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It comes as no secret that technology has changed our lives. It hasn't only made communication easier, it has also influenced society with a variety of streaming apps, dating services and sharing abilities. But, under one condition, as long as we stay connected they are going to provide whatever we want while browsing. But, what if I were to tell you that technology can possibly predict our personalities, and essentially know us better than your family and friends do. This is fascinating and terrifying at the same time. In the advancing world of technology that stores enormous amounts of data for each user, so apps like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other big companies can collect information about you through things that you browsed or what you've liked for the past few weeks.  The people have started to wake up with terror after watching the new Netflix's documentary, 'The Social Dilemma'. After watching this film, it felt quite scary opening your phone to brow...

 As I was doing a lot of film projects and analyses this semester, I decided to make my final 2-minute opening sequence of a movie; I mentioned this in my previous blogs, but didn't quite elaborate on the idea or what the storyboard is going to be and when am I going to start filming. In the beginning, all of these questions overwhelmed me a little bit, so I felt that I am not going to be able to make a movie on my own with the real cast, props and me as a DIRECTOR! And this is when it hit me, after thinking the idea through and learning useful things in Media Studies class, my final inspiration kicked in, so this week I planned how my storyline is going to look like. And this is how I entered my preproduction stage. Thriller or something else? This was a bit harder to develop because I was always thinking of doing something complex, and had an urge for my idea to be complex. Then, I finally decided I wanted to do a thriller. Thrillers aren't that hard to make, in my opinion, I...

 In this blog, I decided to cover the theory of media language, known as semiology. Terminology in media can be quite boring, considering all of the famous theorists that defined certain ideas that are pretty similar to each other and to some it creates confusion and gets all tangled up in your head. To get straight to the point, semiotics is the study of different signs and what do they mean and convey in society. Semiotics is technically all around you, words can be signs, your address can be a sign, the type of bag you wear can be a sign and even traffic signs can be signs. This all sums up the idea that each of these signs conveys a certain meaning to society, used in all media types. THEORISTS Many researchers and authors of semiotics, such as R. Barthes, C. Pierce, F. Saussure and many more, have agreed on the simple definition of semiology that I've mentioned above.  Each of the theorists had their own philosophy and idea of how to define semiotics in the film and print...