Comic Books

Length: 2:39
This  video clip briefly summarizes the history of comic books.
Chapter 3 : Books
Question: What major step did writers take to reinforce comic books?
Answer: the writes's created stories where heroes dealt with real issues and less villains.

Movies

Favorite movie 2009:
2009 was more of a anime year to me and 'Up' made it to my favorite list. The reason behind Carl taking the whole trip was really sweet. The movie had some very touching moments and it had its own ways to give everyone a message about life.

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All time favorite:
Most girls tend to like love stories I am no different. My all time favorite is '500 days of summer'. The story is pretty much the ordinary but the presentation is what I loved the most and the soundtracks were awesome. 

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I watched both these movies in a DVD. Pirated DVDs were the ones you got in my country which came in for 23-24 cents since only a few movies got released in the theaters so that's a pretty good deal. I know it's illegal but I had to watch the movies downloading would take ages so buying a DVD was convenient :)

Magazines

Name: Two Worlds.

Concept: The magazine will only have photos. One story content will be taken and two sides of that story will be narrated by the pictures itself. For example, In this issue, on the first half I plan to feature how cow's are slaughtered in the United States and I will post photos step by step. Whereas, the other half will contain how cow's are worshiped in Nepal.


Readers: My magazine will be targeted to upcoming photojournalists, people interested in knowing about what is going on around the world. The targeted age group would be 18 and above up to 60,70. middle class population.


The Competition: British Journal of Photography, Shutterbug, Outer Photographer


Advertisers: EPSON, Canon, International Organizations such as UNHCR, PETA, UNDP. I will tell my advertisers that the reason behind bringing such a concept was to attract people. What I feel is when people flip through magazines they tend to look at advertisements and picture's more so why not create a magazine that only has pictures which which make them flip through every single page.


Cover page: The cover will show a brighter side and a darker side of the world. With the name of the magazine on the top middle and a sub heading to the topic.

              

Books

This sure is a tough call. I haven't really been reading books all that much nowadays, and amongst from the ones that I have read to find one that has influenced me is rare. I read books for fun. I would rather say the books that I really liked instead of the books that influenced me.






I have always loved books by Sidney Sheldon, read all his books and it is quite difficult to pick one from them . Nevertheless, If Tomorrow Comes has been an all time favorite of mine. I love the protagonist (Tracy), her wittiness and the ending is shocking the turning of events are interesting in this book too.

Another one of my favorite story is Lamb To the Slaughter by Roald Dahl this is a short story. I remember my teacher reading it out to me in class when I was in my 7th grade and at the end of the story I was like oh my god!. The plot of the story has always been on my mind since then and I have always liked it.

Lastly, the book that made it to my list would be  Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. This was my very first Indian author read and I simply enjoyed it. I could relate this book to myself and I am sure every teenager will do too. It  is a fun read and has hilarious moments.

Media Impact

My idea of research would be how the social behavior of the youth is affected by watching movies. First, I would select a group of  pre-teen girls who are new to the idea of teenage movies and are quite simple in terms the way they act, dress up or talk. Then conduct a survey regarding their initial behavioral patterns like gossiping, socializing, the kind of friends circle and where they hang out. And now, divide the group into two, 'A' and 'B'. 

Group-A will be watching teenage movies in a controlled environment and Group-B will be left untouched. This conduct would span over a period of three months where Group-A will watch teenage drama movies like High School Musical, Cindrella Story, Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen, Mean Girls, Material Girls, Sydney White, etc. 

After the 3 months of tests conducted, a final survey would be done on both the Groups. As a result, group "A" will definitely be following the celebrity lifestyles, like, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Vanessa Hudgens. They would be gossiping about fashion trends, music, designer clothings and accessories, make ups, girls night out and other things related to what they have only watched for about 3 months.
As for group  "B", it would be the same. They would be simple and sober as they were, less changes are to be found.