Reflection 4

In doing this assignment I was very nervous because even though I’ve done a similar project in

my RWS 1301 class last semester, this assignment had different key requirements and grading

rubric and since I worked in a group and this was the first time working on my own I

encountered a few difficulties but none of which I couldn’t overcome eventually. The most

difficult part of this assignment was figuring out what to incorporate into my video in order to

achieve the full essence and purpose of the assignment in a well fulfilling manager.This problem

was addressed by simply reviewing the guidelines of the assignment, having a discussion with

my professor and some of my peers, going over the grading rubric and finally by revising what

i’ve learnt about rhetoric and aristotle persuasive techniques. In doing this video i did incorporate

original footage because i feel in doing a project like this and especially when covering a topic

like mine it is important to give people the opportunity to voice their opinions and maybe even

allow others to teach and learn from each other as well as yourself. In my inquiry proposal I

stated that in a controversial topic like this, my job is to dig deep and find out what people think

and use their views to help narrow and answer some of my questions because if we know which

side of the argument people are taking then is is easy to appeal to them as well as to prepare for

the rebuttal, counter arguments and questions that may arise. In completing this assignment the

use of imagery, music, text, and/or narration to convey the message was quite important since it

is after a visual argument: documentary. The use of these genres was carefully arranged to help

support my claims following the ethos, logos pathos method. Each genre conveyed a different

one of aristotle’s persuasive techniques to help support and strengthen my claims, convey

important information to the audience about the topic and to convey the bottomline of the

message and foster my call to action while helping to play with my audience emotions a little bit
so as to win them over to my side of the argument. This entire film was based on my semester’s

research, everything I've learned this semester not only about my topic but also about how to use

rhetoric, genres and other very important variables to make a strong, valid argument into a

documentary presentation. The aspect of my research most emphasized was the consequences

and call to action such as where to find help and how to take a stand against my chosen issue and

the aspect of my research minimized or ignored were the causes of my chosen issue since there

are bountiful but not legitimate. At the end of crafting this visual argument I did gain some

insights about my chosen issue such as Sexual abuse stands as one of the most devastating sins

that human beings have devised, leaving deep scars and unspeakable pain. Victims of sexual

abuse have had much taken from them, sexual abuse at its heart involves an individual taking

advantage of the helpless and the powerless.