2012 Republican Primaries

Check out these statistics gathered by ohmygov! It's quite obvious that Social Media is intrinsically tied with politics. It is a whole other thing to see the actual numbers.

FACEBOOK FANS

1) Sarah Palin	2,761,054
2) Mitt Romney	793,127
3) Mike Huckabee	535,011
4) Ron Paul	302,299
5) Bobby Jindal	122,389
6) Newt Gingrich	107,046
7) Michele Bachmann	97,755
8) Tim Pawlenty	71,841
9) Rick Perry	51,839
10) Mitch Daniels	42,300
11) Chris Christie	32,456
12) Haley Barbour	17,290
13) Rick Santorum	12,987

TWITTER FOLLOWERS

1) Newt Gingrich	1,309,037
2) Sarah Palin	422,884
3) Mike Huckabee	129,320
4) Bobby Jindal	55,983
5) Michele Bachmann	35,688
6) Ron Paul	31,539
7) Chris Christie	28,564
8) Tim Pawlenty	25,856
9) Haley Barbour	11,444
10) Michael Steele	8,738
11) Rick Perry	5,686
12) Mitch Daniels	1,978

I've been meaning to post about this particular video for a long time.

Health Reform Explained Video

This is it folks. This is a video that takes a complex, controversial issue, and then calmly explains the idea with neutrality and clarity. This is the pinnacle of what 'English for New Media' is all about.

Recalling Reading

Behold, the fruit of my (and Dan's) labour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Q1SX-gfes&feature=youtube_gdata

Twitter

If you can't send a message in one hundred-and-forty characters it probably isn't worth sending. Excuse me while I write an essay on this topic.

Follow @juantoniovaldez

Powerpuff Girls!

The most vivid childhood show I remember was the PowerPuff girls.

Feminist, catchy, and with some of the most creative villains I've ever seen! How can you say no?

Early Film

The first film I remember viewing (though it certainly wasn't the first) was The Jungle Book.


Masterly crafted, filled with classic Disney characters, classic Disney story, and classic Disney racism. Good times.

Baby Films

Trailers were originally meant to advertise films. But more and more, trailers are becoming well composed. They have their own beginning, rising actions, climax, heroes, etc.. The lines start to blend between film and the trailer for that film. Especially with the unfortunate trend of showing "the best parts" becoming more and more prevalent.


Take a look a few of these.


Super 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfdYeGAjQH4


Super: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctcURFb7XE4&feature=player_embedded


Four Lions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-SrlQ9tlI


Video games have the trend of making trailers that don't show footage from the game at all. Instead, they use pre-rendered (out of game) footage to lure in potential buyers. But sometimes, you get some really beautiful and unique trailers.


Dante's Inferno: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rbeAGdYk_0


<Warning graphic trailer involving children and zombies. 18+ only>


This Dead Island trailer is especially poignant. There is hardly any actual game footage, and the game hasn't even finished development, but the moment I saw this, I was sold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg


With the budget for most of these trailers in the millions, are they really just advertising? Film takes many forms, and maybe the one we least expect is right in front of us.