media appreciation #5: Questions for Be Kind Rewind

Media Appreciation #5

Questions for Be Kind Rewind

1.     Casting; Do the actors suit the roles that they were cast in?  Are they believable as part of the reality they are in? 

a.      Jack Black as Jerry Gerber

b.     Mos Def as Mike

c.     Danny Glover as Elroy Fletcher

2.     How does technology impact the community at the beginning of the film?  At the end of this film? 

media appreciation #4: the Questions

Questions for #4 media appreciation!

1. Discuss and review the two BP Oil ads.  Why does BP Oil choose the images/style it does to use in their ads?  What is the target audience(s)?  Which images stick in your mind and why?

2. In light of the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, is BP’s slogan (Beyond Petroleum) and Logo (the flower) appropriate?

3. Consider responsibility; considering that it was BP’s oil rig that burned in the Gulf of Mexico and the resulting oil spilled would have been BP’s profit, do BP and other oil companies deserve to be ridiculed, made fun of, and/or satirized?  

media appreciation #4: CBC News - World - Massive oil spill hits U.S. coast

Follow this link to watch news about the Massive Oil Spill.  Be sure to look at the link to the videos!

CBC News - World - Massive oil spill hits U.S. coast

media appreciation #4: greenwashing

This is a Spoof of the oil industries done by This Hour has 22 Minutes.  They are making fun of the "Green Policies" of big companies like BP oil and the plastic industry (Plastic being made of oil, therefore an oil product).

This is the link to the Senator Interview

media appreciation #4: Cute new BP ad

Here is more from BP oil... a cute little video about themselves...
What is BP Oil trying to say about itself?
What audience are they looking for? Is this for Kids? Remember Logo-rama?

media appreciation #4: Beyond Oil

check this out- an Advertisement by BP Oil... How does this make the company look, especially in light of the current disaster...