WEEK 15
First of all! happy first of May!
OK now in all seriousness,
For many people, creating a video for a writing class is very unexpected. For me, not really. Writing is just one of many forms of expressing an idea, event, or emotion, but its certainly not the only way in which a person can transmit a message. Communication is key for the survival of our human interaction, and with technology growing so fast, it is very important to be able to communicate in different styles, videos being one of them. I see this assignment as an opportunity to grow as a writer, because its like bringing words to life with sound and visuals. Creating a video is combining old skills such as writing and research, with new skills such as editing.
My group and I composed the purpose of our film doc in multiple ways. We used the rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos. In order to establish ethos, or our credibility, we decided to interview a professional psychologist, Dr. James Michael Wood. Through this interview, we provided background information on our issue. We also included videos created by JAN (Job Accommodating Network). We focused on this organization as our big solution to our issue, so providing clips from their videos established their credibility and told our audience a little more about them. For our pathos, we picked two completely different songs to provoke different emotional response. the first was a slow piano song to bring seriousness to the information being presented and cause an emotion of sympathy. The second song was more upbeat to bring an emotion to want to make a change. For logos, we used statistics and information found through our research.
For the actual presentation of the video, we decided to go in two directions to make it fun and informative for our audience. we provided a brochure with more information about JAN. We also dresses up as some of the characters of Inside Out in order to represent the different emotions people with Bipolar disorder go through every day. we also brought cupcakes for the class with the colors of our characters to demonstrate how each emotion is a unique part of the person with Bipolar Disorder and all come together.
I believe that the way my group and I delivered our message was very successful because it was informative but also made a call for a change. Our video was serious and informative and the solutions were to a certain extent simple and logical. All of the decisions we made on how we wanted our video to look was with the sole purpose of making our audience understand that bipolar disorder is a serious mental disorder like any other and deserves seriousness. My group and I are very happy with how it turned out because our hard work payed off.
(My group and I celebrating both our hard work and the premier of Game of Thrones!)
Me writing the first question consisted of looking at the positive sides of creating a video in a writing class. I just wrote what cam to mind, like many writers do. Writing is a gift given to us so we can have a voice. Through our gain of knowledge, the stronger our voice will be. We must use this gift that many people in the world have been denied, because sometimes we take learning for granted. Just like Edward Bulwer-Lytton said
