Summary:
Today in class we took a side step and took a break from our research papers. With Valentine's Day being today February 14th, Mr. Rivers created class around the holiday. It first started with an image of googles logo today. One version contained an animated heart in which we are used to seeing in most images. Then in another, Mr. Rivers replaced the heart with a real heart. This lead to the question, why use one rather than the other? Students then pointed out that the real heart did not look as visually appealing as the animated one. This lead to todays class topic: Aestjetics. Throughout class we talked about the different aesthetic appels that are seen in romantic pieces of work. We first began by lookiing at movie covers of romantic comidies. The class relized the common look of a wealthy, white, and good looking human apeal that each image portrayed. We analyzed why this wold be put in place and discuesseed accordingly. Finally we evaluated "City of Stars", first as only lyrics, then as a song, and tehn through a film. This allowed us to analyze the aesthetic apeall to different forms of media. Last, we ended class by discussing the common structure between romantic stories, going along with Valentine's Day.
Google image in which we evaluated...
Notes:
Valentine's Day
First start with eh question of why google uses animated heart vs real heart in logo
And why… Mike points out that it looks disgusting
Aesthetic- the appreciation of beauty
Romantic comedies
Wealthy
White
Good looking
Woman seems to be dominant in titles
Beauty and romance go hand in hand: Feeling> Reason (not Practical)
Romanticism- valuing that feeling
Evaluation of song “City of Stars”
Aesthetic Beauty
Symbols → not rational
Love is everything
Rhyming is romantic, shows the idea that rhyming is a match
No logic- Mystery
Audio:
Back and forth→ Rhyming
Laughing → seems very real, adds layer to
Not as sad→ soft voice→ sensitive
Movie:
Sky and lights→ city lights
LOVE flows and throughout time
Tradition
Structure: death or marriage?
“Boy meets girls, boy loses girl, boy gets girl”
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