Please respond to the initial post by Monday, midnight and then respond to at least one classmate by Wednesday, midnight.
For the blog, you will be graded on your ability to post on time, follow directions and interact respectfully with classmates. Should you disagree with a classmate's reaction to a blog, please provide evidence to support your counter-argument (the rule of thumb in evidence for a claim is 2 or more reliable sources, and you can just mention the websites/magazine/newspapers/books/etc. in which you found your evidence).
Initial post:
Watch the video:
Please respond in paragraph form.
Watch the video once or twice and create a summary to the video. Please write 200 words or less.
Pretend you are describing the video to someone who has never seen it, and write as though you want to let this person make up her mind about the video (i.e. leave out personal commentary or opinion and relay only your basic interpretation of the video; please also leave out any overtly opinionated language).
Response to a classmate:
Read a post by one of your classmates and comment on that classmate's ability to summarize the video. Offer one compliment for the way your classmate expressed him/herself, and offer a suggestion for how your classmate might improve his/her interpretation. Remain respectful.
If you have questions, please let me know.
Example:
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Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.
Ted talks about things that happen at 4 o'clock in the morning. He uses newspaper articles,movie clips, cartoons strips, songs, google searches, and even an excert from a prisendts book to get his point across. Then he talks about creepier things that happen at 4 o'clock in the morning. Ted also talks about the Giaccommitti code and supports it with a paint and his picture on swiss notes. If you never tought about what goes on at 4o'clock in the morning the viedo willgive you some ideas.
DeleteI enjoyed your summary. I especially liked the last sentence as I struggled with how to end mine. I think it leaves the reader wanting to watch the video! The only suggestion I would make is that you might watch your spelling. Spell check definitely comes in handy for me.
DeleteThis video summarizes Mr. Rives obsession about the suspicious events that occur at 4 o'clock in the morning. He speaks to the audience what may be behind the many coincidences of the 4 o'clock idea. Rives provides his evidence by showing pictures, videos, articles, and naming few famous people including presidents that all have something to say about 4 o'clock in the morning. He comes to the conclusion that the 4 o’ clock theory is all behind one man Alberto Giacometti or in his words the “ the Giacometti code “. He leaves everyone thinking about the 4 o'clock theory and if its true.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't have said this any better! I think you did very good on comprehending the directions by our instructor. Since I have to point something out as our response I would have to say maybe you could have used one of the famous persons name. You did a very awesome job!!!
DeleteI agree, I never gave the idea of what happens at 4 o'clock in the morning any concideration. However it does seem strangly coincidental that it usually does happen that you go to the emergency room at that time along with other things now that i think about it.
DeleteThis Ted Talk features Mr. Rives entertaining research of suspicious, "Creepy" events all occurring at 4:00 in the morning. To back up his conspiracy theory he provides evidence in the form of comic strips, news papers, song lyrics, google searches, films, presidents and most notably, art work. He believes the earliest account of the 4 in the morning reference is a surrealist sculpture from 1932 by Alberto Giacometti. From this first account he names his theory the Alberto Giacometti Code. Are all these events at 4:00 a.m. coincidental?
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DeleteIn this video, Poet Rives gives a short talk on the topic "4 in the morning" and his personal opinion of a conspiracy surrounding pop culture's "bad rap" of this time of day. He cites several references from some big names like Judy Dench and former President Bill Clinton as well as other artists, primarily Alberto Giacometti.
ReplyDeleteI liked the way you described the clip without giving to much away. I would have liked at least one example of how four a.m gets it's "bad rap" but your summary is very good.
DeleteThe video goes over the speaker's thoughts on the conspiracy underlying the mysterious time of night; 4 am. As he goes from song lyrics and random names and dates all the way to posts made in Time magazine and presidential stances, he emphasizes the link between all of them and 4 am. The speaker demeans an almost comedic position throughout the speech, which may show more than it appears to. The speaker gives the impression that this is possibly less of a conspiracy theory and more something to give grasp to the fact that conspiracy theories can be made about and around anything. Or possibly even that, in general, we should all take a lighter look at life and the things that happen around us.
ReplyDeleteIn this TED talk, Mr. Rives discusses the misfortunate things that occur at 4 in the morning. He links this vividly referenced time of day to an Alberto Giacometti’s piece of work named “The Palace at 4 in the morning”. From this point he creates a conspiracy theory or string of events between three individuals that coincide with each other through the common title “4 In the Morning”. Mr. Rives then encompasses political standouts William Clinton and Franklin Roosevelt within this set of events and dates around the “4 in the morning” conspiracy theory.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job summarizing the video and you made it so someone who hasn't seen it would be interested in watching it. One suggestion I'd have is to clarify how the entire conspiracy theory thing seems to be a joke and for fun rather than actually trying to expose anything.
