I chose the new cover for The Lion King Blu-Ray edition.  The first reason I chose this picture is because it is totally different from the original Lion King cover for the DVD or VHS.  The original cover had an orange background and the characters faces looked soft and more inviting.  The cover also depicted the attitudes of most of the characters.  For example, in the first picture Timon was giving of the look of relaxation.  This shows how he lives the model of “Hakuna Motto” meaning no worries.  Pumba is pictured smiling and looking up to TImon which also shows his character because not only was he a care free soul, he was also genially happy all the time and he looked to TImon for guidance.  Another good example is the picture of Scar.  He looks very sneaky and devious which also describes his character in the movie.  This picture did a good job of explaining the movie and the attitudes of the characters. 

Now on the Blu-Ray cover the background is blue and the characters faces look harder for lack of better terms.    There is no extra light shinned on the faces of the characters to give them a glow which is more appealing to the eye.  Another big thing that sticks out is the picture of Mufasa is the silhouette of the cover.   This makes me think that Mufasa has a bigger impact on the movie than he did in earlier years because he’s not pictured at all in the first cover.  For the Blu-Ray cover all the characters are looking towards a common direction.  This also speaks volumes on the story plot because they’re always trying to move forward and leave the past behind.  Although some aspects of the Blu-Ray cover tell the story of the Lion King, Overall I think the old Lion King cover did a better job.  It helped explain the movie and the characters. 

 

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love since 2008

They met in august of 2007.  They lived two houses away from each other so they walked home from school with each other.  She wasn’t interested in him and he thought she was cute but he didn’t want to be with her either.  Walking home, they would have random conversations, but it was just small talk.  Due to a mutual friend, they began to talk to each other on a more serious note.  On June 1^st 2008 they made it official.  It has been 3 years and 8 months since they’ve been together.  Their relationship is far from perfect, but to them it’s worth it.

 She loves him and he loves her and no matter what, they will always be together.  Distance nor time can separate them, they aren’t afraid to fight for each other.   He is s a year older then her but her age doesn’t affect him.

 They were able to stay together through his first year of college, and they’re fighting to stay together through her first year of college.  The odds are against them, but they feel they can make it.  After all this time it’s impossible for them to separate or even think about seeing each other with someone else. 

                They’ve planned their lives together, but more than likely their plan won’t go the way they want it to.   To them it doesn’t matter, as long as they’re able to stay together.     It’s times where they don’t like each other and even say words to each other they wouldn’t say if they were of sound mind.  This doesn’t matter either because they understand that sometimes you do crazy things out of anger. 

                They’ve grown to think of each other as family.  They’re familiar with each other’s families.   One day in the future they’re planning on creating a family together, but no time soon because they still have life goals they have to accomplish. 

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TV Shows and Commercials

The direction that commercials go, deals a lot with who views the TV show and how they will be affected by it.  I recently watched Bad Girls Club which is a reality TV show aimed toward older teens and women in their twenties and thirties.  Even those this is the audience that this show is aimed a lot of other demographics watch this show.  For example, even though Bad Girls club is targeted at women, a lot of teen men watch the show.  Beyond that, the commercials are more catered to women.  For example there were multiple lotion commercials that advertised soft skin.  The actors in the commercials were women at a youthful age.  Another aspect of the commercials was celebrity usage.  For example, the Jenny Craig commercial, featured Mariah Carey in a Belly top in a long skirt; even though, the skirt was long it had a long split on the side that was almost the length of the skirt itself.  Recently Mariah Carey gave birth to twins so for her body to be tones enough to wear a belly top and revealing skirt pulls people in to use the product she used to lose weight.  This is aimed at women who are not confident in their bodies and with the right push, will buy anything to get the Mariah Carey look.

                I watched another TV show called Family Guy which airs on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network).  I would think this show is more aimed towards men.  The commercials also prove that it’s aimed towards men due to the commercial choice.  For example a Gamefly.com commercial came on where only men were shown on the commercial and this fits the stereo type that men are video gamers.  It was also other male dominated commercials like the Guitar Center commercial where it was an all-male group who was feature in the commercial.  I believe, depending on who the show is trying to reach out to, the commercials will reflect the interest of those group of people. 

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