Camera Eye

The short story on Camera Eye, was pretty funny and like other people in the class have said very true. It shows just how obsessed with fame and wanting to be a star people can be. Like how, in the video clip, all the kids wanted to been in front of the camera reporting about different things that were going on. What I thought was a little sad though was when the kid was being beaten and instead of one of the other kids trying to help him, they all stood there "reporting"and "filming" what was going on. It just showed how much this trend that had been started got out of hand, like most media today.

I also began reading the information on the Hamlet we will be watching next class. I love Shakespeare and have seen many of the film adaptations of his works, but I have never seen this one. I feel that this interpretation of Hamlet, will be very different from most of the films I have seen. From what I have read the setting of the film, modern day New York City, and the use of modern technology should be very different. I think it is very funny that the director of the film decided to put the famous "to be or not to be..." scene in a Blockbuster. I have seen the version of Rome and Juliet that is supposed to be more modern replacing swords with guns, horses with cars,etc. But I feel this version will be different because again, from what I have read, it focuses more on the use of everyday technology. I look forward to seeing it.
I unfortunately have not been able to get a copy of storytelling yet which means I cannot comment on it yet, but I am working on it.