Monday, September 24, 2012

"Love Language"

The purpose of this shirt film was to spread awareness about deafness. It wants people that just because people are deaf doesn't mean that they are any difference, that we shouldn't treat them differently. After watching the video the reaction I got from it was "awwwww". This video was downright adorable! I'd have to say that this video was extremely effective at proving its point. It achieved it by showin how the guy isn't even fazed by he being def and goes on believing that she's till a wonderful person (which bring into account the "aw" factor).

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Semeadores

      The painting "Semeadores" is a painting of two workers in a field. The artists of this painting was Mexican and most likely grew up around an agricultural area around farming.  His intended audience was most likely upperclass members of society who don't get to see what goes into giving them their luxurys.
      The purpose of this painting was to show those upperclass people that they shouldn't take for granted what they have because of the hat labor that was put into those things. Some artistic techniques that were used to show that the laborers were hard at work are the fact that the artist makes their frets meld into the ground and the shape of the worker's back go with the hills in the background. Also the worker is connected to the land is the strokes of the land and his body go in the same direction showing some unity. Showing the unity between the land and it's workers shows how they belong there and perhaps that they worked for so long and hard on the land that the become part of it in a way

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Good Old Desk

        The subject of "Good Old Desk" appears at first to be simply about a desk that he's really fond of, but when you look at the lyrics Good Old Desk is always capitalized whe they shouldn't be. The first letter of each of these words spells out God. So once you discover that the hidden message is actually about God the whole song becomes much less creepy and makes much more sense.
        The narrator or singer isn't very religious and wanted to get a message across without making his listeners feeling uncomfortable or like he's gone all religious on them. The audience was his usual listeners but he wanted to get this message across without them freaking out or shutting it out and then once they discover that he's actually talking about God it would be easier to accept it.
        I believe the purpose of the song is simply to express the comfort of God or a God-like figure. How it can be comforting and helps you feel as if you not alone that they're always there.
       Once I discovered that the song was actually about God it made so much more sense. I was really  lost when I thought that he was just singing about a desk I was thinking who sings about a desk.
       Three thing I found in the song that pointed to the song being about God besides the capitalization of Good Old Desk are:
1) Its always there
2) never needs a rest
3) Its the friend I've got, a giant of all times

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

"The Pinch of Poverty"

The focus of this painting is of a poor family in London selling flowers. The point of view of the artist is sympathetic to the poor. Instead of making them happy or making them seem like they deserve poverty he makes the painting focus on a family that is sorrowful and innocent. I believe that the intended audience of the painting is members of the upper class. It was made to show them the faces of poverty and tries to get them to feel for them.
       Two techniques the artist used would be the accent yellow of the flowers that stands out from from the background of mostly neutral colors. The flowers that the little girl is trying to sell could represent hope. The flowers are what get them through their lives and helps pay for things such as food.  Another technique used is the baes that are behind the family. This bars could be representing then hold of poverty and compares it to prison.