Blog Post 3 (Video Composition)

"Evolution of Dance" by Judson Laipply

I chose the Evolution of Dance by Judson Laipply, because I have seen him perform in person and this part of his routine was the most interesting to me. This YouTube video appears to be recorded at one of his live performances and doesn’t appear to have been edited too much, if at all. The picture is slightly fuzzy due to the fact that it was recorded from the audience. The spotlight highlights Judson as the focal point of the video. The contrast of his colorful outfit to the black and white background also allows him to stand out.
The piece is informal and he is dressed casual as a result. Laipply is an inspirational comedian and the piece reflects some of his comedy in the way he dances. The title pretty much describes the piece. He shows how dance has changed through the decades ending with the recent rap of Eminem and pop music of N*Sync. I think that any audience could watch this and enjoy it, because of the fact that it covers so many decades. They have music and dance moves from my parent’s and grandparent’s generation on here as well as my generation. The facts that he covers many different genres of music also help it to appeal to a wider audience. He uses dances that have a specific dance move like The Sugar Hill Gang’s Jam On It and The Chicken Dance, as well as songs that don’t have a specific dance like Haddaway’s What is Love and ACDC’s You Shook Me All Night Long. He also uses songs made famous by movies like Grease Lightening from Grease and Umpa Loompa from Willy Wanka and the Chocolate Factory. These are songs that a majority of the population is bound to recognize because they watched the movies as children. The music adds to his performance and highlights the decade the dancing is from.

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Blog Post 2 (The Diagram)

The diagram is depicting the morphology of a human cell. All of the major parts of the cell are labeled and the diagram even includes a short description of the purpose of each organelle. I prefer diagrams that give a short description of the content, because they give you background on their subject without the reader having to research the subject. I like the diagram because it is visually stimulating. The diagram is 3-D and colorful so it catches the viewer’s interest. The diagram is easy to read, which is how I believe a diagram should be.

This diagram, which I found on yahoo images, would be a good visual aide in biology or anatomy when the cells are discussed. It always amazes me that something so small can make things so big. I guess the letters would be the cells of an essay. The words would be the tissues, the sentences would be the organs, and the paragraphs would be the organ systems of an essay. The essay needs them all to function.

I believe that this diagram was originally used as a descriptive tool to teach students about cells. By placing this cell diagram on my blog I am using it as the subject matter of my blog discussing a diagram. The purpose of the diagram is no longer to teach something, but more to provide a topic by sitting on the page.

In Kitty Burns Florey’s essay Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog, Florey says that “The diagram was a bit like art, a bit like mathematics.”(p.2) I think the diagram falls under more than one category. It can be artsy and some of the better diagrams show some art to add visual aide to the subject. A diagram can also be a type of organized writing. The subject matter must be organized in a presentable way and incorporated with the visual display.

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