The Initial Audience: Oblivious What did I do: I held up a sign on the side of the road that said, “War is not the answer” From this I did a Rhetorical Analysis. I figured out why holding a sign with simple writing got different emotional response, than holding up a sign with a disturbing photo on it. Because of this emotional response difference, it allowed me to understand why the organization held up War is not the answer signs, trying to speak to the oblivious. My presentation: I created a diorama because I felt that I could fully fit all the complicated aspects of my Rhetorical Analysis into one simple yet complex masterpiece. City1:
1. The Initial Audience: Oblivious
What did I do: I held up a sign on the side of the road that said,
War is not the answer
From this I did a Rhetorical Analysis. I figured out why holding a
sign with simple writing got different emotional response, than
holding up a sign with a disturbing photo on it. Because of this
emotional response difference, it allowed me to understand why the
organization held up War is not the answer signs, trying to speak
to the oblivious.
My presentation:
I created a diorama because I felt that I could fully fit all the
complicated aspects of my Rhetorical Analysis into one simple yet
complex masterpiece.
City1:
City 2:
War Torn Country
With this project I decided to depict the two different ways in
which the oblivious would react to the two different signs, both in
hope of revealing the same message. That message being war is bad.
The two signs looked very different. This was on purpose. I wanted
to reveal the emotions of the oblivious. This is why there are
people with emotional faces on the walls facing the signs.
It is important to understand that in order to persuade, one must
connect with the audience. This is why the two signs have different
emotions. The signs are getting a different reaction from the same
type of audience. It is just one sign is more up front while the
other is just there, being the constant reminder. This is the goal
of the FCNL, which is the organization that creates the signs,
which say, War is not the Answer. They do not believe in war, they
want to spread awareness and support for their cause. They do not
want to create a ruckus on the streets with shocking photos of war.
They just want to be the constant reminder on the side of the road
each weekend. Just there to calmly and quietly, let the oblivious
pass by the familiar sign. Eventually the hope is that this sign
will become so familiar that it causes someone to think about the
topic at hand
The signs are the source of news. The source that allows those who
are oblivious within the perfect towns to have a source of what is
going on the outside world.
I built a war torn country on the outsides of these two perfect
towns. This was to depict how both signs were bringing knowledge of
this outer war town world into the peaceful oblivious towns. The
goal of signs are to teach or to suggest an idea. Without signs
there would be no knowledge of the outside world, reaching the
oblivious. Nor would there be a constant reminder that such awful
events do take place even though the events are not taking place
within the little oblivious perfect towns.
I wanted to make sure that my audience is aware of what they were
missing when they live their daily lives, and how they too will
react as the people in my perfect towns do to the different signs.
It is time to stop ignoring the constant signs that every weekend
reminds us that there are others out there suffering. We should go
out and help, and stop being oblivious.
As a whole my project 1 teaches the following:
Knowledge is taught through the familiar. Signs are familiar
objects. The oblivious look at signs. Thus the signs, which the
oblivious look at, teach them. And depending on how a sign is
depicted, the oblivious express emotion. Emotion ignites reaction
within the oblivious minds. Ultimately causing the oblivious minds
to embed the knowledge of the sign and emotion within them. Thus
they learn.
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