Assignment #3- Are Memes art?

I believe that anything can be art if it has some creative effort behind it. Art in my eyes isn’t only created by paint or colors. Many different types of creations can qualify as art based on the effort that is put into creating them. Some things might take more effort than others sure, but the point is, art can be viewed as something that took creativity to create and if it makes someone feel something.
One of the biggest examples of the statement I made is the video game Cyberpunk 2077. Despite the release that it had, I firmly believe after all of the updates to the game, it is one of the greatest games to release in recent memory. It tells such an incredible story and the immersion to the game is indescribable. A piece of media with this much creativity to it and this much world building in my eyes is most certainly considered art.
Films in my opinion are the prime example of something that isn’t crafted with paintbrushes but is considered “art”. There is so much that goes into films and their craft that it’s hard to not label it as “art”. From the script to the acting to the cinematography to the direction, all of it can be looked at as basically the paint brushes and the canvas in the terms of art.
One of the main purposes for memes existing in the world is to make someone feel something. A person could be having a horrible day and I could send them a meme of someone falling down and it could make them laugh and immediately they start to feel better. Memes help us deal with everyday life sometimes and that’s something worth noting.
In my eyes, art is anything we decide it to be. if we think a poster is art, then it is in our mind. Nobody can take that from us. If I find a meme or a GIF to be art because of how much it impacted me, it’s perfectly okay for me to do so. I can make 500 memes in this class and if I wanted to label it art, I could because I have a right to do so and so can everyone else.
At the end of the day…what we can do what we want in this class when it comes to creating memes and having fun in this class! Nobody can tell us what to deem our work. If we want to view it as art, so what? This class give us the freedom to express ourselves creatively and if that doesn’t sound like art, I don’t know what does.

Week 2 Assignment

I thought the firs day of CT 101 was a lot of fun! It was really exciting to learn about what this class is going to be and how it’s going to function. I also really enjoyed the atmosphere of the class. It seems like this class is going to be a lot of fun!
I very much liked hearing about what this course is going to be for the semester! The fact that this class is essentially us just being creative and having fun is very exciting to me! I haven’t taken many classes where it has this same structure so I’m very excited to participate in this course!
This class is honestly way better than my other classes and I’m not just saying that because this is an assignment for this class. My English class that I attend is fine but I really don’t like the Spanish class that I have online. It’s a class I never really look forward to but this class I do. I look forward to this class because I get to just relax and have fun and work at my own pace!
The creative potentials for this class are endless! When we’re taking a class that allows us to be creative and do what we want, there isn’t an idea in the world that doesn’t make sense or isn’t possible! We can create any meme and GIF that we want and that’s really exciting!
I’m very excited to learn new skills using internet tools! I feel like my knowledge of the internet is very basic and limited and I’m very interested in learning new things that show me how to develop my usage of the internet!
I personally preferred using Giphy over Imgur when making my post because it was a lot easier for me. I was able to make my GIF within minutes. I found it to be a little more challenging on Imgur.

Week 1 Assignment

Right now what’s making me happy on the internet is all of the recent movie trailers coming out right now! I am a big movie guy and seeing all of recent trailers for the movies that are going to be coming out this year is very exciting! Dune: Part Two comes out next week and I’m very excited for this because the first one was amazing and I love fantasy epics!

 

Another trailer that came out was for A Quiet Place: Day One. I am a big lover of horror and the first two movies are outstanding and seeing that this movie is going to be a prequel showing how the outbreak started and how everyone reacted is very exciting to me. I’ve been wanting a movie like this for this franchise since it started so I’m really hoping that it delivers!

 

 
One of the last big trailers that dropped was for Deadpool and Wolverine! I am a big fan of superheroes and the MCU and I love the Deadpool movies! I think they’re hilarious and such a good time! I can’t wait to see how Deadpool and Wolverine interact and I also can’t wait to see how this will fit into the MCU as a whole and where it will lead!
 
 

Assignment 1- What’s making me Happy on the Internet?

A big thing on the internet that’s making me happy is the advertisement for the new Transformers movie. I love Transformers and have been watching the movies and cartoons since I was a kid and this movie looks like it’s going to incorporate the best elements of what made this series cool back then to make the best movie in the franchise in recent memory! I can’t wait to see this movie when it comes out!
See the trailer here: https://youtu.be/WWWDskI46Js
Another thing Making me excited on the internet is all of the talk regarding the Last of Us tv show! The Last of Us is one of the best games ever made in my opinion and this show is doing the game justice beyond belief. Every episode has been absolutely phenomenal and this upcoming episode looks to be fantastic and I can’t wait to watch it!
Trailer for the episode: https://youtu.be/uGj1I2PHuDI