XXL, Game Informer and Cosmopolitan.

XXL is a magazine about Hip Hop life, fashion and music. I observed from XXL and Cosmo that they each have different sections dedicated to entertainment, fashion and life. Game Informer was just about video games. XXL represented it's magazine with dark colors such as red, black and navy blue as GAme Informer had brighter complementary colors such as orange, yellow, blue and white backgrounds and Cosmo had bright colors including pink, orange, blue and green. XXL and Cosmo had big fonts that changed page to page while Game Informer had the same font but different sizes. For each magazine I used three senses, visual, touch and smell. The pages were soft and smooth. Game Informers was a little more rough but all of them had that "new' magazine smell. They looked appealing with the bright colors and interesting fonts. Each magazine had many advertisements and also stories about different people. In XXL, there was a story about T.I, in Cosmo there was a story about Zooey Deschanel and in Game Informer there was a story about Rand Pitchford. Each magazine is unique in it's own way and targets to an audience that likes the same thing. I wouldn't like to read Game Informer because I don't like video games. Cosmo was my magazine and because of it's content I would like to read magazines of the like, such as Seventeen or Vogue.

Seeing 2 (page 94)

Osorio was very successful at capturing this teenagers boys bedroom. He made it seem like someone was actually living in it. It looks busy, very busy as teenagers usually are. It showed interests and hobbies. Dark colors are present which most boys enjoy and cover they're rooms with posters and collectables including trophies and other boy things like basketballs, bikes, tapes and then again more trophies. The posters feel very fictional as well as the shoes and trophies but the bed frame, the floor and the walls covered in little baseball cards seem more fantasy. It just seems to much work for a teenage boy to put together or even like. I would tell someone that fiction is something that is real, it seems realistic. Putting a big pink unicorn in a teenager boy's room is not fiction. Fantasy would be labeled as "non-fiction". Not realistic, aka the unicorn.

Seeing 1 (page 94)

The first object that draws my attention in Pepon Osorio's creation is the bed. The objects that draw my attention are the ones with bigger body surfaces like the white mural of the boys face or the little pictures covering the back wall. I notice that each object has a lot of color but mostly dark colors like red, navy and black. This boy is definitely a basketball and a Bruce Lee fan. There are posters and basketballs everywhere. Osorio's style is to create an atmosphere that shows the viewer the complete purpose right from the beginning. Clearly you can see what the teenager likes and doesn't like, what his interests and hobbies are and how he lives his life. His style is busy and full of color. It also seems very realistic. Not a lot of teenager boys would have a made bed.

Seeing 2 (page 91)

I think Cole finds another author to end her essay because she found it the best way to keep the reader engaged. Instead of her talking she switched it up and put another author in. Maybe she couldn't find the right words to say so she found someone else who could say it in other words. I think the essay would have been a little more boring if she paraphrased Schrodinger because then the readers wouldn't be able to think for themselves. They wouldn't be able to interpret it the way they wanted. if Cole changed her ending it would have a different effect. Every reader has a different opinion. I feel like if she ended it with her first sentence it would be kind of abrupt if the reader didn't know it came from the beginning and seeing how the essay is pretty long this could happen. I like the way she ended it, with a different authors perspective. Cole using different authors throughout the essay to help back up points and support statements. It helps the reader know that this isn't just a theory from Cole and that others think about this too.

Seeing 1 (page 91)

K.C. Cole finds a world where everything is either too big or too small magically seductive. The idea of things being too large in scale or too microscopic makes her feel motivated to tell others that it would be amazing. She finds the laws of nature interesting as the size changes in objects. Coles' essay shows that detail is important. Many miss detail in day to day life. We miss the bigger and smaller pictures and don't understand or see anything in sizes that aren't ours. The fact about the fly in water and how water is one of the "stickiest substance around" was very interesting. One wouldn't think about this but if we the fly's size it would be completely reasonable. I don't think any of the facts will change the way I think permanently but I think I will think about things more than I have. I think this essay was very informative but I don't think it does enough to really make me want to change the way I think. I think the essay was very interesting and I thought about everything it said but I don't think I will in the moment.

Seeing 2 (page 42)

Menzel's photographs of two families from Guatemala and Japan show their food for one week. When observing the two different pictures the first thing I notice is that they both seem to have the same amount of food. Guatemala's food is more colorful and fresh looking compared to Japan's which is mostly packaged and meats. The Guatemala's family is a family of six, a larger sized family. The table they place their food on is outside their house and wooden. It is covered in grains, vegetables, fruits spices, chicken, eggs and water. Every food group is represented and the family looks healthy. In the Japan household their food is laid out in their living room with their television in the background showing a Japanese commercial. All the fruits, vegetables and meats are wrapped in plastic packaging and their are pre made desserts also in plastic packaging. Their are fruits, vegetables, lots of fish, some different meats and many different types of grain (bread, cakes, rice, etc.) While Japan's expenditure for one week is around $320, Guatemala's expenditure for one week is $75. None of Guatemala's food is prepackaged or already made. In Japan the food industry is bigger and is growing faster causing the pre made food to be available and accessible to families. In Guatemala families make their own dishes and recipes. Both families have a very large amount of food but the price tells one that Guatemala gets more for their money. Food isn't worth much in Guatemala but is worth a lot in Japan. The country they live in depends on the food they get and how much its worth. The economy is different in each country resulting in different prices for food. D'Aluisio's text was more informative and insightful than the picture when looking at prices. You could see how much every food item was worth and what their family using when making food. One could understand their economic status more this way.

Seeing 1 (page 42)

Peter Menzel's photographic portraits of ordinary people's food in different parts of the world consists of four to six family members in each family and four different countries. The countries consist of Guatemala, United States, Japan and Chad. Each photograph is a picture of the family surrounded by all the food they purchase of one week. Typically this consists of meats, grains, vegetables, fruits and liquids. For each family the food is different based on where they are from and their background. The typical United States family, for example, will usually not have sushi seaweed in their pile of food and the family from Chad will usually not have any meats at all. Each family spends a certain amount on food each week. The food expenditure for a typical United States family is $242.48 and for Chad it is $1.23. Considering these prices, one can tell that the amount of food will vary because of the country the family is in and the background of the family. The families are dressed in custom apparel that represents where they are from and the background either consists of their home (living room or kitchen) or their home from the outside which in the Chad's family case is a tent. Each country has their own types of food and their own recipes that are used in their home. Some countries are richer or poorer than the other resulting in more or less food. One could tell the socioeconomic circumstances by these pictures. In some countries food is prepackaged but in others the food comes in linen bags that are reused all year round. Members of the family have to support each other and in some countries it is harder to do so than in others and the pictures reflect that. Each picture represents them as a family and what they eat for one week whether its one dollars worth or two-hundred dollars worth.

Faith D'Aluisio's accompanying summaries help understand what food is present and how much it is worth. It tells the reader  how much each food group costs, including beverages and whether or not their is prepared food.