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.

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.

WRD Documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CoFeg2nMX8&feature=g-crec-u

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.

Shooting Schedule

I plan to start filming for my documentary on Monday and get as much shots as I can on that day and Tuesday. I want to be done with the interviews by friday. I have four people in mind that I want to interview next week. The week after that I plan on starting the narration that I plan on using in the film.
The questions that I have in mind that I am going to ask are:
Why do you follow people who you do not know?
Why do you not follow people who you do know?
Do you follow people who you do not like? If so why?
Why do you unfollow people?
What does this say about you?
What makes you want to start communicating with someone you know nothing about?
Have you met friends on Twitter? How?

Scrpit Rough Draft

For my documentary I am going to interview a few people and have them talk about the reasons why they follow people they do not know or like on Twitter and why they do not follow back people they do know and why do they unfollow people. I am going to be filming them sometime next week. I am not sure how many people I am going to interview. I am also going to interview people who became friends off of Twitter. The interviews will take place around campus. I want to take a few shots of the campus and maybe some shots of Twitter if I can and do some narration over some of this. I am hoping that their answers will explain the reasons behind the follow button on Twitter and if it really tells the people who we like to surround ourselves with.

Final Documentary Proposal

For my documentary, I am going to find out why people choose to follow certain people on Twitter and why they do not follow other people back. I am going to find out why people follow others who they do not know or never met. What makes you want to follow people you do not know but not follow people you do know? What makes people want to unfollow others? Why do you continue to follow someone who doesn't follow you back? My audience is going to be UK freshmen. I plan on interviewing college freshmen on campus to get the information that I need. I want to ask people if they follow back everybody that follows them and if not, why. I will be asking why they follow people they do not know and if so have they ever met them in person. If I can I would like to find people who actually became friends on Twitter. I want to ask them what made them follow each other since they didn't know each other at all. I want them to let us know how did they start talking to each other and did they feel like friends before actually meeting. Another thing I would like to know is if they appeared the same in person from what you thought of them on Twitter. What made them want to meet in person?  I will be shooting the documentary all around the campus and take some shots outdoors as well as indoors. I plan on talking to the people that I became friends with on Twitter and ask them these questions. I would like to talk to my followers and the people that I follow and film them being interviewed. 

This is important because I want the audience to know that the people who you follow may tell who you want to surround yourself with or have things in common with or who you want to be. What does this say about you?

My thesis will be if you can’t change the people around you, CHANGE the people around you. If you don’t like a person that you follow you can easily change that by unfollowing them. It is like choosing the people that you surround yourself with. You can change it by a click of a button.

I can arrange the footage by first talking about this topic, showing shots of the campus and then showing the people I am going to interview. The last part of the documentary I want to show people telling the story of the friend or friends they met on Twitter without knowing them first. If I can I would like to have both of them together in  the footage talking about how did they became connected over a social site.

I plan on doing all the filming within a week or two. This should be enough time to get all the footage that I will need to use for this documentary.

Documentary Proposal

For my documentary, I want to find out if people act a certain way on Twitter than they do in person and why. What makes them want to appear on Twitter a different person than who they really are? Are they trying to be someone who they can’t be in person? I want to know why some people decide to make their pages private and why some decide to keep theirs public. When you set your Twitter to private you decide who can follow you. I want to know do they not feel comfortable letting a stranger view their tweets and they ones that keep theirs public they must not care.   Along with this I want to know why people choose to follow certain people and why they do not follow other people back. I am going to find out why people follow others who they do not know or never met. What makes you want to follow people who you do not know or don’t follow people back who you do know? What makes people want to unfollow others? Why do you continue to follow someone who doesn't follow you back? I want to find out if Twitter is only used among college and high school students. Why is it popular among younger generations. I plan on interviewing people on campus to get the information that I need. If I can, I would like to interview people back home. I want to ask people if they follow back everybody that follows them and if not, why. I will be asking why they follow people they do not know and if so have they ever met them in person. If I can I would like to find people who actually became friends on Twitter. I want to ask them what made them follow each other since they didn't know each other at all. I want them to let us know how did they start talking to each other and did they feel like friends before actually meeting. Another thing I would like to know is if they appeared the same in person from what you thought of them on Twitter. What made them want to meet in person? I will be shooting the documentary around the campus and take some shots outdoors as well as indoors. I plan on talking to the people that I became friends with on Twitter and ask them these questions. I would like to talk to my followers and the people that I follow and film them being interviewed.