first online source

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	"From Play to Display: Parkour as Media-Mimetics or Nature Reclamation?"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Matthew Ferrari
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Flowtv.org
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	University of Massachusetts
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	May 7nth 2010
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	30 January 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://flowtv.org/2010/05/from-“play-to-display”-parkour-as-media-mimetics-or-nature-reclamation-matthew-ferrari-university-of-massachusetts-amherst/

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): Perhaps the reason that parkour and free running has become such a hit with the mass media is its roots in nature seeing as how "Many of the amateur produced internet videos are constructed as virtual chase sequences, minus framing narrative motivations, other than the sheer thrill of flight," (Matthew Ferrari).

To further understand the integration of parkour into the media Matthew explains, "The flow of Parkour into the mainstream has functioned primarily to reinvigorate realism in action genres, especially that most integral of action film tropes –the chase sequence," (Matthew Ferrari). Many of parkours practitioners view that, “It is more than training, it’s relearning what we’ve lost,” (Sébastien Foucan).

While argue that parkour is a revival of our native instincts Matthew, "suggest that we look at Parkour as an enactment of sensational kinesthetic tropes prefigured in martial arts and action cinema, video games, and even comic books," (Matthew Ferrari).


Just as dramas rely on heavy emotions which occur naturally to humans, parkour/free running depends on "Primitivism" which "inhabits thinking about origins and pure states," (Matthew Ferrari). 

senior project proposal

Senior Project Proposal

Proposed Topic in the form of an  Essential Question: What type of influence does the media expose us to and how powerful is it?

Rationale for Choice

What about this topic appeals to you? Why did you choose it? An underground activity called free running has been exposed and exploited by the media resulting in several tv shows and numerous commercials. I feel it has been wrongly portrayed and does not justify the esscence of the movement. I want to see just how powerful an impact the media has on society and if its more of a brainwash than informative.

What do you already know about this subject? In todays society it is almost unavoidable in our everyday lives and influences everything from the clothes we wear to the usic we listen to.

What are you hoping to learn about the subject? The extent of the power the media has and how it uses this power.

What are you most interested in regarding the topic? I am interested to learn how to obtain and use the ability to influence others to my own self benefit.

                                                                                                                                                

What potential risks or challenges do you foresee for your project? I am worried about finding some sort of community service and how well the media has covered its tracks.