Ankita Saini presented the video presentation of the Gruen Transfer episode on stopping having babies. She identified the tone of both teams and the arguments. The tone of team 1 is cold as it seems inhumane by primarily focusing on the environmental consequences. She recognized that the argument used by team one is focused on the environmental effect of having more babies; carbon emissions will be increased. She identified the tone of the team quite clearly, as the tone of team 2 was neutral and greatly appealed to the audience, including myself.
Secondly, I analysed that the work of Natalie Afshar is also well. They chose the pitch of Banning All Religions. She presented the tone of both teams effectively as she analyzed that the arguments of 1st team were more logical and scientific. She is true at this point as all previous religions are being analyzed by the 1st team, whereas the arguments of the 2nd team were emotional and were drawn on pathos. Therefore the work of Natalie Afshar is quite interesting.
Thirdly, the work of Xueyun Wang is excellent. His video presentation was on cosmetic surgery for kids. He clearly identified the target audience of both teams. Moreover, he acknowledged pathos and logos effectively as he recognized that 1st team used logos by giving the idea of communication, whereas the second team used pathos in order to show the negative impact of war on the children.
Description of Episode
I analyzed the Gruen Transfer episode that supports child labor in which two teams, Rob Martin and Andrew Ostrom, were competing with each other, and they were pitching to support child labor (Traintoy Publishing, 2008). In a very sympathetic tone as well as unhappy background music, the first team presented the ad in which a poor child from Nepal was introduced who had to work for 12 hours for his survival. Then, the scene was transferred to the child from Melbourne, who was lying on the sofa. The claim of the 1st team was quite appealing, which is why the children from Melbourne cannot work, and it is appealing to influence the audience.
Clear Explanation of Pitch
The pitch team of Rob Martin Murphy is more successful in his argument as Rob Martin tried to convince the audience that why the children of Melbourne cannot work if the children can work in Nepal. The arguments used by Rob Martin Murphy were more effective than the arguments of Andrew Ostrom, as Andrew Ostrom used the single shot of a young boy in his argument. Fu, Ye, & Xiang, (2016) stated the appealing argument could influence the mind of the audience in an effective way. Andrew Ostrom represented the idea that if children could not work, then their energy could be utilized in dangerous behaviors.
Assignment Experience
I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment as this is a very interactive task, and I learned that many elements are involved in order to deliver an effective argument. I perceived how the visual arguments are more influential in depicting the message as compared to the written argument. I needed to research in order to understand the concepts such as ethos, logos, pathos, tone, and logical fallacies. I analyzed that The Gruen Transfer is a humorous show in which the logical fallacies have a destructive impact on the argument. Furthermore, I analyzed that voice has power and that music is effective in making an influential and well-constructed argument. Ding & Lin (2012) argued that background music grasps the intention of the audience.
References
Ding, C. G., & Lin, C.-H. (2012). How does background music tempo work for online shopping? Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 11(3), 299-307.
Fu, H., Ye, B. H., & Xiang, J. (2016). Reality TV, audience travel intentions, and destination image. Tourism Management, 55, 37-48.
Traintoy Publishing. (2008, July 14). The Gruen Transfer-The Pitch- Support Child Labour. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aYT-GrG0s
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