User:Tophercent

Bio
my name is christopher mejia. i usually go by the name "topher"(pronounced 2-per) though. where do i start? i'm 27 and im into video production and writing but not limited to it.

Always Wanted To Schedule

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 * week 1 "brainstorming"  i think i have a pretty good idea about what i wanna do. stay tuned


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Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
the piece of art i looked at was called "Riviera" by Anthony Caro. i wasnt a huge fan simply because he said something along the lines of how it was like making music because he was trying to put different elements. i wasnt into that answer because i was in a band where i was the frontman with a hip-hop element,the rhythm guitarist was grunge,lead guitarist was into slash/guns n roses/blues/hair metal,the bassist did punk, and the drummer was a jazz drummer. where am i going with this? the sculpture looked like a bunch of identical old metal thrown together and the only thing that i found close to music was the fact that all the metal used was consistent.

i took another look at the piece and gave it alot more thought. i thought about maybe if all the metal originally used looked different when they were first presented; then when put together they sat there and became old and rusty as one unit the way random sounds are put together to make a song.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
its no mystery that tobacco/cigarette companies start targeting people at a young age with cartoon characters(joe camel) and simply trying to convince them that smoking is "cool." this is where the fallacy was actually effective because after a few conversations with some friends ranging from the ages 23-29(myself included/age 27) we came to the conclusion that smoking would be much easier to stop if it didn't give us a cool feeling. one of the individuals has recently quit smoking but also agreed that it still gave him a cool feeling that he misses at times.

Self-Assessment
i came into this class a little disgruntled because i had previously taken it at my old school (Olympic College) in bremerton and passed it with a B. the only problem was it was only worth 2 credits when i took it. i figured that since it was a class that everyone could take that i'd probably meet a few new people and connect with them on future projects; which i did. i found myself being a little lazy at times but always somewhat interested by things because they either refreshed some old things (getting my library card, group projects, etc). at the end of the day it was a great reminder as to why you should stay on top of things and that even though things seemed quite easy for me to do; you can always slip and fall behind on anything.