My name is Austin McComb, and I'm currently a Mass Communication Design major at CSU Chico, CA. This is my educational blog for CDES 219 where I will be posting, discussing, and commenting on Social Media and it's connection to Film.
Many people enjoy watching movies for different reasons. Some people enjoy the themes, the stories, the characters, the music, the symbolism, some even enjoy the complex under the surface philosophical ideas that only a very select few of individuals would ever notice, understand and contemplate, and lastly some people just enjoy the large explosions and loud noises (and that's okay!) :)
Almost all of us enjoy film/movies is my point. We all enjoy taking a break from our day to day lives to watch a bunch of animated pictures combined with music and sound to tell a visual story. Stories have been capturing our imaginations for as long as we've had the ability to communicate intelligently with spoken language. It's no wonder that over time our ability to improve and master the use of communicating stories has led to the multi-billion dollar industry of film entertainment today. It's something that many of us just enjoy given the time to do so.
You want to know what else many of us enjoy? Social Media... we love to post to Facebook what movie we just finished crying over, send snaps with Snapchat of our favorite moments during a movie at home, take a picture and heavily modify it's look using Instagram filters, and finally write blogs about what movie we just watched to analyze and discuss what the directors and writers were trying to convey (Kind of like what I'm doing here).
My hope is that many people will enjoy discussing the use of social media and film since it's something that pretty much applies to everyone in the developed world. If I had to choose one ideal reader of this blog, it would be someone who understands, is knowledgeable, and is open to the idea of film, (who really likes Star Wars like me) and that still likes to use social media to communicate his or her feelings and ideas.
Hi Austin! This is a great topic to write about for CDES. You and I share a passion for movies. I worked at/ managed an independent movie theater in the Bay Area for about 2 years, and I absolutely loved my time there. Social media was definitely a great tool to promote the movies we were currently playing. I managed the theater's Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter account to promote films and other theater deals.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I love to Snapchat the current Netflix show I am watching to my friends. I wish you great success with this blog topic over the semester! It is definitely a good one, and something mostly everyone can relate to.
Hi Austin. Definitely a great topic. I look forward to reading your posts this semester. - Dr. K.
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