Audio Versus Text

I think that the audio version of War of the Worlds was very well done, because the quality of it sounding "live" made it much more interesting than the text version. The text fell a little flat, and often times even seemed tedious to read, as if I was reading and reading but no getting anywhere in the story. The broadcast version was useful because the sounds, music, interviews, and narrator all made the situation seem much more real. I thought in particular the interview with the famous astrologist contributed to the intrigue of the broadcast; reading the astrologist's story was just not as interesting as hearing two different voices discuss what he had seen. Audio can sometimes be much more interactive than text, and War of the Worlds definitely falls into that category.

Same Stories

I wish I would have listened to the war of the worlds broadcast before I read the literary version. Hearing it as a radio broadcasts helps listeners understand the drastic fear in everyones voice where as the fear is harder to distinct in the text version. I don't think the text version did a good job in emphasizing the amount of fear that each people actually had. I think it is possible to demonstrate fear through text however, in the small amount of the text that we read, I did not see it. I think if I went back to read the text after listening to the novel, I would better understand the story. It is interesting how a very similar story can take on two different meanings. To me, the text was confusing and even boring to a certain extent whereas the radio version was very intriguing and kept my attention!

War of the Worlds

Personally, I think the radio version of War of the World was hard to follow at some points but overall had a much more intense effect on the audience. While reading the story there is much confusion about whether or not the events are really taking place, and there is much more room for interpretation. However while listening to the radio, the audience is captivated by the reactions of the broadcast. It adds so much emotion to the story, and I think that if I were hearing it on the radio for the first time, I would definitely believe that it was really happening.

I believe that multimedia is much more present in War of the Worlds because the sound and tone of the story gives more of an impact than Moby Dick. I feel like this aspect of sound is much more drastic than the way something is written which is proven in the War of the Worlds broadcast. This is even proven when the broadcast was played and people throughout the world actually thought we were being attacked. Whereas in Moby Dick, I really didn't even see much multimedia in it at all. I think multimedia gives a better understanding to stories and can change one's perspective completely. I believe authors who can convey multimedia through a story in a coherent way are much more effective in telling a story and making it believable and interesting.

I can completely see why people who missed the beginning of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast would think that the fictional broadcast was real. The way Orson Welles played out the story was in a way that made the content sound completely true and unscripted. The way the diologue cut off the music that typically played during radio broadcasts, the sound effects in the background of the reporter (screams, white noise, ect) made the broadcast sound real. Also, the way the reporter's broadcast was abruptly cut off at the end gave the drmatazation a dramatic ending, which, for people who didn't know the broadcast was fake, could have easily led to panic. Overall I think the radio broadcast version of War of the Worlds was much mor effective than the written story, and gave the audience the feeling that they were actually in the middle of the action

Sounds is vitality

     When I read the War of the Worlds, I felt like I confused the people in the story. But when I listened the redio, I hear the voise from people, I can make more sence from their voise and tone of the attitude. This make me think about how important the sounds to help people to understand and get into the reading.

Moby Dick

The two versions of Moby Dick give me different understandings.
The text tells more information but I can not imagine the situations. The movie does not have as much details as the book but I have a better understanding of the characters' emotions. Since the book is not as attractive, the movie helps me understand the book better.

The Picture

The War of the Worlds radio cast was more effective compared to the actually writing for the War of the Worlds. This radio cast had sounds that made you really think about what was going on and seeing the picture. Not even being able to see it all infront of you someone else speaking it as they are telling you the story you get more involved and understand better. As the writing you can get distracted very easily. The sounds attract your attention to the story and understand what is going on. The radio cast was definetely more my favorite.

War of the Worlds : Text vs. Radio

I don't know if I'm just so accustomed to visualizing text, but I found listening to the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds kind of frustrating. Maybe it was just the realistic, scattered way in which it was organized, but I found it difficult to concentrate on the radio version. There were sections where I lost what was being said, where certain words or phrases weren't clear. If that happened while reading the text version, it was easy to glance back and pick up the lost information. For me, listening to the radio version was a lot like watching television: it was almost too easy to visualize things, and there was little for me to really pay attention to. When reading, it takes a little bit more work to really visualize a sequence of events, whereas it felt as if everything was given. The sound effects added to this: I wasn't made to come up with sounds that would fit the situation, they were provided for me. I felt as if, for me, this took away from the experience of the piece as a whole.

Tone

I believe the tone is expressed more clearly when listening to the audio of War of the Worlds. When reading this broadcast I felt myself not recognizing the importance and the impact this had on the people. The fright and significance was expressed clearer to me when listening to the broadcast. The tone in the voices and the different sounds made it more intriguing and interesting to listen to. I was able to stay focused and pay attention to what was going on, unlike the reading which caused me to zone out. I enjoyed listening to this broadcast and would love if we were able to recreate an event like this at Sem. The reactions of the students and teachers would be very funny and interesting, if we were able to pull it off!

