The Bermuda Triangle

In the spirit of elections, today's class focused on the rhetoric that can be employed throughout our multimodal writings. Our professor equated the "triangle of communication" as vital to creating multimodal works that will translate well into our research project.

For example, the elections as portrayed through the context created by the media determines the three points of the triangle. News broadcast by two different networks will create two different news segments. These examples made me analyze my own multimodals.

The first, a brochure, is pretty much complete. We analyzed the first multimodal for audience, text and writer. Below is a copy of the workshop that we did in class that day. The black text is my writing and the read is a fellow classmate's. 

 The loftiest goal I have for this project is to create a 30-second spot for the SWCA. I have a rudimentary knowledge of video production, but coupled with my OCD tendencies, I hope to have a final product that will pass the SWCA's approval. The next step is to create a theme for the segment, ideas for the text and possible music. I think I will make this my multimodal #3 so that I will have the most possible time.

Interestingly enough, I was recently speaking with my professor about possible multimodals and he had mentioned our previous conversations about creating an article for the Southern Discourse. The next day, in the middle of interviewing, my interviewee spoke on the future of the SWCA, and made a little light bulb turn on in my head. Although I will continue with the article, I will be creating themed posters for the SWCA. The writing center at my school has such posters for other programs so I will attempt to draw inspiration from them.

Our next class period is cancelled because our professor is presenting at a conference; I will attempt to utilize the time to transcribe my interviews. At the moment I don't have a computer at home (unfortunately MacBooks don't survive hitting a wall in a car accident), so I have fallen behind in my transcribing. As this assignment is due next Tuesday, I will have to dedicate a day before then to the library. My goal is to finish the checklist I began last week and then begin to focus on the last multimodals and the ARP.

In one of the posters I mentioned previously, there are "Writing Rocks" to inspire students. One recently caught my eye and made me chuckle at how closely it relates to my academic standing. So, in the words of Thomas Carlyle:

"No pressure, no diamonds."