Ethical Decision Making

For this assignment we were asked to create an account with news university, and check out the website. A section of the websit that i focused on was the ethical decision making section. In this section they talk about accuracy and fairness, conflicts of interest, deception, diversity, online ethics, photojournalism, plagerism, and privacy. I learned alot of all of the following, but the one that really got me thinking was palgerism. when the question of if you hear something on the radio or read a quote from a newspaper, or from a television interview or transcript you find online do you need to refference it? When you start to look at it from that standpoint then plagerism is used quite frequently on an every day basis. I frequently will quote things that i hear on TV, so is that plagerism? To me i feel that it isnt but some may feel that way.

Internet Safety

I feel that when I comes to Internet safety it is important to educate youth, and warn them about the consequences of Internet miss use. There are some companies that have created some educational games that teach children about the proper Internet use. For example, AT&T has created a question/answer game that allows children to read a question and answer with what they feel would be right in an Internet situation. Such as, asking questions about giving out too much personal information, or what to do with unfamiliar emails. Questions like these are very beneficial, so that children are aware that they do not give too much information out, or get a virus on there computer. All of the games that I have seen will help individuals learn about what to do when a scam might occur.   

Censoring Filthy Dirty Muck

The Internet has increased what the worlds knowledge, weather it be about obscene videos or individuals posting negative information on facebook. With the increase popularity of facebook and twitter, also comes the increase of users under the age of 18. I feel that facebooks initial intention was to be a social networking site, to make more connections in a shorter amount of time. The network to me was designed for college individuals to make connections into the real world when looking for a job. Now when I look at facebook you see what all of your friends are doing every second of there life, and who is in a relationship with who, and who is depressed or happy with life. Well I have three words for that " I Don't Care". As we look into the future I feel that a lot of this info that our children are throwing into public, needs to be discarded for there safety. Also for a moral purpose to remind them that most of what they post are immature acts.

Where do our childreen learn these imature acts? The answer is simple...MTV and other programs that show teenagers out of control, thus it gives children an image that it is cool to be out of control. Well its clearly not cool. I feel that we should have more cencorships, since clearly individuals can not choose what is morally right.

Green Screen Show

How does a green screen work? Well its simple, you take a green or blue screen and put it behind what you are filming. since blue and green are furthest away from skin color, the chroma key will only pick up those colors. you film what you need to then you can change the background to whatever u want. I have seen this method used several times in movies and in TV shows. One of my favorite shows to watch with the green screen is where individuals make fun of the celebrities. I think shows like this are hilarious, since they use creative techniques to describe what they are acting out. It also places a perfect setting, for the scene they are acting out.

Movie Review

The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 Silent Film by Edwin Porter. It is an action film about a Train Robbery.

The events that occur in this film consist of two men enter the train station and pistol whip one of the workers, then three of the robbers proceed to get on the train from the station. On the train they find a safe which has been locked so they blow the top off after shooting a man. then they move to the front of the train and shoot one of the conductors, and hold the other hostage. They get the train stopped and unhook the front of the train as get away transportation. Before they make their escape, they evacuate everyone off the train at gun point and take all of there money. As one man tries to escape they shoot him, then make there get away. They stop the train and run into the woods, where they have horses waiting for them. They then ride off into the woods back to there cabin.

I feel that the aspect they took with the silent film was a great idea, to me in a movie like this the music tells the story. As you watch it the music is more intense, during intense action shots.

Another thing i liked about the movie was the editing of the gunshot fires as well as the random colors that were added to the film. I felt that it gave the video some character, and brought some life to the film.

I feel that this was a great film overall that kept me interested all the way through. The acting was over exaggerated to help tell the story and i feel that it was very clear as to what they wanted to portray in the film. I would highly recommend this video to others who appreciate older films.