Comments on: Objectivity: A Question of Perspective http://braindrainblog.com/2008/04/14/objectivity-a-question-of-perspective/ Just another Kim's Sites site Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:09:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: lunawolf http://braindrainblog.com/2008/04/14/objectivity-a-question-of-perspective/#comment-166 lunawolf Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:38:44 +0000 http://atticfox.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-166 Yes. The profit motive always seems to win out in every market. I will definitely be taking more stimulating and thought-provoking classes in the future! Three hours a week in that film history class wasn't exactly challenging, but I did get to see Casablanca, which I hadn't thought I would like (I'm very against the entire romance genre). Yes. The profit motive always seems to win out in every market. I will definitely be taking more stimulating and thought-provoking classes in the future! Three hours a week in that film history class wasn’t exactly challenging, but I did get to see Casablanca, which I hadn’t thought I would like (I’m very against the entire romance genre).

]]> By: Kim S. Clune http://braindrainblog.com/2008/04/14/objectivity-a-question-of-perspective/#comment-165 Kim S. Clune Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:47:28 +0000 http://atticfox.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-165 Good question about foreign vs. American films. I think the reinforcement of stereotypes is the nature of the beast regardless of the source. Since making money is the prime reason for a film's development, any production company's major investment relies heavily on appealing to rather than challenging popular cultural beliefs. I'm not sure it's an intentional violation of ethics so much as riding on cultural autopilot. If you ever get the chance to take a class on postmodern lit, I highly recommend it. It's all about presenting idealogical thought in a way that makes it foreign to our natural (questionable term, I know) assumptions. Good question about foreign vs. American films. I think the reinforcement of stereotypes is the nature of the beast regardless of the source. Since making money is the prime reason for a film’s development, any production company’s major investment relies heavily on appealing to rather than challenging popular cultural beliefs. I’m not sure it’s an intentional violation of ethics so much as riding on cultural autopilot.

If you ever get the chance to take a class on postmodern lit, I highly recommend it. It’s all about presenting idealogical thought in a way that makes it foreign to our natural (questionable term, I know) assumptions.

]]> By: lunawolf http://braindrainblog.com/2008/04/14/objectivity-a-question-of-perspective/#comment-163 lunawolf Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:56:08 +0000 http://atticfox.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-163 I'm still at the community college level, so my professor just made us watch "The Birth of a Nation" and talk about camera angles. I sure wish we could have discussed more. (I can't wait to transfer and get a real education!) That is so true about stereotypes. Is this a trend you have noticed just in American film or is this something that happens in foreign films as well. Your article on "The Last King of Scotland was also very interesting. The part where you dissect the scene in which Amin's wife is murdered and torn limb for limb really opened my eyes. I saw that movie and also accepted without question the fact that it represented a male dominance that is portrayed by many movies about Africa. It's a given here that that is part of the whole continent's culture, even though the event never happened and probably would not have occurred. I’m still at the community college level, so my professor just made us watch “The Birth of a Nation” and talk about camera angles. I sure wish we could have discussed more. (I can’t wait to transfer and get a real education!)

That is so true about stereotypes. Is this a trend you have noticed just in American film or is this something that happens in foreign films as well. Your article on “The Last King of Scotland was also very interesting. The part where you dissect the scene in which Amin’s wife is murdered and torn limb for limb really opened my eyes. I saw that movie and also accepted without question the fact that it represented a male dominance that is portrayed by many movies about Africa. It’s a given here that that is part of the whole continent’s culture, even though the event never happened and probably would not have occurred.

]]> By: Kim S. Clune http://braindrainblog.com/2008/04/14/objectivity-a-question-of-perspective/#comment-162 Kim S. Clune Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:08:13 +0000 http://atticfox.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-162 Heheheh. My friends all thought the same thing. If I weren't allergic to THC, I might have too. (Just don't ask how I learned about that allergy.) The class I took on film last semester was eye opening, to say the least. Our professor asked us to look deeply into the messages film presented to see where our personal beliefs and social myths come from. Often film reinserts stereotypes because they are recognizeable and familiar so they sell. Unfortunately, they also reinforce these same stereotypes making it difficult for culture to shift away from old ideas. Heheheh. My friends all thought the same thing. If I weren’t allergic to THC, I might have too. (Just don’t ask how I learned about that allergy.)

The class I took on film last semester was eye opening, to say the least. Our professor asked us to look deeply into the messages film presented to see where our personal beliefs and social myths come from. Often film reinserts stereotypes because they are recognizeable and familiar so they sell. Unfortunately, they also reinforce these same stereotypes making it difficult for culture to shift away from old ideas.

]]> By: lunawolf http://braindrainblog.com/2008/04/14/objectivity-a-question-of-perspective/#comment-164 lunawolf Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:58:10 +0000 http://atticfox.wordpress.com/?p=416#comment-164 Wow. No one has ever presented that film to me in that way. I suppose that's due to my generation. My friends all thought it was a cool movie to smoke a bowl to when it came out. Wow. No one has ever presented that film to me in that way. I suppose that’s due to my generation. My friends all thought it was a cool movie to smoke a bowl to when it came out.

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