I think I am going to do what Jenna Marbles does is one of her videos: She records herself writing on a white board, and speeds it up for her final video, and talks you through what she is drawing on the board. For her video, it was about her life and she drew a quick life story and talked her viewers through it, however, I think I can possibly do something like that for my video. If that doesn’t end up working, I think I am just going to talk in front of the camera because I’m comfortable with that. I think I could play some music that the MUCFD club plays at their fashion shows every year in the background. It is very upbeat and fun, and that is how I am trying to convey fashion to be in my video so I think that would be a good choice of music style. If I decide to just talk in front of the camera, I will have to film it in one continuous recording, and then cut it so that I am popping up on one side of the screen and then popping up on the other side of screen a lot like john green and jenna marbles do in their videos. I am not sure exactly what points I am going to touch on that I mention in my proposal, but video wise I think I am going to do either of the two ideas above because I think they are going to be the most effective for my topic. I do not know what form of technology I will use because I am not used to making videos on my own, so I will have to experiment with that a little bit before I begin recording my rough draft and final draft.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Green & Garrison videos 10/30/13
These videos differ from a written form of these topics and information because it the videos there is more emotion expressed. For example, in the Garrison Cyber-bullying video, there was sad music in the background, and there was no words coming from Garrison; there were just flashes of statistics on cyber-bullying. I think this was a lot more affective versus a written form of this information because the viewers can actually feel where Garrison stands on this topic, versus just reading about them. And in Green’s video, there was a lot of information that he covered, but in the video he showed a lot of sarcasm, which I feel would have been difficult to express as strongly in a written form of this information. In the videos you can see visuals and hear the person’s voice, and you can feel more emotion towards the topic versus a written form of these topics.
To engage audiences in their video, Garrison used Facebook as an example of cyber-bullying because most of the users on Youtube are familiar with and have a Facebook. So with that, she is dragging in the YouTube crowd. Also, her topic was mostly about teenage suicide and cyber-bullying, so I’m assuming her targeted audience was teenagers in high school and in college. Green engaged with his audience through the use of sarcasm and quick statistics, and with that he brought in viewers of all ages on Youtube since people of all ages know about and deal with health care prices. I would say the difference between these two videos, when it comes to audience engagement, would be that Green was much more lively and talked quickly, and threw out quick facts by mouth to engage with his audience and to make his audience feel as if he knew what he was talking about. Garrison did not speak at all, but took a different approach of using an example of something that is relevant to younger people (Facebook) to help her audience relate to her topic.
When you go from a written form of information to a video about the same topic, your audience changes to a much broader term. In a proposal your audience might be a certain organization or even one particular person, but in a video your audience shifts to the users of Youtube (which is much broader than a certain organization or person), even if the targeted audience within the Youtube users is younger users, older users, college student users, etc. I do not believe that your purpose changes at all, it is just expressed within a different context. For example, with Green’s topic of healthcare costs, his purpose of expressing his opinion on why it costs so much would not change between a written form of the information and the video form of that information, but the context with which it was expressed will change (aka written to video).
If we are talking about audience, I do not believe that Green’s video falls under the conventions of YouTube, because Youtube is normally used by younger viewers who don’t understand or don’t know anything about healthcare because they are still under healthcare with their parents and don’t have to worry about the price of it quiet yet. I believe Garrison’s video falls under the conventions of Youtube because it is directed towards a younger audience, and that is who is stereotyped to be regular users of Youtube.
Revision comments: 10/28/13
After I read all of my comments, I realized I wanted to change a significant part of my proposal. Instead of proposing a major/minor/or class, I’m going to propose a fashion-oriented class be added to the Miami Plan since throughout my proposal I am explaining why it is essential for all college kids and why it will benefit all college kids. That way, if the class were part of the Miami Plan then more students would have to take it and therefore more students would be benefitted by the class. There were a lot of comments on my proposal about directly addressing my audience, so I will make a point to go back and change the ways in which I word throes sentences for my final draft. There were also a lot of helpful comments on where to put certain sentences and when I should add them to the paragraph above or just get rid of them all together, which I found very helpful. There weren’t really any comments that I did not find helpful. I always find the criticism helpful, along with when they point out that something looks good because then I know that I did something right. The revisions that I am planning to make right now include changing my proposal a bit, switching up some of my sentences so that they directly address my audience, and move some paragraphs around.
Updated draft 10/23
Background and Goals
The issue I am addressing is the fact that Miami University does not offer any type of fashion major, fashion minor, or even a fashion orientated class. When I talk about the fact that Miami doesn’t offer anything fashion-oriented, I do not mean that they do not offer a class called “Fashion 101” (even though they do not), but I am addressing the idea that Miami doesn’t offer fashion oriented classes within the business school (to learn more about the fashion industry), the marketing and merchandising major (to learn how to market and sell fashion/brands), or the journalism major (to learn how to write for fashion magazines or become a fashion editor). This is a significant issue because Miami students are known for being “fashion-forward,” so the fact that Miami doesn’t offer anything fashion oriented is odd. Also, fashion is something all college students should be aware of because it will help them prepare for job interviews and make good first impressions. Also, Miami focuses on a “liberal education,” so adding fashion to the curriculum at Miami would only better benefit the students.
The context of my issue will be proposed in the form of a proposed major/minor/or class offered at Miami University. This is an important issue to be addressing now because it is something has been needed to be addressed in the past, so why not now? The sooner Miami gets a fashion program (or fashion class) up and running, the sooner Miami students can begin to see the benefits of a fashion program being offered. I am addressing the President of Miami University (President Hodge), and the reason he is my targeted audience is because he is the “go-to” person at Miami University when someone wants something changed. He would be able to take my proposal and make it happen if he feels it is a beneficial program to add to Miami University.
