Tuesday, September 30, 2008

10 Questions

1. Do you feel, after the recent events, do you think we are in a recession?
2. What is the makeup of a good economy?
3. Do you think the economy will continue to get worst?
4. How do you feel about the recessionary period?
5. Why do you think the economy is so bad?
6.  Who do you feel is to blame for the downfall of the financial system?
7. How do you think the economy will pull itself out of the recession(like events, financial companies being bought or sold, or presidential changes, etc.)?
8. When do you think the economy will become stable again?
9. How do you think this recession will affect our generation?
10. If we are in a recession, do you feel it affects everyone the same?

Hampe Advice

Get Good Footage
Have Footage that expresses the documentary
The Camera cant do all the work
Don't question people, let them tell their stories

Talking Points

Why has it got to the point where people don't read or cant make time to read?

What has caused documentaries to become so renowned and well respected?

Brainstorming

10 Things I Saw Today (Monday)






5. coach Purse
6. Vomit
7. Rave across the hall
8. Facebook Chat
9. Gas Scam
10. Homer Simpson House shoes

Monday, September 29, 2008

Conversations

I feel like there is a big difference in learning certain subjects through conversation and through just reading. When it comes to things such as street knowledge or smarts or a topic of experience, I think that it is way easier to learn by hearing it and interacting in conversation.  Conversation allows for people to ask questions, argue their points, acknowledge success and failures, and gives face to face advice.  Nonetheless, when you are trying to learn more technical things that you have no background knowledge or are very specific to you having all information correct, I think that it is better to use a book.  Things of this sort can easily be mixed up and told incorrectly so regular word of mouth or conversation may cause mistakes.  

Quick Write

I believe that documents tell you a lot about whatever they are creating documentation for.  However, I do believe that while documents can often be truthful and shed light on a situation, they can also be very deceiving.  The way the document is written, who is written by, and the envoirnment that it is written in often play a major role in how documentation will turn out.  I think that these things will sway a documentor and often cause documents to eithier seem subjective or objective. For instance, Tabloids often catch celebrities doing things that regular people do everyday.  However, since they are celebrities people make different inferences and treat the situation entirely different.