Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Youtube Video

1 comment:

Liz Benton said...

Alright, so, unlike mine your video works… Sorry about that. It worked when I tried it, but you never know with the internet sometimes. Good job without watching the video though, nicely done.

Anyways, on to the video that is in your post. It was very interesting, a little challenging to follow because it was not in English, which is pretty much the only language I fully understand, so that created a little bit of an issue for me. However, it did employ numerous rhetorical strategies.

First of all was narration, which throughout the entire video clip told the story, or at least I think it did but I am not quite sure because I could not understand it to follow it, but I am assuming that is what was going on. Narration is, for the most part, a helpful strategy because it provides for a clearer understanding of the event that is taking place. Second was the use of example or illustration, the entire video clip illustrated the story between two people while providing an example of how relationships sometimes work. Again, this was my interpretation without being able to understand the language being spoken, so I might be off here.

Additionally, the use of pathos was very evident in the fact that the girl obviously liked the guy and he seemed to have no interest in her whatsoever, no matter what she did, this is to appeal to people’s emotions. I know that I have been in a similar situation at least once in my life, so I could sympathize with the girl. It is not a good feeling.

Interesting video… Maybe I will eventually figure out what is being said in it.