Moving Image – aaspiringwriter

“Now”

0:01
The ad starts and a man and two kids fades-in. They are sitting on a table and the man is telling something to the kids with his fingers pointing towards the food lying on the table. The man is wearing a white T-shirt and a black Jacket and it appears to be gym clothes also he has something hanging around his neck. Probably he is wearing a whistle around his neck. That could mean he is a school coach and may be asking the two young kids to finish their food. The coach looks like he is in his mid 30’s and the two kids appears to be about 10-12years old. They are sitting on a table and behind them there is another man and a woman also in their 30’s, sitting on another table discussing something. It appears as if they are all sitting in a restaurant.

0:02
The coach turns to his right and starts talking. It is possible that someone is sitting next to him. He has a very comforting smile on his face. Maybe he is talking to a close-friend or relative.

0:04-0:05
Another kid approximately of same age as the other kids comes into the frame. The coach is talking to that other kid rather teasing him in a friendly way. The kid has a wide smile on his face and is nodding his head as the coach is patting the kids head and talking to him. Their gestures appears to be really friendly and looks like they have known each other for a long time. They could be father and son.

0:05-0:06
All of sudden the kids expression changes. His smile is gone. He turns around with fear on his face and looks at the women sitting on the table behind them. The women looks back at the kid and when she realizes the kid is looking at her, she feels embarrassed.

0:07-0:08
The coach comes in the frame again. He is grinding his teeth. It appears he is disappointed of something. He looks down with displeasure on his face, he sighs and then tries to eat his food. It appears as if he is trying to avoid some situation.

0:09-0:12
The camera brings the coach and also the two other kids sitting next to him into the frame. All of a sudden they turn around to the man and women sitting on the table behind them. The man has grabbed the women’s hand. He is talking to the women with his fingers pointing towards her. It appears as if they are arguing over something and he is shouting at her. The coach looks away thinking what to do. He is grinding his teeth again.

0:12
A question pops up with a black background. When do you get involved?

0:14-0:21
The coach is in the frame again. He is thinking something. The man and the women comes in the frame. The man pulls her by snatching her hair and her shirt. The coach is still thinking something. Another question pops up with a black background. The question says “Now? “. The man starts hitting that women. The coach is still thinking and again the question pops up “Now?”.

0:22-0:26
The camera focuses on the kid who was smiling in the beginning. He is full of fear at the moment. He is uncomfortable, scared, disgusted, helpless. He is sympathetic towards that women. He is sad and uneasy and it looks like he is about to cry. It feels as if he wants to do something to stop whatever is going on. He looks at his coach hoping he would do something to stop his. He just wants someone to stop this. Then a sentence pops up with the kid in the background. The sentence says “The best time to get involved is Now.”

0:28-0:32
Another sentence comes up “Teach boys that violence against women is wrong.” The scared boy is still in the background.

0:33-0:37
Again the black background pops up with words fading in -“Teach Early. Call 800-End-Abuse.”

The End

Conclusion:
The advertisement conveys a really strong message on Violence against women. It shows the importance of teaching your kids the difference between the right and the wrong. Every adult is responsible for stopping this kind of behavior. They should stand against it and teach their kids the same. Violence against women is wrong. Violence against anyone is wrong. Stand against the abuse and end it.

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  4. Hello, AaspiringWriter, I can see I need to remind you how I find your requests for feedback. I open my Dashboard for the Comments feed, which by now contains many hundreds of entries. I search for the two-word phrase: “feedback, please” but without the comma. If you request doesn’t contain that phrase, you don’t show up in the search, and I don’t know you’re looking for feedback. It’s been a week since you provided the link, but your comment doesn’t contain the magic phrase.

    I found it today because I was looking in vain for about 8 posts from you. I did find three, but that means you’re WAY behind on work.

    Please reply to this comment here. Maybe you can avoid the terrible penalty of several Zero Grades. I don’t want to impose them if you can persuade me I shouldn’t.

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    1. Feedback provided.

      Professor if you can give me one week, I will make sure that I submit everything. I am having a hard time catching up and adapting everything. I don’t want zero grades and I would really appreciate if you can give me one week.

      Hoping to hear from you soon!

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      1. Thank you for writing back, Aspiring. I’m always happy to work with students who maintain communications. You’ve earned yourself some time. Now for some details. Instead of a blanket extension for a week on everything, I’ll need you to keep to a schedule. Fill in the dates you can commit to posting the following assignments.

        A01: Stone Money (Already Posted OK)
        A02: Visual Rhetoric (Already Posted OK)
        A03: Purposeful Summaries (Name a Date)
        A04: Stone Money Rewrite (Name a Date)
        E03: Critical PTSD Reading (Name a Date)
        A05: Proposal+5 (Already Posted OK)
        E05: Missing Dollar (Name a Date)
        E04: Open Strong (Name a Date)
        A06: Visual Rewrite (Name a Date)
        E06: Safer Saws (Name a Date)
        E07: Polio Notes (Name a Date)
        E08: Radiology Predictions (Name a Date)
        A07: White Paper (Name a Date)
        A08: Definition/Categorical Argument (SUN OCT 30 midnight)

        You’ll also need to keep up with current assignments, Aspiring. That means you’ll need to post an A08: Definition/Categorical Argument by midnight tonight if you really want to get and stay current.

