Genre Morphs Project

EnglishR.A Brown

• While I was doing this project I got to look at all of the things that personally think represent power and I got to learn a little bit about myself. I think that looking at all my images I have a really good assortment of what I believe is power. Many of the images I have display the natural power and beauty of the elements. I had a really good time making this project because it is fun to think about power because it is something that every human desires. The thing about images is that we often see power in them. Power is all around us and also inside of us. We see power in a movie which is a combination of images and it can create a yearning for power when we see it created like that. Everybody wants to seek some form of power in their life. We have power over us as Americans in the form of the government. These are physical institutions that are run by people that create power they also have indirect power over us in the form of taxes. If we are students in s school and is being payed for by our parents then we have power over us in the form of our parents. I feel like I have a really good assortment of things that we think are powerful or control the things that we like as humans all encompassed in this PowerPoint. I love the idea that there is this power that is held over us and it comes from so man different places in our lives. All of this power is generated by us and other humans around the earth all coming into contact with each other for different reasons and trying to find our places in the world. Some of the power just comes from the earth itself and has so much effect on the way that we live our lives. Humans have become beings that need to have shelter due to the power of the weather. We also need money because that is one of the things that separates us from other animals.

• We have a currency that we hold in our minds to have some sort of relevance which speaks to the amount of power we have placed into money. Other animals simply just take what they need to survive so I want to make my project embody all of the things that really have an impact on the human existence. We have the earth and then we have all of the physical things that are on earth and the ways that humans manipulate them physically or by using their intellect to attach semantics to some of the things that are in our environment. I had a really good time finding all of these images because I think that they are all really interconnected to one another. Everything that is on earth has some sort of relationship to power. I could have put the most random images and still it is related to power. The one thing that there is so much of the earth that we cant see is energy. I feel like that is one of the most important things about power is that it is within everybody. Power is the reason that we can get up in the morning and figure out how to go get more power. Power is such an ambiguous term because it applies to so many different things in life. There is power that is attached to objects that are related to humans such as money and there is power that is directly related to something such as an image of a car collision. Seeing how something can be destroyed is one of the most powerful things in the world due to the fact that it can completely change the way that you look at your life. I had a lot of fun looking at the drug cartel picture because I think that the whole war on drugs is one of the most fascinating things in the entire world. I love the way that people who don’t have as much money are fighting to grab that power in any way that they know possible. It shows what type of world we live in today. I also had fun looking at the money image because money is what drives so many people to do some of the crazy things that they do. It shows that people can still be slaves in an indirect sense. Many people minds have fallen victim to the power of the dollar and it completely changes the way that they act.

• Text- The text of this image is in the digital format. It is a digital graphic that was modified with the use of photoshop.

• Reader- there is not really a specified reader for who is going to see this photograph. However I found it on a realty website so I guess you could count whoever reads that into the audience.

• Author- I couldn’t find who actually created the image however it was probably someone with a background in Graphic Design.

• Constraints- I don’t know if a tidal wave of that size would ever hit a city like that but it is a really impressive image that I feel has metaphorical implications.

• Exigence- Most likely the artists involvement in the production of this piece was one where he was required to produce the artwork for a sum of money

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title: Tidal Wave washing over a city• • Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic: • • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Digital Image• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining):• Entertaining• • Found Where: Internet• • Found How: Google Image Search•

• • Why Select This Image?• I feel that it shows some serious natural power in the form of a tidal wave• • What Does This Image State About Power?• This image shoes that the power of nature is very powerful and can take down man made things• • • Why Do You State So?• Because a huge tidal wave is destroyinga city in the picture• • • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It fits with some other pictures of the elements that shoe Power• • • • IMAGE:

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• Fire• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic:• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): • Modified Digital Photo• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining):• Argumentative• • Found Where:• Online• Found How: Image Search

• • • Why Select This Image? Because I feel that fire has some destructive power• • • What Does This Image State About Power?• Power is the abilty to spread like a wildfire.• • Why Do You State So?• • Trying to stop a raging fire is pretty hard and anyone knews that it is dangerous because of its power• How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It fits in with a natural theme that I have working throughout the project• • • • IMAGE:

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• Twister• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic:• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photograph• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining): Expressive/entertaining• • • Found Where: Online• • Found How: Image Search

• • • Why Select This Image? It shows a twister which also causes widespread natural destruction• • • What Does This Image State About Power? That it can come out of thin air and take hold of you• • • Why Do You State So? Because that is literally how a twister takes shape• • • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It follows the theme of Natural destruction• • • • IMAGE:

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title: Atomic Bomb• • Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic: Manmade Destruction/ Power• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photograph• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining): Persuasive• • • Found Where:• Online• Found How: image search

• • • Why Select This Image? It shows the power of an atomic Bomb• • • What Does This Image State About Power?• That it can wipe you off the face of the planet• • Why Do You State So?• Because the power of an atomic bomb is that it will vaporize you• • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It shows Destructive power however it isnt natural like some of my other pictures• • • • IMAGE:

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• F D R• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic: Franklin Delino Roosevelt• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photograph• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining):• Informative• • Found Where: Online• • Found How: Image Search•

• • Why Select This Image? Because FDR fixed america with his political power• • • What Does This Image State About Power? That it can come from one mans ambition to lead a nation• • • Why Do You State So?• FDR implemented so many federal acts to dig america out of a ridiculous depression and World War 2• • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• This image fits into the political side of my collection• • • • • IMAGE:

• Text- this image actually has text that states that america is her own power.

