creepiness and mentality, it also seemed to have stuck with me for lighting techniques as well.
As a part of the narrative, the film is interspersed with small monologues from Bronson in a black indescribable room (Maybe just inside his mind). In all of these parts it uses a pure high-key lighting technique to give it a really creepy look, and emphasise all the injuries and muscles that he gains throughout the film.
It’s simple, but it works a treat.
(Source: janethomas)
