# 20. Course Reflection

    I learned a lot from this class about the importance of diversity. My classmates are from different countries and have different ages. Since there were lots of discussion and presentation, I could see what they value and could understand them more based on their own culture. Also, I realized that our English accent is different so I couldn't understand everything what our classmates said. They also did to me. ;) On the other hand, from that reason I thought I was not a wrong person in this country and we are just different.

    In addition, it helped a lot to improve my English. Through lots of presentation, I could practice many times. I'm still nervous to present in front of people but at least I started thinking I could be better in the future. Also, writing homework helped a lot. The professor encouraged to express my critical thinking on writing, so I didn't have to worry about grammar a lot. Thus, I could focus on my idea constantly so it also affected in my other writing in a good way.

    Furthermore, I got new way of thinking. I can think more critically about reality, society, and my own place in society. I started look myself how I've been influenced by culture.

* My best part of pop culture class

    I liked that pop culture class made us to participate actively. Most people don't think learning is fun, but the class showed me that it is. It was amazing experience that I could learn this subject at school because I've never imagine that. Also, I could feel some warm atmosphere in the class because pop culture study probably started from interesting in human and because of my cute classmates and the cool teacher.

    In conclusion, I can say that I am now better prepared and more confident about my goal of attending college.

Thank you so much! 💜         

                                                                           

# 7. Movie Genre

< 8 main categories of film >

• Comedy: witty, humor, slapstick, mistaken identity
• Action: chase sequences, fight scene, gun violence, race
• Crime: robberies, rival gangs, murders, capers
• Horror: urban legends, ghost stories, survival horror, occult
• Melodramas: terminal illness, maternal figure, broken relationships
• Musicals: singing and dancing
• Romance: falling in love, true love, forbidden love, broke-up and reconciliation
• Sci-Fi: space travel, doomsday, UFO, Alien, android, future world

# 19. New Visual Project

 Tool: iMovie 

- Pictures from Raised by Wolves

- Music (Golden Eyes) by Jeehye

I made a music video with pictures from Raised by Wolves which is an American Sci-Fi TV show in HBO in 2020. I loved this TV show so I even made the song. 

Link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vf8wtFDVUTmq3UFrfRac7-TusXAcSkDK/view?usp=sharing

#18. UNIQUE Pop Culture Websites

 1) Korean Film Archive (Korean Movies)

https://eng.koreafilm.or.kr/main

2) RYM (Online database of music releases/vote and review for Album by listeners )https://rateyourmusic.com/

3) pixpills (Illustration/design/animation/indie artists) 

http://pixpills.com/

#17. A cool pop culture app

 👀Wattpad- Read & Write Stories

    Anyone can create their own story and make a book in this app. Then, readers can choose what they want to read, and they can vote, leave comments. Therefore, people who love to write and read can enjoy various stories and communicate each other actively. 

# 16. Summary of one new text

 Greg Tate Celebrated Hip-Hop Journalist and Cultural Critic, Dies at 64

    Tate worked for documenting the birth of hip-hop in the first wave of journalism. He documented and analyzed hip-hop music since 80s. 

    Tate had co-founded the Black Rock Coalition in 1985 which was correct unfairness(injustice) in the music industry by offering resources to Black artists. He also worked at The Village Voice for 16 years, remains a lot of writing about hip-hop, Black musicians, and  pop culture from a critical point of view. 

    He wrote several books that are critical essays, such as, 1992's Flyboy and the Buttermilk, 2016's Flyboy 2 , Midnight Lightening: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience in 2003, Everything but the Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture. He also was a musician in an jazz ensemble and he was working on a book about James Brown. 

#15. Pop Culture in my Culture

Protest Culture in Korean Film

Slide 1: Intro 

Before starting, I will show you a movie trailer. Can you guess what is this movie about?

Over 12 M people watched this movie, one for five people/about 25% of Korean people watched the movie in 2017. This is based on true story in the 80s. 

택시운전사(2017) example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB7z4Xn5oNA

Slide 2: Background

What happened in South Korea in the 80s ?

