Posted by: designxpress on: February 26, 2009
Hearst Corporation’s announcement to either sell or close the San Francisco Chronicle is more than a clear indication of what’s happening to the dying newspaper industry. Since 2006, the newspaper industry has been suffering because of decline in advertising revenue.
The debate whether newspapers will survive the next debate might conclude with an answer [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 25, 2009
The international awards season has been terrfic was Indian music maestro, A R Rahman. The first Indian musician to win both Golden Globe and Oscars, it is a moment that has been etched in the history of India. As theIndian cliche goes,
‘yeah din Bharat ke ithihaas mein suvarna akshar mein likha jayega’ (this day will [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 24, 2009
I loved Madagascar (2005) and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) and most of all I loved the scheming notorious penguins. How I wish they had more screen time… Well, that wish is about to come true.
Time Out New York reports that the Madagascar penguins are set to debut on Nickelodeon with their very own show: [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 24, 2009
courtesy: www.sitasingstheblues.com
Director: Nina Paley
www.sitasingstheblues.com
Few months back a professor of mine emailed me and asked me to attend a screening of an animation movie based on Ramayana- Sita SingsThe Blues. I missed the screening but was eager to watch it as soon as possible. Finally I had an opportunity to this wonderful movie.
Sita Sings [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 21, 2009
I watched Dilli 6 and was really disappointed with the more. There were parts which I really liked, especially the way he juxtaposed Ramleela scenes with the realities of the characters. But most of the movie is predictable.
Dilli 6 has all the ingredients for a perfect Hindi film. It has an NRI landing in the [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 20, 2009
NYT article ‘The Body as Billboard: Your Ad Here’ was very interesting. It talks about the new advertising and marketing strategies that include as the title suggest human bodies as billboards for products. So now people can get paid for agreeing upon painting their body part(s) with website address, tag lines etc.
Will this work? This [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 18, 2009
On Friday I was returning to 33rd Street in PATH when I overheard an interesting conversation. Right, eavesdropping is not a good habit. But when you have only one earphone plugged into your ear while the other one is in your friend’s ear, let’s not forget that the other under privileged ear of yours is [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 11, 2009
1. Recommended Sources:
1. Fora.tv
2. Out of Print by Eric Alterman; New Yorker (March 31, 2008)
3. Not Dead Yet by Bill Keller; Gaurdian.co.uk (November 29, 2007)
4. Book- Digital Journalism: Emerging Media and The Changing Horizons of Journalism by Kevin Kawamoto
2. Key Ethical Issues:
The two primary issues that arise from shift to digital world are that of [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 8, 2009
For all of us, children’s tv is perhaps the first exposure we ever had to television. And this experience is unique compared to any other tv viewing experience we will every have. As we all know, kids programming is a rich source for kids to learn to perform daily activities, learn numbers, counting fun, reading, [...]
Posted by: designxpress on: February 8, 2009
Learning the ins and out of a tv segment is always an interesting exercise. As part of this exercise, I along with two other classmates are developing a dossier for Children’s TV in America. My other classmates are covering other segments such as film features, documentaries, marketing, advertising, mobile etc.
Our attempt is to gather as [...]
