Author Archives: mbetker

It’s been fun, and it’s been real, but it hasn’t been real fun

Posted on May 1, 2013 by mbetker

Just kidding, it has been real fun. And real educational. This semester I learned a lot of interpreting media (what?) and really enjoyed myself as well. I liked the discussions about advertising and the hidden meanings and persuasion methods in … Continue reading →

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I’m gonna be the best lab partner you ever had

Posted on April 22, 2013 by mbetker

For my Video Remix Project, I turned the comedy She’s The Man (Andy Fickman, 2006) into a horror movie. The original movie is based on Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night and focuses on Amanda Bynes’s character Viola, but I recut the … Continue reading →

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I, Robot

Posted on March 22, 2013 by mbetker

Alex Proyas’ film I, Robot is set in the year 2034, a year when the use of robots as servants has become the norm. A Chicago detective Del Spooner appears to be the only person in the world who doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is bliss

Posted on March 1, 2013 by mbetker

The Oxford dictionary defines transhumansim as “the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations, especially by means of science and technologythe belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond … Continue reading →

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Movie “Magic”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by mbetker

Bernard Dick defines a subjective shot as representing “what the character sees” (56). This means that the camera stimulates what the character is seeing so that the audience sees it as well. In one scene in The Graduate (1967), Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Sorry I Spell Favourite Like a British Person

Posted on January 23, 2013 by mbetker

My name is Marika Betker and I’m a sophomore Communication major and English minor and I hope to go into publishing. I am taking this class because it is required for my major. I’m from St. Louis, MO, where I … Continue reading →

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