• What
is the point of view in each?
The point of view is told
in first person and at times near the end, 3rd person.
• Whose
voice do you hear?
The
actual voice of the author. The author of this story is also the narrator.
· Dramatic Question
“I
am a footballer, which attracts the ladies.”
· Emotional paradigms
Personally,
the emotional content which kept me intrigued is related to my background in
Health education. As a health educator I know how important this subject is and
yet, how difficult it can be and often is for educators and parents to provide
the youth with sexual education/awareness.
· What impact did the voice of this story hold?
The voice in
this story played a crucial role in the emotional appeal as well as, the “realness”
of this story. By including the authors actual voice (speaking in his native language) in the narration it made
the story extremely personable and that much more realistic; leaving a huge and
somewhat shockingly scary impact on the viewer.
· Soundtrack
The
background music in this story is soft and faint. I feel that it adds to the
personality of the video by allowing it to flow nicely through each image.
· Pacing
The
narrator keeps you hanging on to each sentence by pausing briefly, but also just
long enough to give you time to think about what he is going to say next.
For example, when
explaining his encounter with an older woman, the narrator says:
“"She
prepared food and then asked for me to join her.” In between this sentence and
the following sentence there is a distinct 7 second pause... the narrator then
goes on to say “Then she started romancing me, touching me..”
Wow, that was intense I think! This poor guy, taken advantage of like that. When he said that he friend laughed at him because he should have known better, I thought to myself "wow, he friend should really be helping/supporting him, not tearing him down like that". I can't imagine how hard of a lesson this was for him to learn, and It makes me kinda sad that he said he stopped talking to people about this subject. He should still be able to talk to people about it, because you're right, this is important and difficult at the same time. There are people that might not get the knowledge that he had because he felt ashamed and no longer wants to help others in his position as peer educator. Maybe if he had been supported when he told someone, he could use this bad experience as an example to help others.
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