This video is proof that the camera is a male eye. It shows a woman and her husband and while she is running up the stairs stripping, he thinks they are going to the bedroom. What he does not know is that she is heading to the bathroom. There is really no need for there to be any sexual connotation in a shampoo commercial. However, herbal essences took the opportunity to put sex into their commercial. We see this woman in the shower making very provocative noises, as if she was getting pleasured. I highly doubt any woman would ever put this in a commercial. It is very personal, and belittling. It makes it seem like the man only wanted his wife for that reason, for the only time he started paying attention to her is when she started running up the stairs taking off her clothing. The male eye often makes woman objects of lust and sex, and shows them in very sexual settings, such as this commercial.

Point of Order

Point of Order was a very interesting movie. The clips they showed from the trial provided a lot of information from what happened at the whole trial. Emile de Antonio did a good job of picking out the right footage from the hours he had to chose from. He started out showing one side, then would give glimpses of the rebuttal and the other points. He did a good job of showing how both sides felt, but yet left room for others to interpret what they thought should have been done.

McCarthy often went off saying he had names of those who were communists, yet never provided any proof. In class we mentioned how it was like a witch hunt, and it really was. He would go off and say he knew the names of many people that were communists but could never prove it. He never provided the list, and never said why he thought they were. In the witch trials there was never a way to prove that those women were witches. In a sense McCarthy was a witch hunter.

Those who followed McCarthy probably found safety in his words, thinking they would never want a communist in control of their government or army. They thought he would never lie to them, and was coming out with the truth to out the government. Point of Order essentially showed the world what was really going on behind closed doors with the McCarthy trial. The montage video of the trial showed the highlights of what was a very long trial.

Zapruder Film & Rodney King

Within the last couple of years a new form of film has come out, and that is the "accidental" video. We see this with the Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination. With the accidental film we moments captured that may not have meant to be significant until an event happen. We see this with the Zapruder film, seeing the president was significant but nobody knew that he was going to get shot that day. Zapruder was merely filming an important part in history to document it for himself and happened to catch an extraordinary event. The Zapruder film soon became very popular, and was studied numerous times to try and figure out what had happened on that day.

Many people can remember the exact place they were when they find information out, but if they do not see it first hand it can impact them differently. Many people can remember where they were on the day of 9/11, but seeing that second plane crash into the tower, changes everything. It makes you feel that the event is truly real, and can never be changed. The same is connected with the Rodney King beating. Someone caught the police beating him when he was pulled over, which was disturbing on so many different. This video soon became very important evidence in the case against the police and Rodney King.

"Accidental" film can often be vital to many different things surrounding the event that was captured. It often enhances a persons flash bulb memory, and essentially proves that the event took place. It also gives an every lasting account of what exactly happened.

Hearing the News vs. being there

This week we ready Hearing the News vs. being there by David P. Pillemer. This reading was all about flashbulb memories and how things can be different depending on if you witness them on the news or if you actually take place in the action in person. Along with the reading we had a student come in and disrupt class to see what we as students remembered through the experience. We saw through this that even if you are there you cannot remember all the events that happened in order.

Many people can connect better to a situation if it will affect them personally. For all of us in class the boy that disrupted did not personally affect any of us. It did not strike a cord that would emotionally damage or cause any change in any of the students present. The boy simply disrupted class, and showed an attitude not many of us had seen in class before. As we presented what we thought had happened in those 5 minutes it was clear which parts stuck out to all of us: the swearing. The boys foul language stuck out the most, and the fact that he was blatantly texting in the middle of class. Much of the lecture and the interaction between the professor and the boy was forgotten or mixed up.

Most of the time if an event personally affects us personally, directly impacts us, or we are in the very heart of the conflict we will remember the exact details. For example my brother passed away last July, i remember every event of that day perfectly. I can remember where I was when things happened, and exactly how i felt at that moment. Other flashbulb memories include the twin towers collapsing, i can remember exactly where I was when i received those messages. Things that affect a person so deeply and personally tend to stick with them longer.
Me and my brother the Christmas before he passed away.