Multimedia Project

So far our multimedia project is coming along pretty well. We have chosen to make a project on the types of relationships which modern tv shows portray. We are focusing on comedies, and the various types of comedies showing interracial relationships, homosexual relationships, and large age gaps in relationships. We are currently looking at TV shows such as Glee, Sex in the City, Modern Family, although this list is currently expanding. One problem I have with this topic is my limited to no knowledge on the majority of these TV Shows, although I do not for see it to be a big problem as there is plenty of resources that summarize the events in these shows. Also my group mates’ expansive knowledge on the subject should make up for my own lack of knowledge. On the first brainstorming day we took most of the time to pick a reasonable topic. We went through a couple of ideas before settling on the topic of types of relationships that modern TV shows are integrating into everyday life. Next we started our outline. We ran out of time having the intro to the outline done and a little of the next section, drawn out on paper. We started this class period with more brainstorming and discussion on the exact topic we wanted to focus on and the argument we wanted to make about the topic.  This was when we narrowed our topic to how modern comedies show these types of relationships. We are considering even going to so far as to say that modern comedies do a better job of integrating these types of relationships than any other American TV shows. We are also considering showing or talking about how the showing of these types of relationships has changed from the past to now. We also thought it might be a good idea to interview students and professors of different genders, ages, and backgrounds to get others views on the issue. We may take a poll of people to see what they think about something related to our topic. The video may include stats which we could find that say how often these types of relationships are found in comedies. Our group is planning to meet on Sunday to finalize the storyboard which we started creating today. Overall I feel like we have a good start and will finish the project on time.