Week 13 Questions

1) Journalists should utilize objectivity in their reporting. They need to show the news as it is and not slant it in any way or have a bias against certain information.

2) Filmmakers need to utilize originality as it is very rare that something fresh and brilliant is released in today’s rehashed and cliched film environment.

3) Designers need to be creative; their designs, products, and styles have to be new and up to the moment, not dull and repetitive.

4) Writers have to show cohesiveness in their writings so that they may be clear and succinct and not be following in the footsteps of authors like Nathaniel. Hawthorne.

5) If I had to gather information, I would have to figure out my main idea so that I would then be able to branch out in order to cover all aspects of the topic. Then I could go online or to the library in order to actually peruse information.

6) In order to brainstorm, I would draw a Venn Diagram or a flow chart in order to consolidate my information and make it easier to visualize my ideas.

7) I am able to identify visual elements in a film or television show if I watch a film more than once; the first time, I take in the plot and the characters, but any time after that I watch for camera work, editing, special effects, and other elements.

8) I am able to identify the point of view in a story when I see that the story focuses primarily on certain characters and their experiences throughout.

9) I recognize a well developed idea by trying to discover where it originated; if it has grown from its original state then it is most likely developed as it has undergone many revisions and much scrutiny and criticism from other, outside sources.

10) If an idea is not strong, I would ask someone else’s opinions so that I may be able to nurture and cultivate it and make it better. I would consider this outside feedback and try and fit it into my idea by either changing it completely or adapting it in order to make it much stronger.

11) I research an idea by figuring out the types of information and how much information will be needed. I then start using the knowledge and experiences that I already have before looking on the Internet or going to the library in order to gather information that I do not know offhand.

12) I produce ideas by writing them down and then refer back to what is written in order to make numerous changes and amendments. Then I ask other people for their opinions so that I may get some additional insight into what I have started to create.

13) I implement ideas by setting goals and following through by making decisions. If it is a group project, then I will pitch my formulated ideas to other people, but even if it is just my own idea, I will still ask others for their opinions so that I may get input from different angles.

14) Salvador Dali’s most famous work of art, The Persistence of Memory shows a surrealistic image of melting clocks in the sweltering heat of a desert. The painting is symbolic of the distortion of time in dreams, and there is an amorphous creature on the ground that vaguely resembles a human face; this is representative of a person in a dream-like state. There is also symbolism for life and death as well, as there is a pomegranate fruit, symbolizing life, that is being consumed by ants, symbolizing death.

15) The process of creating a metaphor is not too extensive, but it has to be done correctly. The point of a metaphor is to compare two unrelated objects or ideas based on a shared theme, quality, or aspect of both. One would first come up with various qualities of the main object in question, and then figure out examples of other objects that share these characteristics. Then, these new objects would be compared to the main object based upon the linking quality. An example of the main object could be a cat and its qualities then limberness, cleanliness, and independence. Choosing the quality of limberness, the cat could then be compared to a trapeze artist walking on a tightrope due to its own quality of limberness.

16) My learning process is pretty linear; I process information in a straightforward matter. I learn things sequentially, meaning that I build upon what I have previously learned in order to truly absorb something new. I am also a visual learner; I like to look at maps, charts, and pictures aside from just listening and absorbing information audibly.

17) Question number 9 in Part I of the midterm was difficult. It read, “All images are _______, meaning that they imply a ‘floating chain’ of signifieds, making the reader able to choose some and ignore others.” The correct answer that fills in the blank is “polysemous“. I did not know the definition of the word before I took the test, but I now know that polysemous means having the ability to have multiple meanings based on context.