Monday, March 25, 2013

Chapter 2 Homework- Erica Gomez


The video starts off by the narrator saying, “A tragedy brings a community together.”  Most people like to hear stories about people gathering together, because it shows how nice people can be among the chaos the world has. Starting off with that quote, grabs the audience’s attention as well as the subject of the video. The subject of the video is Lorissa Green, who died tragically in a car crash.  The video shows a strong character in Alexis Green, who does not seem to be that much older than Lorissa Green. She speaks at the vigil to everyone there; usually it is the parental figure that is shown on camera talking the person who has passed away.   Using Alexis in the video shows how strong she is by speaking to everyone, it pulls the audience’s heart strings.
                The video has a strong visual impact because it shows people gathering around the place where Green has passed away. He shows people holding candles as well as people hugging and crying. After Green’s sister speaks, he shows a clip of the place where the accident happens with a bunch of candles are lite up, with a voice over of people at the vigil singing “Amazing Grace.” It then goes on to show short clips of interviewing people that know her, which enforces pulling the audience’s heart strings because it shows that Green was loved and will be missed by her friends as well as family.
                Unfortunately, it is common when a car crash happens and most of them do not get reported in the news.  The reason this one was reported was because of the emotional engagement that it brings to the audience.  Lorissa Green was a sixteen year old high school student when she died in a car crash. The video also shows two of Lorissa’s Friends talking about her. One says that she had her whole life ahead of her, while the other talks about the last time she spoke to her, which reinforces the emotional impact the story brings.
                The broad appeal that the story brings is that car crashes are deadly and that it can happen to anyone, it doesn’t matter the age anyone can be hurt or killed. It also shows that the family is not the only one who suffers the loss of losing someone they love, but the friends as well. Which why the person narrating mentions that “a tragedy brings a community together,” to show just how much car crashes as well as someone dying  affects people. 


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