Analyze 10 Things I Hate About Commandments (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs) using the rhetorical terms we’ve discussed in relation with our course theme. Who created this piece? Who’s supposed to see it/hear it? What’s it meant to do? What rhetorical appeals are used? Do you find it effective? Why or why not? In what ways does medium/media influence your above answers? How does your analysis differ (or compare) to the exercises we’ve done thus far in class?
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This video fits in the genre of movie preview remixes. It remixes video from the movie the 10 Commandments to make it about a high school and the rivalries within. The video was created by a group called Smacky Productions and posted on YouTube by a user by the name of vayabobo. This is one in a large series of spoof remix movie previews on YouTube and I think it's supposed to be seen by what the creators envision the YouTube audience to be--probably fairly young people who have seen or at least heard of the movies in question and enjoy that kind of comedy.
The intent is not to persuade really, but simply to entertain and in that sense it relies heavily on pathos, on the emotional responses from audience members. Since I'm not an avid watcher of these types of videos, I'm not sure if this author is one who has done the most popular spoof trailers, but when I clicked on the author's handle, a long list was provided. I'm not sure if other people would check out a new video posted by vayabobo, but if that were the case it would be an issue of credibility--this author has done good remixes in the past and audience members might look forward to the next one.
If the intent is to entertain I think it's effective--the switches made from invented voice over to actual movie dialogue work well with the scenes chosen and cuts made within the movie footage. It's put together pretty seamlessly, which helps me focus on the content instead of the choppy reconstruction that I've seen in other remixes.
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This video fits in the genre of movie preview remixes. It remixes video from the movie the 10 Commandments to make it about a high school and the rivalries within. The video was created by a group called Smacky Productions and posted on YouTube by a user by the name of vayabobo. This is one in a large series of spoof remix movie previews on YouTube and I think it's supposed to be seen by what the creators envision the YouTube audience to be--probably fairly young people who have seen or at least heard of the movies in question and enjoy that kind of comedy.
The intent is not to persuade really, but simply to entertain and in that sense it relies heavily on pathos, on the emotional responses from audience members. Since I'm not an avid watcher of these types of videos, I'm not sure if this author is one who has done the most popular spoof trailers, but when I clicked on the author's handle, a long list was provided. I'm not sure if other people would check out a new video posted by vayabobo, but if that were the case it would be an issue of credibility--this author has done good remixes in the past and audience members might look forward to the next one.
If the intent is to entertain I think it's effective--the switches made from invented voice over to actual movie dialogue work well with the scenes chosen and cuts made within the movie footage. It's put together pretty seamlessly, which helps me focus on the content instead of the choppy reconstruction that I've seen in other remixes.
