Prime Time

What used to be just a DVD that was put together turned out to be a very successful extreme sports adrenaline show featuring Travis Pastrana. This show is called Nitro Circus. Travis Pastrana, Jolene VanVugt, Andy Bell, Tommy Passemante, Jim DeChamp, Erik Roner, Jeremy Rawle, Hubert Rowland, Gregg Godfrey, Special Greg and Cam McQueen are the main crew in the show.

Out of these ten men are one woman. But this woman is a professional motocross racer. She is always competing with the guys in this testosterone driven show. There is only a few people that are over 40 years of age, which would be Travis Pastrana’s parents. The only person on in the crew that is overweight would be Tommy Passemante. Throughout the shows Tommy always does funny things with his extra weight and keeps the crew laughing.

The leading role is held by a man, Travis Pastrana. The only woman on the show Jolene VanVugt and she dress’s basically the same as the guys on the show. Usually wears just a t-shirt and shorts or jeans. The women in this show are portrayed in a good way in this case. This show shows that women can do things too, and that they are capable of doing a lot. None of the women on the show are minorities or homosexual.

As far as audience, this show is intended for anyone who loves exciting, adrenaline rush packed shows. Most of the audience is people that are fans of Travis Pastrana and all of the amazing things Travis has accomplished in his motocross career and still is making his fans aw in amazement nearly every time there is a new episode of Nitro Circus. Overall this show portrays women inaccurately because the average women could not do any of the things that Jolene does on this show. But you have to remember, she is a professional at what she does.

Commercial deconstruction

The advertisement I chose to deconstrut was a 30 second video advertisement from Verizon Wireless. It is a back to school sale ad. It relates to my life because I have a Verizon phone and use their services every day.

I chose this particular commercial to deconstruct because I can relate to the commercial. For example, both of my parents use text massaging to communicate with me and my family. And in the advertisement it shows a couple parents using their phones in a very intense manner and it is making their kids angry.

This commercial uses the "Bandwagon" type of persuasion technique. This particular ad uses this technique to help lure people in to using Verison services. They show a family that is very engrossed in the product in a way that will hopefully make you think it will help you very much if you buy their product. The people in the advertisement use the products very intensely to help persuade you to buy them because they seem to be very neccesary in you're life.
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The Super Bowl

If you were the owner of a television broadcasting company, and could make 30 million dollars in 30 seconds, I'm certain that you wouldn't care what the commercials were about. It’s all about money. And I imagine they allow it because they do make it amusing and entertaining in some way. For example, the Real “Men of Genius” commercials are hilarious.  Another thing is that people like to drink alcohol while watching the game as well. So when advertising for alcohol that may persuade someone to buy a beer right then at the game. The fast food advertisements are helping persuade people to buy fast food maybe when there either at the game or after the game. These two things are common interests in football fans too, so when you advertise the right things at the right time you can sell way more product.

Childhood and TV

Growing up me, my brother and my sisters never watched TV. Although we had channels and everything. Then we moved in 1999 and then we just didnt get channels. Never do I remember waisting time watching TV as a kid. I grew up outside pretty much. So no one monitored how much TV I watched because I didn't watch any!

My viewing habbits as a child have affected my viewing habbits as a young adult. They affected them because I do not have a craving for TV. Although if I had watched a lot of TV as a child I would most likely want to keep watching TV as a young adult. But since I didn't watch next to none as a child, I do not miss it at all because I'v never had it. Think about how much money my family has saved not having TV! Thats pretty much 18 years without having to pay $40 a month. Thats nearly $9,000!

TV Ratings

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if all TV shows did not have a rating? Well before 1997 they didn't do such a thing. I think this is a very good change. I find these ratings are very uesfull. Because 1997 parents did not know what kind of language and content a program would contain. Now that programs show ratings before and during the program, it is easy for parents to know what their kids are watching, or for anyone to know what kind of content will be on a program. 

Your Vote

As an American citizen, I personally think voting in elections is a very important. Having family that hold positions in my district, I know how important it is to vote in any election, wether it may be for sherriff or district judge or anything for that matter. Its free, and it DOES count. It may not seem like much but it will help. Its like collecting pennies, one penny may not seem like much but 10,000 pennies is $100! Being able to vote is a right as a citizen, and its overlooked by millions every year.

In the presidential election held 2 years ago I did not vote, because I was not of age. If I were to have voted I would have voted for Obama. Not only because would be the first African American President, but because he seems to be a very confident, honest, straight forward citizen that looks to have what it takes to run a country.

The Power Of Media

        In today’s world, 90% of what you say, doesn’t come from your mouth. You may ask yourself how this works. Think about it, when you see someone/something you immediately think something about that someone/something. That’s what I’m talking about.

        Ask yourself this, could Abe Lincoln be elected today if he were around? The chances are very slim. The difference between modern day presidents and presidents from back then are tremendous. Now days Abe Lincoln would look like someone from a horror movie on television, sad to say it but he would.

        Television has changed presidential elections. People are not able to just hear the people running for office, but see them talk and react live. People make decisions on what they see now days as to what they hear. Example could be Nixon and Kennedy on the first broadcast on TV of a presidential debate, on TV it looked like Kennedy won, but yet on the radio it sounded like Nixon won. So you can think of how seeing them makes a tremendous influence.

Downloading

        Have you ever wondered how it would feel if someone was able to steal from you millions of time a day without being able to stop them? Well try being a musician in 2010. Downloading music is almost normal for teens across America. Not only is it so normal for teens to download it, its also illegal!

        I am very much involved with music, every day of my life. Whenever I have time to spare, I’m listening to music. I used to download music to be honest, but not anymore once I realized how much of a pain it is to get clean music files that are not attached to a bunch of other files or viruses. I now pay 15$ a month for unlimited music downloads through Microsoft for my Zune HD mp3 music player. Not only does it make it easier to find music and get the music you want, its legal to do. So I do not have to worry about getting unwanted files on my computer or viruses.

Me And Music

        Ever hear your parents tell you “turn that crap off, that’s not music!”? Well I heard that a lot growing up because the music I listened too was a lot different from what my parents listened to as a kid so they didn’t like it at all. While most kids my age were listening to country and occasional rock, I was listening to metal.
        I loved listening to metal because it fit my personality. I started listening to metal when I started lifting in 7^th grade. This kind of music helped keep me going and kept me motivated. In my grade, I was one of very few that listened to music like me. Not only did very few people in my grade listen to my music, only a select few liked the type of music I listened too.
        One of my favorite bands would have to be Slipknot. Even today they are still my favorite band. In my eyes Slipknot is one of the most talented bands. They have 9 people in their band. And when all 9 of them put their heads together they get a distinct sounding music that is one of a kind.
        I liked this kind of music because it was different than what everyone else listened too. I didn’t like to be the same, I liked to be different in what I did, and listened too. Older people didn’t like my style of music because its way different than to what they listened too when they were kids. Music has evolved into many new genres of music.
        In conclusion, I think that all people in the world enjoy different types of music based off of their interests and what they do. Music is a way of being unique because there is so many different types of music out there. I hope one day that people will respect what you as an individual listens too even if they are older and grew up in a different time.