• Reader- the original reader of the document was the king of England.• Author- the original authors were Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin

Franklin and some other founding fathers• Constraints- Some of the constraints were that England was not

willing to give us our independence so we had to make sure that they knew that we would take our independence from them if they wouldn’t give it to us.

• Exigence- All of the people who wrote the declaration Americas best interest in mind because they wanted us to be free from an oppressive English government

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title: Declaration of Independence• • Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic:• American Independence• Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photograph• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining): Informative• • • Found Where: Online• • Found How: Image Search

• • • Why Select This Image? It shows the power of the american people• • • What Does This Image State About Power? It shows that power can be taken by force• • • Why Do You State So? Because that is exactly how we won the American Revolution• • • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It fits in with the FDR picture because he would never have existed without this document having being written. • • • • IMAGE:

• Genre Morph Explanation Form Form ~• • Image Title: Astronnaut• • • IMAGE: • • • • • • • • • Original Genre:• Infromative Image•

• Revised Genre: • Rap Song By Kid Cudi• Description of New Genre/New Piece: • All of kid Cudis music makes me think about outer space because • • Explanation of New Genre Choice/New Piece:• • • Explanation of How New Genre/Piece Differs from Original: The original picture is honestly seroius and is

very scientific and is about space travel with high tech space equipment. The second is just popular music that I personally enjoy

• • • Message Changes? Yes or No? How so?:• Yes Kid cudi wants you to get so high on drugs and alcohol that you think you might be in outer space while

the original image is just to show you what power that man has harnessed• • New Genre/Piece Caption (if needed):• Futuristic Space Rapper

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• Astronaut• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic:• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photograph• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining): informative• • • Found Where:• Online• Found How:

• Image Search• • Why Select This Image? It shows someone in space where humans arent meant to survive which I believe

shows power.• • • What Does This Image State About Power? That it is the ability to leave earth and survive• • • Why Do You State So? Because Imagine if we were to wage war from space onto the survace of the earrth• • • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It fits in with the atomic bomb photo because it is man made.• • • • IMAGE:

• The way that I can compare this to kid cudis music is just by the overall vibe that I get whenever I listen to it. His beats give you this sense of kind of floating through space because they are so trippy.

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• Jet Plane• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic: Man Made power• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): • Photo• Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining):• infromative• • Found Where: Online• • Found How: Image Search•

• • Why Select This Image? It shows a plane breaking the noise barrier• • • What Does This Image State About Power? That power is fast and strong• • • Why Do You State So? Because Jet planes are robust machines that have changed the world through their ability to wage

war, transport people and even goods• • • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It fits into the man made sectionn of my project• • • • • IMAGE:

• Genre Morph Explanation Form Form ~• • Image Title: • Money in a suitcase• • IMAGE: • • • • • • • • • Original Genre: Image that shows power•

• • Revised Genre: Rap Song• • Description of New Genre/New Piece: My new piece would be the song Window Shopper by 50 cent. • • • Explanation of New Genre Choice/New Piece: This is a song about how 50 cents haters cant buy the same quality goods

that he consumes because of the difference in their financial situations• • • Explanation of How New Genre/Piece Differs from Original: This new piece is a digital song and is for entertainment

purposes and this is just an image• • • Message Changes? Yes or No? How so?:• No I would say that there isnt a message change because both of these show how money is power• • New Genre/Piece Caption (if needed):

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• Money in the Briefcase• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic: Drug Money and Power• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photo• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining):• Persuasive• • Found Where: Internet• • Found How:• Image Search

• • Why Select This Image?• It shows the power of a lot of money• • What Does This Image State About Power?• That power is the ability to buy what you want• • Why Do You State So?• because then you can get so much more stuff in the world• • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• It goes with just about every single image because I feel like you can connect money abstractly

to every single picture that I have selected• • • • • IMAGE:

• Visual Rhetoric Examination Form ~• • Image Title:• Drug Cartel• Bibliographic Citation:• • • Topic:• • Image Sub-Genre (chart, graphic, diagram, cartoon, photograph, etc.): Photograph• • Mode (informative, persuasive, argumentative, expressive/entertaining):• Persuasive• • Found Where:Internet• • Found How: Image Search

• • • Why Select This Image?• Because it shows• • What Does This Image State About Power?• That there is a struggle for power between law enforcement and drug runners• • Why Do You State So?• Because it one of the topics that we as americans know dominates certain aspects of our lives• • How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection (if at all)?• • It doesnt• • • IMAGE:

• Genre Morph Explanation Form Form ~• • Image Title: Drug Cartel Bust• • • IMAGE: • • • • • • • • • Original Genre:News and Politics•

• • Revised Genre: Gucci Mane Song• • Description of New Genre/New Piece: A rap song about cooking up drugs like cocaine and selling it• • • Explanation of New Genre Choice/New Piece: This is exactly what Gucci Mane is talking about. The rap song embodies

this type of badass outlaw lifestyle• • • Explanation of How New Genre/Piece Differs from Original: The new piece comes to you in the form of music.• • Message Changes? Yes or No? How so?:• Well it changes from being bad to being kind of cool in the music that Gucci mane makes• • New Genre/Piece Caption (if needed):

• Text- Photograph• Reader- anyone interested in criminal news• Author- whoever snapped the picture of the drug

bust• Constraints- we don’t know anything about these

men except that they are most likely in trouble and going away for a really long time

• Exigence- The person who snapped the picture was probably connected to the Government in some way.

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