DeleteThank you. I should've hit on the humor for sure.
DeleteIn this excerpt, Mr. Rives depicts a series of coincidences at a most awkward hour of the day that society sub-conscientiously seems to depict as a very "worst case scenario" time. The time that Mr. Rives refers to is "four in the morning" and he decodes a series of patterns, all stemming from the sculpture "The Palace at Four in the Morning" by Alberto Giacometti, which he so eloquently calls the "Giacometti Code." Mr. Rives breaks down and gives several examples of this mysterious "code" leading to society's depiction of actions involving an apparent obsession with 4 o'clock in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see how this video could seem like an obsession to the time he definitely makes it more interesting to think about when he delivers the facts and events he did. I enjoyed watching this video.
DeleteIn this TED video, Poet Rives tries to convince his audience that their is a conspiracy at 4 in the morning which was started by Alberto Giacometti or “ the Giacometti code “ as Mr. Rives calls it. He gathers his evidence by using comic strips, articles, a video, parts in songs, and famous people to try and prove his theory. Are these coincidences or just creepy?
ReplyDeleteI like how you I incorporated the conspiracy theory into this reply was actually my initial thought of this video and makes a lot of sense this way because it does appear that way with his delivery of facts. So dramatic !
DeleteIn this video, Mr. Rives begins describing how, strangely, there appears to be an unspoken standard that four in the morning is the "time of inconveniences". Rives uses a variety of incidences to show many circumstances of four in the morning being used as a seemingly universal time loathing experiences are bound to happen. He transitions into a pseudo-skeptic speech on how this phenomenon can be linked back to Alberto Giacometti and his artwork "The Palace at Four in the Morning".
ReplyDeleteI thought you did a very good job in your interpretation of this TED talk! I am not sure exactly how to respond to posts yet I am very new at this but I would have mentioned that Mr. Rives refers to everything as "the Giacometti code."
DeleteOut of everyone's response I think yours is best explained. I had some trouble putting my response into words and I love how you explain how 4 am is a "time of inconveniences" how Mr. Rives explains. It's not overly long yet you explain his complete theory all the way down to Giacometti's artwork. Reading your response actually helped better explain the video for me.
DeleteI agree with Rhiannon that your post was probably the most intriguing as far as leaving me wanting to watch the video. I really can't think of any improvements to your excerpt. Well said!!!
DeleteIn the video Ted talks random events people and things are kind of placed awkwardly in an order all with one thing in common. The occurance of 4 in the morning. They way he goes about placing these facts comes off as creepy because of the common connations dealing with the whole 4 am idea that " creepy " things happen yet the basic information like the dates names of people, and certain events that took place make sense because of what they are and how they occured. For instance he talks about an embalming takes place at 4 in the morning . He also formed a humorous song medley about singers singing about things taking place at 4 in the morning. This video will make you want to go Google crazy about random things that happen at 4 am.
ReplyDeleteIn TED talks Mr. Rives explains his ideas on the different mysterious events that are all connected because they all happen 4 o'clock in the morning. He uses all different examples including newspaper clips, songs, cartoons and even presidents. He then goes to conclude that he believes it's all because of a man named A. Giacometti that he then describes as the "Giacometti Code". Rives wants his audience to ponder on the mysterious events that happen all around 4 in the morning and if it"s coincidence or not.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with everything you said . You summarized pretty much everything. The only think I could suggest that I didn't include on my summary either is including how rives came up with the Giaccometti code. Very good summary.
ReplyDeleteIn the presentation that Mr. Rives prepared for TED he draws attention to the activities that occur around four a.m. He believes it all started with Alberto Giacometti, who first drew attention to the hour through his sculpture, "Four a.m. at the Palace" back in 1932. Rives takes you on a journey through instances of four a.m. over the years, whether it is mentioned in media,literature or song. He believes that it is more than coincidence and calls it "Giacometti's Code." Though he is not sure of what the significance is, he believes that there is more to four a.m. than being another hour of the day.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good summary of the talk. My only issue is that it was called "The Giacometti Code" which is a reference to the book "The Da Vinci Code". Other than that, it's a great description.
DeleteFunny you end your blog with that statement. The video actually left me wanting to research the topic myself. I haven't done so yet, but I plan to do it prior to class. I actually caught myself thinking how four in the morning ties into life and even started a few conversations about it at work. And to echo Elsa, how did he even come up with this conspiracy theory or whatever he wants to call it.
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