Overview
FROM ISABELLE: YOU ARE NOT FILMING THE VIDEO. YOU ARE ONLY WRITING ME THE ESSAY AND MAKING THE SLIDES. I WILL FILM THE VIDEO.
Up to this point, we've talked about rhetoric and rhetorical analysis both philosophically and mechanically. You've got a lot of theory and methodology to draw from. So let's put it to the test.
The prompt for this video essay is: You read The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins. This text is attempting to make an argument. What is that argument, and how effective is the text in presenting that argument?
Your essay must necessarily take a rhetorical position that is both interpretive and evaluative.
For your presentation, you're going to record a 5-7 minute video walking us through your analysis. Your response should specifically address theories from lecture and the readings (Brummett and McKee).
Your presentation must be at least five minutes long. At 4 minutes and 59 seconds and below, it will receive ZERO points. It's okay to go a little long, but at 10 minutes and 1 second, it will receive ZERO points. Get it in the window.
Your presentation MUST include a Powerpoint/Keynote of at least three slides of content (title page and reference page do not count). You may find that it is rhetorically advantageous to show actual panels from the Collins work.
You must orally quote from the readings in your presentation. Failure to do so will result in an automatic 10% deduction. Don't view this requirement as a burden; you should be using the readings to support your argument. You must cite at least two times, but that is the bare minimum. Your presentation should hit the following points:
Introduction: Set us up to listen to the rest of your presentation. What is your main argument (think thesis statement)? That is, take a rhetorical, interpretive position: What is this text trying to argue?
Discussion: So what did you find? What's your evidence? What are you using to support your position?
Conclusion: Take an evaluative position: Was the author effective or not at presenting their argument? Is this argument good or bad for us as a culture? Then restate your central argument here and give us the takeaway - if we listened to your entire presentation, what will we have learned? I have 2 more files for you other than the one I attached. I have the actual book the project is on and one more reading that is needed for citing. They are too big to add here