Let’s Check Out the Classes PSA’s! Sapphria Mae Edition.

Sapphria Mae would have like this post about the Propaganda rather than the actual propaganda itself. I’m not exactly sure where on the political ideological spectrum she would be but as a femme fatale I don’t believe she would like the current President very much. Which may or may not be personal, I don’t believe she admires or likes many men. Trump would have probably become one of her next victims and lost a lot more than the skin off of his ear.

Battle of The Birds – Sincerely, Kristen; Sapphria Mae would love this propaganda. I don’t believe she’s the biggest sports fan, but she loves competition and rivalry. What’s better than watching men beat each other up? Less work for her to have to do.

Sapphria would probably agree with this Propaganda. She doesn’t use a cell phone a lot and she see’s others overindulging themselves into their screens on the daily and not paying attention to what is going on in the world. Although, she enjoys it because that means less people are paying attention to any scandals that she may be getting into.

Macie Burke Reporting on the scene of The Terminator – A Police Station Shootout!

I chose to report from the scene of The Terminator after the police station shootout. I created this video using Canva. I used 3 different sound effects. I also recorded myself in a little bubble while talking about what happened at the shootout. Sometimes when I watch the news, I see that they show both, the news anchor that is talking, and the actual released footage that they can show to viewers. So that inspired me to do it this way.

**And yes, I’m using my hairbrush as a mic, lol**

Some of the information in this news-video is incorrect or not as telling as it could be… Not saying that news channels do this to us or will give us only the information, video footage, or parts of the story that they want us to hear or see… but this news video does that. I edited the movie clip to show basically only “The Terminator” and the police officers. I gave no other deeper background or context of the story even though I could have. I mainly showed the violence, the aggressor, the victims, and the gore of it all. I didn’t show Sarah once in this clip, even though all of this happened because the terminator wanted her dead.

Sometimes I feel like some people or context will get left out of stories because news anchors only have limited time to give whatever is deemed as the most “important” information. I made this video seem as if it was the terminator against the police. Not the terminator doing whatever he has to do to get to Sarah. Things may not always be as they seem at first. As a news anchor or news channel, this would give me the opportunity after this video released to get people hooked to the story and wonder what happened and why. Then I could release another video with more information on it. And so on.

I also tried to make this a PSA as well. At the very end I tell residents in California to stay home and be safe and things like that. I feel like news anchors also do that as well.

Overall, had a lot of fun creating this. I also got comfortable with recording myself on a video clip. Yay! Hope you guys like it.

Propaganda

M. Marshall 2.28

I have to start this by saying that I am a liberal. I hate Donald Trump, I cannot stand the Republican party, and I vote blue in every election. I try not to get overly political in this class because I know it can make people uncomfortable (although, isn’t being uncomfortable how we learn? I digress) and that isn’t the purpose of this class. If you disagree with me, you disagree with me, and that is none of my business. However, propaganda could not be described as anything but political, so that is the direction I am going. After any assassination attempt in any country, there will be a lot of controversy and discussion about political violence. To be clear: I do not believe that attempting to shoot anyone will address the problems going on in a country, but most likely martyrize the individual at the center of the controversy. Also, gun violence is wrong. With those things in mind, since this happened, I have seen the image of Trump, his bloody ear, and his fist pumped into the air more times than I can count, some might call it heroic, some might call it idiotic for remaining in the line of fire, I call it propaganda. He was almost shot for his cause makes Trump supporters dig in their heels further into the dirt. These images enforce the idea that he is patriotic and will fight for his country. The other week, at the mall, I saw a picture of this event put onto a poster, perhaps to serve as a reminder of his strength and commitment to the country. I think it is a perfect example of propaganda, which is why I created this right-wing propaganda.

For the record, no, he won’t. Even if he would, no, I don’t.

Weekly Summary 7

This week was an easier week for me I started off the week by day by day finishing the daily creates which is kinda like a mental breather for me Daily Create Week 7. I then took a scene from the Terminator and created a news paper about it. This was a fairly simple task that involved using canva to put everything together The Terminator. The next assignment I completed was the propaganda poster which was very fun because I got to choose a topic that was important to me and put a poster together using canva again( getting pretty good with canva). Propaganda Poster. Lastly I just finished off the week with voting and commenting on others people blogs. Overall a very good week.

Reporting from the scene!

M. Marshall 2.28

For this project I chose the first video, Police Station Shootout from The Terminator (1984). This scene was definitely pretty intense, but a good representation of film noir. I was very lucky this week because I had an important presentation for another class and decided to do a free trial for a month of Canva. This website is great for creating presentations, flyers, papers, anything you might need for free; however, it is really great when you’re paying for it (or on the free trial). Because of that, I was able to create this beautiful newspaper!

I am struggling to upload files onto WordPress, so working on that is definitely a future goal, for now, enjoy my screenshot.

Warning: Tech Noir!

I spent my time this week really engaging with the themes of tech noir, as I analyzed the scenes from The Terminator. I decided to create a newspaper, which I made via Canva. I included both events, even though I had more to write about in regards to the shootout scene.

Following that, I decided to keep with the idea of tech taking over/the AI revolution when I approached the PSA assignment. I contined to experiment with Audacity and made an emergency radio announcement. I had a ton of fun with the audio assignments a couple weeks ago, and found myself wanting to work on stuff like that again!

And as always, Daily Creates! Not much to say about these this week.

Coming back to my goals, I took what I wrote last week to heart and got my work done early! I was quite proud of myself, and I’m glad I was able to actually implement my changes.

TDC 2/25 – 2/28

February 25, 2025 – Opposite POV

February 26, 2025 – A Story

There once was a frog, who lived at a pond. He was picked up one sunny day by a young lady in a beautiful outfit. The frog could not believe his eyes! The girl kissed the frog gently on the lips, looked at him sadly, and put him back down. The frog went back to his life at the pond, now knowing what love could feel like.

February 28, 2025 – Clouds

“…like choosing your favorite snack”

What should ds106 do about those who don't vote for the posts of the week? Should there be consequences for failing to fulfill their democratic duties?

Hmm, that’s an interesting question. In ds106, voting for post of the week is like choosing your favorite snack. It helps showcase great work and encourages participation. While consequences might seem harsh, maybe gentle reminders could help encourage more
voting. After all, everyone’s opinions are important for a fair judgment.

It’s the sigh at the beginning that gets me. I feel the same way. Everyone should be looking over the work of the class, and everyone will definitely see things that they recognize as awesome. But apparently some people can’t be bothered. Who wants to be involved? It’s easier to sleepwalk into dystopia.

That, my friends, is not the 4life attitude. We are all in ds106 together. Get out there and vote!