My Rhetorical action plan

In the following blog post I analyze my plan of action for project 3

Audience:

What does the audience know about this topic, text or idea? Do they have opinions that you need to address?

• My audience will most likely be people who only care about the technical aspects of filmmaking or those who like to keep up with what is happening at the center of the industry. 
• The whole argument is opinion based and every audience member of mine will have an opinion. 

What do you know about the values that members of the audience might hold?

• Most of these filmmakers will have began their careers shooting on one medium or the other. 
• whether their careers are young or have many accolades already piled up, they grew up and started on either film or digital so it will be hard to get them to switch sides so abruptly. 

What type of research or evidence will be persuasive to your audience? 

• Showing the technical side and the advantages of one medium or the other and the capabilities of them.
• Also showing the economical consequences of shooting on either digital or film
• Then I believe a timeline and projection of what digital will be able to do in 10 years will be persuasive. 

What visual images or elements might your audience respond to?

• Side by side visual comparisons of scenes shot on digital and film will be very helpful, also graphs of costs and equipment needed for one or the other will be helpful

Why is your audience reading or listening to your argument? Are they trying to broaden their horizons?

• I believe they would listen to my argument because I claim to have a solution to this issue.
• I think that, like me, people are tired of hearing about this struggle and want to just get back to making movies
• Also I think they value another opinion of someone else on this issue
• I am trying to show them that there isn't a need for all this un-needed quarreling over this topic
• I hope that by providing an unbiased look and also a lot of evidence to both sides, I can motivate people to use what they thing will make their film the best

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Genre:

Genre 1- Article written by me for elements of film magazine

1. Here is a perfect article for this website, it shows both sides and will be perfect to present evidence and also persuade people 

2. This is also a good article of similar type of article, It has more anecdotal evidence and also more personal touches. 

What is the function of this genre? 

• This genre is supposed to present information in a clear cut way to people so that it is easy to understand and unbiased. 
• i chose this because it is the easier of the genres to present both sides of information without seeming biased. 

What is the setting of the genre?

• Hopefully in a big film industry magazine read by people who care about how films are made, like the hollywood reporter or something 

How might you use the themes we have discussed in class to your advantage?

• Given the fact that this is purely personal preference, emotional appeals and logical appeals will be most effective in persuading my audience. 

What types of visual elements can be used?

• As I already said, graphs and side by side comparisons will be most effective. 

What type of style will you use in this genre?

• Personal and emotional appeals will start out my argument strong. Then, adding in logical appeals with visual evidence and graphs will strengthen it even the more. A proposal argument will be most effective and will bring the whole argument to a nice close. 

Genre 2: Video

Here is a great example of a debate style video that would do really well for my argument. 

Here is a side by side compression video that presents the differences side by side for people to see. 

What is the function of this genre. why did you choose it?

• Film people are visual learners, as we are visual people, so a video would be very natural and easy for people to understand. 

What is the setting?

• YouTube is the most obvious but also a show like AMC movie talk or something like that. 

How might you use rhetorical appeals?

• I can still use emotional appeals in this particular genre, however logic and numbers and visual compression would be much more effective in this such case. 

What type of visual elements can be used?

• It's a video, it has to have visuals

What type of style would you use in this genre?

• This genre could be more informal and debate like, as both sides need to be presented, a pro/con argument would be effective here. 

Responses/ Actions:

Positive responses-

• People realize there is no need for a big fight on this issue, and they leave people alone to shoot on what they want. 
• people understand that film is completely subjective and don't chastise people for not liking their method

Negative responses-

• "I don't care, film is still better and always will be and digital is killing filmmaking!" Well, good luck shooting things in the future there bud
• "You have only ever shot on digital how would you know?" This is true however I have work on project that were shot on film so I saw how it makes people act differently. 
• "Film rules!" Ok then. 

Considering type

In the following blog post I evaluate which type of argument would be useful for my argument.

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Postion argument:

This will be the most effective argument type for my position. Also known as the pro/con argument, this is exactly how to persuade someone of a change of mind or opinion. Showing the pros and cons of each side and then presenting my position would serve almost as showing my side as a compromise and easier to accept.

Proposal argument:

This type of argument would be almost as effective as the position argument, and in fact you could almost combine these two and make a super effective argument, but for the purposes of this assignment I can't do that. This argument shows the solution that would propose a solution after analyzing the argument, however it doesn't specifically say that i would explore the pros and cons of an argument, which is why it is the second most effective.

Refutal argument:

This would not be an effective argument type since it is actually not proposing a solution and there hasn't been a solution proposed already for this argument to refute. I could use this argument to refute both sides but that seems like a very pessimistic view this issue.

Evaluative argument:

This argument states that is evaluates "the successfulness of a current policy, idea, or solution to a problem". Since there hasn't been a solution proposed or anything that i can evaluate the successfulness of, this is tied for the least effective argument type for this assignment for my argument.

