Eng 101

Media is like a transformer of knowledge for me. Media’s components are multiply and develop day by day and the information which people brought from it dramatically increase with this transition. As a student, I mostly use internet in order to provide information for my researches for articles and also become aware of our country’s political and daily events however my parents mostly read newspapers because of their generation to find out about the news. With the rise of the Technological Era, humans became big fans of the television and the TV created a suitable place in the species of media for itself. I am also a big fan of television from my childhood. I always spent really long time to watch cartoons including Looney Tunes, Spiderman and Pokémon. Actually I still spend lots of time in order to watch cartoons but in these days I do not just watch cartoons but also several television series. To be honest, I am not a conscious media follower because I gave shape my relationship with the media under the sway of my own interests.

Commercialism is a way to present the product and it has spread into almost every aspect of daily life. In these days making films is practically similar to making commercials. The movie makers made commercials of specific products in exchange of money or the valuable objects for their job. The producer’s purpose is generally generating profit from their production however for viewers it is not seen as a profit but a waste of time. In films the commercialism is mostly made with product placement which is a type of advertising. The way of product placement is deceptive and some people do not realize them at all. For example, in the movie called I, Robot the mark of Converse was really effective in order to influence people and make them ambitious about buying shoes. In the Truman Show, it is possible to see lots of product placement examples that are made in a sarcastic way. With this sarcasm, the audience becomes much more aware of the beguiling way of commercialism in films. Watching movies should be more entertaining and educating whereas films commercialized in order to increase producer’s profit. People get bored with watching long length advertisements and also it does not redound anything necessary for them.

I would like to talk about the film called The Pursuit of Happiness and the family structure in it. The Pursuit of Happiness was directed by Gabriele Muccino and it’s based on Chris Gardner’s biograpy. First of all, i want to give information about the family. In the film, there is a divorced couple and their cause of divorcing is destitution . The mother character is really disregardful but her attitudes are came from the fact that she is poor , she needs to work much hours and also she needs to catch up life in these confusion and difficulties. She left her husband because she loses her belief in her husband. Espicially after he loses the job that she wants, actually he takes the job he always dreamed about at the end of the movie, quarrels among them arises. Besides she does not respect the job her husband wants. However, the father has the same lack of sufficient qualifications but he specify his son the priority of his life. He makes lots of sacrifices for his son and also told him something like “Follow your dreams, do not allow anyone to tell you what to do even if he is your father.” With these sencentes we can understand how much he care and support his son.