October 25 Class

This class shaped up to be one of the best in my opinion. It dealt with real world issues that I personally can relate to as well as others could I'm sure. Don't get me wrong I love going to Beth's class but sometimes the topics tend to get so far out there that the real world seems to be the fake and not our specific topic of discussion.
Being in the same shoes as my fellow classmate, in the regard of being skeptical of showing my work at times, I really gained a lot just by hearing everyones input. I never have really been concerned of what people thought of the preliminary stages of the project at hand but when it comes to the final product, I like most am quite sensitive. Its nice to hear that I am by far not the only one somewhat struggling with this issue.
I love what I am doing in school and starting to do in the real world. Almost without a doubt, one of the biggest issues that has been on my mind is the infamous portfolio. What to put in it, how to go about making it, and so on. The list literally runs on forever the more I think about it. After touching on some of the topics in class it was really nice to hear what is best to put in and honestly how the majority of employers view it; just as you dress it! After putting a little more thought into the topic post-class, this oh so cloudy image of a portfolio started to become much more clear and the idea has slowly been developing since class yesterday. Honestly I certainly hope that we have a lot more classes like this previous one. It, for me, gets the juices flowing the best and well once they get to going watch out! I am absolutely blown away by how this creative thought train, which I use to ride all the time in high school and my freshman year at IUPUI, has built up more steam than it ever had before. Needless to say thanks Beth for the kickass class!

You Call It

October 11 Class

Honestly, for once, I don't have a lot to say. Today's class really was rather "normal" compared to some of the others that we have had. I didn't think that the class discussion that we had would go quite as smoothly as it did. It was nice to actually see that I am not the only one that is experiencing some of the things that I am. This was nice considering, although I hear that most do, I tend to think that I was the lone bird going through this type of I guess would say predicament. Starting to think that when I or really anyone for that matter starts questioning things around her/his self, it seems to almost alienate us more than just going with the flow; even if it isn't what we see as agreeable.

October 4 Class

What matters...

Fear and My Expectations

After giving my deepest darkest fears some serious thought, I started to realize and give the effects of fear some deep thought. This train of thought sent my mind running from here there and everywhere in between. It wasn't so much as to what is going to cause the initial emotion/reaction of fear that I was interested in. When I, or really anyone from my experience, experiences the effects of fear, I or they tend to miss some major points or pieces of the puzzle. What I am getting at is our mind, as was talked about in class, goes into a fight or flight mode. Once we, humans, are in this mode, our surroundings are not experienced as they would be if we were not in a fight or flight mode. For example, say if one was presenting a very interactive presentation before a class in a normal classroom setting, the audience of the presentation would more than likely pick up on every subtlety and design element of the presentation. Now remove the normal classroom element of just a "normal" new media presentation being given. Add in the effects and the added elements of what fear brings to the table and then present the very same presentation. All of the subtleties of the presentation almost undoubtedly will NOT be picked up on as before.

As for my expectations of how my demonstration will go before the class is yet to be seen. I most certainly think that the emotion/presence of fear and all of its entities will without a doubt heighten the classes overall experience. I predict that they, the class, will be put into a fight or flight type of mode if my ultimate goal is met; scare them to their wits! With this added element the bigger picture will more than likely be missed and just the big obvious clues and surroundings will be picked up on. My number one goal is to exploit the effect of fear and what senses given up when experiencing this emotion and element and also what is gained when experiencing it. I do believe that this will more than likely help everyone in the class start to see things from a much different point of view! Stay tuned to see what the overall effect my experiment will be and its reactions.