Casual Argument:

I only list this last because I can not think of anything to write for this one. I have to list the reasons that this is a controversy or problem and then why they could lead to the problem itself. This is a purely opinionated question and so I don't know if I can even write anything for this one.

Analyzing purpose

I created a coggle cluster for me controversy

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Here is a link as well for larger viewing

Analyzing Context

In the following blog post I analyze the key questions about context.

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1. What are the key perspectives in your controversy?

There are two key thought groups in this controversy

The first one is that film is and always will be superior. Those who support this claim will point to the look and texture of film, also the technical ability to have a wider dynamic range.

The people who support film will most likely point to the cost effectiveness of it and the rapidly progressing abilities of shooting on digital.

2. What are the major points of contention or disagreement between the perspectives?

The argument is which is better to shoot your film on.

There are technical aspects that give film a slight advantage but that is rapidly changing. As digital is catching up with the advancement of programs and cameras. People know that soon digital and film will be equal and since digital is cheaper then people should be getting used to digital.

3. What are the possible points of agreement between these two standpoints?

The two standpoints agree on the fact that the two are now so similar that it is just a matter of opinion which you shoot on. However they argue on which opinion is right.

4. What are the ideological differences?

There doesn't seem to be a lot of differences based on ideology. Religion isn't ever mentioned. Level of education doesn't matter, neither does race. The only one that might comes into it is economic background, if they are able to afford film so that they can make the choice of shooting on film or digital.

5. What specific actions do their perspectives or texts ask their audience to take?

This is a fairly simple answer. Those who believe that film is the way to shoot, want their audience to continue to shoot on film. Those who believe in digital, want their audience to move with the times and shoot on digital

6. What perspectives are most useful in supporting your claim?

Personal stories and preferences are most useful in supporting my claim. Also timelines of the progression of digital and the differences in cost will be effective for my argument.

7. Which do you think threaten your argument?

The fact that this is a matter of opinion will make it hard to change people's minds. This is a question where there is no correct answer, but it doesn't have to be an all out war, so to speak, in the film industry.

Reflection:

I read Morgan's blog and Kelly's blog, Morgan and I's context are similar in that it is based off of people opinions and stubbornness, Kelly has science to work with which helps her out massively. IT was interesting seeing how different our contexts were and thinking about what I would do if I were in her shoes.

Audience and Genre

In the following blog post I analyze my audience and genre for project 3

My debate is over digital vs traditional filmmaking. Regardless of audience I will be doing this as a personal, anecdotal opinion piece.

Audience 1 (upcoming filmmakers)
Genre 1: Film people are video people, so a YouTube video would be the most logical choice. I would provide examples of what film vs digital looks like and also get interviews with DP's (directors of photography)

Example 1: Here is an example of the kind of video I would do, including interview style and the type of people I would hope to interview. I know a few small time DP's and could get their opinion on this debate for sure.

Example 2: I could, instead of having the video be the interview, use the interview and put the quotes on he screen like picture-in-picture style, sort of like this.

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Genre 2: Personnal article article written for TheHollywoodReporter

Example 1: Here is a solid example of the type of article I would write. Using both personal anecdotal evidence and also quotes and contextual evidence.

Example 2: Here is an example from TheHollywoodReporter of the exact type of article I would write. This employs everything from box office numbers to award season success.

Audience 2 (current filmmakers)
Genre 1: Interview, Since my family happens to be well into this business, talking to big name people in the business now could be an option for me.

Example: Here is the interview style and the caliber of person I would hope to interview, it is the Quentin Tarantino interview from the last project we did.
Example: A different interview style that I could conduct. This could lead to some interesting points and debates. Here

Genre 2: Personal stories, this could be especially effective on a reading/chat forum like reddit.

Example: Here is a reddit thread that is exactly what I was talking about. Personal evidence and anecdotal stores.
Example: Here is another type of the same genre of rhetoric. However, this is a response to a question posted by a user, lots of people stating why they prefer one over the other.

Extended Annotated Bibliography

I did not gather to many sources for my project two, I had to find all new ones for this project.

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Here is the link to my Extended Annotated Bibliography.

Narrowing my focus

In the following blog post I analyze two questions from the previous blog post.

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1. Which side is fighting harder?

• This is an important question to answer because it could be both a sing of strength for the select sides point and argument, but also a sign of desperation as to be heard or keep their beloved tradition alive. Examining if their points have hard evidence or what their arguments are based on is also important.

1. What are the newspapers and magazines that cover this issue most? What is their demographic?

• If the magazines are those like TheHollywoodReporter and the SAG-AFTRA magazine, then their demographic is very focused and specific. However, if People magazine or US Weekly are giving this as much coverage as Kim Kardashians hair, then the audience is wider. Each answer tells us something. 

1. Who is very active in the media about this?

• Since my whole essay was on Quentin Tarantino, who falls into the category of very active, finding other examples would be imperative to this argument.