I picked a scene from pretty little liars. This
scene starts out inside of a church at night. It is dark and quiet. The girl
walks in the church and walks over to the guy. They talk in a calm suspenseful
voice. There are candles around that make it appear to be a romantic setting.
When the music starts playing in the background it makes it appear to be a
thriller or suspenseful scene. The music also makes it seem a little
mysterious. The people in this scene
know each other through a mutual friend. By their actions you can tell that
they don’t like each other too much. The guy is being suspicious and by his
face you can tell that he is up to no good. He is standing there in the church
at night with no one around which gives off the impression that he was planning
something bad. He starts moving towards
the girl letting us know that he is going to do something bad to her. The
conversation doesn’t go to good. By
their conversation you notice that the girl is on to his secret. He is
surprised by this and starts to chase after her. When he is walking towards her
in the beginning, she is backing up as if she knows that something bad is going
to happen. When he starts chasing after her, you get a vibe that he was feeling
threatened by her. It is still dark and gloomy in this scene which gives off
the impression of it being a thriller.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Plan of Action
The group I chose to observe is the Black Student Union
(BSU). I chose this group because I have attended a few of their events around
campus and I am interested in joining it. From observing this group, I hope to
learn the main purpose of it. I am going to contact Unique Young who is the
president of this organization. I will do that tonight and hopefully I get a
respond by tomorrow. There next meeting
is this Wednesday which is when I am going to start observing. I believe that I
will be allowed to take pictures. I would also like to talk to members that are part of
this group.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Speech Analysis
I never had to watch
myself give a speech before and it was very weird. I had a hard time coming up
with a common thread that links my personality but once I had help finding one,
it was pretty easy coming up with the stories. I only had trouble trying to
come up with a story for the career section. I felt pretty good with the
content of my speech and what I was talking about. I was just nervous to give
the speech in front of the class. I tried not to show how nervous I was but you
can kind of tell that I was. I rehearsed my speech in front of people multiple times
and tried not to look down at my notecards. I also tried to make my speech longer
than 3 minutes. When I actually got up and gave my speech I had seen that I
could have done a lot better. I noticed that I kept looking down at my
notecards which is what I was trying to avoid. My plan was to walk back and
forth which is what I had rehearsed. When I watched the video of myself I noticed
that I basically stayed in the same place and relied too much on my notecards.
If I had more time to prepare for my speech I probably would try to do it
without notecards and practice on not just staying in the same spot and moving around
more. I would also try to not seem so nervous if I can.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Speech Outline
Ethos: My ethos is
going to be relatable because I will be talking about personal experiences. Every
time I have to talk in front of people I get nervous and talk fast. This is my
weakness. I also run out of breath because of talking fast. To prevent this I
need to practice in front of people to get comfortable.
Pathos: The emotion in
this speech is happy because I will not be talking about anything negative.
Logos: Outline
Introduction: When you
think of someone who is quiet, you usually don’t think of the positive. You may
think of a person who is shy, antisocial, and have trouble making friends. Even
though I’m quiet, this doesn’t apply to me. Me being quiet relates to how I am
with my family, career, and entertainment.
Body Points
Family: I am going to talk about my
family and how I am a military brat and been that way my whole life. Moved around
a lot. Lived overseas. I can be Spoiled. Military
brats are known to be quiet.
Entertainment: I am
going to talk about how even though I am quiet, being a military brat made it
easy for me to make new friends and talk to new people. College. I am also going to talk
about how I was an athlete and love being involved in school. Since I am quiet I
am a good listener.
Career: I am going to
talk about how being a good listening has helped me with being a student and
will help me through college and being a counselor one day. Since I am quiet I do
hold back a lot.
Conclusion: Being quiet
and a military brat are a big part of who I am. I can easily meet new people and
I am a good listener. You may think
negative things about quiet people but with me it is not that way at all.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Speech/Monologue by Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks is a successful woman who gives good speeches about empowering young women. She doesn't have a show anymore but when she did she always talked about self-esteem and how to love yourself and accepet the way you are and be strong.
