Pertinent Information:
Author- Quentin Tarantino, Academy award winning filmmaker and one of the most prevalent figures in the industry today.
Purpose- To share his thoughts on the digital vs film controversy
Audience- People who understand film to a finer degree and who get the technical aspects of it.
Ethos- He is the most credible source as can be.
Pathos- His tone of voice, repetition of words.
Logos- He doesn't use to much of this, credible author
1. "The people who are seeking information about this issue are those who enjoy film for its technical aspects and see deeper than the story and the acting. These people will most certainly know who Quentin Tarantino is. They know his work, they know his style and they study his films to learn from him. Therefore when Tarantino gives his comments on this issue, people listen. Therefore, Tarantino relies simply on his celebrity and his personal anecdotes to get people on board with his stance. This is not enough to change people's minds though."
From here I believe it will be very smoothly transitioned into how Tarantino uses personal anecdotes and how his tone of voice, his mannerisms and how he uses his top tier filmmaker status to try and sway people. Also examining his lack of logic and numbers and concrete numbers to support his claims could be an interesting paragraph.
2. "Relying on his celebrity status, Tarantino uses the "movie magic" appeal and his own personal preference to get people to see how making movies just isn't the same when you are shooting on digital."
From here, showing how Tarantino grew up making films with film and how he continues this would be my approach. Paying attention to the tone and emotional play he has in his voice would be an important part of this.
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Reflection:
I read Nick and Isabel's blog posts for this topic. Both of their thesis statement were very will written and was obvious that they lead themselves into strong essays that are clearly written and always relate back to their thesis statements. Wow I need to get myself in order...
I think both of your thesis statements would be best meshed together so you have one big thesis statement. Though your second one was very concise, I believe it still provides relevant information about your essay and its purpose. Additionally, I think it would be beneficial to add some of what you mentioned in the paragraph about your process in your actual thesis. For example, how you mentioned Tarantino's use of personal anecdotes, tone of voice, mannerisms, etc. I think these are good informants of what your essay will be about and would be well-placed in your thesis.
ReplyDeleteHey Dylan,
ReplyDeleteI think your first thesis statement was strong because of how it clearly displayed the logic of why people believe and will listen to Tarantino, yet I think it could be improved upon. I feel that your second thesis statement was short enough that it could be combined into your first, and from there you could improve the elegance of that thesis (your first thesis had too many short, choppy sentences).
This super-thesis would be very effective in my opinion. I would also recommend emphasizing the audience slightly less in your thesis and explicitly stating Tarantino's stance in the thesis (in your second you mentioned it was about digital film shooting, make that clear!).
I think you got a solid handle on this!
-Mika
P.S. Don't forget to link to the blogs you mentioned in your reflection. Just trying to help out!