        Let me suggest that you commit to clearing at least one delinquency every day for ten days. That gives you more days than you asked for, but it also keeps you to a schedule so I can be assured you’re working steadily. If you make and keep that schedule, I’ll forgive late penalties altogether. Deal?

        Reply by posting a comment below. Cut and paste the list above and supply the dates where needed.
        —DSH

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        1. I am ready to follow a schedule.
          A01: Stone Money (Already Posted OK)
          A02: Visual Rhetoric (Already Posted OK)
          A03: Purposeful Summaries (10/31)
          A04: Stone Money Rewrite (11/1)
          E03: Critical PTSD Reading (11/2)
          A05: Proposal+5 (Already Posted OK)
          E05: Missing Dollar (11/3)
          E04: Open Strong (11/4)
          A06: Visual Rewrite (11/5)
          E06: Safer Saws (11/6)
          E07: Polio Notes (11/7)
          E08: Radiology Predictions (11/8)
          A07: White Paper (11/9)
          A08: Definition/Categorical Argument (SUN OCT 30 midnight)
          I want to change my research topic to social anxiety disorder because I don’t think I will be able to write much about feminism. I am still trying to gather sources on social anxiety and gain a good understanding of the topic. But I will try and post the A08: Definition Categorial Argument by OCT 31. Also I really appreciate you giving me a chance to catch up. Thanks a lot!

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          1. Of course, Aspiring. You earned the right to my courtesy by responding maturely when you realized you were in trouble. If you can keep to this schedule, you’ll have redeemed yourself completely. Good luck.

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  5. 0:01
    The ad starts and a man and two kids fades-in. They are sitting on a table and the man is telling something to the kids with his fingers pointing towards the food lying on the table. The man is wearing a white T-shirt and a black Jacket and it appears to be gym clothes also he has something hanging around his neck. Probably he is wearing a whistle around his neck. That could mean he is a school coach and may be asking the two young kids to finish their food. The coach looks like he is in his mid 30’s and the two kids appears to be about 10-12 years old. They are sitting on a table and behind them there is another man and a woman also in their 30’s, sitting on another table discussing something. It appears as if they are all sitting in a restaurant.

    Aspiring, as I’ve demonstrated several times in the Lecture Pages devoted to this assignment,

    https://rowancounterintuitive.com/lectures/revision-moving-image/

    the level of detail required for a first-rate analysis of the visual arguments is pretty exhaustive.

    Let me demonstrate what a thorough analysis of the first second of this video would include.

    0:01. The ad starts very abruptly in the middle of a scene. What’s more, in the first second, the camera is zooming quickly back so that we have to adjust immediately to a barrage of information. The suggestion the filmmakers are making is that the footage was captured by an amateur camera operator, either for home video or maybe a low-budget documentary. Either way, we are given the impression that the footage is “real,” not staged by a director with hired actors.

    The image quality too is low. It’s color photography, but the color is so washed-out we get the further impression of a low-budget production. It’s almost black-and-white.

    We are behind the counter of a diner. We can tell this from the “marble” countertop before us and the ketchup bottles and napkin holders on the shelf below it. Attached to the countertop is a familiar menu-holder empty of menus. Even closer to the camera (which suggests the footage was taken from the kitchen, through the service window) is a red-top bottle of Angustora bitters. Another can be seen on the counter where customers could access it, alongside the ketchup bottle and the sugar server. The only common use for bitters is as a cocktail flavor. The implication is that this is a diner where drinks are served; therefore, we have at least the implication that some diners might be drinking.

    Facing us at the counter are two young boys (one black, one white) dressed in similar sport jerseys. They are probably teammates. Next to the white boy is a crew-cut man in his 30s with longish sideburns. If he were heavier, he would resemble Kevin James from “King of Queens.” The implication is that he is a robust, perhaps a bit rough-edged, working-class guy here with his team, perhaps their coach, maybe father to one of the kids. He wears a lanyard around his neck; perhaps a whistle hangs from it, and a warmup jacket: coachwear.

    On the counter between him and the white boy is a fielder’s glove. They are a baseball team. The kid is not a catcher.

    Behind the three at the counter, a man and a woman occupy opposite sides of a booth. They are engaged in conversation. The man resembles Joe Pesci from “Goodfellas,” advancing the impression that we’re in a working-class diner. The bowling pin behind him, part of the decor of the place, further confirms this. The lone framed artwork decorating the space is a black-and-white photo of an urban street scene. Coffee cups are stacked upside-down in the service area behind the woman, whose hand motion before her face indicates she is the one doing the talking.

    They have been served. The man is pointing at something large on the white boy’s plate. In fact, he points at it repeatedly and says something about it to the boy. Most likely he is picking up the tab. Maybe he doesn’t want that big dish wasted.

    From a filmmaker’s point of view, the composition of the figures is very important. The characters are arranged in a line. Black boy at counter, Man in Booth facing woman in booth, White Boy at counter, Woman in Booth facing man in booth, Coach gesturing with his hand toward White Boy’s plate. His active hand gesture draws our attention. When he stops moving, the woman starts moving her hand in the very same space, keeping our attention on that spot, but shifting our focus to the conversation she’s having with the Man in the Booth. In one second, we have information about two different conversations. Both are clearly important.

    I’m not suggesting that you have to exhaust every single second of the video that completely, but if you did . . . I would have no choice but to award you the A your work would so clearly deserve. Does this help you? Reply please.

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