In these videos she is talking about the rumors of the media and the pictures they take that make celebrities look like that gained a lot of weight. She can relate to this because this is something that happened to her. This topic is relatable because we all have seen these kinds of pictures before. She is saying that nothing is wrong with being big or small and that all sizes are beautiful but the media tries to get nasty pictures.
Ethos: She has great eye contact with the audience and her posture and body language keeps them interested. The topic that she is talking about is relatable because everyone has seen pictures of celebrities in the paper and the internet that make them look like they gained about 40 pounds.
Pathos: She has an emotional connection with this topic because it has happened to her and she tells the story of this picture of her that has spread around the world. Because of this she stands on stage next to the picture with the same bathing suit on. She is saying that people are use to her looking small and slim, but have a problem with her look thick and a little big. She says that there is not a problem with being big or thick or skinny and if she didn't have confidents in herself she would have been starving herself. She wants all women to be confident in their body and be strong to take negative comments. She feels like that there is a problem with the world that have young girls upset over their body because they may feel it is not accpetable to society. Her purpose in the speech was to let everyone know that you cant always believe what you see on tv or the paper or the interent and that nothing is wrong with how you are built and dont stress over the negative comments people make.
Logos: She starts out with talking about the picture and how it made her feel. This grabbed the audience attention. She stated her purpose for telling this story and how she feels about it. She ends this speech saying that anyone who has something nasty to say about her or other women that has been put down or judged based on their body to kiss her fat ass.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
NBA nerds
The way people dress has changed over the years especially
for basketball players. Morris looks at the changes of wardrobe of these basketball
stars. He notices the fashion styles of Blacks in America today has
changed. Years ago you would see
basketball players were wearing baggy clothes and basketball shoes while now it
is more of a nerd style. He was observing these styles at a basketball
conference. Morris related these styles to Carlton off of the TV show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He was saying
that the nerd style for blacks was looked upon as being white or rich black
people living in the suburbs. The way Carton dressed in this show was nerdy and
looked as being white. This style was looked down upon as not being cool. His
character was known to be uncool. His style is not looked down on anymore.
Other than basketball players, black rappers are starting to dress this way
too. You can see now that the nerd look is being supported in the black
culture. The white and nerd style is now acceptable. I remember years ago
blacks always wore brands like Coogi Rockaware , and Baby Phat. Now the number
of blacks that wear Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Aeropostal has been
increasing. When NBA stars and rappers
wear the nerd glasses and button down checkered collared shirts, their fans
dress that way too. I believe that Morris’s argument in this article is about
the change in our society among the black culture. The nerd attire is not just
what whites wear or what blacks wear but is acceptable among all races and now
and to our American society.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
WRD Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CoFeg2nMX8&feature=g-crec-u
Short Essay:
Short Essay:
For
my documentary, my topic was on Twitter and my argument was about the people
who you decide to follow and if it is a reflection on you. I interviewed a few people and had them talk
about the reasons why they follow certain people and if the people who they
chose to follow have a reflection upon them. This was my argument in this project.
I got pretty good shots and film for this but if I had more time I think I could
have interviewed more people and got more shots. I interviewed these girls who
became best friends from meeting on Twitter. I was glad that worked out and that
I have found people who actually follow each other who didn’t know each other
but ended up being friends. I wanted to interview more people but that didn’t work
because a lot of people that I had asked didn’t want to speak in front of a camera.
If I had more time I probably would have liked to get shots of people around
campus interacting with each other and have them talking about my topic. I
would have liked to film them having a conversation with each other about my
topic so it looks very natural and maybe easier for people to talk with the
camera in their face. I achieved in having a good amount of people talk about
the topic and who they follow and why it is a reflection upon them and who they
like to surround themselves with. I came up short with shots so it is mostly
just people talking. I wanted to have their voices over the pictures I added
but that didn’t work for me to well. All my questions in this was answered and
I believe that my argument in my documentary is clear and understanding and
something that will catch other’s attention.
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