Visualizing

Listening to War of the Worlds had a much greater impact on myself compared to just reading it. While I was listening, I could visualize everything happening like I was actually there. I did not seem to miss a detail in my mental image of the scene. When I was reading War of the Worlds, I was much more focused on the text and the scientific theory than what was actually happening. I could not create as clear of an image because the science, in my opinion, took away from the reality. I had to take a minute and step back to first analyze the science...then form my mental image. I enjoyed listening to it much more than I did reading it only because I did not feel that the science clouded the event. I felt as though I was right in the middle of the action. I felt confused, shocked, and curious. It was a much more realistic feeling.

Better Visualize

As I read the first half part of the book that I actually did not understand what this book want to express. The book started from a scientific study; however, it slowly progress into a horrible invasion. But later the content became more understandable, and I began to realize the alpha of all the events. I personally prefer the text part better than the radio. Even the radio gave much more details such like how people express their tension, and the experience of people from different perspectives. The radio did offer a good feeling of the degree of the tension and I could hear all different people act in the radio. Nevertheless, I prefer the text part because it provides a better interspaces of the imagination, and it allows you to conjecture the intention of the book freedomly.

Interpreting War of the Worlds through simple words on paper did not have nearly as much impact as it did while listening to it. The story seemed legitimately real in a sense that you could really hear the panic in the news broadcaster's voice. The men speaking to each other via the radio sounded real because of the static and brief interruptions. I could hear the old-fashioned newscasters transferring the broadcast to someone else in order to hear more of the story. And although the story we heard didn't fully read the book's every line, the fear translated from paper to really listening had an affect that would not have been the same if it were done another way at the time.

Radio vs. Text

The essence of sound portrays a deeper meaning of what's being read or heard. I thought War of the Worlds needed sound to make this story believable. Through the radio broadcast, I could see how people of that time would be frightened when tuning in. I also thought that sound and alliteration aided the main purpose of the story's potential. However, based off of the text alone, this story reminded me of an article I read in Astronomy class. My perception of this story, from the beginning, was more of a scientific based study that happened to go wrong. While further reading the text, I thought about the element of sci-fi meeting actual science. Could this massive object really fall from the sky in one piece? Could the observer race to its location and withstand its strong radiation? I suppose, without sound, the text led me to question the author. However, with sound, I relied on the narrator.

War of the Worlds

The impact that sound plays in the radio version of War of the Worlds portrays a different drastic interpretation over the reading. In the radio version, the various elements that sound incoorperates make the script intense and dramatic. Between the distressed screaming of the people to the short directness of the reporters, the radio adds a sort of importantness of the alien attack that the reading does not. Because one only hears their own voice while reading, they may not find the obvious bluntness the piece tries to exert.

Griffin and Sabine is an interesting tale about the "relationship" between two well connected friends. I enjoyed the hands on tactics of this book and the confusion of the relationship between the two main characters. The connection between these two may be thought to be insane, but if not insane it could just be Griffin's way of creating a new painting or drawing for his collection. the reason Sabine make stamps may be because Griffin wants his letters/postcards to stick or stay with the world. the connection Sabine has with his drawings is the connection he wants the world to want with his drawing. and with this i come to the conclusion that griffin just wants to be wanted and needed which can be supported by him missing his parents and then his guardian.

GRIFFIN&SABINE

The works of Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem are very different at the beginning. Griffin’s arts are very structures, neat and they make sense. Sabine’s arts are more sketchy and random. As they talk to each other more and more often, their styles have changes. Sabine’s arts start to make sense, and become neater. However, Griffin’s arts become crazy and sketchy. Also, the changes of their styles reflect their frame of minds. At the beginning, Sabine and her words come from nowhere while Griffin is being very logical. Later on, Griffin is influenced by Sabine, and he becomes all messed up while Sabine starts to control the situation.

For the ending, I think Griffin Moss is kidnapped by Sabine Strohem. As they get to know each other better and better, Sabine has been watching Griffin. She knows everything about him. When she knows that Griffin plans to forget about her, she gets so upset because she falls in love with him. She goes to his studio, replies his postcard which has not been sent. Then, in order to have him all by herself, she takes him away and puts all the letters and postcards on the ceiling.

