Cave Drawings

In the video we watched in class, the ancient cave drawings was something that was asked if these drawings were media. After watching the film and evaluating it, these drawings did relate to the ancient society in 300 BC. I don't think these are forms of media. Media is a broad term but in my eyes, media is something that is active and moving. Drawings of any type are not media. These drawings did reflect a lot of who these people were like and what they did in their free time. I don't think characterizing them as media would be fair. In the early 20th century, early film producers had to work to put together a story that flowed and that was coherent and believable. Radio producers had the challenge of trying to get everything to sync up to avoid dead air. Drawings on the wall in any decade, century, or millennium will never be considered media. However they will always reflect society. How these people drew pictures on cave walls shows a lot about them. It shows that these people were very intelligent regardless of the fact of advanced technology like we see now in the 21st century. These people were artistic, creative, and had visions of their own. This is one of the first societies that shows us what they did on a day to day life. Egyptians left their pyramids behind, these people left cave drawings in places that may not be stable anymore due to natural earth deterioration. Cave drawings will always be remembered and cherished by people across the world and for generations to come.