There were two major dictators in South Korea who control the country using military power. 

-Gwangju Uprising (1980): democratic protest by students and citizens in a local city, 600 killed/3000 wounded. But students in Gwangju, local city, started protest against the military dictatorship.

Also, In 1987, two college students killed by government, it made people very angry, so tons of people participated in this protest nationally. June struggle led to changing the law for democracy and labor (working class) movement. 

Slide 3: movie posters

After finishing dictatorship, since the 90s, movies with protests has started to come out. Many Korean people are proud of their protest history and accomplishment that people made. Even though there are still many people who don’t like protests in Korea, young people experience protest culture indirectly through these movies. Also, there are lots of protests scenes in Korean TV shows. 

 Slide 4: President withdrawal movement

2016/10~2017/4

the most amazing event got influent from protest culture was president withdrawal movement. the President committed lots of corruption and it made people very angry so many people started gather every weekend to impeach (kick off) the President. All protest were peaceful demonstrations with holding only one candle. Finally, the president was impeached and went to a jail. I also participated this protest with my friends. Most impressive thing about this pretest was that there were many families joined. Young parents came to the main plaza with their young kids.  

Also, I met various people in other protests. There were disabled, young women, LGBTQ, and teenagers.

Slide 5: Why I choose this topic?

Protest culture in Korean movies make us think about human right and it helps seeing the government from a critical perspective. see how to express our opinion against our government. 

My generation didn’t learn about 80s protests at school. Also, there was no adult who told me about it at home. However, pop culture (movies) teach me important thing that I didn’t learn at school and home.      

It’s been more than 30 years, Korean people can see our distorted history and younger generation who don’t know about the 80s can experience indirectly through movies and see their government from a critical perspective. 

#12. Summary of Blues/Rap

 

<Blues> 

- Slave music : African American expressed their experience as slaves, started from Mississippi Delta

- Work songs : African Americans sang in the fields while working to ease pain and communicate

(It was from African music : singing conversation/call and back)

In 1985, They were not slaves anymore but there was no equality. In this time music instruments used for blues music

-Great Migration (1910~1960) : 2million of African American people moved to Detroit and Chicago area to look for a job and more freedom and Country Blues and City Blues music progressed there. Also, they played electric guitars. 

-  European musicians played Mississippi Delta Blues songs, adopted blues music style and it became a root of Rock & Roll music. Blues has influenced lots of music genres and also people played as protest songs for Civil Rights. 

<Rap>

Origin: West Africa. Griots who were African storytellers told rhythmic stories over the simple beat of a drum. 

It was a subculture in the late 70s in poor neighborhoods but in the 80s, as Michael Jackson became pop star, hip hop culture include rap music was getting attention. It started at parties and people made loops with record turntables. And MC how is master of ceremony at the party talked over the loop, it became a rap. Rap has made three elements such as content(=lyrics), flow(rhythm and rhymes), and delivery(tone, speed).  

# 10. Music Genre

 1. Bluegrass: 1940s, UK, type of folk music, play Banjo

 2. Rhythm & Blues: late 40s~50s, mix of soul, funk, pop, .. ex) Muddy Waters

 3. Rock & Roll: 50s~,  electric band sound, fuzz, riff gutiars, influent by blues ex) Rolling Stones

 4. Motown: 50s~,  Black vocalists, upbeat, pop style of R&B, danceable arrangement

 5. 60s British Invasion: dominated U.S. music scene in 60s ex) Beatles

 6. Disco : Started from Disco club, mixture music such as funk, soul, R & B, pop,..hippie and psychedelic subculture

 7. Raggae: late 60s, Jamaica music, ex) Bob Marley

 8. Glam Rock: make-up, visual is important, gender fluid fashion  ex) David Bowie

 9. Heavy Metal: heavy distortion guitar sound, growling vocal  ex) Metalica

10. Punk: subculture, political lyrics, anti-normal  ex) Ramonse

11. New Wave: 80s music, based on synth sound   ex) Joy Division

12. House: Electronic, stared from house party

13. Techno: Electronic, DJ, club music, Started from Germany