Movie Trailer Story

The first 30 seconds of the movie trailer for Forrest Gump has a distinct story that allows the viewer to see where the movie is heading. The opening scene of a man sitting on a bench begins the idea that he is about to tell his life story. The scene then jumps to a boy laying in bed and it introduces his mother to the movie. As the story progresses he is shown to not be very smart in his education but then meets a young girl on a bus who seems to play a major role in the film. The are shown doing everything together. The scenes keep on jumping back and forth between the man sitting on the bench and him telling scenes from his life. As the 30 seconds end, the man is being chased down a road, showing that he is very fast but also that he has been bullied.

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Movie Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPIEn0M8su0

Forrest Gump

Mid range: Man talking to man and woman on a bench handing them chocolate

Close up: Woman reading to young boy on a bed

Mid range: Mother talking to her young son

Close up: Man talking

Close up: Man pointing to IQ Scores chart

Close up: Young boy and girl talking on a bus (facing the girl)

Close up: Camera turns and faces the boy

Close up: The children shake hands

Mid range: The young boy and girl are sitting on a tree limb

Mid range: Camera turns to their backs on the tree

Close up: Man sitting on a bench talking

Mid range: Man and woman walking in the grass

Close up: Man talking on the bench

Mid range: Woman running on a dirt road towards the camera

Mid range: Men in cars driving after a man running on a dirt road

Close up: The man running on a dirt road

Sources

Saka, Joseph M. "Back to the Game: How Congress Can Help Sports Leagues Shift the

   Focus From Steroids to Sports." (2006). Print.

This article focuses on how Congress can get involved in the MLB steroid testing policy. The journal consists of an argument that thinks the MLB would be a lot better off with the help of Congress. Steroids have become too much and testing needs to get better as the game goes on.

Del Cid, Hector. "Winning at All Costs: Can Major League Baseball's New Drug Policy 

   Deter Kids from Steroids and Maintain the Integrity of the Game." (2007). Print.

This article focuses on the history of steroids in the game of baseball. The article discusses the numerous amount of steroids that are used by players and if they should be allowed. The basic argument in that the performance enhancing drugs are becoming too much for the game to handle.

Ruggiero, John. "Steroids in MLB: An Analysis of Hitters." Frontiers in Major League

   Baseball: Nonparametric Analysis of Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis.

   New York: Springer, 2011. Print.

This article deals with the hitters in baseball and the effect they have when they are on performance enhancing drugs versus the players who are not on the drugs. The article discusses how the drugs ruin the game and helps rehabilitate players faster as well as put them on a healthy diet.

Research Argument

The NFL and the MLB both have a history of steroid usage in the game and numerous scandals that arise once a notable player has been found guilty of performance-enhancing drugs. The two sports are very different in nature and both have committees creating new ways to test for drugs. In the history of the sport, there have been more cases of steroid usage in baseball than in the NFL. I think this is because of better testing in the NFL and how the sport is not about the numbers and a player’s individual performance.  The NFL has a larger list of know steroids that they outlaw in their league. The procedure for testing is very strict and has caught more and more people every year. The argument consists of how the NFL has bigger, better, faster, and stronger players every year, but isn’t getting accused of steroid usage as much as the baseball players. I would argue that it is way more noticeable to be caught using performance-enhancing drugs because it is more obvious when one player stands out as opposed to football when the players are more focused on team strength than individual.  I would say that the NFL players aren’t getting convicted for steroid use because I don’t think they are actually using the drugs. The testing is too strict and the NFL is more serious about the bigger players because the sport is more dangerous. Baseball players need to play their best at their own individual effort to help their teams win. It is more important to be stronger and to hit the ball farther. I would argue in this research paper that the NFL has fewer cases in steroid usage because they are better at testing and the MLB really doesn’t have that strict of punishment for the usage.

Research Topic Ideas

Steroids in the world of sports- talk about cases of people in the NFL and MLB accused of the use of steroids and how it affects the sporting world. I could also discuss how these two sports would be different without steroids.


Facebook- how the social network affects our lives in a positive and negative way and how our lives could potentially be different today if we did not have it.


Global Warming/Climate change- is it happening? how would it change our lives and what should we do to stop it. is there anything in particular that is causing it?

Thesis

This advertisement suggests that Burger King is appealling to the late night eater. the food is being eaten into the shape of a half moon to show that Burger King is open late night. The reader can assume that they can get a delicious meal at any time during the day without the fear of it being closed.

Advertisements

http://www.crookedbrains.net/2010/01/advertisements_25.html

Fedex portrays a large, mail carrying truck, with two painted trucks on the sides to show that Fedex "carries" their competitors and that no other company, in this case UPS, cannot deliver like Fedex can. The image shows that the company is hard at work, while UPS struggles to keep up and cannot produce.

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/bose_noise_reduction_headphones_waterfall?size=_original

Bose Headsets enhances the use of their product by proclaiming that their noise-cancelling will prevent you from hearing a loud waterfall. The guy is obviously just out casually on the boat when he travels too far. Bose is advertising that there is no noise when using their product which most people prefer.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=drunk+driving+advertisements&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&authuser=0&biw=1215&bih=620&tbm=isch&tbnid=U_eJ_BHOb9qlHM:&imgrefurl=http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/09/02/dont-drink-and-drive-ads-collection/&docid=bfMnii-0eC4c4M&imgurl=http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/dontdd4.jpg&w=450&h=316&ei=53AfT5z4BIy2twf0mOW1BQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=244&sig=115835780166446010730&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=79&ty=42

Drinking and driving is something that needs to be stopped and advertisements attempt to do this. The photo of a parking spot reserved for a "drunk driver" set on a tree shows that only drunk drivers will park there because they cannot keep control. The ad appeals to the emotional aspect of people's minds saying that if you drink and drive, you will most likely lose control and hit a tree  hurting yourself.

Everyday Rhetoric- Clemson University

The world is full of rhetoric in our everyday lifestyles. A person sees rhetoric in every activity they do, whether it be in a television ad or in the newspaper, they are used to portray something that the writer wants the audience (us) to see. College brings a lot of new things into your life including harder work, more freedom, and a larger social life. How I arrived at Clemson University was an interesting one and it involved some pretty tough decisions. Every college uses rhetoric in advertisements to try and increase the percentage of students who apply to the school. In an ad I saw about Clemson, the University uses Dabo Swinney, head football coach, to talk about the many great qualities of Clemson. The advertisement has football players, which attracts many sports lovers. Also, there are some great shots of the campus to show its beauty. The video contains rhetoric in the way that Clemson (author) wants to convince students (audience) that Clemson will help you become great in the world. A copy of the video is shown below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXy3_JWnYVo

Notice how Dabo discusses all of the students at Clemson as excellent scholars who will “transform” into intelligent human beings because of their attitudes and their efforts at Clemson. I did not see this video when I was applying to Clemson or when I was deciding between colleges. I saw it one day on YouTube and the university sponsored it. This means that they were using rhetoric to convince students that Clemson values academics and athletics. Most of your everyday students find these important to them. I found that Clemson was right for me in many reasons even though I did not see this advertisement. I found it funny that even the University that is special to all of us uses rhetoric in many ways.

- Jack Deke