In the following blog post I analyze the audience of this paper by following the student's guide questions.
Who are you writing for?
The target audience for this paper are technical film people. Those who understand F-stops and ISO and aperture. Others will not care about this as they won't see a difference nor care about the result.
The audience will have their own opinions and reasoning for believing in one over the other. Some may believe Tarantino and therefore follow him, this essay hopefully analyzes why they believe that and will lead them to draw their own conclusion.
What position might they take?
Arguing with people who already have their opinion and have their reasons is like arguing with a conspiracy theorist. It's not possible. They have their set of beliefs and it won't be anything short of defying gravity trying to convince them otherwise. However perhaps analyzing why they believe Tarantino or don't believe him will cause them to question their opinions and form their own.
What will they want to know?
If a person reads this and doesn't understand what the big deal is, but would like to, first they need to understand how a movie is shot. This is no easy task, but focus on what the camera does. Learn what an F-stop is, learn what ISO is and aperture and learn how these effect a frame. Then compare film to video and then you will understand why they are different and why people are perhaps very passionate about this.
How might they react to my argument?
They may feel like I am trying to drag down Tarantino because I am not a fan of his movies (which I am) or because I am a huge supporter of digital filmmaking (which I am not) and so they may just dismiss my argument all together.
How might I relate or connect with my audience?
Since I have experience with this, and have dealt with this issue before. I can use personal experience and my own opinion on this issue. Also looking at Tarantino's comments objectively could help.
Are there specific ideas, words or modes of presentation that will help me relate to them?
I belive writing like the know what they are talking about and I know what I am talking about will help. I don't want to belittle them or make them feel like I don't know what it is I am talking about. Also using personal anecdotes will help
Reflection:
I read Morgan and Savannah's blog posts on their audiences. Morgan's topic is something that ties the audiences hands, they either agree with her and are against violence and their public image doesn't change, or they speak in favor of violence and they are labeled an anarchist or something. Savannah and I's audience I believe will have a similar type of divide. Both sides will be very hard to convince of anything else and both sides will have very strong opinions of their side of the coin.
Like you, there is vocabulary that I assume my audience knows. That's really helpful to me because it seems like I have to interrupt my thought whenever I need to explain a word and that damages the flow of my essays. I'm impressed that you know so much about your major already and it seems like you're really interested in it.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your outline and agreed with you on a number of points. I too found that your audience might know certain terminology related to your issue. As for your issue I feel that you don't have that issue where the audience has to be partisan, rather have opinions that aren't exactly the same... but the difference wont cause major debate. Otherwise your analysis of your audience's reaction is spot on.