Parallel Letters

I think that the artwork on the inside cover of the islands Sabine lived on and the map of England where Griffin lived are a very important detail of this book. The organization of the colors and neatness of the possible train railways show the world that Griffin lived in was vastly different than Sabine's. His map showed that plainness that entailed in Griffin's letters. The map of the islands where Sabine lived show how unorganized she seemed. The islands are carefree almost just like her. The shape of them are similar to her own artwork and herself. On one letter she said that they are unsearchable, little specks of dust on a map almost like saying that she is non-existent as well.
The way that the maps are separated are also interesting. They are parallel to one another. This seems to show however different these two people are, they are actually closer than they realize.

They are both Creepy

In the book Griffin and Sabine, I think Sabine is crazy and is a creeper. She writes the first letter very interested in Griffin asking him so many questions. After he is alittle put off and confused he gets more into the letters. He starts signing it Love Griffin and All my love Griffin and tries to get the letters to Sabine as fast as possible. Then Sabine starts to get neater and not asking questions and getting put off. I think Sabine was creeping when she sent the first letter. Now i think Griffin is creepy how he doesn't know her, but is so intrigued wiht Sabine.

This book would not be as nearly exciting as it is if there was not a psychological mystery involved. We cannot truly determine if Griffin is merely psychologically creating Sabine or if Sabine is one of the creepiest people in the world mentally connecting herself to Griffin to keep tabs on him due to her own loneliness and life failures. I am not a huge fan of Sabine because if I received a postcard from a random person, a postcard that includes personal details of my work, i would be absolutely 100% convinced that I have a stalker.

I enjoy the book for its psychological angle because it also makes you start to question the whole picture. I guess it is kind of hard to explain but the psychological aspect of this book, to an extent, toys with your own sanity.

Lycanthrope

When viewed through the perspecive of the ever-changing artwork supplied by Giffin and Sabine, it is apprent that Sabine is simply a figment of Griffin's lonliness and over-active imagination. The lines between the seperate art forms begins to blur, and it seems almost too convenient that Sabine is the only islander to use the stamps which she pesonally designs. When viewed closely, even the handwriting of Griffin and Sabine ae similar enough to lend to the idea that both are, in fact, the same person.

The art work on the postcards lends to this theory through the use of contrasting items (such as Sabine's Venus-inspired figure surrounded by organic, exotic figures) shows the combination of both personalities in the same person. Later, Griffin's cards begin to show things transforming, or emerging from other things, such as the dog from the mans head, or the wolf in a coat on the back of the same post card. Subconsciously, Griffin (who has been writing to himself the whole time) has begun to blur the lines for himself. He has begun to lose his grasp on himself and on reality while slipping into total madness.

Pierrot's Last Stand

One of the most facinating aspects to the story of Griffin & Sabine is the artwork of the envelopes and post cards. In the beginning of the book Sabine's artwork varies from Griffin's tremendously. Her artwork is more sketch like and obscure. Griffin's artwork however is surrealist and has defined lines and you know exactly wat you are looking at. When analyzing the details you see that Sabine doesn't adhere to typical standards such as placing the stamp in the upper right corner of envelopes, and where she puts the adresses. Griffin however at first always puts the stamp and address where they are suppose to go. Over the course of the story their artwork begins to become more and more simular, and Griffin and Sabine start to display simular tendancies of where they place the stamps and adresses. Finally, Griffin's last post card Pierrot's Last Stand shows no clear distinct lines and is completely unclear. This is more of Sabine's origional style. These details help prove the theory that Sabine is a figment of Griffin's imagination and that Griffin finally goes crazy once their personalities unite.

Art without borders

“Griffin&Sabine” is an interesting book with the mysterious and wear postcard in it.  First look at the post card, I had all different funny or goofy understanding of those post card. I am very impressed about the painting and art on the postcard. I did not get the moral from those arts,so I can have different way to explain them when I have different mood. Like the first postcard from Sabine, I felt the bird has a huge head and no wings on it.Maybe Sabine has rested her freedom on the bird.Or there is a secret that we will never know.

handwriting

I think this book would not be as intriguing and exciting to read if it was not designed and layed out in the way that it is. A normal chapter book relaying the same story would probably be considered boring. The best part about this book for me was deciphering the post cards and reading into the characters through them. I think this book shows how much can be determined through the handwriting of a person and the way a person writes. I think that people who write in all capital letters are usually very confident and can even be seen as sometimes cocky. In all of Griffin's postcards, he writes in capital letters and is very direct and down to the point. This shows he is an accomplished and confident person. Whereas Sabine is more mysterious, indirect and I see her as shy and awkward in a sense. All of this information is determined through the characters handwriting their styles of writing. If this story was written in a different style of writing, none of these factors would have been able to be determined.

