1. What is the purpose of submitting a video in a writing class?
I think the purpose of using a video is to learn how to use different genres to express our thoughts and rhetorical points such as , logos, ethos, and pathos through multimedia. Emotion is better portrayed with music and images than words.
2. Explain how you composed your message (purpose) in multiple forms.
It was important for our video to show emotion but not to a point of persuading our audiences. Concealed carry is a very emotional subject on its own we needed to pull back from images, videos, and sound in order to incorporate our other rhetorical points. Personal interviews from students were how we showed perspective. Our logic and credibility came from a personal interview from the head of the UTEP Concealed carry Implementation Task Force.
Why do you think the structure and delivery of the film doc worked to achieve its advocacy?
I believe we structured our video in a way that made sense and took our audience through steps in order to understand why concealed carry is the answer to school mass shootings. We presented them emotion to get their attention then came the facts of what is concealed carry and how it works, at the end we added an interview from someone who made the law possible in our school to reassure them that it will not be a drastic change in our school. I believe we made a good job with our structure of our documentary in order to achieve our advocacy.