11/4/16 Sarah Veasey

Today in class we further discussed allusion. Allusion means that you are making a reference to something whether it be a book, movie, time period, etc. We also went over Dominant v. Subsidiary audience. A dominant audience is the main thing, we are mostly concerned with them. They are the ones that most author and directors are looking to engage so that they can further understand the piece of media better/fully. Their is also the subsidiary audience. They are more around the main focus, and aren't as important as the dominant audience. They are more of a question of importance.

Mr. Rivers kept asking the question, "Who is the dominant audience for reader player one and who is the subsidiary audience?" That question isn't really a yes or no question, it more a matter of your own opinion based on if you can understand the allusions in the plot line or not.

Today in class we also learned about Specifying Characterization, and considering how they tie in with Wall-E. Relationships such as Auto and the Captain or Wall-E and Hello, Dolly! are both important to this topic because they contrast between hate and love, and understanding and misunderstanding one another. All these understanding help develop the movie and characters because we get a sense of how they operate by themselves and with another character. Another question posed to the class was, "How do allusions specify Wade's character? Aech? Art3mis? Danio? Shoto?" This lead to our final task of the day, looking for allusions in Ready Player One to help with our podcast that we will be recording on Monday (Read all of Level 1 and 2 by Monday!).