Sunday, December 8, 2013

Final Project

Her father was a big country singer and also starred on television alongside her, opening the doors to her career. She's been acting since childhood, singing since her teen years, and is now touring around the states as one of the biggest singer/songwriters today. Whether you love her or hate her, you can't avoid hearing about her on television or radio. This project is all about Miley Cyrus and her rise to the top.

Miley, born Destiny Hope Cyrus, has been using social media to promote herself since childhood and currently has a net worth of $150 million. With the help of her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, she was put into the Armstrong Acting School in Toronto and from there began small rolls in movies and television shows. She later auditioned for Disney and people started going bananas for "Hannah Montana." Her rise to the top of billboard charts and television ratings allowed fans everywhere to look up to someone.
But fame also has a negative side. "The Rise and Fall of a Disney Princess" shows that even prior to her performance with Robin Thicke at the VMAs she has been dropping the ball. Even her tongue is getting flack by the Huffington Post, an online newspaper in the UK. But negative publicity is still publicity, and die-hard fans are still sticking with Miley along the way. She is currently touring the states, promoting her new album Bangerz. She has over has 35 million likes on her Facebook page, over 15 million followers on Twitter, and has over 4 million subscribers on YouTube that have given her over 1 billion views (1,103,879,248 views to be exact)!




And despite the negativity that the media puts on a pedestal, Miley still takes care of her own and others. She is the owner of a studio home in California, six automobiles, three rescued pets, had relations with actor Liam Hemsworth, and donates to charities such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Stand Up to Cancer association.

Despite the trials and tribulations that Miley has gone through with media, her family, and relationships, I see her being very successful in the future. She has already crossed over into the hip hop genre with Juicy J and Whiz Khalifa in the song "23" and has reached the top o the billboard charts with her song "Wrecking Ball". I see her collaborating in a lot of music videos and potentially going back into acting in more serious rolls. Whatever she decides, I know that her fans will support her and back her up, no matter where life takes her.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Creating a Facebook Page

For this assignment, I created a Facebook page for myself. I, Akeem Brown, am an aspiring actor and voice actor, hoping to use radio, film, and "word of mouth" to create and empower my voice. Acting, voice acting more specifically, is what I want to do and I know what I have to do to get there. I have been featured in and collaborated with some of the greats of our time and have experience in film including editing, equipment, and acting.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

AWA Confirmation Tweet

Sample Screencast



The person in the video is trying to describe the directory of his tumblr page. He is navigating between his tabs, which may have been a bit confusing if he weren't using a screencast for it. Screencasting this is easier and more efficient than than just saying it because you have a visual to reinforce what is being told. Also being able to see what is told and following along with the mouse allows the viewer to think that they are doing less work than finding the tabs on his page themselves.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

My favorite video on YouTube



This is my favorite video on YouTube because Hank Green makes me feel like I'm not alone in my opinions. Usually my friends disagree with me on just about everything but I watch vlogbrothers videos on YouTube and Hank almost always shares the same opinion as me. This video was the one topic that all of my friends and I could agree on. This thing called "Friendzone" is not the blame of one person in the relationship. The fault is on both parties and Hank says that straight out.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

My Favorite Blog/Website

Currently, as far as social networking is concerned, my favorite website is probably tumblr, with facebook closely behind. I love how open tumblr allows you to be. You are free to express yourself as you please and can easily find others with the same interests through tagging, searching, ad tracking posts. For example, if you were to go to my tumblr page and search "Video Games" you would be able to see all of my posts that are about video games. If you like what you see you could then decide to "follow" me (kind of like on Twitter) and you will be able to see all of my posts from there on out.

A Little About Akeem

I was born in South Carolina, then moved to East Point and then Palmetto, GA before coming to Carrollton. I'm a Mass Communications major with an interest of voice acting and/or commentating, which I hope to ccomplish through radio work. I like to write in my spare time, usually poems oe stories based on photographs that I find on the internet. I mainly use tumblr, facebook, and twitter now to connect with friends and express myself. Five years ago, though, I was just getting into facebook and had just deleted my myspace account.