http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Going-Green-And-Saving-You-Money

The first article is a review of the book Green Metropolis by David Owen. He talks more about how the rest of the country can learn from New York City when it comes to “going green”. New York City has the lowest pollution per capita because its people walk more and make use of public transportation more than anyone else. The author took a weird view on the issue of automobiles, saying they are the environment’s number one enemy. He said that the driving experience should be made very unpleasant by raising gas and parking taxes as well as making more expensive automobiles. He also criticizes the small measures that people generally take in order to help the environment because he says they do not fully understand how to take this measure. For instance, if a homeowner installs solar panels but forgets to install more roof insulation, the measure taken will not be useful at all and will be a waste of money in the end. In the second article, the government discusses how to bring the nation out of the recession and includes ways of using sustainability in the process. It states that the government is going to instate standard measures that home appliances must meet for using less energy and being more efficient. It will be able to be applied to all homes, old or new. They are trying to create a industry of energy efficient appliances that can help Americans save money and reduce usage.

ways to conserve:

• turn off the lights when leaving a room
• turning off the water when brushing your teeth
• unplug phone charger when not in use
• recycling
• not leaving fans, a/c, etc on when leaving the room
• fuel efficient cars
• new longer lasting light bulbs
• low-flow toilets and shower heads
• motion-detecting lights

when discussing each individual topic (with videos if i can find them), i want to be able to talk about the effects they have when measures are taken and emphasis the negative if measures are not taken. I can back up the information with different statistics. I can also talk about how everyone is making changes in their lifestyles to protect the environment and how it can also have an effect on their health, such as walking or riding bikes to close destinations instead of driving and how increasing exercise is healthy for you. There are many different ways i can go about doing this remix. I hope that I can find different videos to support my project, I am sure there are lots of different videos on youtube so it shouldn’t be too hard and i should be able to find a way to mix them all together

In the video, “Like a Prayer” by Madonna, the rhetorical appeal used constantly throughout the entire video is pathos, or the appeal to emotion. The video, directed towards Madonna’s fans, is one of controversy because of the many religious images contained within. Although I do not know what inspired this video to be made, I can imagine it is because of the injustices Madonna has seen happen and would like to prevent from happening.

Minute— 0:00-1:00

In the first few seconds of the video, we are shown Madonna running with police sirens in the background, she trips and falls. A door is shut and the image of a burning cross is shown. The burning cross is a function of the Ku Klux Klan, used to either attack or drive away undesirables through threats or terrorism. This scene is a rhetorical appeal to emotion, pathos. The viewer will see the cross burnings and it will most likely appeal to the emotions to many people. The burning cross is a strong symbol in society and can bring out many different kinds of emotions. The emotions of fear or hatred might possibly come out when seeing this image. In the scene following the burning cross, the door that was previously shut is shown again, and this time shows that Madonna was the one who shut the door. She then turns to reveal a group of white males beating up a woman. This image also falls into the category of pathos; people who see a woman being outnumbered and attacked by a group of men will feel the emotion of anger as well as sadness. People do not like to see others getting beaten up, especially women since they are not as strong as men and this woman is being beaten by a group of men, which makes the emotions stronger. The video then flashes to a church at sunset with the lights on inside, this church will be the setting for the entire video. The next image shown is a black male being arrested and escorted by a police officer, although the viewer is unsure as to why. Madonna is then shown entering the church shown previously and various images of Jesus are shown as she walks through the church to a statue of Saint Martin de Porres, which some people perceive as being a black version of Christ in the video. Saint Martin de Porres is known for all of his efforts in helping the poor. The statue is shown coming to life, gripping the flowers he is holding and then beginning to cry. This also appeals to the rhetoric of pathos because the statue is showing emotion, and the audience sees the emotion and will feel sympathetic because of the sadness. Madonna then approaches the cage-like case that encloses the statue.

Minute—1:00-2:00

She kneels down and sings, “I hear your voice; it’s like an angel sighing. I have no choice, I hear your voice, feels like flying.” She then walks over to a pew and lays down on her back singing, “Oh God, I think I’m fallingth” as the image changes to her falling from the sky with her arms in the air, “…out of the sky…” she is then caught by a woman, who then throws her back into the sky as she sings, “Heaven help me.” The words “heaven help me” can be symbolic to her not knowing what to do in the situation when she saw the innocent man get arrested, since she hid like everyone else did. The video then shows Madonna kiss the feet of the statue in the church, she then stands and starts to open the cage-like case that is enclosing the statue, and when she reaches in and touches his cheek, the statue comes to life and drops the flowers. He touches Madonna and kisses her on the cheek and forehead. Appealing to emotion again, the event in the church can be symbolic of Madonna freeing the statue

Minute—2:00-3:00

The statue walks away from Madonna and towards the door, and walks out. Madonna then picks up a knife from the floor of the church. When she touches the blade, she quickly drops the knife and looks are her hands. When she looks down at her hands, she has the visible stigmata, Stigmata are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, and sings, “let the choir sing”, turning her head to the choir that has gathered behind the altar. The choir, containing the same woman who caught Madonna falling from the sky, then sings the chorus of the song. The scene then changes to Madonna shutting the door from earlier in the video, and watching the men beat up the woman, showing them stab her in the stomach. This is once again appealing to the emotion of the audience; Madonna wants the audience to feel sympathy for the woman and anger towards the men doing this to the poor and helpless woman. Madonna then sees a man run down the stairs close to where the event is happening as the men leave the beaten woman and run away. Madonna is also trying to open the door to go back into the church, trying to run away as well. The man goes to see the beaten woman and as he checks to see if she is okay, the police arrive and arrest the innocent man. The video then shows Madonna make eye contact with one of the men hiding on the roof, as the innocent man is taken away in handcuffs, showing pathos to make The audience now understands why the man was arrested and feels the emotions of anger and sympathy once again, but this time towards the man being arrested since the viewers know he did not commit the crime for which he is being punished.

