websites are not all equal...

a visually pleasing website -- http://www.i-avion.com/

Although this website isn't actually in english - I searched for web design sites and came across this web page as an example for a successful web page. The design has a great color scheme that they really stuck to. Because the lady is not an actual picture of a lady I feel that it allows viewers to picture themselves there, easier than seeing a live women there that they may or may not relate to. I also like how they designed the page to use the top half as the visually pleasing, yet informative (almost advertising part), and then the bottom is functional where you can actually type in your information to use their traveling services.

a not so visually pleasing website -- http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/

I've been on this website numerous times for my geology class and every time I am even more confused on why they would have such an awful look to their site. Although they have lots of information, it is all just put on the pages in bug blurbs. There are hardly any visuals and then few different ways they divide up the text almost make it look worse than is they were to just leave the text one solid color and font. Nothing about this site causes viewers (or at least me) to want to stick around and read through the information that they have posted.

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One ugly website is: http://www.heavens-above.com/?Session=kebgfefgmecihojoemkojfdn

This website doesn't work visually and rhetorically because it isn't visually please or interesting and it doesn't convey what it's purpose is or make the website look interesting at all. This website shows what you can see at night in the sky depending on where you are and is a very interesting one. Yet the website page is very ugly. This is a really great website and deservers a great page.

One really attractive website is: http://www.lucyskitchenfairfield.com

This website really works visually and rhetorically because it is very interesting. This website is for a small food store in my hometown that has great food but isn't anything wildly amazing. This website shows the artist talent of the people working there and how beautiful and interesting the walls of the store really are. This is a good advertisement to the store because it is both visually pleasing and rhetorically pleasing which will help draw costumers to the shop for a meal.

Journal 8

Journal 8: Post a really ugly website, then a really attractive website. Tell me why they do and don’t work visually and rhetorically.

Due: Tuesday, November 16

Journal 7 Zekonis

My favorite version of remediation I can think of is of the short story, book, and movie of Fight Club. It starts as a simple six page short story, but as it gains recognition Palahniuk reconsiders his choices. He decides to create a novel. The novel is hugely successful and its theme and ideals intrigue Hollywood to make a movie of it (which we've all seen). The success of every part of its remediation show that it can be a successful method of interpreting rhetoric, and delivering to various audiences. The Fight Club story has inspired countless number of websites, comics, blogs, essays, and many other things, showing that remediation is a good way to broaden a topics horizon.

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A contemporary example of remediation would be the Lord of the Rings series. It was originally a series of books that was made into a series of films. This is a perfect example of something that was changed in order to fit into a totally different genre. The Lord of the Rings has also been made into video games, action figures, and them park rides. Even though it simply started out as a writing it was changed into all sorts of forms of entertainment.

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A contemporary example of remediation is the Twilight saga. I have read both Twilight, New Moon and eclipse, and have seen all three movies. I have to admit that I enjoy reading the books a lot more than watching the movies. When I read the books, you understand more as to way Bella wants to be with Edward, where in the movies Edward comes off as some creepy pale guy who talks weird. The first movie rushes through the entire process of Bella falling for Edward and visa versa, and therefore making the movie unintentionally comical. I think the reason for this is because the book explains so much detail and small plot that a movie cannot capture all of information accurately enough for the audience. A lot of my friend that did not read Twilight enjoyed the movie much more than those that did read the book, I think that this is because they did not have an expectation of what the relationship is like between Edward and Bella.

Remediating Jane Austen

A specific example of a modern remediation Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. This classic novel that was written in the 1800s has a much different style than a modern novel has. The character and scene descriptions are much longer and dialogue rather than action is the focal point of the story. In 2005, Pride and Prejudice was made into a film, not for the first time, but in a much more modern era than the previous productions. Starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet, the film takes place in the same location and time period, but transitions it into a way that modern viewers can easily understand. Knightley's performance is incredibly similar to the novel, but there are many inconsequential scenes that merely build up the characters that are left out in the film. This is done simply to conserve time and make it as concise as possible. However, in the remediation, it loses some if its detail and thus it loses some of its depth. Although it is a successful version of the beloved story, it doesn't follow the exact same line of events. Taking all the detail of a novel and putting into actions and words is quite a task for producers. Their challenge is not to tell the story exactly the same as Austen's, but to remediate it with the same effectiveness.