The intended purpose of my argument is to get the point across to President Hodge that offering some sort of fashion program, or even a fashion oriented class, would highly benefit Miami and Miami students. The goal of my proposal is to propose a fashion oriented major/minor/class that will relate closely with some of the majors that are already offered at Miami University (journalism, marketing, and business).
Proposed Plan
I am a Journalism major (hoping to write for a fashion magazine one day), and being a Miami University undergraduate student, I would love for the opportunity to major/minor in “Fashion Merchandising,” or “Fashion Journalism” as a way to better prepare me for my intended career when I get off of college. Offering a fashion program would allow for me to participate in a more “liberal education” like Miami takes pride in. Having the background of fashion merchandising/fashion journalism would really push me further in my journalism major and maybe even help me get a fashion-oriented job right out of college. Fashion is essential to a college kid such as myself because it prepares me for job interviews and helps me to present myself in whatever way I need to be presented. I am proposing a “fashion-oriented” major/minor/or class to be offered at Miami University. Having a major/minor/class offered at Miami will give students this opportunity (even if they are not interested in fashion) to learn about the fashion industry, fashion design, fashion journalism, the marketable side of journalism, etc. It will also make students more “cultured” and allow for them to apply what they learned in class to their everyday lives (ex: job interviews, landing an internship, presenting yourself, etc.)
Let’s begin with how an offered major/minor/class would be beneficial for Miami University students. Number one, Miami students will benefit Giving Miami students the chance to learn a little bit more about any category of fashion (considering Miami students are known for being “fashion-forward”) will allow for them to learn how to present themselves. Whether that be to a potential boss, a client, a professor, or even just to make a good first impression. We almost always determine within seconds whether or not we believe that a certain person is clean and reliable or filthy and lazy just by looking at them. Even the most basic upkeep and thought into the way you look makes a world of difference to the rest of the world and for future opportunities. (Is Fashion Important?) Giving students the opportunity to learn more about fashion, whether that be related to journalism (like myself) or to business, merchandising, or marketing, students will gain the knowledge of knowing how fashion can affect the way people see them as a future employee, client, etc.
Second, offering a fashion major/minor/class (just as I touched on before) would allow for students to broaden their experience in whatever major they are involved in now. Like myself, having a background in journalism would really help me express to future employers why they should hire me versus someone else. Also, students majoring in marketing, business, and merchandising could then broaden their “liberal education” here at Miami by having a background in fashion. The Academy of Art University has a stellar fashion program and emphasizes that their fashion courses relate with other majors so that students can have a background in something other than fashion, but also major in something that is related to fashion. They offer courses such as fashion design, fashion journalism, fashion styling, fashion merchandising, visual merchandising, interpreting and reporting fashion, retail store management, and many others. (Academy of Art University) Also, Kent State University offers two kinds of fashion programs: Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising, which is another great example of other schools that have incorporated fashion into the foundation of other majors that are even offered at Miami University. With the fashion merchandising, a student at Miami University could major in that and add on a business or marketing major and be able to work in the fashion industry once they are out of college. (Kent State University) This is just another example as to how other universities are incorporating fashion into other majors offered in colleges around the country.
Third, with Miami being such a great school (with a great academic reputation) and with the amount of students on campus that are “fashion-forward,” fashion is a necessity for Miami University. Fashion is something that is seen daily, whether that is in a magazine, on the television, or even from students around campus. “Miami students have a reputation for their good looks, and it’s a reputation well earned. Many Miami students can be seen in some of the latest fashions (as of Fall 2013, common things are Sperry’s, North Face, Vera Bradley, and Ralph Lauren). Miami is often referred to as “J.Crew U,” and this nickname aptly describes the unofficial dress code of the school. Even when girls go to class in T-shirts and yoga pants, they still pull it off with style. Overall, Miami students take their wardrobes very seriously.” (Guys & Girls) According to Miami University; Guys & Girls website, students at Miami take pride in fashion, yet they don’t have an opportunity to expand their education in fashion and learn more about the industry or even relate it to their major already.
The three steps that I have listed above are all reasons why Miami University should have some sort of fashion oriented major, minor, or class that is offered to the students of Oxford. If Miami were to add a fashion oriented major, I would propose a “fashion design,” “fashion merchandising,” or “fashion journalism” major that way students can either jump right into fashion design and learn something completely new, or they can major in something that is related to their major already (merchandising, marketing, business, journalism, etc.)
10/16/13 Blog Post
Based on the author of this article and the title “With Eyes That Think, And Compose, And Think: On Visual Rhetoric,” I can tell that this article is going to explain what visual rhetoric is and why it is important for an organization or a program or for the better good. I can tell, maybe, that this article is going to be somewhat repetitive since the title repeats the word “thinking” when it is not needed unless for the emphasis on repetition. The author of this article is Michigan Technological University graduate which means that this article seems to be credible since she is a college graduate.
According to this article, visual rhetoric is the use of visuals (text, colors, position of text, pictures, etc.) to persuade or achieve a particular ends. This means that visual rhetoric is the same thing as textual rhetoric except the persuading is done through visuals. This concept influences the visual formatting of this proposal in many ways, including the use of bolded words for headings, numbers to list certain concepts, and indents to section of paragraphs and subjects. After looking at the formatting requirements for inquiry 3, I am considering bolding my titles and maybe using headlines that have something to do with the fashion industry (although that is just an idea and I’m not really sure yet). I am also considering maybe using bright colors as a visual since fashion is all about being bold and expressing oneself.
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