Monthly Archives: February 2015

Chinese Chess

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Playing Chinese Chess

Playing Chinese Chess

This is a picture of my brother and I playing Chinese chess. I usually don’t play things like these, but my brother loves playing it so I decided to just give it a try. I thought it was really, really fun, mostly because I kept saying how the soldiers only took one step at a time, even when they’re about to get killed, and how the cars are running over everything on the board and driving through the river. And my brother kept trying to tell me to be serious and think more about my moves more, since I was just moving them randomly. After that I thought a bit more of my moves, but my brother still ended up winning in the end.

Nearly Done!

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On February 6, I memorized the song Somebody To You. Even though it repeats a lot, it’s hard to remember how the song goes. I think I should memorize this because I think it’s a bit unprofessional to have to keep glancing at the screen all the time to know the lyrics and who sings what. Real singers don’t keep a piece of paper with the lyrics on them to their concerts. I also think it will be easier with this song because Teresa and I aren’t alternating parts as much as the others.

On February 8, I went to Teresa’s house to practice singing Somebody To You by The Vamps. We used this karaoke => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vjO6_uc__A. Teresa already got the parts split on February 6, so we didn’t need to use any time at her house to split the parts. We had two hours to practice and we used that time well.

We plan for Teresa to come to my house on Sunday, February 15, so that we can do the Somebody To You cover.
We never got the time to go to each other’s house. Again, since we had to finish our homework. We knew it was likely that would happen, so we agreed to stay until 4:30 on Friday today, so we could practice and maybe film.

The conference room was being used, and everywhere else was way too noisy. We weren’t able to film the cover at school, so we just practiced on the bleachers near the construction site.
Singing Practice

We plan to get at least two songs done before school starts again. We think that it shouldn’t be too hard to accomplish, since we now have a lot of time to go to each other’s house. I want to get our Somebody To You cover done as soon as possible, so maybe Teresa can come to my house on Wednesday.

Bias In Print Ads

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“Bear – Mcdonald’s Print Ad.” Bear – Mcdonald’s Print Ad. Web. 2 Feb. 2015. .

This is stereotyping the fact that bears like to eat humans. Many people believe that bears eat humans, and that’s where McDonalds got the idea to use getting eaten by bear in their advert. People won’t think it’s weird, even though bears won’t eat us. The propaganda is that McDonald’s food will still taste good no matter what.

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“Just Parking – Pizza Hut Delivery Service Print Ad.” Just Parking – Pizza Hut Delivery Service Print Ad. Web. 2 Feb. 2015. .

This is stereotyping the fact that when people are late for something they always make up excuses. The propaganda is that the pizza from Pizza Hut will not be late and has fast delivery, and will also not make up excuses.

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“Sign – Greenwich Pizzas Print Ad.” Sign – Greenwich Pizzas Print Ad. Web. 2 Feb. 2015. .

This is a stereotype that everyone loves pizza and think it’s valuable. It makes you think that you are supposed to think that it’s valuable. This pizza store wants you to think that they spent a lot of time on the pizzas, so much time that they would be valuable. Also, putting all those words into a pizza makes it look like a ton of cheese can be stuffed inside.

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“Pretty Flowers and Makeup.” Theadvertisingeye. 23 Nov. 2011. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. .

The propaganda is that the makeup advertised in the ad will be very effective and is totally worth it. It also doesn’t say the price, because maybe it’s really expensive. Then when people go buy it, they usually don’t turn back.

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“Gallery For Uniqlo Ad.” Gallery For Uniqlo Ad. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. .

Want you to think that there’s a lot of variety in UniQlo clothes for any kind of person. Since most of the clothes in the advert can be for both girls and boys, they both genders would come buy the clothes. The girl with short hair also makes both boys and girls want to come instead of only girls. If it was a girl with longer hair, people will think that the clothes at UniQlo will appeal mostly to girls. So UniQlo chose a girl with a more tomboyish look.

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Morris, Avigayil. “Roots Canada: Free Shipping Save 30 – $60 Off Your Purchase | BargainMoose Canada.” BargainMoose Canada RSS. 6 Oct. 2011. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. .

This is stereotyping the fact that Canadians like being out in the wild. They make you want to think that making Roots clothing is good for the environment and maybe to be Canadian you would have to buy their clothes. With the signs showing the discounts, it also looks like Roots stores are everywhere, even in the forest.

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Spoon, Ryan. “20% of McDonald’s Facebook Ad Is Hamburger Legalese.”RyanSpooncom RSS. 12 July 2010. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. .

Uses the word, “Awesome,” which is usually something younger people say. That means that this ad is directed toward younger viewers. Using that word will make younger people really pay more attention to it. If McDonalds makes an ad with the word, “DELECTABLE” is giant letters. Obviously teenagers don’t usually use words like that, and mostly older people will pay more attention to posters like that. Teenagers are also prone to do things without thinking much. This poster encourages teens to eat this ginormous and unhealthy burger.

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Hoblak, Paige. “Guest Column: Consumer Culture.” – Langley Today. 13 Dec. 2011. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. .

People only want to get stared at if they are looking awesome or cool. If it’s OK to stare at this iPhone, than that makes people think that it really is awesome. People don’t like being stared at if they think they’re going to fail or if they look embarrassing. That makes people think that the iPhone is never going to fail, and won’t be an embarrassment to the makers.

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Dellinger, Elicia. “Magazine Ad Analysis.” An EYE for Business. 13 May 2014. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. .

Starbucks want you to believe that Starbucks coffee will be perfect. And want to make you believe that other coffee shops will not make coffee as perfect, even on the second try, meaning that other coffee shops won’t try as hard. Also want you to think that if your coffee isn’t good enough at Starbucks, the people working there will be kind enough to give you a second cup.

La Da Dee

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Teresa and I are planning to go to film our new cover, La Da Dee by Cody Simpson sometime this Sunday (1/25) or the Sunday after that (2/1). We are going to use this karaoke that I made.
Unfortunately, because of the Individuals and Societies Summative Assessment, it is unlikely that we’d be able to do anything together over the weekend, since I’m sure we both would need the time to finish the Summative and prepare for the presentation.

We have both learned that we should probably use the time we have in school to do our Valient Ventures. For example, we could have used lunch time or the time when we finish our work in Spanish class to select our next song, so that we don’t use up 30 minutes every time choosing a song at each other’s houses.

We really didn’t get to meet up this weekend (1/25). We were both busy working on our Summative Assessment. We had finished splitting the parts though. The document is here.

On Sunday (2/1), I went to Teresa’s house. She was meant to come to my house, but my mom had to clean the house, so I went to hers instead. This is the cover we made–> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2SR3jQSf-k.

On our song ideas document we deleted a few songs that we were unlikely to do, which made the list much shorter. That made it easier to decide what our next song would be.