Minute—3:00-4:00

The next scene shows Madonna singing and dancing in front of a field of burning crosses again. The video once again shows the choir singing and Madonna joins them. The next image is of the man who was arrested with Madonna in the church kissing, this may explain why Madonna feels guilty about trying to run away instead of trying to explain to the police that he had not committed the crime since she seems to have a connection with him. The images of burning crosses flash across the screen again, as does the image of the statue crying blood, which has biblically symbolized people being extremely distraught over the injustices they have seen before them and wanting those who really committed the crime to be held responsible.

Minute—4:00-5:23

The scene switches back to Madonna dancing and singing with the choir. It also shows the statue stiffening up back into his cage, becoming lifeless once again. The choir then moves down the stairs. The gates of the statue close, his arms reach out. The image shows Madonna lying on the pew again with the choir surrounding her. Madonna turns in the direction of the statue in the cage, but it shows the innocent man behind bars, as Madonna is talking to the police officer behind the desk and then approaches the jail cell as the police officer follows her with the keys. Showing that she decided to do the right thing and report that the police had captured the wrong man. This pathetic appeal will make the audience smile, as it appeals to the emotion of happiness because the innocent man will be freed. The video pans out and red velvet curtains then fall. The video then flashes to Madonna dancing and singing in the field of burning crosses again, this could possibly symbolize Madonna using the burning crosses like the KKK to drive away undesirables, like the men who committed the crime and ran away. The curtains are lifted revealing everyone in the video taking a bow. Everyone starts dancing and the curtains close once more, as the words “The End” are typed across the screen. This allows the viewers to realize that the video has come to a happy ending.

• burning crosses
• statue in church coming alive
• madonna in church
• statue crying
• falling from the sky
• kissing feet of statue
• knife — stigmata
• wrong person being arrested for crime
• choir
• eye bleeding
• dancing in church
• man as statue/man in jail
• all take a bow at the end like a play

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hvEsCUj0xQ

This music video could allow me to analyze the lyrics of this song and why the setting is at a Church and why they make fun of a man who is dancing– How he doesn’t fit in with them because of what he is wearing, how he is acting, and how he looks. These can all be really easy or really hard to analyze and explaining.

Paparazzi–> Lady Gaga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOrKLUlh-To

Anything with Lady Gaga is extremely bizarre so that is a drawback. It could also be an advantage since  it is a challenge to understand why certain things happen in the video. I can try to see how the weird things that happen in the video relate to the lyrics or in her life. I could research the artist herself to see if she has always had this style or research the song itself to see if the artist has actually described the story behind it and why she does some of the things.

Like a Prayer–> Madonna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID7LkBJv61E&feature=related

This music video could be interesting to analyze because of the controversy behind it and the different images. I can see how the images of the video relate to the lyrics and the artist herself. I can see how the entire video relates to the pathos, logos, and ethos for all the videos, not just this one.

All of the videos are very interesting and could allow for discussion of the different controversies and how they can relate to the different appeals of rhetoric.

Each one of these political ads has been specifically worded in order to get their points across to the audience and help themselves to get elected. The politicians know how to employ argument effectively in order to discuss the issues. Each one of the ads has a rhetorical situation which “comprises the interaction between an audience, author, topic, and medium in a specific time and place.” Although they all include a rhetorical situation, each one uses a different type of the four rhetorical appeals. The first type of appeal is pathos. Pathos is an appeal to emotion. Bush uses pathos in his ad when he talks about communicating with the families who lost loved ones in the war. The second type of appeal, logos, is an appeal of reason. Kennedy uses logos by stating and arguing points of why Nixon should not be elected. The third type of appeal is an appeal of credibility. This type of rhetorical appeal is called ethos. In Clinton’s political ad, he states all the reasons as to why he is qualified to run the country. He uses ethos by showing all the credible things he has done in the past. The fourth rhetorical appeal is a stylistic appeal. This appeal is an appeal of style. Reagan uses this rhetorical appeal in his ad by showing Americans how well he has done in the past four years and shows images, as well as using metaphors in his ad campaign.

(located inside the Rec)

1. Artifacts

• diving well
• platform tower
• 50m pool
• leisure pool
• lifeguard stands
• hot tub
• offices
• lane ropes
• score board

2. Events

• swim meets
• dive meets
• swim practices
• dive practices
• people working out
• water classes
• water therapy
• people playing
• people relaxing

3. Interviews

• Miami diver
• Miami swimmer
• lifeguard
• swim coach
• dive coach