Phantom of Ghost

" Foolish man. you cannot turn me into a phantom......"
I used to doubt that SABINE was actually another personality of GRIFFIN. Since she knows so much about him that she probably was GRIFFIN's imagination because of his lonely heart. However, after i saw the last postcards that i realized there is no stamp and postmark on it! Griffin just wrote the postcards and the content were he started to think maybe SABINE is not a real person. Then he was missing! There was also a reply in the studio from SABINE! Let's think about that there was a ghost lived in GRIFFIN's studio, and she could watch every action he did throught her blood-red eyes. The island she live is just a phantom that never exist. She hided secretly in a corner and laughed at his helpless. At last, she was just tired of the torture on the letter and decided to kidnap him or kill me!

I really enjoyed this book and the fact that you could tell so much from the littlest things. I first thought that it was just a little story of post cards, but it ends up being so much more. I love that the artwork on each post card tells a story in itself and then the writing doesn't even need to say that much of a story or about the character. The most interesting thing to me was the fact that how as the story went on, Griffin's letters started becoming more like Sabine's and vice versa. At the end, I also noticed right away that the last two post cards had no addresses to them yet they're talking as if they received the letter. I believe that proved the theory of Griffin's insanity and the fact that he made up Sabine's existence to keep himself occupied in his lonely, miserable life.

Exotic postcard

Talk about a stalker! Could you imagine getting a letter from a complete stranger who is convinced they have an ability to see your every move? This could merely be a made up character of Griffin's imagination for his yearn to be known in the art world. But through this book it has become evident that the artwork of the postcards that Griffin is NOT normal. Not only is it likely that Sabine is a figment of Griffin's imagination but through the story of her life, Griffin's fantsy world from his boring life is able to come out.

Griffin and Sabine

I believe it is very interesting to see how Griffins attitude drastically changes between each letter. For instance in the letter sent by Griffin he uses language such as "please enlighten me" showing no signs of anxiousness or curiosity. However on March 15th his attitude shifts dramatically and he reviles just how intrigued he is by Sabine. Throughout this book I found it difficult to figure out whether or not Sabine actually is a real person or if Griffin is just crazy. The intriguing photos suggest greater details than the text in the book supplies for us. I went back and forth debating whether I think Griffin is nuts and this is just a call for help, or Sabine is a real person.

Depression Meets Insanity

Griffin & Sabine illustrates an underlining problem of depression. I thought Nick Bantock tried to manipulate a different perception of loneliness and/or emptiness. I loved the creativity of the graphic illustrations on the front (and sometimes back) of the postcards. I thought, as the book progressed, the illustrations became ambiguously determined by the overwhelming feeling of distance vs desire. Over a period of time, Sabine expressed distance through her writing. However, in return Griffin tried to confide his depression over Vereker's death. Through his intense style of writing, Grifin shows an obsession of wanting to diminish his loneliness and support his emptiness. I think this subsequently determines the threatening ending of the book.

An Extraordinary Correspondence

I absolutely loved this book. I think that the way it is set up helps make the story completely unique, and I felt a huge personal connection with both characters, even though it is speculated that Sabine is merely a figment of Griffin's imagination. Personally, I think that he has lost his mind, especially because of the text at the end of this story that states he is missing and that the postcards were the only items found in his abandoned studio. I loved her last postcard to him after he tried to end their correspondence, because I felt that she was completely in control of their situation even though he had tried to take control for himself by ending their relationship. Her power over him is incredible, and it makes me want to read their complete story to find out whether or not she is simply another part of his very complex imagination.

The Blind Leading the Blind

As I read this book I was highly fascinated by the bright imagery and unconventional characteristics of both Griffin and Sabine. I found the suspense behind the story increased with each bit of their correspondence. Although it may take one merely minutes to read the entirety of this book, the messages found in between the lines of the narrative take ages to intreperate. I found the postcard titled "The Blind Leading the Blind" to be incredibly interesting. The front of the postcard depicts an ugly mess of blind, recently hatched, hungry birds therefore presenting the reader with an almost direct representation of Griffin at this stage of his correspondence with Sabine. In reading the text on the back of the postcard the reader can gather that Griffin has reached the climax of his dependence upon Sabine. He has turned to anger and frustration in order to help cope with the lonliness and confusion he feels. He says, "I guess I finally snapped." This postcard reveals the most literal representation of the idea that Griffin is losing his mind. His plea for a photograph from Sabine verifies the concept that Griffin was becoming aware of his own mental instabilities and beginning to face the truth that Sabine did not exist.

No Address

I think the most fascinating part of Griffin and Sabine are the last postcards in the book. There are no addresses on these postcards, but the correspondence suggests that the postcards were still received. I think this could lend credibility to the theory that Sabine is a figment of Griffin's imagination and he is actually crazy. I also noticed how the postcards get darker and moodier towards the end, and I wonder about the random stamp on one of the blank white pages in the end.