Photo Essay Papers

Purpose

• ·      The purpose of the photo essay is to teach people what reasons to buy a car.

     Context

• ·      The context will be our class on March 25^th, and we will have our photo essays on our blog.

 Audience

•  ·      Anyone interested in cars
• ·      Car companies
• ·      Mechanics
• ·      Car owners

Expectation for evaluating

•  ·      To have a good understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos
• ·      Having enough pictures for the photograph essay
• ·      Easy to understand photos
• ·      Captions to clarify what the message/ purpose of the essay is
• ·      The audience is address
• ·      A good narrative is displayed
• ·      The arrangement is well developed
• ·      The pictures flow throughout the essay

Concerns

• ·      Do not really know what a good argument would be
• ·      What the audience should do with the argument
• ·      Finding photos that would get my message across
• ·      Being able to show the negatives of nice looking cars

Argument

• ·      Are you buying a car that is safe for you, or just for looks?
• ·      People should buy cars for safety features, not for their looks.

What the audience should do with this argument

•     To think about their safety first before looks. Also to have them think on what they think about when they are buying a car. 

Photo Essay Design Plan

My audience includes my classmates, teacher, car owners, car companies, and mechanics. The context will be our class on March 25^th, and we will have our photo essays on our blog. We will then walk around viewing each other’s photo essays. This photo essay will be a good way to expose us into a new type of writing.

The photo essay will still be for a grade in our college writing II class, and will have certain requirements that should be met. We will have a narrative to go along with the photographs. The use of ethos, pathos, and logos should be included in our narrative. It has to be understandable to others without any help from us. The arrangement of the photographs should flow, and the captions will be used to clarify the understanding of the purpose.

Part of my purpose is to do well on this photo essay, and also meet all the requirements. My purpose for the photo essay is to teach people what reasons to buy a car. People should buy cars for safety features, not for their looks. I know showing how cars look will be easy to picture, but showing how safe a car is in a photo will be difficult and weird. By this photo essay, the audience should think about their safety first before looks. Also to have them think on what they think about when they are buying a car.

My strategy for using ethos is to raise serious questions when the reader is viewing my photo essay, and to think about it when they are buying a car. Pathos will seem to be informational and caring about the reader’s safety. Logos is going to have my argument based on comparison. I am going to put a photo of how a nice car looks and then a picture showing how safe it is. Also I will have pictures of safe car looks and its’ safety. Sometimes we do not think on how safe the car is, and buy the car just for its’ looks. I’ll use at least 5 comparisons to get the message across.

My Photo Essay

Photo Essay: Fancy but Deceiving

Conclusion: I believed I did accomplished my goal in having people think on what reason they are buying a car. The photographs that I used show different types and years of cars. Also some photograph show the danger of old cars, and the positive of newer cars. The captions do help explain further on what is going on in the pictures.