Category: Unit 3 (Page 3 of 33)

Samantha Canales

Artist Statement

Last year, in April 2021, my family had been affected by COVID19, my parents and my three sisters had tested positive for the virus the same week. I was out of the country and was not exposed to the virus when they were together. So, this worldwide pandemic is something that up brings most of my curiosities involving families, education, and much more. It has been extremely stressful for families with significant worries about the health of family members, financial instability, social isolation, and increased caregiving burdens associated with having children at home.

The purpose of me making this video for an older audience was to reassure parents and families that they’re not alone in how they’re feeling regarding the education of their children, and how important it is to take care of each other during this pandemic not only physically but emotionally and mentally. Also, students in college could gain a lot from this video and understand what their parents are going through. Young adults may also struggle to adapt to new social routines, from choosing to skip in-person gatherings, to consistently wearing masks in public. It is also important to support young adults in taking personal responsibility to protect themselves and their loved ones.

The appeals that I have decided to use would be the three categories of persuasive advertising techniques. Talking about the credibility of the information being portrayed and given to an older audience and the emotions through the actual real-life experiences of families and young people that go through when they were having difficulties studying and learning. The interview is one of the most popular genres in contemporary journalism. In common parlance, a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and the person getting interviewed is known as the interviewees. I see my project on a more serious website where you find information and I see my project on the website CNN. CNN is very informative regarding COVID-19 and its effects also reliable resources from doctors and many experiences from people who overcame the virus and how their families have been affected for their whole life

This interview was super new to me, I had a pretty good idea of how I wanted it to be shown, but then reality hit me, and I had to become familiar not only with my research but with video editing. I realized that this interview had more it takes than anything I have ever done. It was very hard for me to be serious around my sisters and take seriously the information I was trying to portray. But then I realized I was informing my audience about something very serious that also is very important to me, the people may know where to seek help as well as bond with other people knowing that they were alone feeling a certain type of way.

I feel like in my interview we had a very good flow of the conversation, of the questions and the answers, I really like the intro and the background music, which made it seem real as if it were a real newscast. What I had to change was the fact that I could not be in the interview two times, I had my sister participate as a mother which made it even harder for me to concentrate and record the video, but it turned out well in my opinion. I did not throw out my original idea altogether, I thought my idea was well, it would persuade the audience to look for help when needed, and it symbolized the union of a society going through a pandemic, as parents, and as working people. I turn to help at newscast news channels, and research papers, I would also view experiences that people went through during pandemics, especially difficulties and obstacles. I panic when it was time to upload the video, the video is too long for the site. What I did about it was I emailed my video to my professor.

My interview, in my opinion, went phenomenal, the interviewer started to become a little harder to play, and I had to use a more serious tone and a formal appearance, and a serious set or background. I would have liked to film with a better background, it could have been the skyline of the city. I feel like based on how hard or easy it was pretty in the middle, what I would have done differently is also have a different background for the interviewee. Possibly out in the street wearing a mask and the kids around her, would have made it more believable, connecting the mother as a character to the audience as well. This is honestly very surprising as a college project because I have never done this before so that was a challenge, I see this as a tool in the future on how to act behind a camera and how to act as an interviewer, take things seriously when things need to be done. It has truly been a new experience that cost frustration but overall, I’m happy with the outcome.

https://youtu.be/7ZpkH7bxyDk

Owshi Debi

English 1101

Are Religion and Astrology Compatible?

