This week the focus moves from analyzing a single image to a multimedia analysis of a video. This discussion is based on this week’s reading in Becoming Rhetorical. Support your discussion with ideas from the reading and/or multimedia and credit the source(s).
Main post: Go to YouTube and select a music video. For this particular discussion, it’s best to use a song, artist, or genre that is mostly new to you. However, keep in mind that you will be sharing this video and your notes with the class, so select something appropriate (no overt sex, blood, gore, and so forth). Once you have chosen a music video, complete the following steps in order:
First, include a link to the video or embed the video in the main post.
Second, turn off your computer screen or turn away from the screen and listen to the song. Take notes on the effects of the auditory modality on you: How does listening to the song affect you bodily—your emotions, bodily sensations, etc.
Third, turn off the sound and replay the video while watching the screen this time. Jot down how the moving images and other visual elements that affect you. Describe your sensations in as much detail as possible.
Lastly, watch the video with both the sound and image. What changes between the three different modalities (auditory, visual and multimodal) did you notice?
Follow-up Responses: Provide specific and meaningful information to your classmates. Comment on the content of your classmates’ posts, offer new information, and ask specific questions in order to invite further interaction in the forum.
