What's YOUR Visual Argument?
Tell us about your idea for the Visual Argument assignment. What's the topic? Who's your audience? Are you intending to persuade people to act, or just convince them of the accuracy of a position/stance on your topic? Have you begun taking pictures yet? Are you incorporating text? How will these interact? What are your ideas for the design of your image? TELL US THINGS!
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ReplyDeleteMy idea for the Visual Argument assignment is to create a visual that argues against the existence of climate change/global warming. I personally believe in the concept of global warming accelerated by humanity so I thought it would be cool to challenge myself to create an argument that I don't support as the author. Because of this discrepancy, the idea in itself is a criticism of the common belief that global warming cannot be real because individuals don't experience the changing climate where they live over their individual timeframe, and this would be represented through my ease of creating a visual that shows an unchanging climate with local images. My audience includes everyone, as the argument is intended for climate change supporters on the surface as well as for those who are undecided regarding the topic, but it is also intended for those who deny climate change in its layer of hidden criticism. The intention is to convince my audiences of the accuracy of the visual's position on this topic, and in doing so achieve both of my objectives. I do have some of the pictures already taken, but I am planning on taking more this week. I am undecided on text thus far, but I think it could be useful if a caption makes the surface argument I am making and ties the images together. Overall, the plan is to arrange images in a collage format and then possibly layer a caption on top of the collage. Hopefully I am able to successfully piece this all together!
ReplyDeleteThe purpose behind my Visual Argument is to promote recycling around campus. This will target all students, faculty, and visitors who dispose of things around campus. Hopefully I'll be able to photoshop a recycling bin and a trashcan next to each other in a similar fashion to the Windows/Apple ad we looked at in class. The trashcan will be depicted negatively, while the recycling bin will seem the opposite. I intend to persuade people to act a certain way through my image. I have began taking pictures, but haven't began editing them yet. I'm not sure if I will be incorporating text into the image - or just providing a caption under the image. If I incorporate text, it will be there in order to make the audience re-think their previous actions regarding recycling. Hopefully people will keep this image in their mind when thinking about throwing out a recyclable in the future.
ReplyDeleteMy visual argument is that historical statues, specifically ones from the civil war era, do not represent hatred or bigotry. Instead, they are a part of America's history that shaped us into the nation that we are today. My intended audience would be individuals with political views that lean a little left, but anyone who sees it could also be the audience. I think I'm trying to convince them of the accuracy of this point and as a result they would act. If they realized that the countless statues weren't symbols of hate then they would stop tearing them down. I have yet to take any pictures, but I plan to ASAP. I will not be using text, but, if everything goes the way I think it will, the absence of text is what will speak loudly!
ReplyDeleteMy idea for the visual argument assignment is to show the harmful effects of loud music especially that with bass turned up to max. My argument will be to dissuade people from listening to music with turned up bass by showing a picture of a man that cannot hear what his friend is saying and a picture of a speaker that is going off. My intended audience is teenagers and the actual audience will be anyone that sees the compilation of images. I have not taken pictures but they should not be too difficult to take since I am in Johnstone and music here is sadly abundant. I will be using text to enhance my argument because I believe that otherwise the pictures might be somewhat confusing out of context. I will place the bass speaker behind the person in the photograph who is trying to understand what his friend is saying but can't because his hearing is damaged due to the 'music'.
ReplyDeleteMy idea for a visual argument is people are wasteful. We live in a world full of consumer products. Many of these products are unnecessary and use tons of important resources. Packaging is especially wasteful because it is simply thrown away after a product is removed. Not only are people wasteful with products but people are also wasteful with energy. This includes actions such as leaving lights on when no one is home. My hope is to try and convince people to actively reduce the amount of waste they use. My plan is to capture 2-4 images of people being wasteful and I am on the hunt for just the right pictures. One may be an overflowing dumpster and another might be a empty room with the lights on. I do plan on using text but, I'm not sure what I will say. It will depend on what pictures I use and what still needs to be said or clarified.
ReplyDeleteMy idea for a visual argument is show to that Clemson is a students new home. As a new student of Clemson, I found it quite difficult moving here, trying to find a new home in all the craziness. It, however, is a transition, and Clemson eventually does become your new home; a comfortable environment that where you are surrounded by the ones you love. As a Clemson student, I hope to relate to the audience of freshman students who had to move away from home and start a new life. I am not only trying to show that can be a place we call home, but also the transition from a family, to college should be accepted, allowing a smoother transition. To illustrate this transition, I first started with a picture of a happy family. In the next photo, it shows that picture fading, as another image seems to emerge behind it. In the next photo, the picture is nearly faded, and the image behind is recognized as the Clemson tiger paw. In the last photo, the tiger paw is featured with the picture of the family completely gone. My text includes a phrase at the bottom, "there's no place like Clemson." playing on the phrase from Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, "There's no place like home." The entire design is encapsulated in a purple border.
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