My research topic that I have done for Unit 2 was, is astrology and religion compatible. What I mean when I say if they are compatible with one another is are they similar and connected to one another because if you think about both of these go way back with each other and they are somewhat have a connection like, for example there are some signs in the astrology where its linked to god and within the god they are linked to religion because its what they practiced and believe in. Also with my research I found out some interesting facts about the history of religion and astrology that its based on Chinese calendar which corresponds to Chinese astrology and ancient religion. The religion which has influenced astrology is Taoism as well as Buddhism. The audience that I think would be perfect for what I have learned in Unit 2 is young adults, if I were to put in an age I would say 17+ because the topic that I have discussed for my Unit 2 topic is really more of a mature and sophisticated. The reason why this type of audience would be best for me too address my Unit 2 is because I want them to know what I have learned so far and that is astrology and religion can be compatible because they have many common things with another like symbols of astrological signs show up in our oldest places of religious figures worship which includes Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Mary Baker Eddy and Mohammed which was bought upon their arrival. I also want to share that astrology honors the importance of religion and spirituality through the meaning of the 9th and 12th houses as well as the archetypes of the planets which are Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. The reason for these houses is because they describe areas of life where you gain religious or spiritual guidance, experience. Also because though many people might think otherwise and might not agree with my statement I feel like it’s possible for astrology and religion to be compatible. The genre which I have done that will best reach out to the audience is an article. The reason why I chose to do an article is because I felt like it was the most appropriate approach to get my thoughts across it’s also great way for me to put in information because since I my topic is a bit more informative I feel doing an article is best and you can also customize to your liking.

Artist’s Statement

So for my project I basically had to chose the different types of genres that was available too me and chose what will go best with my topic, at first I was going to chose a video but then realized that that wasn’t going to work because I had many things to write and doing a video I had to memorize of what I was going to say so then, I chose an article which was better option that fits along with my topic because for me I rather type out what I am trying to say then speak it because it can be really tiring also because I am forgetful person and I can’t remember a lot so typing or writing it out is they best option for me. As I wanted to do an article for my project you might be wondering now what’s it going to be about and that is are religion and astrology compatible with another, the reason why I became so interested in this topic was because I was curious about these two relationships and wanted to more about them because there can be opposing sides that disagree with what I am thinking and because of this I wanted everyone to know that there relationship is compatible and they can work well with another. The purpose for making this project is to let my audience know that if people think astrology and religion can’t go well together they are wrong because I have done my research and because of that I have some pretty solid statements that they are compatible. I wanted to direct this information to my young adults that are curios on knowing if this is possible to be true. I would say this audience specifically because as someone who is curious on knowing how the similar their relationship can be it’s really interesting to get to know them. The appeals that I have used mostly logos but some aspects of it was pathos. I chose to do this genre because I felt like it was the one that I can get my point across while also informing my audience about my topic. This genre would best fit my audience because I feel like with this type of topic you need to be serious as well as being affirmative on your topic and doing an article is best because you pick and chose what you want to write about it can formal or informal basically customize to your own liking. So to start my article I first have gathered all of information that I have researched on that surrounds my topic and with the research I have picked and chose on what I think would bets finish this article and I had couple of options which was good. After I had gathered my informations I also had to look up visuals that I need to add to my article which was my favorite part because there were so many pictures that I wanted to use, this part was really important because I didn’t want my audience to be overwhelmed on how much I have written so throwing in really eye-catching visuals was something that I looked and created. That was sorted out next was the text style which consists of how I wanted to look like was my fonts going to bolded, in color script basically playing with all of the the tools that I have to choose form, with this step I wanted to be serious yet not to the point where it can lead of too being to deep because though my topic may sound serious it can presented in a fun way for everyone to enjoy. The final step was the structure of the article when I say structure I mean how it was going to broken was it going to be long paragraphs after the other or was going to be short yet making sure I get my points across. I think for the most part my visuals went well as well selecting my text styles and fonts. How I started my article was one thing that probably didn’t go well because I felt like it wasn’t much of attention grabber moment. I wouldn’t say I had an original idea set together I just went with the flow and wrote what felt on right on my mind. The internet helped me a lot with this project because it showed me on what an article looks like and how it should be displayed as which I found really helpful. I thought I was going to panic but luckily that didn’t happen which was great. I think it turned well probably not the best I was hoping for but I think I did a decent job. I think along the way I did some minor changes but nothing too crazy. If I were offered the time and money I would have done it differently because I think it’s fun to explore between the genres.  I think I am most happiest about the visuals I have added because for me that was the most fun part of doing an article. I would say it wasn’t easy doing this project because it was my first time doing this kind of project also creating an article was the first time for me so I was pretty anxious and overwhelmed on how it was going to turn out. For a college project it was understandable and I can totally see myself using some of the tools I learned on creating an article because who knows it might come in handy one day.