Movie 1 & 2

The first movie that I watched was about the Apple iPad product. I thought the animations especially at the beginning with the pencil and cutting it to create the iPad was really cool. This symbolized how one does not need pencil and paper anymore, everything can be done on this popular device. The movie especially captured the points of how the iPad can be found everywhere and how it is changing our generation. It also went into great detail about the actual design of the iPad; including showing the inside of the product itself. There were also statistical facts that covered the business, social, and cultural values of the iPad. Showing how the iPad has become extremely popular to consumers and how many apps they can have on it reflects the aspect of consumerism and portrayal of the media.

The second movie I watched was about the Seattle Space Needle, one of the famous landmarks in our country. I liked how this movie used other video clips within the movie to hit all of the points that needed to be made. It was introduced at the beginning how the Space Needle was constructed and then went in to discuss the business, social, and cultural aspects. I liked how the author of the movie Incorporated a clip from the restaurant in the building to discuss the business practices of the artifact. The social, cultural, and consumerism all ties into how the Space Needle is a tourist attraction for all ages, generations, and races. The use of technology in the building supplied the element to discuss how it relates to the media.

The links that I find between these two movies is how consumers of each artifact have impacted the popularity of each one. For the iPad, it is the way it functions and the easy access of everything in one device that consumers love. The Space Needle is a landmark that tourists are interested in seeing and draws people from all over the country and the world to experience the site in person. Another connection would be how culturally diverse both of the artifacts are by media approaches and how the world wants to become more technologically savvy.