In the following blog post i post a link to the draft of my essay
Dear peer reviewers,
Please let me know if the tow first paragraphs ramble on and are to long to hold interest. I feel like they might be and maybe they include to much unneeded information. Other than that please let me know if the paragraph explaining the differences between digital and film is clear enough and gets the point across and the differences between the two understandable.
Here is my essay DRAFT
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Practicing summary and paraphrase
In the following blog post I practice paraphrasing and summarizing a direct quote from here.
"I think it is the death key, I think it is the death rattle, I do, And I even have a whole other aspect of it. For me, I always believed in the magic of movies. And to me, the magic of movies is connected to 35mm". This is the quote I will be working with, here is the original source of this quote.
My paraphrase:
Quentin Tarantino gives an impassioned title to the digital age, and an equally impassioned reason why film is better. Crowning digital the death of film, he cites his experience of believing in silver screen magic and how that feeling is connected to a traditional 35mm film roll.
My summary:
Tarantino uses strong language purposefully and meaningfully to express is distaste in digital filmmaking. He then continues to explain that the movie magic and movie experience is connected to traditional film.
"I think it is the death key, I think it is the death rattle, I do, And I even have a whole other aspect of it. For me, I always believed in the magic of movies. And to me, the magic of movies is connected to 35mm". This is the quote I will be working with, here is the original source of this quote.
My paraphrase:
Quentin Tarantino gives an impassioned title to the digital age, and an equally impassioned reason why film is better. Crowning digital the death of film, he cites his experience of believing in silver screen magic and how that feeling is connected to a traditional 35mm film roll.
My summary:
Tarantino uses strong language purposefully and meaningfully to express is distaste in digital filmmaking. He then continues to explain that the movie magic and movie experience is connected to traditional film.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Project 2 outline
In the following blog post I present my outline for my project 2 essay.
After reading the students guide helpful warnings on page 122, I have a few things to address in my presentation of the issue. First "focus on the text itself, not the issue" (Minnex, 122) is going to be especially challenging for me. Since this issue is directed towards a very small demographic of people, and because of who these people are, they will have their own opinions on this issue. But my job is to focus on how Tarantino presents and talks about his opinion on his issue. Also, the advice that my thesis should always be the "main point" (Minnex, 122) is important because I do still tend to digress from the point every-now and again. So keeping those two things in mind I should be able to do a pretty good job at analyzing how Tarantino speaks about this issue.
Introduction
After reading the students guide helpful warnings on page 122, I have a few things to address in my presentation of the issue. First "focus on the text itself, not the issue" (Minnex, 122) is going to be especially challenging for me. Since this issue is directed towards a very small demographic of people, and because of who these people are, they will have their own opinions on this issue. But my job is to focus on how Tarantino presents and talks about his opinion on his issue. Also, the advice that my thesis should always be the "main point" (Minnex, 122) is important because I do still tend to digress from the point every-now and again. So keeping those two things in mind I should be able to do a pretty good job at analyzing how Tarantino speaks about this issue.
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| Screenshot by Dylan Cotter 10/7/2015 "Tarantino and his Oscar" Public Domain Usage |
Introduction
- Background info
- Introduce Tarantino and the issue
- Explain how this issue came up
- Thesis
- one or two still undecided
Body Paragraph one
- Difference between the two mediums
- Information for the reader about what the difference between film and digital is so that they can understand why people are passionate about this
Body 2
- Information about Tarantino's understanding and credibility (his use of ethos)
- Examine how he uses his celebrity to his advantage in endorsing film vs digital.
- Examine his other endorsements of film during his time
- CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COMMENTS
Body 3
- Examine his use of Personal anecdotes
- his referral to his childhood and his emotional state during the tell of the story
- examine his use of pathos
Body 4
- Examine his lack of logos
- He doesn't use facts or numbers to support his argument
- examine how this is a flaw in his argument.
Conclusion
- Sumarize all three (ethos, Logos, Pathos) and see if he did enough to sway people to his opinion.
- Revert to thesis and answer the question.
Draft thesis statements
In the following blog post I show the thesis statements I have been working on for this essay. Here is the work that I am reviewing.
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.
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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| Screenshot taken by Dylan Cotter 10/7/2015 Tarantino Public Domain Usage |
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...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Analyzing my audience
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.
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.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Analyzing Rhetorical Strategies in "Quentin Tarantino's comments on Film vs Digital"
In the following blog post I analyze the techniques on display in my text.
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Appeals to credibility or character:
1. Yes I can see a few example of Ethos in this text, personal stories, tone, the author's public image, and information about the author's expertise are all on display here, mainly the author's image and expertise as Tarantino is a huge filmmaker/director and heavily influential to all those who make films and watch films, everyone knows Pulp Fiction.
2. Tarantino doesn't use these strategies, he already is a heavily influential director and he knows people will listen to him but he doesn't have to work at employing these strategies. However using personal experiences and his tone will relate to the listener and hopefully get them to agree with his point, so he is trying to get people on board with his opinion.
3. These strategies make the audience believe the author more. In this case Tarantino is already such a celebrity that his credibility isn't in question. These strategies just help him all the more.
4. Because he is such an influential person, his celebrity will cause people to listen to his argument anyway, and his use of personal stories and tone that sounds scared and desperate at times will make his argument all the more effective to those who are listening and agree with him.
5. The author is obviously bias because of his opinion on the topic. The text that i am analyzing is purely an opinion and a strong one at that, so yes it is bias however I don't believe it hurts his credibility all that much because of who he is.
Appeals to Emotion:
1. There are a few examples of pathos in this text such as, personal stories, tone and use of words. The most obvious example is Tarantino calling the digital age the "death of film" because it is such a emotionally charged word choice.
2. The author is trying to get people to see how this type of change will hurt the film industry. He is trying to get people to question their opinions and how they view this issue.
3. I think he is effective in his goal of getting people to question their opinions and stances on this issue. I know that I certainly have.
4. These responses are effective in sparking the debate about this issue. Only people who really know and care about film will care about this issue, so sparking beat among those people is the authors goal and it does it effectively.
5. I think that sparking this debate adds to his credibility. He supports the use of film and some filmmakers don't care either way, so the fact that he was able to get people talking about this is a testament to his credibility.
Appeals to Logic/ Reason:
1. He really doesn't use any connection listed to logic or reason, he uses historical record of some sort, talking about what he always thought the "magic of movies" was. However he really doesn't use anything else.
2. I don't really think he is trying to employ any response with these strategies because he really doesn't use any of these strategies. His one strategy that was sort of close was his use of historical record but that was his own use of his own history
3. The actual response is to other uses of ethos or pathos not logos. So there is no actual result from this strategy.
4. They are neither because they are not used here, all other strategies that he employs are effective but not this one because he doesn't use it.
Reflection:
I read Kelly's blog post on this issue and hear are some similarities I found. Like me, Kelly's author didn't use one of the three strategies as outlined in the book (hers was emotion), this makes it very hard on us to write about this section, however i feel like most every article or text you will find will use 2/3 of these sections. If they use 3/3 then the piece is exemplary but most will use 2/3.
Reflection:
I read Kelly's blog post on this issue and hear are some similarities I found. Like me, Kelly's author didn't use one of the three strategies as outlined in the book (hers was emotion), this makes it very hard on us to write about this section, however i feel like most every article or text you will find will use 2/3 of these sections. If they use 3/3 then the piece is exemplary but most will use 2/3.
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