JordanKramer
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Reflection
Design Plan
Design Plan
Medium and Production: I
am using photographs to portray my message and essay. Since my topic is
“Why is Adoption Important” I am going to take pictures of my friend’s brothers
and family to portray how helpful adoption is. I need to figure out how
and what kind of action shots to take in order to display this message. I
not only need to take pictures of the brothers, I need to take pictures of how
they interact with their family, to show how much of an impact adoption has had
on them.
Strategies:
Ethos: For ethos I
want to come across to the audience that I have a concern for this topic.
I don’t want the audience to view me as someone who is pushing this or an
expert. I want to come across as someone who is displaying my concern for
this area.
Pathos: I want the
audience to feel emotional about this photo essay. I am hoping some of
the pictures will appeal to them as happy and uplifting. I also want the
audience to sense a feeling of sadness when they think about all the other kids
that don’t have a home. I am hoping for these emotions to help make a
change in this area.
Logos: For logos my essay
is passed on persuasion. I am going to put a picture of a happy young
adopted boy in hopes to persuade the audience that adoption is in fact
extremely important in this society. I need to also make captions that
sometimes contain facts about adoption.
Arrangement:
I’m going to use
PowerPoint for my presentation. I will have somewhere around 8
slides. Some of the slides will contain more than one picture depending
on the point I am trying to get across in the slide. I don’t want to
overdo it with the pictures because I want the audience to get my point and
feel emotional without overwhelming them. My first slide will be the
title page. My second slide will contain 2 photos. My first
photograph will be of Jimmy, which was the first son adopted from China.
My second picture will be of Jack, the second son adopted from China. My
third slide will be a picture of them together trying to portray the bond they
have formed even though they aren’t blood related. My fourth slide will
be a an action shot of Jimmy to show the audience his everyday life. My
fifth slide will be a picture of Jack to show the audience his everyday life.
My sixth slide will be the entire family to show the audience the bond
the family has. My seventh slide will be a picture of both Jimmy and Jack
on their day of their adoption (they were adopted in different years.) My
8th and final slide will be a smile/laughing picture of them
together just enjoying life to wrap it up to the audience how much better their
lives got ever since they were adopted.
Purpose Statement
I am trying to communicate to the
audience why adoption is important. I
hope that people look at adoption more because you are potentially saving a
child and giving them the love and care they might have not received. My hope for the audience after they see my
project is that they will gain more knowledge on what adoption really needs and
how much of an impact it has on the children.
I am writing this because my friend has 2 adopted brothers from
china. They are both disabled, one with
polio and the other with severe learning disabilities. This story has impacted me because I can see
how happy the boys are with their family.
I realize how much of a better life they have now just because of my
friend and her family. The best possible
outcome for my project would be for someone to even consider looking more into
adoption and helping out a child in need.
The worst possible outcome would be for no one to learn anything or be
impacted by my project. Informing people
about adoption will help society in a whole.
There are many abandoned and abused kids that need a home, so adoption
is extremely important in this world.
Some
characteristics that my audience should have is that they like children, they
are somewhat thinking about wanting children or adding to the family, caring
and understanding, loving, they should have a desire to help a child in need,
and overall they should be a good person.
When my audience views my project I think there will be a lot of emotion
running through them. I think this
because obviously adopting is a huge life choice. You have to think about a lot of things
before you can fully decide that you want to adopt. I think if I can share a personal story about
how adoption has changed someone I know then the audience will feel more
connected to the project. The
characteristics that are most relevant to the purpose is that they like kids
and that they have a want of helping kids.
I don’t necessarily think they the audience has to be thinking of
starting a family or adding to a family because just being informed about
adoption can help change a lot of things in the world, even if someone doesn’t
actually adopt.
The project can take place at any
time. There is not a certain time this
information should be shared because it is something that can take place any
day, any month, and any year. The
project should be placed for people to view on either an adoption blog or
website. Also the project should be
shared on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
This project is something that I personally think should be viewed
everywhere because it is such an important topic. When viewing this the audience should either
be at home or somewhere comfortable surrounded by family and friends. Also another place this project should be
placed is at a movie theater as one of the ads before the movie plays. There the audience will be with a loved one
sitting in comfortable chairs so they will feel comfortable while viewing this
project. Time and place shape the
audience’s expectations because personally I think people take more in when
they are with friends and family and when they feel comfortable. If the audience was sitting on a hard bench
all alone I don’t think they would get as much out of the project because they
were in an uncomfortable setting.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Writing and Design
I've realized that written communication is really important. It is very important to make what you have written stand out to the audience. For example, if you have more pictures, more color, exciting font, etc., more people will pay attention to what you have to say. No one wants to read a boring long paper without anything that sticks out. People are drawn to animation and design. I would rather read something that had a colorful font and some pictures here and there, than read something that is just a 3 page paper of words. All in all I learned the more you make whatever your writing stand out, the more people will take the time to view your work.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
What I think about blogs
I think blogs are a good way of getting your opinions and thoughts into the world. I do not think a blog can be very useful. When I think of bloggers I think of people who really enjoy journaling. I do think a blog could have a
use for me. There are a lot of things I have opinions about that I have not yet
shared with anyone. It would be a good
way for me to get my thoughts and ideas out there for people to see. I think a writing class would use
a blog because it can show the class the many styles of writing. I think we will use a blog in class to share
our work with others so they can learn things as well. I think they will be personal blogs, because
they are blogs about what we think so obviously they will most likely contain
personal thoughts.
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