Meme

I was tagged with a meme. I am told that that means I am supposed to find the fourth picture in the fourth folder and post it. So this is a picture of my cousin's scarecrow when they lived in Indiana, and a tornado moved in that position. Yeah.

movie preview

http://www.changelingmovie.net/
Audience: This preview appeals to those who watch movies with an interest in historical events, mysteries, and injustices, as the film is rated are the audience is limited currently to those who are over the age of 17 or can some way get into a rated R movie. This preview would appeal to men because Angela Jolie stars in it and to women because the heroine is trying to fight the system.
WATCO: your watching this trailer on the chances of your seeing this movie in the theaters?
Enthymeme: whatever causes you to watch this movie in theaters is positive because whatever causes you to watch this movie in the theaters allows the filmmakers to make more money and make more films.
E/L/P: Logos: there is a strong appealing in this trailer to one's logos, a mystery is presented to the viewer, and in order to find out what happens or why, you have to go see the movie, it's a fairly straight forward and logical argument. Ethos" there is an appeal to ethos as well because the movie is advertised as based on a true story, this is not just some lame story that someone made up, that renders it more credible. Pathos, there is also a very strong appeal to pathos in this trailer, the story is portrayed as being a very dramatic and emotional story. A woman's son is missing, this is a pain that most people could identify with or image how painful it might be, so the ethos ties back into the logos and ethos.
STAR: Sufficient: I believe that the persuasive elements are sufficient, there seems to be a delicate balance in such things between not revealing enough to peak the viewer's interest without giving away the whole movie and leaving no reason for an audience to go and see it. In this trailer it seems to be done, the key attractions the audience might have to the movie (as mentioned in audience) are laid out without being able to determine for sure what the outcome will be...with the exception of the idea that it might be a happy ending because that tends to be a strong trend in Hollywood.
Effective/Goal?: The goal is clearly to get people to spend their money in the theaters to come in see the movie, and of the movie itself perhaps to get people to question the system that surrounds them. I believe the first goal to be very effective, I know that the first time I saw the trailer I groaned upon the announcement of the R rating and am still considering going to see it. As for the second goal I think it's probably pretty effective but I would have to see the movie to be really certain...in that it aids the first goal.

art

Hercules Farnese

Audience:Greeks, due to it's subsequent survival Romans and the modern world.

WATCO: What are the consequences of seeking power on your life?

Enthymeme: Seeking out power isn't worth it, it consumes your life and leaves you without much joy or happiness.

E/L/P Ethos: Ethos comes from the assumption that the viewer is familiar with the story of Hercules and the seven labors he performed, the original audience, the Greeks would have of course been familiar with it and so there is groundwork laid by their knowing the story. Pathos/Logos: the pathos and logos of this are somewhat intermingled, in his body language Hercules is leaning heavily on a support and his face is downcast and does not appear happy. It is logical because of the audience's emotions and how the audience reads his face and body language are universally read.

STAR Typical: This work is very typical of the time, heroic nudes were one of the main art forms of the time. It's a medium and style familiar to the times and depicting what was then a well known story.

Effective?/ Goal: I believe it was very effective, it's not the way that Hercules is generally depicted, he's generally triumphant, I believe the goal was to make people reconsider the story and their own goals for power. It worked for me.

ps if you can't get to the picture try this link: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/LX/HerculesFarneseNapoliMetro.html
and pps yes it is a nude so he will be naked, don't look if it bothers you.

Source

W Magazine "Out of the Picture."
September 2008 by Jenny Comita

Audience: People interested in fashion, probably a majority upper middle class/ upper class women. People further interested in art, possibly on the more liberal side of things. People aware of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and all that it stands for.
WATCO the choice of the director of the Met on it's standing as a museum and prestige.
Enthymeme:The effect of the choice of director of the Met on it's standing is positive if said director can improve the range of what the museum offers and how many people come to see it because the museum fulfils it's purpose and becomes even more prestigious.
whatever improves the range of the museum's offering and how many people come to see it makes the museum more prestigious.
STAR Sufficient: I believe it is fairly sufficient, there are references to how many wonderful new acquisitions have been made including famous well established pieces such as a Van Gogh and a Vermeer which should be names quite familiar to the audience. It also talks about how de Montebello was asked to come to the museum rather than the museum asking him, showing that he is well qualified. It talks about how long he has been doing his job and the good/controversial things he's done. As the article says that long of a run without a little bit of controversy would be stagnant. Typical: I believe this is fairly typical for the audience, things and issues that would be familiar and important to the target audience.
E/L/P Logos: There is a lot of appeal to the logos of the reader, facts presented that rather speak for themselves.
Effective/Goal: I believe this was effective, I think the goal was not to make people love the man but realize that he's done a lot of good work and made the Met the place it is today. I think it is very effective.

Encounter

My encounter was a few months ago when some kids from the boys and girls club knocked on our door and tried to sell us a subscription to the Daily Herald for some fund raiser.
Audience (presumed): There were a lot of assumptions made in this encounter, as it was a kid about 10, it's hardly surprising that he wasn't exactly on the mark, at any rate, the most critical assumption made was that I had cash to spare to support his cause, a surprising amount of people seem to assume that college students have cash to spare...obviously they've not reached that phase in life or they don't remember it. It was assumed that I read the news paper but did not have a subscription already.
WATCO : WATCO of buying a subscription to the paper on the kid's college education?
There are very positive effects of buying the subscription on the kid's college education because buying the subscription will lead to money being donated to the kid's college education.
Enthymeme: Whatever leads to buying the subscription will lead to money being donated to the kid's college education.
E/P/L: Pathos was the main appeal of this argument, here someone sent out a roughly 10 year old kid, apparently unsupervised to try and sell subscriptions and get money donated to his college education. There is a high guilt factor, the kid was there because of the Boys and Girls club, implying that he probably didn't have the greatest financial background. Another appeal to guilt is in approaching college students who know how expensive college is and how hard it can be.
STAR: Sufficient: The information provided was that if I bought a subscription to the paper, even if I canceled it after a month, the kid would get a certain amount, I don't remember how much, donated to his college education. For me I didn't find this sufficient, there were a lot of loose ends left, like why someone trying to raise money would send their representative to college students, why this seemingly gracious sponsor would send kids out to beg unsupervised. It was insufficient for me but perhaps to the audience they thought they were getting it would have been sufficient.
Effective: It was not effective, it annoyed me more than anything and I didn't buy the subscription.

Please let me know if I need to include more E/L/P or STAR.