3-D Visual

Visual Rhetoric Paper (Final Draft)

Visual Rhetoric Paper

Visual Rhetoric Description

For the visual piece of my project I had planned to make a display out of an empty spray paint can and other objects. To start off I planned on using the empty can as the focal point of the visual. The can will be painted with different colors to show the variety that graffiti artists use to express emotion. I also have planned to cut out a piece of the can to make it like a view inside of it with a political cartoon in it. Besides that I plan on tracing and cutting out words on cardboard such as:message, emotion,etc... to show that graffiti isn't always about vandalism. From there I plan on using some type of wire to make it seem as if those words are spraying out of the tip.

Genre Analysis (Final Draft)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_jFmm_Wz7IMaURoallBaGhjRDA/edit?usp=sharing

Graffiti in America (Draft:2)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_jFmm_Wz7IMV2N2X3RyWlNzYkk/edit?usp=sharing

(SWA) Movie Analysis 3/5

    After watching each portion of the movies, it was obvious that the different technologies of the time, in which they were created, affected the "horror" behind it. In "Nosferatu" the lighting, music, and costumes all played a role in making this movie scary. Although some of us found this movie to be somewhat funny and corny, I believe that the lighting, which had shades of blue and pink, was some of the technology used in it. As for the music, it would build up to a so called scary or suspenseful part of the movie with its high pitched tones and sudden increase in volume. As for "The Shining", the music, better video quality, and special effects shaped how suspenseful this movie was. Better video quality enabled the movie to have better graphics and a faster paced feel through certain scenes. Special effects, such as blood, made the movie more visual and frightening. In the movie "The Conjuring" had all of the same technologies listed in the other movies and they are possibly newer, but they just executed them better throughout the movie. For example, the special effects such as the scary ghost on the ceiling and the boy in the jack in the box reflection added a lot more horror to this movie. The sound effects, like the thumping and creaking in certain section portions of the movie, and the suspenseful and dramatic music made this movie more scary. Overall, I believe that the scariest movie out of them all was "The Conjuring" due to its modern use of special effects and dramatic music.

SWA: Task

After having read my peers evaluation on my paper, I learned that my weaknesses throughout my paper are small sentence errors and that I need to add just a little bit more information to make it better. Some suggestions made by my peers include adding more examples to some of my paragraphs and really specifying some parts of my paper. Another is to fix my conclusion to really make it a solid conclusion. For the most part I do agree with their comments. I really do find peer revisions helpful because it has the opinions and corrections from some one else's view. For my paper I definately will use some of their revisions to fix my paper, but there are some "corrections" that I do not find to be necessary. The main one being to add more information to sentences that I do not believe need it.

Response Paper 1

Jose Ramirez
3/2/14
English 1A

 
   After reading the article " Colorado Stash" by Aaron Smith, I have an even better explanation on why marijuana is good for the economy. In this article, Smith reports that by January of next year Colorado will have generated an estimated 184 million in tax revenue due to the sale of recreational marijuana. The article doesn't reall choose a side on wether it is the right thing to do or not, but it does cover more numbers and the positive impact that the money will have. I personally believe that marijuana should be legalized for the exact reason stated in the article, and that it also benefits people with certain medical needs. I have no personal experience with the drug but I believe that it has many positive effects on society. The thing I found odd about the state of Colorado and the article is that, it plans on using the majority of the money to fight the prevention of marijuana use in children and many other health classes.  I personally believe that this money could be used for schools and veteran assistance. Overall I do like staying up to date on where the legalization of marijuana stands because it is something that I believe will benefit this country.