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Video Research: This video does well to depict the origin of the Tunisia revolution and the rise of the Egyptian movement. There is a lot of youtube video that will be useful for our project concept. During my group library meeting today, we discussed ideas for our movie trailers. Our technique consisted of attempting to confine a research idea/interest/area into a single word or set of words. We each created the subject of our individual study, and the major themes that we developed are:

• Origin of Revolution Movement
• Use of Anonymity within Revolution
• Interview of individuals on the ground for cultural perspective and comparison to mediated perspective (What is happening offline?)
• Twitter and Technology manipulation to establish useful tools for revolution movements (How does the social movement dictate the technology?)
• Changes in brutality due to the glass dots (Revolution can be seen globally and it can be difficult to isolate)
• Mouse clicks start a revolution

Book Research: I have found a book titled "Abstracting Reality: Art, Communication, and Cognition in the Digital Age" by Mark J. P. Wolf. It does an awesome job at targeting this concept: "First, the individual has a new role, as a participant rather than mere observer, and finds himself or herself dealing with others in a similar role" (pg 183). This is an exact description of what is seen for the revolution movements. Individuals are now participating! The participation that is evident online is also occurring offline, and it establishes a new form of mediation. This book also targets how "Community-structured media does not replace audience-structured media, it displaces it, competing for a person's time, and as a venue for news, entertainment, education, and so forth" (pg 183). The acts of revolution have completely changed because of the community-structure. I am excited about this book because it is the perfect description for abstracting reality with relation to (Art, Communication, and Cognition), but it will be great for a framework of depicting the revolution movement. How does a Revolution fit into abstracting reality?

Re/search

My research professor always says: "Research is built upon repetition. Otherwise, it would be called search." So let the adventure begin!

I am currently in the process of contacting College Unbound. I would like to involve them and their vision in the VOST2011 project. It would be interesting to see their success and student comments about the program.

Research Plan:
Week 1 (Feb 21-27): What are the boxes on campus? How far do they extend and what do they enclose? Delve into the book "Mediated".

Week 2 (Feb 28-March 6): Understand the concepts behind un-schooling and determine if I want to represent it within my video. Determine if Ken Robinson is applicable for video voice-over. Start mixing music if audio cannot be found.

Week 3 (March 7-13): Read "The Saturated Self" by Kenneth Gergen and "Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity" by Charles Taylor. Manipulate concepts within my thesis.

Week 4 (March 14-20): Design video clips that represent box schooling and extend it past the department walls. Finish previous week's readings and music mixing.

Week 5 (March 21-27): Focus on video design and craft a solid storyline.

Please feel free to add any ideas for my future research!

War Going On For Your Mind

Motion Design!!!!! This is the medium I intend to use for further expression of my student vision. Not only is this video mesmerizing, it also has the perfect music!

There is a war going on for your mind.



Ideas:

• Questions professors are asked
• Questions students "want" to ask
• Hierarchy of courses
• Ideas of great minds